In the Woods
@ctphil.bsky.social
32G(2HM2) '71-'74
I want to be a Crypto Ranger, outa sight and outa danger
Celtic Skeptic The Internet thing was a mistake, sorry.
Datapoint, Xerox, Wang, OpenConnect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
I want to be a Crypto Ranger, outa sight and outa danger
Celtic Skeptic The Internet thing was a mistake, sorry.
Datapoint, Xerox, Wang, OpenConnect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
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Reminds me of this.
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Reminds me of this.
Moonset. Happy Imbolc to those who celebrate.
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Moonset. Happy Imbolc to those who celebrate.
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
Put out the bird feeders because it is sooo cold and snowy. Kept them in for the last few years, it was so warm the bears weren't really hibernating and looted them.
Took the birds a day or so to find them and I wondered how long for the squirrels. Next day one showed up and within the hour.
Took the birds a day or so to find them and I wondered how long for the squirrels. Next day one showed up and within the hour.
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Put out the bird feeders because it is sooo cold and snowy. Kept them in for the last few years, it was so warm the bears weren't really hibernating and looted them.
Took the birds a day or so to find them and I wondered how long for the squirrels. Next day one showed up and within the hour.
Took the birds a day or so to find them and I wondered how long for the squirrels. Next day one showed up and within the hour.
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Just sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Whitewashing Of Trump
It Is Never His Fault When It Always Is: A Case Study
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Just sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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#showmeyourknits this week the theme is ‘Hands’. So here are the Trompe-l'œil ‘hands’ I knitted myself a few years ago. I don’t wear a lot of rings & until recently I rarely had ‘nice’ nails - these gloves though - - they have the works ! See Alt Text 4 details #handknit #handknittedgloves #gloves
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 AM
#showmeyourknits this week the theme is ‘Hands’. So here are the Trompe-l'œil ‘hands’ I knitted myself a few years ago. I don’t wear a lot of rings & until recently I rarely had ‘nice’ nails - these gloves though - - they have the works ! See Alt Text 4 details #handknit #handknittedgloves #gloves
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maybe the most confusing thing about the president of the united states clearly suffering from massive, massive mental degradation is how the whole system attempts to close up in denial
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
maybe the most confusing thing about the president of the united states clearly suffering from massive, massive mental degradation is how the whole system attempts to close up in denial
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"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative."
Shirer, p. 242
Shirer, p. 242
October 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative."
Shirer, p. 242
Shirer, p. 242
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MN ice beats ICE
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
MN ice beats ICE
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Occasionally as a litigator you run across an opposing party who repeatedly breaches contracts and settlement agreements and legal requirements — just never abides by them. Generally competent lawyers point out that you shouldn’t do business with or enter contracts with that person.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Occasionally as a litigator you run across an opposing party who repeatedly breaches contracts and settlement agreements and legal requirements — just never abides by them. Generally competent lawyers point out that you shouldn’t do business with or enter contracts with that person.
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In July 2024, I warned that if Trump were re-elected, "The age of multilateralism would be over, and something much worse will take its place. The UK and Europe will need to find the means of defending ourselves".
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything | George Monbiot
A Putin-friendly president would pose a grave danger to Europe. Like it or not, this calls for greater defence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
In July 2024, I warned that if Trump were re-elected, "The age of multilateralism would be over, and something much worse will take its place. The UK and Europe will need to find the means of defending ourselves".
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Taken for a ride?” They’re the fucking chauffeurs.
"The fact that the US is even attempting a kind of regime change by protection racket, one that began with the brazen abduction of a foreign leader, is proof that Vance and the many, many, many others who insisted that Trump is some kind of dove have been taken for a ride."
Donald Trump was never a dove
How critics of American interventionism fell for a myth.
www.vox.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“Taken for a ride?” They’re the fucking chauffeurs.
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A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
Frozen Candlewood Lake
January 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Frozen Candlewood Lake
Me: Poor thing has nothing to eat except those scrubby bushes.
Wife: Those WERE our azaleas.
Wife: Those WERE our azaleas.
January 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Me: Poor thing has nothing to eat except those scrubby bushes.
Wife: Those WERE our azaleas.
Wife: Those WERE our azaleas.
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Make no mistake about what is happening here. The president and his advisers are sitting in a makeshift SCIF at his palatial Florida estate keeping track of how the attack on a foreign nation is playing on social media.
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Make no mistake about what is happening here. The president and his advisers are sitting in a makeshift SCIF at his palatial Florida estate keeping track of how the attack on a foreign nation is playing on social media.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know my name. That’s not an accident. I’m Shawn Harris. I’m a Democrat, a husband and father, a Retired Brigadier General, and a farmer. I’m running in a special election to replace MTG. I’m the only Democrat in a jungle primary against 17 Republicans.
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know my name. That’s not an accident. I’m Shawn Harris. I’m a Democrat, a husband and father, a Retired Brigadier General, and a farmer. I’m running in a special election to replace MTG. I’m the only Democrat in a jungle primary against 17 Republicans.
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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This where we are:
On Thursday Trump made a multi billion dollar PERSONAL bet on a competing energy source and Monday he straight attempted to cancel potential competition.
It's incredible how inured the world has become to his naked corruption.
On Thursday Trump made a multi billion dollar PERSONAL bet on a competing energy source and Monday he straight attempted to cancel potential competition.
It's incredible how inured the world has become to his naked corruption.
December 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This where we are:
On Thursday Trump made a multi billion dollar PERSONAL bet on a competing energy source and Monday he straight attempted to cancel potential competition.
It's incredible how inured the world has become to his naked corruption.
On Thursday Trump made a multi billion dollar PERSONAL bet on a competing energy source and Monday he straight attempted to cancel potential competition.
It's incredible how inured the world has become to his naked corruption.
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