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Halfbroke Horsewoman 🌻🏇🏼🌻
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Anti-capitalist; pro-Houyhnhnm.

Career HS humanities teacher; servant to other people's horses.

My only cult is the horse cult.

Yes, that is hay in my hair.

Love my n95 & libraries.

Flogging AI, crypto? Expect a 🚫.
#deleteZuck #banbillionaires
This is taken from a long essay by one of Jeff Sharlet’s students, Cassidy Exner. While I like to think I’m a rider and a horse person, she makes a good case for happily claiming the latter.

callingallsyllables.substack.com/p/eddie-wher...
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Again, that’s good news since, I am a “people” and I live in a state.

Maine’s RCV is an example of a tool for the“people.”

The capitalism v. socialism frame pits private equity against labor unions/employee-investment.

As a “people,” while I’m no oysterman fan, I know where I’ll put my vote.
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I kind of loved the direct plagiarism of a rubber company ad:
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Well, our super-charged version of the Hoover Administration is certainly embracing the denial vibe.

From the US Department of Labor PR

via @talkingpointsmemo.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
No freaking idea. I’ve loathed him for more than two decades.

My recent message to the NYT after decades of subscribing:
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know you said you still subscribe.
A few months ago, I couldn’t take one more syllable from David Brooks.
October 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This graph from the piece kills me a little.

Local elections matter as much or more than national ones. Molly Ivins would be shouting.
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you trolling? I cannot tell.

When I linked to WGN above, it was their lead story.

At this moment Brockman is their third top story.
October 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
No kidding. A six hour drive gets you to the Montreal airport.
October 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I understand and agree with your assessment of recent history as I’ve lived through much of it.
It’s the section on origins that I want clarification on. IOW, we once had a bit of integrity.
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So you’re saying this is disinfo:
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Pretty sure that his being a white dude answers all your questions.
Starting as a pup at the WSJ didn't hurt.
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How to Triumph Like a Girl
#AdaLimon
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Call the members of the Senate Armed Forces Committee:
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Astepro and a welding mask are your friends.

optrel.us/product/p-ai...
September 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nope. These paintings came out of the so-called Stone Age.

Patriarchy appears to a mostly a Bronze Age thing.
September 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I see Vought’s name, and, of course, Lake’s.
Anyone else smell Bannon and Miller, too?
Gift link:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Only thing worse than nearly 3,000 billionaires holding a global economy hostage?

One trillionaire.

Context:
A million seconds ago, 11.57 days? Mid-Aug.

A billion seconds ago, 31.69 years? 29.Dec.1993.

A trillion secs ago, 31,690 years? Cave dwelling hominin ancestors painted Lascaux Caves.
September 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Meet Shultzy, a sweet Oldenburg colt and his badass mother, Fursten.
September 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Someone mentioned cool horses?

Despite his cool, he’s never kicked anyone.

Meet Joseph, a 17 yo never-raced thoroughbred:
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Terrific piece.

I wonder why Atkin never uses the word eugenics, though. She could’ve included it anywhere, especially in her last graf.

She’s correct that it’s a straight line from, Hmm, why isn’t Nature™️ healing you? to, Ahh, Nature™️ knows you’re not worth healing.

So over the victim blaming.
August 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Both elegant and ruthless. My favorites.

Thank you.

You might appreciate my final words to the NYT recently:
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Forgive the spam.
I discovered about one minute ago that my library has relinquished its NYT account. Until some time in the last few weeks, it had a freestanding, easy to see NYT icon.
Today? Nope.
I left my sub because of the following and will make do with the Boston Globe.
August 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It looks as if you live in Nashville. The public library system uses the Libby app. Mine does too.
A few screenshots of a handful of the zillions of weeklies and monthlies I read.
August 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM