Robert Rutledge
@rerutled.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @[email protected] @rerutled at Threads. he/him
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @[email protected] @rerutled at Threads. he/him
Hobbits seem to be a cross between an Ewok and an Irishman.
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hobbits seem to be a cross between an Ewok and an Irishman.
The way he speaks about Somalis reminds me of how, when my Irish and Italian ancestors arrived in the United States, people who were already here used to talk about them - with bigotry and hatred.
We can do better.
We can do better.
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The way he speaks about Somalis reminds me of how, when my Irish and Italian ancestors arrived in the United States, people who were already here used to talk about them - with bigotry and hatred.
We can do better.
We can do better.
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We have to pay attention to the details of what the Trump regime is doing to people -- even when the details make us feel the full horror, *because* the details make us feel the full horror. heidi-says.ghost.io/when-reading...
When reading U.S. court opinions feels just like reading Holocaust literature
We must keep attending to the particulars of what the Trump regime is doing to people. It is the only way we will remain galvanized in the face of the relentless, large-scale fascism. The details make...
heidi-says.ghost.io
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We have to pay attention to the details of what the Trump regime is doing to people -- even when the details make us feel the full horror, *because* the details make us feel the full horror. heidi-says.ghost.io/when-reading...
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Thanks to Jon Husted and Senate Republicans voting against ACA tax credit extensions, roughly 107,000 Ohioans will lose health insurance, and over 500,000 will see costs increase
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanks to Jon Husted and Senate Republicans voting against ACA tax credit extensions, roughly 107,000 Ohioans will lose health insurance, and over 500,000 will see costs increase
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The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-71
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-71
Signe Gaupset, Rasheedat Ajibade and Lily Yohannes all feature as we start our countdown to the year’s best players
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-71
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
The President - insisting that the MRI scan was "perfect" and that his brain is fully functional - said he has no idea what part of his body was scanned by the MRI.
President Trump said today he'll release the results of his October MRI scan, after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for him to do so and claimed that the president is "fading physically."
Trump says he'll release MRI results after Walz claims president is "fading physically"
Trump said he had "no idea" what part of the body was scanned because it was "just an MRI," but the results were "perfect."
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The President - insisting that the MRI scan was "perfect" and that his brain is fully functional - said he has no idea what part of his body was scanned by the MRI.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Today I went to an early Mass at St Joseph’s on 6th St in Greenwich Village.
Why? Because I’m remembering my immigrant ancestors. My great great grandmother Lizzie Devlin was baptised here on March 6th 1853, held by her immigrant parents Ann White and Edward Devlin, from Armagh, Ireland.
Why? Because I’m remembering my immigrant ancestors. My great great grandmother Lizzie Devlin was baptised here on March 6th 1853, held by her immigrant parents Ann White and Edward Devlin, from Armagh, Ireland.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today I went to an early Mass at St Joseph’s on 6th St in Greenwich Village.
Why? Because I’m remembering my immigrant ancestors. My great great grandmother Lizzie Devlin was baptised here on March 6th 1853, held by her immigrant parents Ann White and Edward Devlin, from Armagh, Ireland.
Why? Because I’m remembering my immigrant ancestors. My great great grandmother Lizzie Devlin was baptised here on March 6th 1853, held by her immigrant parents Ann White and Edward Devlin, from Armagh, Ireland.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
After the United States.
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
After the United States.
So I guess the United States has entered its “Kill Them All” era.
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So I guess the United States has entered its “Kill Them All” era.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Berlin (opener), The Fixx (2nd act) & A Flock of Seagulls (headliner)
Madonna (Headliner) and The Beastie Boys (opener)
REM (Monster tour)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (together onstage, whole concert)
Charli XCX (2019, and 2024)
Berlin (opener), The Fixx (2nd act) & A Flock of Seagulls (headliner)
Madonna (Headliner) and The Beastie Boys (opener)
REM (Monster tour)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (together onstage, whole concert)
Charli XCX (2019, and 2024)
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Berlin (opener), The Fixx (2nd act) & A Flock of Seagulls (headliner)
Madonna (Headliner) and The Beastie Boys (opener)
REM (Monster tour)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (together onstage, whole concert)
Charli XCX (2019, and 2024)
Berlin (opener), The Fixx (2nd act) & A Flock of Seagulls (headliner)
Madonna (Headliner) and The Beastie Boys (opener)
REM (Monster tour)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (together onstage, whole concert)
Charli XCX (2019, and 2024)
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
It’s amazing what you can accomplish with like 50-75 people with no integrity or self respect fighting for you.
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s amazing what you can accomplish with like 50-75 people with no integrity or self respect fighting for you.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Does Pete Hegseth think he is going to have a long career arc, like Rumsfeld, like Cheney?
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Does Pete Hegseth think he is going to have a long career arc, like Rumsfeld, like Cheney?
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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TLDR: buy a copy of #AnAlternativeIrishChristmas for Crimbo, babes www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Sarah Davis-Goff: ‘My life changes a little every time Tramp Press puts a book out. Our mission becomes a little wilder and deeper’
Sarah Davis-Goff is co-founder of Tramp Press, an independent publisher whose successes include Solar Bones by Mike McCormack and Notes to Self by Emilie Pine. Her debut novel Last Ones Left Alive was...
www.independent.ie
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
TLDR: buy a copy of #AnAlternativeIrishChristmas for Crimbo, babes www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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So, I won a National Book Award.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So, I won a National Book Award.
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and THE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), awarded the National Book Award!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and THE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), awarded the National Book Award!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
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Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.