Ted M. Gossard
@tedmgossard.bsky.social
"Love your neighbor as yourself."
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
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How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Republicans had predicted that Democrats would cave on the government shutdown as soon as the election was over because they were only keeping the standoff going to motivate their base.
A group of Senate Democrats give in and agree to a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without a guarantee that ACA subsidies would be extended. Catie Edmondson @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Republicans had predicted that Democrats would cave on the government shutdown as soon as the election was over because they were only keeping the standoff going to motivate their base.
Good news.
Supreme Court rejects a bid to overturn its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good news.
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above quote is from
NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage
NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center's campus in Maryland being emptied.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
above quote is from
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.
Lawsuit Alleges Inhumane Conditions at Broadview ICE Facility
Federal authorities moved two plaintiffs in the suit out of state; a judge has ordered they be returned Monday.
southsideweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.
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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74
A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine after the 1970 shooting.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Sounds like something I need.
I can’t remember when a book has made me laugh this hard. Maybe never.
Weds Nov 12 in Washington DC - SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE, the tour, hits Union Stage.
All tickets come w/a hardcover copy of the book.
Come join us as we film a book tour, with standup, in a rock club. tickets - UnionStagePresents.Com
All tickets come w/a hardcover copy of the book.
Come join us as we film a book tour, with standup, in a rock club. tickets - UnionStagePresents.Com
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sounds like something I need.
Why isn't the international community doing something to end this?
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Why isn't the international community doing something to end this?
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Trump lowers refugee admissions to just 7,500 a year, down from 125,000 set by Biden, rejecting thousands of people fleeing war and persecution while reserving the record-low slots for mostly white Afrikaner South Africans. Zolan Kanno-Youngs @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Trump lowers refugee admissions to just 7,500 a year, down from 125,000 set by Biden, rejecting thousands of people fleeing war and persecution while reserving the record-low slots for mostly white Afrikaner South Africans. Zolan Kanno-Youngs @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
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Nevada just let property insurers exclude wildfire coverage. Homeowners won’t realize until it’s too late that fire isn't covered. Expect shock, underinsurance, and scrambling for expensive new policies. Plus: pressure for a federal wildfire safety net. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
What happens if property insurers are allowed to exclude wildfires from coverage?
“Are we just going to turn everybody loose and let the fires burn our houses down?” Nevada just did — and others may follow.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nevada just let property insurers exclude wildfire coverage. Homeowners won’t realize until it’s too late that fire isn't covered. Expect shock, underinsurance, and scrambling for expensive new policies. Plus: pressure for a federal wildfire safety net. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
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Reporters (one of whom is my daughter) were ousted from covering immigration court hearings. Trump regime using shutdown to impinge on free press and coverage of their actions. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/28/l...
cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/28/l...
Local immigration court ousts reporters from hearings
HYATTSVILLE, Md. – Federal officials ordered two reporters out of immigration court on Tuesday and barred them from observing future proceedings until they get permission from the Trump administration...
cnsmaryland.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reporters (one of whom is my daughter) were ousted from covering immigration court hearings. Trump regime using shutdown to impinge on free press and coverage of their actions. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/28/l...
cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/28/l...
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Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane:
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane:
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?
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Trump's meticulous construction of a secret police force in the traditional authoritarian model: hyper violent, targeting domestic political adversaries, unaccountable under law and to court. Pro Publica does a fine job here, with the sort of piece that NYT, WaPo and WSJ don't have the guts to run.
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Trump's meticulous construction of a secret police force in the traditional authoritarian model: hyper violent, targeting domestic political adversaries, unaccountable under law and to court. Pro Publica does a fine job here, with the sort of piece that NYT, WaPo and WSJ don't have the guts to run.
A good read!!
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A good read!!
We were there in Grand Rapids Saturday with thousands of others alongside the folks we're a part of, Christians for Peace and Liberation.
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We were there in Grand Rapids Saturday with thousands of others alongside the folks we're a part of, Christians for Peace and Liberation.
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...