Ryan Schuetzler
@schuetzler.net
Tech guy, IS professor, dad, swimmer, occasional writer, and even more occasional scuba diver
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
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In 2021, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said it is “ignorant” to believe cutting water to farms would help combat drought.
Farms account for roughly 80% of all water use in Utah, and cow-feed crops like alfalfa are particularly water-intensive.
Spencer Cox owns an alfalfa farm.
Farms account for roughly 80% of all water use in Utah, and cow-feed crops like alfalfa are particularly water-intensive.
Spencer Cox owns an alfalfa farm.
June 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In 2021, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said it is “ignorant” to believe cutting water to farms would help combat drought.
Farms account for roughly 80% of all water use in Utah, and cow-feed crops like alfalfa are particularly water-intensive.
Spencer Cox owns an alfalfa farm.
Farms account for roughly 80% of all water use in Utah, and cow-feed crops like alfalfa are particularly water-intensive.
Spencer Cox owns an alfalfa farm.
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Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.
Mass murderer.
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Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.
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One of the most defensive responses by a sitting president to a question I've ever seen.
O'DONNELL: But you're not disputing the intel report said what it said even though it was initial?
TRUMP: The report said what it said. And it was fine... by trying to get me, you're hurting those people... they have real scum come out & write reports that are as negative as they could possibly be
TRUMP: The report said what it said. And it was fine... by trying to get me, you're hurting those people... they have real scum come out & write reports that are as negative as they could possibly be
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
One of the most defensive responses by a sitting president to a question I've ever seen.
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the administration don’t think the budget bill or the iran bombing will be popular. they don’t really have a plan for becoming popular again. it might not be possible. this is just them doing the things they wanted to do, while they can
June 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
the administration don’t think the budget bill or the iran bombing will be popular. they don’t really have a plan for becoming popular again. it might not be possible. this is just them doing the things they wanted to do, while they can
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really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency
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8 days ago millions of people marched against the President and held signs and listened to speakers and AFAIK not a single one of them (nor the people attacking them in RW media) mentioned a war against Iran because it just wasn’t a thing then.
June 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
8 days ago millions of people marched against the President and held signs and listened to speakers and AFAIK not a single one of them (nor the people attacking them in RW media) mentioned a war against Iran because it just wasn’t a thing then.
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You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
June 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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What a contrast:
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What a contrast:
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
Universities are not a branch of government
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Universities are not a branch of government
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pure wickedness
It appears that the Republican administration has started deporting people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan, in blatant violation of court orders.
US immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan, attorneys say
Immigration attorneys say the Trump administration appears to have begun deporting people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order restricting removals to other countries.
apnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
pure wickedness
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An important reminder that measles vaccines save millions of lives every year across the world.
The measles vaccine is arguably the most life-saving vaccine in use.
Our latest article from @scientificdiscovery.dev and @spoonerf.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
The measles vaccine is arguably the most life-saving vaccine in use.
Our latest article from @scientificdiscovery.dev and @spoonerf.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
May 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
An important reminder that measles vaccines save millions of lives every year across the world.
The measles vaccine is arguably the most life-saving vaccine in use.
Our latest article from @scientificdiscovery.dev and @spoonerf.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
The measles vaccine is arguably the most life-saving vaccine in use.
Our latest article from @scientificdiscovery.dev and @spoonerf.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
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The payouts to Babbitt’s family, the pardons of J6 insurrectionists and war criminals, and the growing push on the right to exonerate Chauvin all show that the GOP will forgive any crime if they see it as defending the set of hierarchies they believe constitutes the real America.
May 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The payouts to Babbitt’s family, the pardons of J6 insurrectionists and war criminals, and the growing push on the right to exonerate Chauvin all show that the GOP will forgive any crime if they see it as defending the set of hierarchies they believe constitutes the real America.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
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No one assumes that a Republican-controlled Congress will hold Trump to account. Congressional Democrats need to start exerting pressure wherever possible to force the quislings across the aisle to exercise their constitutional power.
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Opinion | Conduct oversight on Trump’s graft — or censure James Comer
House Democrats must pressure Republicans to fulfill their constitutional duties.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
No one assumes that a Republican-controlled Congress will hold Trump to account. Congressional Democrats need to start exerting pressure wherever possible to force the quislings across the aisle to exercise their constitutional power.
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Got a chance to talk about Chattr Live, my recently launched audience feedback and participation application. Give it a try for free at live.chattr.io,
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Students Don’t Speak Up—This Tool Changes That
YouTube video by BYU Technology Transfer
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May 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Got a chance to talk about Chattr Live, my recently launched audience feedback and participation application. Give it a try for free at live.chattr.io,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGN...
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