Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

I found every aspect of Tom Wilkinson's performance as Franklin to be astonishing. It's like Day-Lewis as Lincoln, it's a hell of a task to connect those things. Just his voice alone. Franklin's people were from Northamptonshire. You hear that, and you hear Boston, and you hear Philadelphia.

Kathryn Coffey @literacygurl.bsky.social · 1d

It’s easy to forget that our Founding Fathers were all immigrants. Ben Franklin was an honorable Englishman—until he wasn’t.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to talk about the Hutchinson Letters Affair, because it's an important episode that's not often taught in schools, and I think it's instructive.

5 6 88

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 18h

There is no final victory or defeat. There is only a new phase of the battle.

AnnieOPopoAgie 💙💙💙 @annieopopoagie.bsky.social · 18h

And Nixon still hopes for a fight??

4 11 90

Reposted

Jay Rigdon @jayrigdon.bsky.social · 20h

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

140 3.4K 14K

Reposted

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 11h

Congrats, you passed the Stanford test!

1 3 49

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 5h

Couple of dicks arresting a protestor

5 42

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4h

Police are looking for this suspect in The Louvre robbery

a statue of a man is surrounded by lasers

ALT: a statue of a man is surrounded by lasers

media.tenor.com

4 3 38

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4h

Police have released cctv footage of the Louvre robbers escaping

6 26 150

Reposted

Eric Hansen @erichansennd.bsky.social · 7h

By the numbers: Stats that matter coming out of #NotreDame's 34-24 win over USC
www.on3.com/teams/notre-...

1 3

Reposted

Eric Hansen @erichansennd.bsky.social · 8h

Another surge by the #NotreDame secondary — and this one, against USC, leaves no doubt
www.on3.com/teams/notre-...

1 5

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

First, it staves off apathy, cynicism, and despair.

Second, it demonstrates to those who might use violence against innocent civilians that they would be doing so against grannies, kids, neighbors.

Third, it shows allies and partners that the America they need is alive.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 16h

Here is my question, and it’s an earnest one I promise: whose mind will it change and to what end?

I don’t have any answers about what we need to do. But like, we did protests in 2017, and 2020. Among the biggest in NATIONAL HISTORY. Voting in my opinion has a much more direct effect than this.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 18h

The numbers I am seeing, and the breadth of people and places with basically no arrests and so forth, seem to me an unqualified political loss for them. It is a show of strength rather than the fight itself, but you can’t downplay it.

20 88 440

Reposted

Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

#giftlink William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon

www.nytimes.com

5 23

percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 1d

What do you recommend as far as a great book or books about Mr. Franklin?

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to talk about the Hutchinson Letters Affair, because it's an important episode that's not often taught in schools, and I think it's instructive.

3 29 140

Reposted

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 3d

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Bob McMichael, 63, and his wife, Leslie, 62, are retired and make about $42,000 a year. They currently pay $51 a month for their ACA plan. Late last month, they got a notice that their monthly premium would increase to $2,232 next year without the subsidies.

Idaho kicks off Affordable Care Act open enrollment as premiums are set to rise nationwide

About 25,000 Idahoans are likely to drop their coverage for next year when enhanced subsidies expire.

www.nbcnews.com

4 22 19

Reposted

Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 1d

what did *you* think ACAB meant?

Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 7d

police are gangs that we all collectively pretend answer to elected officials because the truth is scary

i'm not even properly an anarchist but i thought we all knew this

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 7d

sorry, who’s the ultimate authority of state police again?

1 1 2

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with my American friends on No Kings Day.
Here’s Umberto Eco’s famous checklist for signs of fascism.
Trump’s racing through it like it’s a Bingo card but I hope you can stop him in his tracks.

1 63 160

Reposted

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

www.nytimes.com

4 470 2.5K

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is allowing the state police to do what they’re doing because the moment he calls them off it would be used as pretext for the Insurrection Act.

32 70 310

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick: ‘Consider football: the rough & tumble of our national game is nothing new for the West Midlands. Growing up in the eighties, my Dad took me to more than a few matches at Villa Park in the away end.The language, chants, and antics were - at times - less than well-mannered.’
Reality:

2 37 120

percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 1d

I recall that. For a short window, that guy was bad ass.

Reposted

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 2d

Friday Night Football!

Interesting FBS match-ups (ET)

7:00—LOU @ #2 MIA—ESPN
8:00—#25 NEB @ MINN—FOX
9:00—SJSU @ USU—CBSSN
10:30—UNC @ CAL—ESPN

1 4 31

Reposted

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2d

‘Someday this war’s gonna end’
‘When Colonel?’
‘Just let me ask ChatGPT’

8 16 76

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

When you name people, there is no turning back.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

9 60 320

Reposted

Joshua Aslan 👁️🌐 @joshuaaslan.bsky.social · 2d

a man and two women are posing for a picture with the caption buc nasty

ALT: a man and two women are posing for a picture with the caption buc nasty

media.tenor.com

1 12

Reposted

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

If this is true, it is significant not just in itself but because it was long said Francis intended to do it, but he didn't.

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

14 18 130