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Brooklyn based artist and carpenter.
This helps make some sense for understanding my mother’s lineage and faith. Both sides of her family, Philbrick and Fellows, trace back to 1630 crossings from England to New England. Yet her family was Catholic. So much so her sister, my aunt Sue, was a nun.
Much remains unclear and likely lost.
Much remains unclear and likely lost.
‘Wasn’t the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock in 1620 all about freedom of conscience, far from an established church sick with popish ceremonial?’
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholicism in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholicism in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Malcolm Gaskill · Bejesuited: America’s First Catholics
Readers familiar with the legend of Pocahontas – baptised an Anglican in the church at Jamestown – and the puritan...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This helps make some sense for understanding my mother’s lineage and faith. Both sides of her family, Philbrick and Fellows, trace back to 1630 crossings from England to New England. Yet her family was Catholic. So much so her sister, my aunt Sue, was a nun.
Much remains unclear and likely lost.
Much remains unclear and likely lost.
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
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www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
Calvinist snake oil.
Fuck this ghoul.
Fuck this ghoul.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Calvinist snake oil.
Fuck this ghoul.
Fuck this ghoul.
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"One of the women went into the ER for a C-section and was diagnosed with preeclampsia, a complication that can cause significant swelling. Staff were worried her smartwatch would cut off her circulation ... 'She had this deep fear that ICE was going to come to the hospital and take her baby.'"
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labour and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"One of the women went into the ER for a C-section and was diagnosed with preeclampsia, a complication that can cause significant swelling. Staff were worried her smartwatch would cut off her circulation ... 'She had this deep fear that ICE was going to come to the hospital and take her baby.'"
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What was that the late President Johnson said? "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What was that the late President Johnson said? "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
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Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
Dems didn't brand "white dudes" as the "bad guy" as Portnoy suggests. We branded people who support a toxic, hate-filled convicted felon who abuses women and lies constantly about everything as the bad guys, and they just happen to be disproportionately white men.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
Dave Portnoy Says He Turned on Dems Because They Branded 'White Dudes' Society's 'Bad Guy'
Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy said he flipped to supporting Republicans because Democrats branded "white dudes" as the "bad guy" in America during the Biden Administration
www.mediaite.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
Taking my rage out on this old ass (vintage) doorknob trying to release its spindle.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Taking my rage out on this old ass (vintage) doorknob trying to release its spindle.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
@democrats.senate.gov are like the appendix. A vestigial structure that is useless and forgettable most of the time except for moments of crisis when it tries its best to kill you.
With surrender on the ACA their cowardice could put ten of millions of Americans into a potentially deadly crisis.
With surrender on the ACA their cowardice could put ten of millions of Americans into a potentially deadly crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
@democrats.senate.gov are like the appendix. A vestigial structure that is useless and forgettable most of the time except for moments of crisis when it tries its best to kill you.
With surrender on the ACA their cowardice could put ten of millions of Americans into a potentially deadly crisis.
With surrender on the ACA their cowardice could put ten of millions of Americans into a potentially deadly crisis.
Schumer’s term is until ‘28 and Gillibrand’s is ‘30. But if they capitulate and help the GOP strip healthcare from millions of us, I sincerely hope I’m still alive so I can fully devote my self to seeing them replaced.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Schumer’s term is until ‘28 and Gillibrand’s is ‘30. But if they capitulate and help the GOP strip healthcare from millions of us, I sincerely hope I’m still alive so I can fully devote my self to seeing them replaced.
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This is an absolute must read. Perfect.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is an absolute must read. Perfect.
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We're going to have a computer do the phrenology
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We're going to have a computer do the phrenology
Great read.
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppress...
skywriter.blue
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Great read.
#FIFA is really freeing up a lot of my time next summer.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#fuckfifa #corruption #boycott
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#fuckfifa #corruption #boycott
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#FIFA is really freeing up a lot of my time next summer.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#fuckfifa #corruption #boycott
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#fuckfifa #corruption #boycott
Wishing It Could
acrylic, graphite on evolon
10 x 10 inches
2025
acrylic, graphite on evolon
10 x 10 inches
2025
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wishing It Could
acrylic, graphite on evolon
10 x 10 inches
2025
acrylic, graphite on evolon
10 x 10 inches
2025
“Innocent Christians” are an extreme rarity after 2000 years of blood soaked Christian history.
Finally, a Crusade sponsored by MyPillow and dietary supplements.
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Innocent Christians” are an extreme rarity after 2000 years of blood soaked Christian history.
Great read.
New on Forms of Life, Noah Swank on the political trap of AI-generated MAGA art:
AI Art and Kitsch | The Point Magazine
Prodigies and abominations stalk cyberspace: images of Trump as a professional wrestler; of Trump as Rambo; of alligators wearing ICE hats; of prominent men in ill-fitting suits and prominent women in...
thepointmag.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great read.