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“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza “A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin “I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?

Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · Feb 28

A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 8h

Of course he does. Everybody knows a steady diet of fast food junk is the best way to build good cardiovascular health.

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 9h

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

Alt: Famous clip from Starship Troopers - “I’m doing my part!”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 12h

Sign you live in a police state

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 12h

“Even the liberal New York Times….”

Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 15h

lol "well now Jesus didn't say *out loud* we can't have our slaves back so how about we just go for it"

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 17h

…even though it mentions “pop art” about a half-dozen times.

[goose meme] “Who invented pop art?”

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 17h

"We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility" - except, of course, bring back marginal tax rates on the super-wealthy that built the world's greatest economy in the 20th century.

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 17h

Homemade Captain Trips: what could go wrong?

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 18h

So often, it's the ones you MOST suspect....

The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 18h

Texas GOP chairman Kelly Giles faces felony election fraud charges for falsifying ballot paperwork, another potential failure for a party that has long claimed the mantle of election integrity.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 18h

This might be the most chilling political video I've ever seen in the US: national unity, freedom of speech & thought, right to peaceful assembly & petition for redress of grievances - "all this has gotta come to an end," says the Speaker of the House.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

"Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back" | Nice piece about my new book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, by the great @willbunch.bsky.social for the Philadelphia @inquirer.com: www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 21h

The Dune comparison here is really interesting

Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 22h

Fuck the AI cult

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21h

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 22h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 21h

Apologies that I'm going to be all about THE RADIANT SEA for the foreseeable future, but .... 😉
Our book has been released in the U.K. now and should be available at your local bookshops! 🦑🧪 (with @sonkejo.bsky.social)

Panel of photos. At left the cover with a squid embracing the text The Radiant Sea, and examples from the pigments, bioluminescence, fluorescence, and iridescence sections.

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 22h

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will - we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out." - 2004 quote attributed to Karl Rove

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, those Bvlgari ads aren't going to sell themselves, y'know.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve said for years that the Prize should go to World Central Kitchen, and I hope it finally does tomorrow.

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Demanding the Nobel Peace Prize while holding a figurative gun to the committee’s head is just SO on the nose for this guy.

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain….”

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

“Civil disorder” can - and has, throughout US history - meant anything from jaywalking to showing insufficient deference (in their opinion) to police. It’s a meaningless catch-all phrase.

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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 1d

Since 2021, nearly 23,000 books have been banned—proof that fear still wields a red pen. They’re trying to erase stories of race, identity, and love because they can’t erase the people who live them.

Read defiantly.
Share loudly.
Rebel with a book.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 1d

"If Democrats don’t deliver, the right will continue to exploit the affordability crisis to divide working people. Delivering real affordability is how we restore trust—and how we save democracy.”

Living Wage, Affordability Platforms Like Mamdani and Platner’s Have 'Major Electoral Advantage': Polls

The One Fair Wage coalition is pushing for a true living wage to help working people thrive, with overwhelming support in swing districts and major cities. Will Democratic leaders deliver on affordability and living wages before the midterm elections, or risk losing trust and democracy? #LivingWage #Affordability #SaveDemocracy

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

“Don't have to humble yourself to me
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no Queen of Sheba
We may not even have our dignity
This could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose, you know we ain't no amoeba” - written by John Hiatt, made famous by Bonnie Raitt