ndweiss
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Democrat. Jezebel. Oxford commie. Enigma wrapped in bacon.
Politics, common sense, appreciator of outliers.
Ph.D., Nordic stuff. Espoused.
The gods are indifferent.
Think for yourself.
Politics, common sense, appreciator of outliers.
Ph.D., Nordic stuff. Espoused.
The gods are indifferent.
Think for yourself.
What Tiff said. It’s imperative that we do not normalize this administration’s primitive brutality.
Trump is everything we supposedly raise our children not to be; & so much worse. He has no business leading a nation. Imagine if our managers, CEOs, acted like Trump? Call women pigs, call colleagues r*tarded, publicly attack us & openly seek vengeance against dissenters.
Yet MAGA support persists.
Yet MAGA support persists.
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What Tiff said. It’s imperative that we do not normalize this administration’s primitive brutality.
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Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe first passed through the Strait of Magellan #OnThisDay in AD 1520.
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe first passed through the Strait of Magellan #OnThisDay in AD 1520.
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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#FindsFriday This fabulous little figurine of a woman was found in Egypt from ~3000BC
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#FindsFriday This fabulous little figurine of a woman was found in Egypt from ~3000BC
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
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Hegseth’s Trial is going to be spectacular.
Murderers. Literally
Murderers. Literally
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hegseth’s Trial is going to be spectacular.
Murderers. Literally
Murderers. Literally
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It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias.
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
Merrymac Farm Sanctuary does good things.
We are so excited to announce our first Patreon raffle! We have a huge pile of merch that you can have a chance to win just by signing up for our Patreon blog at the $5/month level or higher: patreon.com/Merrymac?utm...
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Merrymac Farm Sanctuary does good things.
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You can keep it all for yourself or give some as holiday gifts! All you need to do is support our patreon at the $5/month level or higher, which of course also gives you access to our behind the scenes photos and features. Drawing will be held at noon, Nov. 28. 🥰 patreon.com/Merrymac?utm...
Get more from Merrymac Farm Sanctuary on Patreon
A place for healing in the rolling green hills of Vermont.
patreon.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
You can keep it all for yourself or give some as holiday gifts! All you need to do is support our patreon at the $5/month level or higher, which of course also gives you access to our behind the scenes photos and features. Drawing will be held at noon, Nov. 28. 🥰 patreon.com/Merrymac?utm...
Excellent essay.
Why we need to approach this with less judgment and dehumanizing language and a little more humanity.
open.substack.com/pub/kellysca...
open.substack.com/pub/kellysca...
Why we need to understand Rahmanullah Lakanwal
What if we tried to understand why Rahmanullah Lakanwal did what he did instead of dehumanizing him while trying to find someone else to blame?
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Excellent essay.
Every word—
It’s truly incomprehensible how anyone can support this unhinged misogynistic scumbag who lashes out when he’s forced to face facts.
Yelling at a reporter and calling her stupid, not once but three times, proving once again that Trump is an insecure, thin skinned, bullying little bitch.
Yelling at a reporter and calling her stupid, not once but three times, proving once again that Trump is an insecure, thin skinned, bullying little bitch.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Every word—
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I wrote this to stress that there should be extreme pressure to stop all gun violence, and a culture that accepts it will only lead to more.
Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I wrote this to stress that there should be extreme pressure to stop all gun violence, and a culture that accepts it will only lead to more.
Evergreen.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Evergreen.
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Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Baby Nosferatu: White People Only
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Baby Nosferatu: White People Only
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More on this and cause for cautious optimism.
Latest polling puts the race within the margin of error:
“Democrat Aftyn Behn nearly tied with Republican Matt Van Epps, 46 percent to 48 percent—with 2 percent voting elsewhere and 5 percent undecided.”
newrepublic.com/post/203756/...
Latest polling puts the race within the margin of error:
“Democrat Aftyn Behn nearly tied with Republican Matt Van Epps, 46 percent to 48 percent—with 2 percent voting elsewhere and 5 percent undecided.”
newrepublic.com/post/203756/...
Democrat Close to Flipping House Seat Deep in Trump Country
Democrat Aftyn Behn could win a special election in Tennessee—and Republicans are freaking out.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
More on this and cause for cautious optimism.
Latest polling puts the race within the margin of error:
“Democrat Aftyn Behn nearly tied with Republican Matt Van Epps, 46 percent to 48 percent—with 2 percent voting elsewhere and 5 percent undecided.”
newrepublic.com/post/203756/...
Latest polling puts the race within the margin of error:
“Democrat Aftyn Behn nearly tied with Republican Matt Van Epps, 46 percent to 48 percent—with 2 percent voting elsewhere and 5 percent undecided.”
newrepublic.com/post/203756/...
Fun idea for those difficult family gatherings.
Part of Thanksgiving should be eating the least popular family member
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Fun idea for those difficult family gatherings.
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me: do you have any black friday deals?
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me: do you have any black friday deals?
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
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i miss having a real president
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
i miss having a real president
We elected a sick, suppurating, necrotic psychopath whose only goal is evading whatever pendulum Putin holds over him.
What a mortal self-inflicted wound we suffer.
What a mortal self-inflicted wound we suffer.
Still incredible how a terminally stupid person can have such an influence over the world.
Denmark now has a team monitoring Trump’s crazed pronouncements throughout the night for an early morning intelligence briefing.
Denmark now has a team monitoring Trump’s crazed pronouncements throughout the night for an early morning intelligence briefing.
Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row
US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We elected a sick, suppurating, necrotic psychopath whose only goal is evading whatever pendulum Putin holds over him.
What a mortal self-inflicted wound we suffer.
What a mortal self-inflicted wound we suffer.
Good gods. **A man was high on LSD and having sex with a sex worker on one side of the San Francisco apartment.
Only a few feet away, a squat man with a face like “an extremely menacing bowling ball” observed the couple with a scientific curiosity as he sat on a toilet seat and drank a martini.**
Only a few feet away, a squat man with a face like “an extremely menacing bowling ball” observed the couple with a scientific curiosity as he sat on a toilet seat and drank a martini.**
It’s the 72nd anniversary of the death of Frank Olson, who’d been spiked with LSD as part of the CIA’s remarkably named Operation Midnight Climax, part of Project MKUltra. I haven’t had time to write about this myself but...
'Midnight Climax': The CIA mixed LSD and sex at this SF house
There's a house on Telegraph Hill where the CIA secretly gave men LSD and then watched, through a one-way mirror, as the men had sex with sex workers. The experiment lasted 10 years.
www.sfgate.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good gods. **A man was high on LSD and having sex with a sex worker on one side of the San Francisco apartment.
Only a few feet away, a squat man with a face like “an extremely menacing bowling ball” observed the couple with a scientific curiosity as he sat on a toilet seat and drank a martini.**
Only a few feet away, a squat man with a face like “an extremely menacing bowling ball” observed the couple with a scientific curiosity as he sat on a toilet seat and drank a martini.**