Terri Wise
@terriwise.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cat lover, instructional designer, editor. Mother daughter sister partner friend. Music art film. This brain won't turn off.
Food for thought. I might not agree with Brooks on what a new-vision Democratic Party would look like, but I do agree that the party’s thinking has been way too small and confined. The time for that kind of thinking has passed. It’s not going to be enough to counteract recent shifts.
Opinion | The Democrats’ Problems Are Bigger Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Food for thought. I might not agree with Brooks on what a new-vision Democratic Party would look like, but I do agree that the party’s thinking has been way too small and confined. The time for that kind of thinking has passed. It’s not going to be enough to counteract recent shifts.
This is more vital than it might seem. Worth your consideration, IMO.
Opinion | A Punk Survival Guide for Gen Z
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is more vital than it might seem. Worth your consideration, IMO.
This might be part of why I live here. The theater is filling up for a Wednesday night screening of the 1940 film The Mortal Storm, a part of a “F**k the Nazis” film series.
May 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This might be part of why I live here. The theater is filling up for a Wednesday night screening of the 1940 film The Mortal Storm, a part of a “F**k the Nazis” film series.
This whole article… calling people “monsters”. This is an official US gov’t publication. Our tax dollars are supporting this.
Another Activist Judge is Protecting Criminal Illegal Immigrant Monsters
It’s another attempt by a far-left activist judge to dictate the foreign policy of the United States — and protect the violent criminal illegal immigrants
www.whitehouse.gov
May 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This whole article… calling people “monsters”. This is an official US gov’t publication. Our tax dollars are supporting this.
This is well written and mostly nuanced. Worth a read. And can we please get this part straight: Trump et al don’t give a shit about Jews. They’re using a highly sensitive and emotional issue to manipulate people to their personal ends.
Opinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is well written and mostly nuanced. Worth a read. And can we please get this part straight: Trump et al don’t give a shit about Jews. They’re using a highly sensitive and emotional issue to manipulate people to their personal ends.
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This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Yesterday I saw someone refer to Trump as “class”. How do you figure? time.com/7266334/us-h...
U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
time.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yesterday I saw someone refer to Trump as “class”. How do you figure? time.com/7266334/us-h...
Tonight the men's hockey team from the old hometown U, Penn State, beat UConn and are going to the Frozen Four for the first time in school history. Check out this nifty winner (apologies for linking to X--I tried but could not find an alternative video source).
Penn State Men’s Hockey on X: "DIMARSICO CALLED GAME!!!!!! #WeAre #HockeyValley https://t.co/SkiVVbjF9U" / X
DIMARSICO CALLED GAME!!!!!! #WeAre #HockeyValley https://t.co/SkiVVbjF9U
x.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tonight the men's hockey team from the old hometown U, Penn State, beat UConn and are going to the Frozen Four for the first time in school history. Check out this nifty winner (apologies for linking to X--I tried but could not find an alternative video source).
People with ties to Meta, Amazon, and Facebook are all implicated.
We Mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections
If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley executive branch.
www.wired.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
People with ties to Meta, Amazon, and Facebook are all implicated.
We must have due process for every person or no one is safe. It is blatantly unconstitutional to take away any person's freedom without due process. The only exceptions to the due process clause state that members of the armed forces can be court-martialed rather than appear before a grand jury.
constitution.congress.gov
March 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We must have due process for every person or no one is safe. It is blatantly unconstitutional to take away any person's freedom without due process. The only exceptions to the due process clause state that members of the armed forces can be court-martialed rather than appear before a grand jury.
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Total incompetence, and gross negligence to put a legal point on it:
Trump WH "envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials" discussing war plans on Signal.
Trump WH "envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials" discussing war plans on Signal.
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Total incompetence, and gross negligence to put a legal point on it:
Trump WH "envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials" discussing war plans on Signal.
Trump WH "envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials" discussing war plans on Signal.
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Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition
Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
How we define our world changes. That's not always a bad thing.
Opinion | Sorry, R.F.K.: There Is No Autism Mystery
Greater awareness, not vaccines, has driven an increase in diagnoses.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How we define our world changes. That's not always a bad thing.
Six years ago today, my beautiful mother died. I still can’t believe it sometimes. The world is not right without her in it.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Six years ago today, my beautiful mother died. I still can’t believe it sometimes. The world is not right without her in it.
What possible good can come from purging Pentagon websites of suicide prevention content?
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What possible good can come from purging Pentagon websites of suicide prevention content?
This is wrong. This is bad. And of course he "doesn't give a shit". Please tell me that is not news to anyone.
thehill.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is wrong. This is bad. And of course he "doesn't give a shit". Please tell me that is not news to anyone.
I love Mondrian, perhaps especially for his landscapes, women, and flowers, and this piece gets it.
One Painting Got Me Through Winter
Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers — flowers that our critic Jason Farago can’t stop thinking about. What makes them so magnetic?
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love Mondrian, perhaps especially for his landscapes, women, and flowers, and this piece gets it.
Everyone doesn't agree w/you. Yelling won't to change that. "[NYT] readers are more liberal than the overall population [& more liberal than 4 yrs ago]... the country went the other way... [Dems] have said... if everyone votes, we win... this is the [1st] cycle where... the opposite [was true]."
Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Everyone doesn't agree w/you. Yelling won't to change that. "[NYT] readers are more liberal than the overall population [& more liberal than 4 yrs ago]... the country went the other way... [Dems] have said... if everyone votes, we win... this is the [1st] cycle where... the opposite [was true]."
This is the degree of extremism we’re dealing with.
Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator’s Pressure Campaign
Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion pill.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is the degree of extremism we’re dealing with.
US State Department Human Rights Report on El Salvador—segments copied in comments
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www.state.gov
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
US State Department Human Rights Report on El Salvador—segments copied in comments
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
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US Institute for Peace is not a government agency, friends. It's a nonprofit established by statute (.org, not .gov) This makes the DOGE raid all the more outrageous. They won't stop with actual feds.
March 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
US Institute for Peace is not a government agency, friends. It's a nonprofit established by statute (.org, not .gov) This makes the DOGE raid all the more outrageous. They won't stop with actual feds.
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The expanded financial aid plan will also offer free tuition to families that make $200,000 or less. The move comes after affirmative action was barred from the admissions process.
Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100,000 or less
The expanded financial aid plan will also offer free tuition to families that make $200,000 or less. The move comes after affirmative action was barred from the admissions process.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The expanded financial aid plan will also offer free tuition to families that make $200,000 or less. The move comes after affirmative action was barred from the admissions process.