kentropic
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“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
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“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
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kentropic
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· Feb 28
A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks
This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?
This one was as powerful as anything I'd ever read almost 40 years ago - a contemporary classic.
Reliving Jaime Hernandez's "<b>The Death of Speedy</b>" 30 Years Later
A look back at Jaime Hernandez's The Death of Speedy
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November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This one was as powerful as anything I'd ever read almost 40 years ago - a contemporary classic.
A guy I played golf with recently shared some of this “swing lubricant” with me from a flask. Very hard to find in PA, but if you get a chance to try some, take it - amazing stuff!
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A guy I played golf with recently shared some of this “swing lubricant” with me from a flask. Very hard to find in PA, but if you get a chance to try some, take it - amazing stuff!
He was a versatile & groundbreaking actor who absolutely stole the show in “Wrath of Khan,” but whenever I see him I hear “fine Corinthian leather.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
He was a versatile & groundbreaking actor who absolutely stole the show in “Wrath of Khan,” but whenever I see him I hear “fine Corinthian leather.”
This latest move sounds more like a product of Leaky Pete’s impulsive Christofascist monomania, than of Trump’s reflexive cruelty. Hard to imagine Trump turning down a chance to bask in the attention of a captive audience of 20,000 scouts.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This latest move sounds more like a product of Leaky Pete’s impulsive Christofascist monomania, than of Trump’s reflexive cruelty. Hard to imagine Trump turning down a chance to bask in the attention of a captive audience of 20,000 scouts.
There’s absolutely nothing even remotely worthwhile that the vandals currently in power won’t find a way to degrade, defile, & destroy.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There’s absolutely nothing even remotely worthwhile that the vandals currently in power won’t find a way to degrade, defile, & destroy.
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Epstein survivors say they received death threats
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Epstein survivors release new letter detailing death threats
"We ask every federal and state law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over these threats to investigate them," they said.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Epstein survivors say they received death threats
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) talks about the DOD threats against Senator Kelly.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) talks about the DOD threats against Senator Kelly.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There has never been a more accurate & descriptive SCOTUS case caption than “Trump v. United States.”
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
There has never been a more accurate & descriptive SCOTUS case caption than “Trump v. United States.”
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Attention media — Re: the teslas tunnel Twitter spaces going on right now, please stop calling these curated, virtual propaganda sessions where they handpick questions and hide from the people “town halls”
If the town isn’t allowed in, it’s not a Town hall
If the town isn’t allowed in, it’s not a Town hall
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Attention media — Re: the teslas tunnel Twitter spaces going on right now, please stop calling these curated, virtual propaganda sessions where they handpick questions and hide from the people “town halls”
If the town isn’t allowed in, it’s not a Town hall
If the town isn’t allowed in, it’s not a Town hall
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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🌊 How can communities lead the way in climate resilience?
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🌊 How can communities lead the way in climate resilience?
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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“…and by ‘so much better’ I mean ‘infinitely fucking worse’….”
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“…and by ‘so much better’ I mean ‘infinitely fucking worse’….”
In our hellish attention economy, the old saw about “no such thing as bad publicity” is truer than ever - much to our sorrow & shame. Once people get a taste of celebrity, they’ll do anything to stay in the public eye, no matter how much or how far they have to further debase & disgrace themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In our hellish attention economy, the old saw about “no such thing as bad publicity” is truer than ever - much to our sorrow & shame. Once people get a taste of celebrity, they’ll do anything to stay in the public eye, no matter how much or how far they have to further debase & disgrace themselves.
Gotta admit ol’ Leaky Pete is a guy who knows more than most about discrediting institutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Gotta admit ol’ Leaky Pete is a guy who knows more than most about discrediting institutions.
It is indeed a clown show, but these are some horrifically dangerous & destructive clowns.
Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity
Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It is indeed a clown show, but these are some horrifically dangerous & destructive clowns.
“Nobel Prize-winning economist Simon Kuznets is often cited, perhaps apocryphally, as having said that there are four types of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina.” You mean to say, a guy with a chainsaw isn’t likely to fix it? Great lede to an illuminating essay.
This is a terrific primer on the economic history of Argentina by former Argentine central banker Matias Vernengo. He explains how Milei's policies have been tried before, failed then, and will fail again.
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Make Argentina Crash Again: On Milei’s Neoliberal Experiment - The American Prospect
The short-term political boost to Argentine president Javier Milei's fortunes is unlikely to continue, as the familiar cycle of crisis and default looms.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Nobel Prize-winning economist Simon Kuznets is often cited, perhaps apocryphally, as having said that there are four types of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina.” You mean to say, a guy with a chainsaw isn’t likely to fix it? Great lede to an illuminating essay.
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Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity
Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”