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The continuing betrayals of the deepest American values!
“Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant — a father of five and former interpreter for the U.S. military.”
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...
“Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant — a father of five and former interpreter for the U.S. military.”
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...
Afghan Interpreter Seized By ICE
Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant -- a father of five and former interpreter for the U.S. military -- outside a U.S.…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The continuing betrayals of the deepest American values!
“Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant — a father of five and former interpreter for the U.S. military.”
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...
“Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant — a father of five and former interpreter for the U.S. military.”
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...
Gilda sez: Good night! (Or else….)
May 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Gilda sez: Good night! (Or else….)
Nigel Richards, Conqueror of (Scrabble) Worlds
YouTube video by Will Anderson
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We are slaying the Lionfish and playing with eels
YouTube video by Nathaniel Sorensen
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
NO SOUND VIOLIN CHALLENGE feat. Hilary Hahn
YouTube video by TwoSetViolin
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
First Greater Yellowlegs of the season, Stratford, looking for the Boat-tailed Grackles.
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
First Greater Yellowlegs of the season, Stratford, looking for the Boat-tailed Grackles.
Gilda the well-read cat is rereading Fielding‘s Joseph Andrews. 
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Gilda the well-read cat is rereading Fielding‘s Joseph Andrews. 
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The cognitive dissonance is almost impressive.
March 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The cognitive dissonance is almost impressive.
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A day of shame.
February 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A day of shame.
Well, this is disturbing.
Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well, this is disturbing.
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While both Trump and Vance yelled at him. Un-effing-believable that #ThisIsAmerica now.
President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
While both Trump and Vance yelled at him. Un-effing-believable that #ThisIsAmerica now.
Gilda sez: G’Night!
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Gilda sez: G’Night!
Maddalena joined us for dinner, & Gilda relaxes in my bag. Cats have loved that bag for years.
February 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Maddalena joined us for dinner, & Gilda relaxes in my bag. Cats have loved that bag for years.
February 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Free to all. It's interesting to see how he has reconsidered his role in the light of Chinese attempts to capture the office. E.g., his claim that he will be reincarnated outside Tibet or China, or perhaps that he will be the last Dalai Lama.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...
The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Book (Gift Article)
The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Free to all. It's interesting to see how he has reconsidered his role in the light of Chinese attempts to capture the office. E.g., his claim that he will be reincarnated outside Tibet or China, or perhaps that he will be the last Dalai Lama.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...
Social justice activism at Queens College, back into the civil rights movement, especially from the 1960's.
QC student Andrew Goodwin was killed by the KKK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdj...
QC student Andrew Goodwin was killed by the KKK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdj...
Treasures in The Civil Rights and Social Justice Archives at Queens College
YouTube video by Queens College
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Social justice activism at Queens College, back into the civil rights movement, especially from the 1960's.
QC student Andrew Goodwin was killed by the KKK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdj...
QC student Andrew Goodwin was killed by the KKK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdj...
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they think their users are stupid and based on what i have seen in response, they are right about some percentage of them
TikTok users in the US are now seeing this message, with the company giving the man who started the effort to ban the app credit for saving it
January 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
they think their users are stupid and based on what i have seen in response, they are right about some percentage of them
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This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
Is there such a thing as a filter on Bluesky? I follow a bunch of political accounts, which I will want to see at times, but a lot of times I will want to see friends and pets.
January 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Is there such a thing as a filter on Bluesky? I follow a bunch of political accounts, which I will want to see at times, but a lot of times I will want to see friends and pets.
Attached is an *astonishing* foreshadowing of the main point of Lincoln‘s Second Inaugural Address: Northern guilt (especially NYC) for the Civil War.
George Templeton Strong was a remarkable diarist living in New York in the mid 19th century.
George Templeton Strong was a remarkable diarist living in New York in the mid 19th century.
January 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Attached is an *astonishing* foreshadowing of the main point of Lincoln‘s Second Inaugural Address: Northern guilt (especially NYC) for the Civil War.
George Templeton Strong was a remarkable diarist living in New York in the mid 19th century.
George Templeton Strong was a remarkable diarist living in New York in the mid 19th century.
Gilda’s evening reading.
January 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Gilda’s evening reading.
It just struck me that the “disenchantment” people talk about is another form of enchantment.
Disenchantment is not an objective encounter with reality, but an another feeling some have about the world.
(Re-reading The Silver Chair.)
Disenchantment is not an objective encounter with reality, but an another feeling some have about the world.
(Re-reading The Silver Chair.)
January 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It just struck me that the “disenchantment” people talk about is another form of enchantment.
Disenchantment is not an objective encounter with reality, but an another feeling some have about the world.
(Re-reading The Silver Chair.)
Disenchantment is not an objective encounter with reality, but an another feeling some have about the world.
(Re-reading The Silver Chair.)
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The official portraits of the 17 House Republicans elected to chair committees in the 119th Congress:
December 12, 2024 at 11:20 PM
The official portraits of the 17 House Republicans elected to chair committees in the 119th Congress: