David Haynes
daviddhay.bsky.social
David Haynes
@daviddhay.bsky.social
Co-lead, Wisconsin Alliance for Civic Trust
This is among the reasons all of us should be opposing these unlawful abductions.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
How I decided to paint.

open.substack.com/pub/daviddha...
The Zen of painting
How a chance encounter with a Buddhist master's thinking launched a painting adventure
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February 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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This is what we all should remember.
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Putting together a -very- small stack of books that have been banned (in the U.S.) for a customer
January 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.

Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at…
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January 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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You know who’s demonstrated truly remarkable and admirable “masculine energy” over the last three years?

The men and women of Ukraine, fighting for their country under brutal assault.

Whom Zuckerberg’s faux-manly buddies Trump and Musk are eager to sell out.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zuckerberg Says Most Companies Need More ‘Masculine Energy’
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bi...
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January 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A cartoon by Tom Cheney. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Oh myyy, a million followers here at The Good Place! That’s an unexpected milestone, especially in my 88th time going ‘round the sun.

Let’s make the world a bit of a better place together, shall we?
January 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Fancy
BLOOMBERG: Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch (Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’ on his left wrist) that retails for $895,500 before taxes in the video explaining his company’s decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms. So much for the casual look...
January 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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This is true for every major paper. The Washington Post has amazing reporters. As does the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News. They're all institutionally broken and I don't know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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The husband of Republican senator Deb Fischer just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris.

The level of class you can expect from MAGA.
January 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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OPINION: The point of mindfulness is not to be more productive at work or just to relax — it is inner transformation.
Mindfulness is about ‘remembering’ − a practice of coming back to the now
(The Conversation) — The point of mindfulness is not to be more productive at work or just to relax − it is inner transformation.
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January 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”

— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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On-field footage of the Michigan/OSU brawl via umgoblog/X
November 30, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
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November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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After 50 years of mystery, siblings claim hijacker DB Cooper was their father
After 50 years of mystery, siblings claim hijacker DB Cooper was their father
Cooper’s whereabouts after he jumped from a plane with $200,000 stumped investigators. Has the case been solved? It is one of the biggest mysteries in US criminal history: just what happened to DB Cooper, the man who hijacked an airplane before leaping…
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Pete Hegseth, who could be the country’s next defense secretary, says women shouldn’t serve in combat. These vets say his attitude is outdated, uninformed and inaccurate.
What women veterans think of Pete Hegseth’s views about combat roles
Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary says women shouldn’t serve in combat. These vets say his attitude is outdated, uninformed and inaccurate.
wapo.st
November 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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In a guarded compound at the foot of the Rockies, government scientists are working on a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country, or maybe just an adventurous billionaire, tries to dim the sun.
The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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I have covered both Musk and Alex a lot, and only one of them is a useful idiot for Putin and also a heinous person. The other is a patriot who did his job with distinction and is a very good man. Guess which is which: thehill.com/policy/techn...
Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay’
Elon Musk on Wednesday suggested retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman “committed treason” and “will pay” after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billio…
thehill.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM