Wendell Albright
@wendella.bsky.social
Diplomatic dude. I know a little about international economics. I once explained the electoral college on Mongolian TV. Climate change believes in you. Vaccines are good, actually.
"I could smell the mustard and onions."
"I could smell the mustard and onions."
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Wendell Albright
@wendella.bsky.social
· Jun 10
It's like Asimov's "Nightfall" except instead of the stars driving us insane, it's social media...
I just finished Pip Williams' novel "The Dictionary of Lost Words" and that is one of the best things I have ever read. It's going to stick with me.
"Bondmaid: A woman or girl who is held in slavery or is otherwise obliged to work without payment, e.g. as an indentured labourer." (OED)
"Bondmaid: A woman or girl who is held in slavery or is otherwise obliged to work without payment, e.g. as an indentured labourer." (OED)
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I just finished Pip Williams' novel "The Dictionary of Lost Words" and that is one of the best things I have ever read. It's going to stick with me.
"Bondmaid: A woman or girl who is held in slavery or is otherwise obliged to work without payment, e.g. as an indentured labourer." (OED)
"Bondmaid: A woman or girl who is held in slavery or is otherwise obliged to work without payment, e.g. as an indentured labourer." (OED)
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Guided By Voices
Wilco
Drive-By Truckers
Jason Isbell
Weird Al Yankovic
Guided By Voices
Wilco
Drive-By Truckers
Jason Isbell
Weird Al Yankovic
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Guided By Voices
Wilco
Drive-By Truckers
Jason Isbell
Weird Al Yankovic
Guided By Voices
Wilco
Drive-By Truckers
Jason Isbell
Weird Al Yankovic
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Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
Discworld QOTD, from The Color of Magic
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
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Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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the 'before' shot...
just gotta get the bird out the freezer and we should be good to eat soon
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
the 'before' shot...
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Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
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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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I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
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Gutting US counterterrorism and federal law enforcement capacity was a bad idea.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gutting US counterterrorism and federal law enforcement capacity was a bad idea.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
Trump so frustrated he can't find a way to pardon her
Colorado's DOC says it won't pursue the transfer of Tina Peters, the Trump-supporting county clerked convicted for breaching voter equipment, as the federal government requested recently. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump so frustrated he can't find a way to pardon her
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"Come one come all. Free and Equal." America was much greater when Republicans spoke like this about their fellow humans.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Come one come all. Free and Equal." America was much greater when Republicans spoke like this about their fellow humans.
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
ummm
“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ummm
“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The old American saying "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" has it exactly wrong, as we see vividly illustrated by the wealthy, malevolent actors hell-bent on destroying every public good that has made the US prosperous...they're rich, but only "smart" in a reptilian, predatory way.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The old American saying "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" has it exactly wrong, as we see vividly illustrated by the wealthy, malevolent actors hell-bent on destroying every public good that has made the US prosperous...they're rich, but only "smart" in a reptilian, predatory way.
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Universities don't exist to take orders from corporations as if we're short-order cooks, tasked with delivering up the latest labor market fodder, hot & fresh, over easy.
We educate humans to human. In the 21st century, that's a huge and complex job: there's so much to know & so much garbage info.
We educate humans to human. In the 21st century, that's a huge and complex job: there's so much to know & so much garbage info.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Universities don't exist to take orders from corporations as if we're short-order cooks, tasked with delivering up the latest labor market fodder, hot & fresh, over easy.
We educate humans to human. In the 21st century, that's a huge and complex job: there's so much to know & so much garbage info.
We educate humans to human. In the 21st century, that's a huge and complex job: there's so much to know & so much garbage info.
shock!
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decision
Structural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected power” are reshaping British politics, according to a stark report from the Equality Trust.
Unelected influence has surged over the past two decades, the report claims, driven by the growing political clout of the ultra-rich and the institutions that enable it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
shock!
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November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
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When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.