William R Knecht, Ph.D.
@williamrknecht.bsky.social
Married, retired cognitive/behavioral research psychologist now restoring 127 acres of OK prairie. I post shareable links to NYT, The Atlantic. Love blues music, antique tractors, trees & plants supporting wildlife. Hate Trump.
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HOW TO RECOGNIZE A BLUESKY BOT
1) Very few Followers. Follows many
2) Few Posts
3) Profile picture often young, attractive, opposite sex
4) Glamor shots w suggestive poses
HOW TO HANDLE THE BOT THREAT
1) Research new Followers before Following back!
2) Mute or Block obvious bots
3) Educate others
1) Very few Followers. Follows many
2) Few Posts
3) Profile picture often young, attractive, opposite sex
4) Glamor shots w suggestive poses
HOW TO HANDLE THE BOT THREAT
1) Research new Followers before Following back!
2) Mute or Block obvious bots
3) Educate others
Just how many $3M golf weekends will it TAKE before we wake up and realize Trump is BRINGING PEACE TO THE WORLD?
a cartoon of a man and a dog playing golf with the words mulligan mulligan mulligan on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of a man and a dog playing golf with the words mulligan mulligan mulligan on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Just how many $3M golf weekends will it TAKE before we wake up and realize Trump is BRINGING PEACE TO THE WORLD?
This from Google AI:
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This from Google AI:
Great guns... apparently he does have such a tattoo...
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Great guns... apparently he does have such a tattoo...
(GIFTED) If you're in your 30s you'll be interested in this: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
Life for 30-Somethings Is Getting More Stressful
But maybe also more meaningful
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
(GIFTED) If you're in your 30s you'll be interested in this: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
(GIFTED) “They’re pulling all the starter homes off of the market in low-income, high-minority-density neighborhoods,”
"Institutional investors have bought up hundreds of thousands of American homes...outbidding families and pushing up rents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Institutional investors have bought up hundreds of thousands of American homes...outbidding families and pushing up rents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Private Equity Is Changing Housing
In some communities, corporations control more than 20 percent of properties.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
(GIFTED) “They’re pulling all the starter homes off of the market in low-income, high-minority-density neighborhoods,”
"Institutional investors have bought up hundreds of thousands of American homes...outbidding families and pushing up rents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Institutional investors have bought up hundreds of thousands of American homes...outbidding families and pushing up rents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I was born 5 yrs after WW2 ended. To think of the tens of millions who died defending their homelands, and the millions who died in the name of democracy... and then to think of all that sacrifice being dissipated in the space of 30 years since Newt Gingrich began his assault...
It breaks my heart.
It breaks my heart.
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I was born 5 yrs after WW2 ended. To think of the tens of millions who died defending their homelands, and the millions who died in the name of democracy... and then to think of all that sacrifice being dissipated in the space of 30 years since Newt Gingrich began his assault...
It breaks my heart.
It breaks my heart.
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This billionaire has an interesting prediction: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats
A memo for my fellow filthy rich who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
This billionaire has an interesting prediction: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Trump at work: His tariffs torpedo soybean farmers, who mostly vote Republican. So, he now proposes handing them $12B.
Meanwhile, the hot war in Ukraine for the future of democracy in Europe will get $400M, 1/3 of 1% as much. And, that will end up in the pockets of major US arms manufacturers.
Meanwhile, the hot war in Ukraine for the future of democracy in Europe will get $400M, 1/3 of 1% as much. And, that will end up in the pockets of major US arms manufacturers.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump at work: His tariffs torpedo soybean farmers, who mostly vote Republican. So, he now proposes handing them $12B.
Meanwhile, the hot war in Ukraine for the future of democracy in Europe will get $400M, 1/3 of 1% as much. And, that will end up in the pockets of major US arms manufacturers.
Meanwhile, the hot war in Ukraine for the future of democracy in Europe will get $400M, 1/3 of 1% as much. And, that will end up in the pockets of major US arms manufacturers.
“The subject line for the...death threats on my son was his words: ‘Marjorie Traitor Greene,’” Greene said, referring to the president’s newfound label for her."
1) President's followers believe his opponents should die; 2) He spends the day thinking up rude names.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
1) President's followers believe his opponents should die; 2) He spends the day thinking up rude names.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“The subject line for the...death threats on my son was his words: ‘Marjorie Traitor Greene,’” Greene said, referring to the president’s newfound label for her."
1) President's followers believe his opponents should die; 2) He spends the day thinking up rude names.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
1) President's followers believe his opponents should die; 2) He spends the day thinking up rude names.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Here's an outstanding one to toss at any MAGA you run across. Save it for future reference:
"[Marjorie Taylor] Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back"
Because ridicule is one thing MAGAs appreciate, since most have surely suffered a lot.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
"[Marjorie Taylor] Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back"
Because ridicule is one thing MAGAs appreciate, since most have surely suffered a lot.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here's an outstanding one to toss at any MAGA you run across. Save it for future reference:
"[Marjorie Taylor] Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back"
Because ridicule is one thing MAGAs appreciate, since most have surely suffered a lot.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
"[Marjorie Taylor] Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back"
Because ridicule is one thing MAGAs appreciate, since most have surely suffered a lot.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Of the proposed $900B US budget "Ukraine receive[s] $400M for 2026 & ...$400M for 2027...that go[es] towards production by American companies for some of the most high-priority weapons for Ukraine."
So, the hot war threatening world democracy gets 0.09% of our budget?
thehill.com/policy/defen...
So, the hot war threatening world democracy gets 0.09% of our budget?
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Of the proposed $900B US budget "Ukraine receive[s] $400M for 2026 & ...$400M for 2027...that go[es] towards production by American companies for some of the most high-priority weapons for Ukraine."
So, the hot war threatening world democracy gets 0.09% of our budget?
thehill.com/policy/defen...
So, the hot war threatening world democracy gets 0.09% of our budget?
thehill.com/policy/defen...
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
Q: Since soccer has awarded you a pathetically-ludicrous Peace Prize, what’s next?
Trump: I’m hoping to receive a Best Hair award from Black & Decker, a Bodybuilding award from Goodyear, and a Humanitarian award from Mattel.
Q: Mattel— the children’s toy company?
Trump: Yes.
Trump: I’m hoping to receive a Best Hair award from Black & Decker, a Bodybuilding award from Goodyear, and a Humanitarian award from Mattel.
Q: Mattel— the children’s toy company?
Trump: Yes.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Q: Since soccer has awarded you a pathetically-ludicrous Peace Prize, what’s next?
Trump: I’m hoping to receive a Best Hair award from Black & Decker, a Bodybuilding award from Goodyear, and a Humanitarian award from Mattel.
Q: Mattel— the children’s toy company?
Trump: Yes.
Trump: I’m hoping to receive a Best Hair award from Black & Decker, a Bodybuilding award from Goodyear, and a Humanitarian award from Mattel.
Q: Mattel— the children’s toy company?
Trump: Yes.
CNN: Sen. Tom Cotton, the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman told NBC...that he doesn’t have any problem w the video being made public, & that he trusts “Sec'y Hegseth...to make the decision about whether they can declassify & release the video.”
Sure. The fox will admit he raided the henhouse.
Sure. The fox will admit he raided the henhouse.
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
CNN: Sen. Tom Cotton, the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman told NBC...that he doesn’t have any problem w the video being made public, & that he trusts “Sec'y Hegseth...to make the decision about whether they can declassify & release the video.”
Sure. The fox will admit he raided the henhouse.
Sure. The fox will admit he raided the henhouse.
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
☠️ Drone threat in Rostov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh regions, and in the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
☠️ Drone threat in Rostov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh regions, and in the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.
Two peas in a pod. Maybe this is the kind of "Peas Prize" we should give him.
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Two peas in a pod. Maybe this is the kind of "Peas Prize" we should give him.
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. He thinks he can mange perceptions by lying. He is somewhat right, because lots of people are gullible. His goal is simply to enrich himself and to appear powerful because he is a narcissist, and he doesn’t care about people because he is a psychopath.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. He thinks he can mange perceptions by lying. He is somewhat right, because lots of people are gullible. His goal is simply to enrich himself and to appear powerful because he is a narcissist, and he doesn’t care about people because he is a psychopath.
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
This from WaPo today, re ICE racially profiling and arresting people:
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This from WaPo today, re ICE racially profiling and arresting people:
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
It is a feature of human psychology that, the lower a person's cognitive ability, the more confidence they tend to have in their own decisions, and the more resistant they are to changing their mind after they've made a decision.
The wealthy have harnessed these quirks to power the modern GOP.
The wealthy have harnessed these quirks to power the modern GOP.
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It is a feature of human psychology that, the lower a person's cognitive ability, the more confidence they tend to have in their own decisions, and the more resistant they are to changing their mind after they've made a decision.
The wealthy have harnessed these quirks to power the modern GOP.
The wealthy have harnessed these quirks to power the modern GOP.
What am I supposed to make of someone on Bluesky who shows this up top, but then only shows 2 Posts?
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What am I supposed to make of someone on Bluesky who shows this up top, but then only shows 2 Posts?
Reposted by William R Knecht, Ph.D.
“A strike list of dissenting citizens is being prepared” 👀
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Russian issues public approval of Trump, Putin’s asset, as official US National Security Policy, which has never occurred before in my 77 year life. Now a strike list of dissenting citizens is being prepared. OMG, not the Great America I was born into
Be Aware…
Russian issues public approval of Trump, Putin’s asset, as official US National Security Policy, which has never occurred before in my 77 year life. Now a strike list of dissenting citizens is being prepared. OMG, not the Great America I was born into
Be Aware…
NEWS: Russia Praises Trump’s National Security Strategy While Trump Orders FBI to Compile Nationwide List of Alleged American “Extremists”
Good afternoon, everyone, and Happy Sunday.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“A strike list of dissenting citizens is being prepared” 👀
Wise up y'all. If you let Reps gerrymander, but don't reciprocate, you hand them victory & will be blamed for it.
You can bring a knife to a gunfight if you choose. But, the result will be that you end up dead, dead, dead. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
You can bring a knife to a gunfight if you choose. But, the result will be that you end up dead, dead, dead. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Wise up y'all. If you let Reps gerrymander, but don't reciprocate, you hand them victory & will be blamed for it.
You can bring a knife to a gunfight if you choose. But, the result will be that you end up dead, dead, dead. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
You can bring a knife to a gunfight if you choose. But, the result will be that you end up dead, dead, dead. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Retired cognitive/behavioral research psychologist here. This piece is absolutely terrific. It fits perfectly in the behavioral psych body of knowledge.
As I've been pumping, until we fully understand Trump's & MAGAs' psychology, we won't defeat them.
As I've been pumping, until we fully understand Trump's & MAGAs' psychology, we won't defeat them.
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Retired cognitive/behavioral research psychologist here. This piece is absolutely terrific. It fits perfectly in the behavioral psych body of knowledge.
As I've been pumping, until we fully understand Trump's & MAGAs' psychology, we won't defeat them.
As I've been pumping, until we fully understand Trump's & MAGAs' psychology, we won't defeat them.