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Lincoln Paine
@lincolnpaine.bsky.social
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Maritime historian—The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World, among other things. LincolnPaine.com
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 1d
Techies not techbros.
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 3d
New Orleans.
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Annette @resistnow2024.bsky.social · 4d
I. Feel. Exactly. The. Same. Way. 💯😢😢
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 4d
Trump’s incohere-rage is contagious.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 7d
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social: "Let’s face it: Woke is good for business." And Democratic politics.
What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 10d
“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10d
Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 10d
At a conference last week I found myself suggesting that there should be a National Museum of Idiocy. The President's Park behind the White House seems like an obvious place for it. Or should we just repurpose the Capitol?
Map of the National Wall, showing among other things the President's Park, north and left of center, and the Capitol, at the east end of the Mall.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 11d
Your occasional reminder that Artificial Intelligence is neither artificial nor intelligence.
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Petar Marjanović @piit.ch · 13d
Democracy in a nutshell:

Zurich just voted to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Only electric ones allowed – and only from Oct to Dec.

✅ 75,248 yes (61.7%)
❌ 46,717 no
📊 Turnout: 52.9%

Not a single district voted majority against.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 12d
Liberace, Liberace
Men have named you...
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 13d
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Maritime History Under Fire: Impacts of a Change of Administrations on Maritime Heritage
Remarks delivered at the Twelfth Maritime Heritage Conference, Buffalo, New York, September 23, 2025.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 13d
Anti-education.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
Oui oui.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
Herman Cain tapped for vaccine advisory panel.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
TL;DR Thoughtful Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue on return to ABC diverts badly needed attention from “stark, raving mad” Donald Trump opening monologue on return to UN.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
What could possibly go wrong?
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
Considering advice from Junkie in Chief/HHS Sec. RFK Jr.? "Studies have shown some deterioration of the brain’s white matter due to heroin use, which may affect decision-making abilities, the ability to regulate behavior, and responses to stressful situations." nida.nih.gov/publications...
What are the long-term effects of heroin use? | National Institute on Drug Abuse
Repeated heroin use changes the physical structure13 and physiology of the brain, creating long-term imbalances in neuronal and hormonal systems that are not easily reversed.14,15 Studies have shown s...
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 17d
"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument."
—William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury (1913–18), California senator (1933–38)
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 18d
If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend that they are role models. Lester B. Pearson
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 19d
It was the first open-river swim there in nearly a century, the result of decades of work addressing pollution. 

By Leigh GiangrecoMore than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday...
‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In - Inside Climate News
More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the city...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20d
Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time

“While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'”

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Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19d
Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:
Sarah Despres @sarahdespres X.com I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs. 6:56 PM • 9/21/25 • 808 Views
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 21d
Great opening:
Oh, hear this, Robert Zimmerman
I wrote a song for you
About a strange young man called Dylan
With a voice like sand and glue…