kierceldwen
@kierceldwen.bsky.social
- biol-/archaeologist, "Celtic Studies", "you should write"
- profile pic: postcard by Andreas Bloch, Norway, c. 1905, sometimes used to represent Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded
- background image by Joseph Farquharson of Scotland: "Sheep Feeding", c.1890, 1911
- profile pic: postcard by Andreas Bloch, Norway, c. 1905, sometimes used to represent Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded
- background image by Joseph Farquharson of Scotland: "Sheep Feeding", c.1890, 1911
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
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. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
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Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Has to be intentional by the artist . Rotting hands claw greedily at planet Earth to honour Trump and give him a Fake News peace prize
ALT-Text: Schauerliche Hände von Untoten krallen nach einer halbzerfetzten Erdkugel;
Würmer fressen Handstumpen;
überall sind Finger, einfach sehr viele gierige Finger, die grabbelig aalig nach einem dreckigen Klumpen schnappen.
(Unter allen hässlichen Preisen ist das wohl der hässlichste)
Würmer fressen Handstumpen;
überall sind Finger, einfach sehr viele gierige Finger, die grabbelig aalig nach einem dreckigen Klumpen schnappen.
(Unter allen hässlichen Preisen ist das wohl der hässlichste)
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Has to be intentional by the artist . Rotting hands claw greedily at planet Earth to honour Trump and give him a Fake News peace prize
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The c.3800 BC open-cast copper mine of Curak, Serbia #NationalMinersDay
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The c.3800 BC open-cast copper mine of Curak, Serbia #NationalMinersDay
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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DAG Blanche says DOJ takes white-collar investigations seriously, but its website has just a single new FCPA (foreign bribery) case all this year.
Now, he says if DOJ improperly targets a company, he will hold against them if it spoke the truth about DOJ's deficient performance.
That's justice?
Now, he says if DOJ improperly targets a company, he will hold against them if it spoke the truth about DOJ's deficient performance.
That's justice?
Todd Blanche is now warning lawyers who criticize Trump's Justice Department:
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department
DOJ’s No. 2 official said says prosecutors see "inconsistency" in attorneys’ private pleas and public commentary.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
DAG Blanche says DOJ takes white-collar investigations seriously, but its website has just a single new FCPA (foreign bribery) case all this year.
Now, he says if DOJ improperly targets a company, he will hold against them if it spoke the truth about DOJ's deficient performance.
That's justice?
Now, he says if DOJ improperly targets a company, he will hold against them if it spoke the truth about DOJ's deficient performance.
That's justice?
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If you’ve been thinking about submitting to the Rights in Reel Time Challenge… consider this your reminder!
I’m judging this year and would love to see your take on the First or Fourth Amendment.
Deadline: Jan 5
Info: l4gg.org/ReelTime
#RightsinReelTime
I’m judging this year and would love to see your take on the First or Fourth Amendment.
Deadline: Jan 5
Info: l4gg.org/ReelTime
#RightsinReelTime
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you’ve been thinking about submitting to the Rights in Reel Time Challenge… consider this your reminder!
I’m judging this year and would love to see your take on the First or Fourth Amendment.
Deadline: Jan 5
Info: l4gg.org/ReelTime
#RightsinReelTime
I’m judging this year and would love to see your take on the First or Fourth Amendment.
Deadline: Jan 5
Info: l4gg.org/ReelTime
#RightsinReelTime
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
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Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
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The boat strikes are also considered extrajudicial killings under international human rights law. h/t to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for directing me to this very helpful and decisive article that answers all these questions. END/ www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes
An expert Q & A on the Trump administration's lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas.
www.justsecurity.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The boat strikes are also considered extrajudicial killings under international human rights law. h/t to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for directing me to this very helpful and decisive article that answers all these questions. END/ www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
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There is no point along the chain of command—from then-VADM Bradley down to the crew member triggering the missile—where anyone has any excuse whatsoever for giving or following that order.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is no point along the chain of command—from then-VADM Bradley down to the crew member triggering the missile—where anyone has any excuse whatsoever for giving or following that order.
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Air Marshall Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
London. June 3, 1942.
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind...
RAF Bomber Command
London. June 3, 1942.
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind...
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Air Marshall Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
London. June 3, 1942.
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind...
RAF Bomber Command
London. June 3, 1942.
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind...
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No one mouthes the messages of Russian influence operations more loudly or consistently than Elon Musk. And note how he refuses to talk about his regular direct talks with Vladimir Putin, which as a top secret security holder he is obligated to report to USG, but does not—ever.
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No one mouthes the messages of Russian influence operations more loudly or consistently than Elon Musk. And note how he refuses to talk about his regular direct talks with Vladimir Putin, which as a top secret security holder he is obligated to report to USG, but does not—ever.
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The Americans, an update. "Andrei Bezrukov, the Russian spy whose double life in Boston as business consultant Donald Heathfield became the inspiration for the TV show The Americans. Bezrukov now serves as the head of the Russian Association for the Export of Technological Sovereignty, an RIS front.
Former deep-cover Russian spy leads Moscow campaign to co-opt Indian tech
Russia is hoping to use India’s booming tech sector to challenge the West and China for IT supremacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Americans, an update. "Andrei Bezrukov, the Russian spy whose double life in Boston as business consultant Donald Heathfield became the inspiration for the TV show The Americans. Bezrukov now serves as the head of the Russian Association for the Export of Technological Sovereignty, an RIS front.
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The UN has passed a resolution calling on Russia to return the thousands of Ukrainian children it has kidnapped. Putin and his closest allies voted "no."
🇷🇺 Russia
🇮🇷 Islamic Regime in Iran
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇳🇪 Niger
🇲🇱 Mali
🇷🇺 Russia
🇮🇷 Islamic Regime in Iran
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇳🇪 Niger
🇲🇱 Mali
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The UN has passed a resolution calling on Russia to return the thousands of Ukrainian children it has kidnapped. Putin and his closest allies voted "no."
🇷🇺 Russia
🇮🇷 Islamic Regime in Iran
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇳🇪 Niger
🇲🇱 Mali
🇷🇺 Russia
🇮🇷 Islamic Regime in Iran
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇳🇪 Niger
🇲🇱 Mali
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Best Twitter riposte of the day
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Best Twitter riposte of the day
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For people who need numbers, this is as good a definition of tyranny and authoritarianism as we could ask for.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For people who need numbers, this is as good a definition of tyranny and authoritarianism as we could ask for.
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The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
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Blatant lawlessness from Kristi Noem.
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Blatant lawlessness from Kristi Noem.
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Bob Kagan: "We take for granted the degree of peace we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world we’re now moving into."
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Bob Kagan: "We take for granted the degree of peace we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world we’re now moving into."