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@johniwaniszek.bsky.social

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Professional statistical programmer in clinical studies. I consume mass quantities of teevee drama, read in the areas of race, US civil war history, 20th century history, culture, change, personality. My musical tastes tend toward psychedelic honky-tonk.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1h

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My favorite political blog post of all time was published by Jim...

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 57m

he was just going to capture her with zero cause?

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 2h

you have to care enough about the subject to write like that. So it is a little contradictory in that there must have been something excitingly singular about the man. He was clearly not forgettable.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 3h

the finance part will shock you at first, but then it will all begin to seem very familiar. The mortgage backed derivatives were a huge part of global finance during that era.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 15h

this triggers my number one rule. Always try the slaw.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 17h

ask him why he is lying. Make the lying the story. Same with Johnson and the press lady.

Something like, I would like to address the process of the administration's/congressman's communications. Every statement is invariably a lie. Is this an intentional strategy on the part of the admin/cong?

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 17h

my dad fought in the war. It's a fucking red line for me.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 18h

was he bathed in the blood?

the blood of jesus

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually fine and admirable to have a college degree. It’s fine to live in a city. Achieving professional success and financial security is laudable. Being civically minded and patriotic about our tradition of democracy and constitutionalism makes you a better person and should be celebrated.

King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 1d

The secret to Democratic success will be a Democratic leadership that’s not embarrassed to be Democrats.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 18h

It will be a clown show

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

well loved by his friends in town

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

My friends found his obituary online. A good time boy who love football.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

Did you see the young football fan's grave site?

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

I read "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism" a year or so ago and it laid out the economics of chattel slavery and how it underpinned the entire world economy.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

yes!

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

this is like my misapprehension that Eli Whitney
was Black. I have labored under the delusion that this was by Charles Dickens.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

there is a tenure condition on the signing bonus.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

(photo by james powers)

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

The Great Stone Face, with representative flora

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing is real to MAGA, that's what you need to understand. Everything can be true or false at any time, or even the same time, depending on what they need to believe in order to feel catharsis. They have created vast, insular social environments for the purpose of endless emotional indulgence.

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

very poetic. Let's call it cowardice and complacency

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

a tyrant is ignoring the constitution, firing live artillery at americans, invading our cities, and tearing down the white house to build himself a palace

our institutions won't react because they're lost in a digital dreamstate, unable to decide what is true because of social media poisoning

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johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

I guess there is a plan provide reliable information on the criteria the AI program uses and that people with be given feedback and goals that will address those criteria?

johniwaniszek.bsky.social @johniwaniszek.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't Margaret avoid injury by not being where she usually sat?

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Ian Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 2d

Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Gaia at Beverley Minster.

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