Dan Beaudet
@danbeaudet.bsky.social
Proponent of the common good; opponent of U.S. hegemony through force, and anything MAGA.
Enthusiastic about nature photography, guitar, and pickleball.
@ images are created using the OM System OM1-M2 or iPhone 16 Pro Max.
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Enthusiastic about nature photography, guitar, and pickleball.
@ images are created using the OM System OM1-M2 or iPhone 16 Pro Max.
No DMs
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
September 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
September 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
American Goldfinch caught entering a texture indecision zone.
September 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
American Goldfinch caught entering a texture indecision zone.
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China is an engineering state that values construction projects and technological primacy, Dan Wang argues, "whereas the United States is a lawyerly society, obsessed with protecting wealth by making rules rather than producing material goods."
While China Builds, America Litigates
As the Chinese economy surges forward, the U.S. has lost its capacity for physical improvement.
bit.ly
August 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
China is an engineering state that values construction projects and technological primacy, Dan Wang argues, "whereas the United States is a lawyerly society, obsessed with protecting wealth by making rules rather than producing material goods."
August 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
August 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
August 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Whitelined Sphinx hummingbird moth swooped in for a visit during patio coffee time this morning.
August 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Whitelined Sphinx hummingbird moth swooped in for a visit during patio coffee time this morning.
An isolated coneflower in a wild flower area along the roadside.
July 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
An isolated coneflower in a wild flower area along the roadside.
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done
He’s using the White House to get rich from anonymous investors—and it’s hardly even a news story.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
February 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
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President Trump announces kleptocracy is here.
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
President Trump announces kleptocracy is here.
President Trump announces kleptocracy is here.
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Robert Reich on Substack
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substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
“When the richest man in the world can so easily undermine our [U.S.] place on the global stage, it is, quite simply, a harbinger of decline: a sign of a corrupted superpower so brittle that its sources of influence can be taken apart from within.”
Ben Rhodes, fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor
Ben Rhodes, fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“When the richest man in the world can so easily undermine our [U.S.] place on the global stage, it is, quite simply, a harbinger of decline: a sign of a corrupted superpower so brittle that its sources of influence can be taken apart from within.”
Ben Rhodes, fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor
Ben Rhodes, fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor