Stephen A. Rhodes
@stephenarhodes.bsky.social
Lover of democracy. Proud Appalachian (living in RVA). Progressive Democrat. Seeker of a more just society. Writer. Reader. Doodler. Indivisible. Dog Lover. CFS/ME. He/Him. Sic semper tyrannis.
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CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
A little snow this morning in RVA.
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A little snow this morning in RVA.
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
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The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
To see Chomsky in the released Epstein photos makes me ill. He was once a hero to me. I even visited with him in his office at MIT. None of that means anything now.
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To see Chomsky in the released Epstein photos makes me ill. He was once a hero to me. I even visited with him in his office at MIT. None of that means anything now.
This is awful. There’s no excuse for this.
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is awful. There’s no excuse for this.
Another reason to hate AI.
Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.
AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects | TechCrunch
Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.
techcrunch.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Another reason to hate AI.
I had deleted the ChatGPT app from my devices some time ago, but realized today that I hadn’t deleted my actual account, so I signed in from a browser and did just that. I’m done with it.
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I had deleted the ChatGPT app from my devices some time ago, but realized today that I hadn’t deleted my actual account, so I signed in from a browser and did just that. I’m done with it.
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Good take. I agree.
Trump desperately wants Tina Peters out of prison because if one of his evil minions has to face consequences the rest of them will be afraid to do his bidding. This undermines his power over them.
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Good take. I agree.
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Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
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It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
If He Builds It, Tear It Down
Pendulums must swing.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
This is terrifying.
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is terrifying.
Happiest of 100th birthdays to you, Dick Van Dyke!
a man in a striped jacket is walking with three penguins behind him
Alt: a man in a striped jacket is walking with three penguins behind him
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December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Happiest of 100th birthdays to you, Dick Van Dyke!
Reasons to hope? Thread 🧵
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reasons to hope? Thread 🧵
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
I can’t help but think about how a data surveillance company like Planatir would use this kind of information.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I can’t help but think about how a data surveillance company like Planatir would use this kind of information.
It was easier to get into the communist East Block nations during the Cold War than it is to get into the United States today.
As well as five years social media history. Tourists visiting the United States have to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past DECADE.
Full biometric data such as face, fingerprints, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses,
Full biometric data such as face, fingerprints, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses,
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It was easier to get into the communist East Block nations during the Cold War than it is to get into the United States today.
Excellent thread 🧵
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Excellent thread 🧵
Another once admired public person reveals himself as someone who should never have been admired in the first place.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Another once admired public person reveals himself as someone who should never have been admired in the first place.
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
And it doesn’t even seem to matter. They don’t have to be good at it, just prolific and constant.
this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And it doesn’t even seem to matter. They don’t have to be good at it, just prolific and constant.
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🧵Nope. Nope. Nope.
Fossil fuels create climate change and wreck habitats where they are extracted. Renewable energy does not.
Fossil fuels create climate change and wreck habitats where they are extracted. Renewable energy does not.
Doug Burgum lies that renewable energy is "worse for the planet, worse for the environment, and it drives up your electric prices"
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🧵Nope. Nope. Nope.
Fossil fuels create climate change and wreck habitats where they are extracted. Renewable energy does not.
Fossil fuels create climate change and wreck habitats where they are extracted. Renewable energy does not.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...