Wes Stanton
@wstantontacoma.bsky.social
Retiree, United Methodist, poodle pop, Solitary Bee afficionado.
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Chesterton's fence is, in short, the principle that it is foolhardy to remove a fence without knowing why it was put there in the first place.
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Chesterton's fence is, in short, the principle that it is foolhardy to remove a fence without knowing why it was put there in the first place.
If I hadn't cancelled the WaPo subscription last month, I'd do it today.
btw: there IS truth to the rumor that WaPo has changed its motto from "Democracy dies in darkness" to "Democracy dies in broad daylight." Not literal truth, but truth nonetheless.
btw: there IS truth to the rumor that WaPo has changed its motto from "Democracy dies in darkness" to "Democracy dies in broad daylight." Not literal truth, but truth nonetheless.
Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.
February 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If I hadn't cancelled the WaPo subscription last month, I'd do it today.
btw: there IS truth to the rumor that WaPo has changed its motto from "Democracy dies in darkness" to "Democracy dies in broad daylight." Not literal truth, but truth nonetheless.
btw: there IS truth to the rumor that WaPo has changed its motto from "Democracy dies in darkness" to "Democracy dies in broad daylight." Not literal truth, but truth nonetheless.
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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I don’t know why it took me so long to see this, but he’s in gamer mode.
He and his DOGE crew are on a World of Warcraft raid, slashing and burning as much of the federal government as he can manage, laughing and trolling the whole time.
He’s incapable of empathetically understanding the harm.
He and his DOGE crew are on a World of Warcraft raid, slashing and burning as much of the federal government as he can manage, laughing and trolling the whole time.
He’s incapable of empathetically understanding the harm.
The Founders wrote in safeguards against every manner of threat to democracy, but somehow they failed to anticipate the possibility of an administrative coup led by a socially awkward 12-year-old boy emboldened by the sugar high that follows a family size bag of skittles and a Double Big Gulp.
February 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I don’t know why it took me so long to see this, but he’s in gamer mode.
He and his DOGE crew are on a World of Warcraft raid, slashing and burning as much of the federal government as he can manage, laughing and trolling the whole time.
He’s incapable of empathetically understanding the harm.
He and his DOGE crew are on a World of Warcraft raid, slashing and burning as much of the federal government as he can manage, laughing and trolling the whole time.
He’s incapable of empathetically understanding the harm.
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This is not a close question
“Permanent resettlement” of Gaza’s civilian population is also known as “forcible transfer.”
And yes, this form of ethnic cleansing violates international law. It’s a war crime.
ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary...
And yes, this form of ethnic cleansing violates international law. It’s a war crime.
ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary...
ihl-databases.icrc.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is not a close question
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Yeah, it's rough weather right now.
Keep your head up.
Keep your head up.
February 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeah, it's rough weather right now.
Keep your head up.
Keep your head up.
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And when they came for the Lutherans, I did nothing . . .
February 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And when they came for the Lutherans, I did nothing . . .
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As Trump prepares to turn Guantanamo into a concentration camp, the front page for the Amache National Historical Site is down.
As if you could erase history by pretending a place doesn't exist. Stalin would blush.
www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm
As if you could erase history by pretending a place doesn't exist. Stalin would blush.
www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm
January 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As Trump prepares to turn Guantanamo into a concentration camp, the front page for the Amache National Historical Site is down.
As if you could erase history by pretending a place doesn't exist. Stalin would blush.
www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm
As if you could erase history by pretending a place doesn't exist. Stalin would blush.
www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm
Listening to a good conversation about the southern California fires. Hard to be levelheaded during a crisis, but for those with the luxury to listen, I commend this podcast, and this episode. pca.st/episode/e5f3...
Fire in Built Environments (Special Episode: LA Fires) with Alexandra Syphard - Golden State Naturalist
Golden State Naturalist is a love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future.
Come with Michelle Fullner as she climbs to the top of a beaver dam, descends into a tar pit, peers int...
pca.st
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Listening to a good conversation about the southern California fires. Hard to be levelheaded during a crisis, but for those with the luxury to listen, I commend this podcast, and this episode. pca.st/episode/e5f3...
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Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze?
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze?
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
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I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
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For troublesome priests, we give thanks to the Lord.
January 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For troublesome priests, we give thanks to the Lord.
Our community choir's going to be singing this in our spring concert series, and I'm thrilled. Rosephanye Powell's setting of Langston Hughes' poem, "To You."
All you who are dreamers too, help me make our world anew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4Q...
All you who are dreamers too, help me make our world anew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4Q...
To Sit and Dream-By. Rosephanye Powell
YouTube video by Voices of Houston
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Our community choir's going to be singing this in our spring concert series, and I'm thrilled. Rosephanye Powell's setting of Langston Hughes' poem, "To You."
All you who are dreamers too, help me make our world anew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4Q...
All you who are dreamers too, help me make our world anew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4Q...
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Sometimes I think, "Compared to geological time, living things exist for only little blinks," but other times I think, "actually, life is one continuous chemical chain that first formed billions of years ago and every mountain range that existed back then has long since crumbled away to dust."
December 10, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Sometimes I think, "Compared to geological time, living things exist for only little blinks," but other times I think, "actually, life is one continuous chemical chain that first formed billions of years ago and every mountain range that existed back then has long since crumbled away to dust."
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Warning: This is a big Star Wars spoiler
December 7, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Warning: This is a big Star Wars spoiler
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Every time you block a troll without engaging, God saves a fuzzy little gosling.
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And that's why I can't walk from my office to my classroom these days without stepping in goose shit.
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And that's why I can't walk from my office to my classroom these days without stepping in goose shit.
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Every time you block a troll without engaging, God saves a fuzzy little gosling.
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And that's why I can't walk from my office to my classroom these days without stepping in goose shit.
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And that's why I can't walk from my office to my classroom these days without stepping in goose shit.
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A List of Things People Blamed on Radio
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November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
A List of Things People Blamed on Radio
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