PortfolioCarmel
@portfoliocarmel.bsky.social
Carmel-by-the-Sea | Big Sur Coast
resident of DC and NYC in days of yore
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Preserving Democracy | Defeating Autocracy
cover art: Truth | Ed Ruscha
resident of DC and NYC in days of yore
Books | Art | Politics | Policy | Poems
Trees | Seas | Stones | Stars
Films | Felines | Wildwood Wonder
Preserving Democracy | Defeating Autocracy
cover art: Truth | Ed Ruscha
Pinned
James Baldwin would repeatedly tell us:
‘You’ve Got To Excavate The Truth.’
I can hear his voice saying that, now.
Michael Thelwell and Jimmy, mid 1980s
‘You’ve Got To Excavate The Truth.’
I can hear his voice saying that, now.
Michael Thelwell and Jimmy, mid 1980s
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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Wow again. Ruha Benjamin wrote Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code.
From the blurb: "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity."
From the blurb: "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity."
These Mamdani transition committees are seriously impressive. Hiring @ruha9.bsky.social for the technology committee is very smart. And so many more. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wow again. Ruha Benjamin wrote Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code.
From the blurb: "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity."
From the blurb: "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity."
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These Mamdani transition committees are seriously impressive. Hiring @ruha9.bsky.social for the technology committee is very smart. And so many more. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
These Mamdani transition committees are seriously impressive. Hiring @ruha9.bsky.social for the technology committee is very smart. And so many more. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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This is unthinkably amazing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is unthinkably amazing.
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Happily, Rosa and I already had a message ready for the moment when Donald Trump’s baseless lawsuits against @tishjames.bsky.social and James Comey were dismissed:
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Happily, Rosa and I already had a message ready for the moment when Donald Trump’s baseless lawsuits against @tishjames.bsky.social and James Comey were dismissed:
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We’re going to look with a fresh pair of eyes at city government — and what powers we have to deliver for New Yorkers.
And that’s one of many reasons I’m excited to have Lina as one of our transition’s Co-chairs.
And that’s one of many reasons I’m excited to have Lina as one of our transition’s Co-chairs.
"I've long been inspired by Lina Khan's protection of people across this country in the face of corporate greed"
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mamdani tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Lina Khan will get creative to lower prices for New Yorkers
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mamdani tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Lina Khan will get creative to lower prices for New Yorkers
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We’re going to look with a fresh pair of eyes at city government — and what powers we have to deliver for New Yorkers.
And that’s one of many reasons I’m excited to have Lina as one of our transition’s Co-chairs.
And that’s one of many reasons I’m excited to have Lina as one of our transition’s Co-chairs.
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‘The linden blossoms
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
‘The linden blossoms
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
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Wilhelm Müller’s The Linden Tree
English translation © Richard Wigmore
By the well, before the gate,
stands a linden tree;
in its shade I dreamt
many a sweet dream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-...
English translation © Richard Wigmore
By the well, before the gate,
stands a linden tree;
in its shade I dreamt
many a sweet dream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-...
Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum
YouTube video by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Wilhelm Müller’s The Linden Tree
English translation © Richard Wigmore
By the well, before the gate,
stands a linden tree;
in its shade I dreamt
many a sweet dream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-...
English translation © Richard Wigmore
By the well, before the gate,
stands a linden tree;
in its shade I dreamt
many a sweet dream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-...
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Goodnight, Bluesky
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Goodnight, Bluesky
‘The linden blossoms
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
‘The linden blossoms
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
smell strongest at night’
—Charlotte Mandell
‘Linden tea is what Proust's narrator dips the madeleine into’
of Memory and Celebration:
🥂the Bday of translator Charlotte Mandell, the ever-lovely @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social
Linden photo |C Mandell
‘Linden Blossoms’ |O Pryymak
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Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
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I heard he changed the name of his app to TruthSocialist
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I heard he changed the name of his app to TruthSocialist
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‘I’ve known the evenings,
mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life
with coffee spoons’
— T.S. Eliot —
Nicolas de Staël
mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life
with coffee spoons’
— T.S. Eliot —
Nicolas de Staël
November 22, 2024 at 10:27 PM
‘I’ve known the evenings,
mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life
with coffee spoons’
— T.S. Eliot —
Nicolas de Staël
mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life
with coffee spoons’
— T.S. Eliot —
Nicolas de Staël
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
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Trump: anything else pal?
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump: anything else pal?
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
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Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
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Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
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Trump keeps praising Mamdani, despite conservative reporters trying to bait him into attacks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump keeps praising Mamdani, despite conservative reporters trying to bait him into attacks.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.