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Retired high school and college teacher. Living the quiet life, reading, walking, traveling.
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"The thing to do is learn to live in your period of history as a human being." Joseph Campbell
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The genesis of light, the winter solstice.
The days grow lighter longer...
The days grow lighter longer...
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The genesis of light, the winter solstice.
The days grow lighter longer...
The days grow lighter longer...
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Once more with feeling…
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Once more with feeling…
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So, you ask, if they can’t just do a simple thing like release the files as the law requires, how can we trust them to do hard things like run the economy and keep us safe?
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
Lawless shambolic shitshow.
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from DOJ webpage, including photo of Trump, with no explanation.
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So, you ask, if they can’t just do a simple thing like release the files as the law requires, how can we trust them to do hard things like run the economy and keep us safe?
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
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When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
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If billionaires like Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg paid their fair share in taxes, we could expand Social Security benefits and ensure the program's future for the rest of the century!
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If billionaires like Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg paid their fair share in taxes, we could expand Social Security benefits and ensure the program's future for the rest of the century!
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WHY NOT? Medicare could be modified to benefit all American Citizens, not just the old. Instead of putzing around and getting nothing done, it's time for our elected officials to step up and join the other democratic nations that have already made healthcare a citizen's right.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WHY NOT? Medicare could be modified to benefit all American Citizens, not just the old. Instead of putzing around and getting nothing done, it's time for our elected officials to step up and join the other democratic nations that have already made healthcare a citizen's right.
Hopefully, Rob Reiner's kindness, talent, and love of our country have a much longer lasting impact on us than that guy occupying the White House.
By implying that Rob Reiner—one of the most revered storytellers in American history—was murdered because of his opinions on him, Trump is chumming the waters for more violence against dissenters.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hopefully, Rob Reiner's kindness, talent, and love of our country have a much longer lasting impact on us than that guy occupying the White House.
Can't we learn from others?
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Can't we learn from others?
This is the outrageous thing.
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is the outrageous thing.
Well, this is outrageous. And just what I expected.
It begins.
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Well, this is outrageous. And just what I expected.
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Good. That's a 233 year old historic building. No one should be tearing parts of it off to build a dumbass ballroom.
#USDemocracy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#USDemocracy
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White House sued by historic preservation group over ballroom plans
The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues the White House failed to seek necessary reviews before demolishing the historic East Wing.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Good. That's a 233 year old historic building. No one should be tearing parts of it off to build a dumbass ballroom.
#USDemocracy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#USDemocracy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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-Sandy Hook should have ended children being slaughtered in schools, instead Republicans rallied to defend guns.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
-Sandy Hook should have ended children being slaughtered in schools, instead Republicans rallied to defend guns.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
Especially the President. Especially this president. Especially a president who is a convicted felon.
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Especially the President. Especially this president. Especially a president who is a convicted felon.
Unsustainable.
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Unsustainable.
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“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
All decisions are political. We can choose to support the billionaires, or we can choose to support the regular folks.
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
All decisions are political. We can choose to support the billionaires, or we can choose to support the regular folks.
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Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting:
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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