Sonja Dahl
@sonjadahl.bsky.social
Sr. Software Engineer who enjoys restoring 1925 bungalow, playing violin, drawing, alternative and classical music, reading politics, science, and economics.
I'm glad to learn you know about these people and the problem with them, very well defined in this post. Thank you.
June 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm glad to learn you know about these people and the problem with them, very well defined in this post. Thank you.
I get it, except it's New York. She knew the State would go for Harris (and it did).
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I get it, except it's New York. She knew the State would go for Harris (and it did).
I get it, except it's New York. She knew the State would go for Harris (and it did).
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I get it, except it's New York. She knew the State would go for Harris (and it did).
More quotes from Jefferson on how important following truth was to him. www.monticello.org/research-edu...
Follow Truth (Quotation)
Thomas Jefferson used the phrase "follow truth" a number of times in letters and other writings.
www.monticello.org
March 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
More quotes from Jefferson on how important following truth was to him. www.monticello.org/research-edu...
This is weird. I had just posted this before I saw the email about your Substack:
Watching Musk's/Trump's determination to rid the Federal govt. of people and policies associated with Democrats, I'm reminded of the disastrous "de-Ba'athification" of Iraq policy, the worst mistake the Bush administration made in post-Saddam Iraq, in this way: it is as fanatical and destructive.
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is weird. I had just posted this before I saw the email about your Substack:
Of course I'm not saying that Democrats = Ba'athists, but the equivalence is that many of the professionals in government happened to be of that party, and to remove them simply because of the association, in Iraq, caused the country to descend into chaos.
February 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Of course I'm not saying that Democrats = Ba'athists, but the equivalence is that many of the professionals in government happened to be of that party, and to remove them simply because of the association, in Iraq, caused the country to descend into chaos.
He's not French, but for me, the person who epitomized looking cool with a cigarette was Joe Strummer.
January 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
He's not French, but for me, the person who epitomized looking cool with a cigarette was Joe Strummer.
I agree -- add California, and I'd kick Missouri, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and West Virginia (half of Virginia?) to the South too.
January 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I agree -- add California, and I'd kick Missouri, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and West Virginia (half of Virginia?) to the South too.
Not the quote itself, but the argument Marx makes, which is sound.
January 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Not the quote itself, but the argument Marx makes, which is sound.
It's the best reply to the Confederate statue supporters who claim we would also need to tear down the Founder's statues as well. Marx clarifies the difference.
January 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's the best reply to the Confederate statue supporters who claim we would also need to tear down the Founder's statues as well. Marx clarifies the difference.
This is my favorite Marx quote, written in 1861 while he was working as a journalist in London and covering the US Civil War:
January 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is my favorite Marx quote, written in 1861 while he was working as a journalist in London and covering the US Civil War:
Krugman expanding on this point today: substack.com/home/post/p-...
In Praise of California
It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness
substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Krugman expanding on this point today: substack.com/home/post/p-...
As a state that gives a lot more to the federal government than it receives, think of how much California has subsidized hurricane recovery in Trump's home state of Florida.
January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As a state that gives a lot more to the federal government than it receives, think of how much California has subsidized hurricane recovery in Trump's home state of Florida.
I've been thinking about this. I think the answer is to work locally. Most of us live in blue sanctuary cities. If we can continue to improve the lives of people in the blue states, the noble experiment that is America can show what policies work best. And Trump can focus on Greenland or whatever.
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've been thinking about this. I think the answer is to work locally. Most of us live in blue sanctuary cities. If we can continue to improve the lives of people in the blue states, the noble experiment that is America can show what policies work best. And Trump can focus on Greenland or whatever.
This post just conjured up the strong smell of clove cigarettes.
January 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This post just conjured up the strong smell of clove cigarettes.
Paul Xavier Gleason
Trading Places
Die Hard
Jimmy Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
Trading Places
Die Hard
Jimmy Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
December 21, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Paul Xavier Gleason
Trading Places
Die Hard
Jimmy Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
Trading Places
Die Hard
Jimmy Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
I just found this video and it's a nice summation of this thread: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuRb...
Lie to your kids 👍🏻
YouTube video by Dustin Dean Mentalist
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I just found this video and it's a nice summation of this thread: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuRb...
And he wrote this thoughtful piece, particularly about what Muskaswamy are up to, bringing Edmund Burke into the debate (which was my thing!) and the conservative philosophical underpinnings of why NOT to tear down institutions. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/o...
Opinion | Why Edmund Burke Still Matters (Published 2020)
He reminds us it’s hard to respect democratic political institutions while disdaining the founders of those institutions.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
And he wrote this thoughtful piece, particularly about what Muskaswamy are up to, bringing Edmund Burke into the debate (which was my thing!) and the conservative philosophical underpinnings of why NOT to tear down institutions. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/o...
That's a lot of assumptions about me. My only goal here is to keep people thinking, which means questioning one's assumptions.
December 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM
That's a lot of assumptions about me. My only goal here is to keep people thinking, which means questioning one's assumptions.
Don't like holiday music? I found an obscure recording of Burgundian Christmas carol "Patapan", sung by Joe Dowell (one-hit wonder, Wooden Heart). He did this for an Ann Arbor bank in 1971. Listen to the guitar solo, haunting, Western, a little mariachi). Enjoy: youtu.be/DAoYOsLvHzQ?...
Joe Dowell – Patapan (A French Christmas Song), for Ann Arbor Federal Savings
YouTube video by Greg Adams
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Don't like holiday music? I found an obscure recording of Burgundian Christmas carol "Patapan", sung by Joe Dowell (one-hit wonder, Wooden Heart). He did this for an Ann Arbor bank in 1971. Listen to the guitar solo, haunting, Western, a little mariachi). Enjoy: youtu.be/DAoYOsLvHzQ?...
Like I said, I have had these experiences. I think most humans can share similar experiences. I also know all humans have cognitive biases. It's important to understand both things.
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Like I said, I have had these experiences. I think most humans can share similar experiences. I also know all humans have cognitive biases. It's important to understand both things.
After listening to that interview with Ky Dickens (yes, I listened), I know you're never going to get any credible testing from this source. She's owned by this faith/ideology/belief system (whatever you want to call it).
December 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM
After listening to that interview with Ky Dickens (yes, I listened), I know you're never going to get any credible testing from this source. She's owned by this faith/ideology/belief system (whatever you want to call it).
I'm worried, because I really like you're political writing. You are a very good writer and I want to keep reading. So it did hit me hard when I saw your Telepathy Tapes posts (and surprisingly little push back from your other readers, so I stepped in).
December 16, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I'm worried, because I really like you're political writing. You are a very good writer and I want to keep reading. So it did hit me hard when I saw your Telepathy Tapes posts (and surprisingly little push back from your other readers, so I stepped in).