Gary Dowell
@heygary.bsky.social
Freelance writer, former podcast producer (Far Fetched Fables, StarShip Sofa), professional geek, purveyor of vintage comic books, and perpetually perplexed...
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I am reminded of this thread I read recently:
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I am reminded of this thread I read recently:
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
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ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
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Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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I'm glad the GOP is full Groyper and white nationalist now. Just let it all out. Tell the world who you are.
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm glad the GOP is full Groyper and white nationalist now. Just let it all out. Tell the world who you are.
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Johnson, apparently, was not busy enough to read the Republican memo, which states very clearly, that Admiral Bradley is the scapegoat.
Guilty parties in these murders on the open seas include *at least*: Trump –> Hegseth –> Bradley –> Sailor who pushed the button.
Guilty parties in these murders on the open seas include *at least*: Trump –> Hegseth –> Bradley –> Sailor who pushed the button.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Johnson, apparently, was not busy enough to read the Republican memo, which states very clearly, that Admiral Bradley is the scapegoat.
Guilty parties in these murders on the open seas include *at least*: Trump –> Hegseth –> Bradley –> Sailor who pushed the button.
Guilty parties in these murders on the open seas include *at least*: Trump –> Hegseth –> Bradley –> Sailor who pushed the button.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
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The charges against Comey & Letitia James weren’t dismissed on the facts.
They were dismissed because Trump illegally installed a totally unqualified loyalist to prosecute them.
This is Trumpism in one sentence:
Loyalty over law. Always.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
They were dismissed because Trump illegally installed a totally unqualified loyalist to prosecute them.
This is Trumpism in one sentence:
Loyalty over law. Always.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Comey–James Case Collapse Exposes Trump’s Government of Sycophants
In Trump's world, only lackeys need apply
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The charges against Comey & Letitia James weren’t dismissed on the facts.
They were dismissed because Trump illegally installed a totally unqualified loyalist to prosecute them.
This is Trumpism in one sentence:
Loyalty over law. Always.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
They were dismissed because Trump illegally installed a totally unqualified loyalist to prosecute them.
This is Trumpism in one sentence:
Loyalty over law. Always.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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War crime or murder???? This is why the 6 democrats put out the video…. Pete is unqualified for his job.
Deny, deny, deny, is all this Trump administration does. Too much Trump administration, too much. Pull the film/tape and will get our answer 🎯
Deny, deny, deny, is all this Trump administration does. Too much Trump administration, too much. Pull the film/tape and will get our answer 🎯
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
War crime or murder???? This is why the 6 democrats put out the video…. Pete is unqualified for his job.
Deny, deny, deny, is all this Trump administration does. Too much Trump administration, too much. Pull the film/tape and will get our answer 🎯
Deny, deny, deny, is all this Trump administration does. Too much Trump administration, too much. Pull the film/tape and will get our answer 🎯
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Whistleblowers are “rats” now.
Gimenez on Hegseth: "These are anonymous whistleblowers saying something happened here, so I smell a rat. I'm pretty sure the Secretary of Defense had nothing to do w/something like that. It's just a way of distracting from what really happened in DC last week ... "
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Whistleblowers are “rats” now.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Death toll passes 1,100 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Welcome to the new world of constant natural disasters, brought to you by all the folk who demand we burn oil and coal for their profits
Welcome to the new world of constant natural disasters, brought to you by all the folk who demand we burn oil and coal for their profits
Death toll passes 1,100 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates
Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Death toll passes 1,100 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Welcome to the new world of constant natural disasters, brought to you by all the folk who demand we burn oil and coal for their profits
Welcome to the new world of constant natural disasters, brought to you by all the folk who demand we burn oil and coal for their profits
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Was in a cab yesterday and heard a radio report that MTG may join The View as a co-host once she leaves office. Giving that grifter that kind of platform is right up there with giving Trump his on The Apprentice. We need to stop normalizing demagoguery in this country.
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Was in a cab yesterday and heard a radio report that MTG may join The View as a co-host once she leaves office. Giving that grifter that kind of platform is right up there with giving Trump his on The Apprentice. We need to stop normalizing demagoguery in this country.
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Never forget that people were killed so that Donald Trump could fake an assassination attempt
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Never forget that people were killed so that Donald Trump could fake an assassination attempt
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@crockett.house.gov speaks truth every time she talks to us we know it in our hearts and we know it in our minds don’t forget to vote for Democrats in the midterms and let’s make sure 47 doesn’t try to cancel it by ordering martial law.
#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue
#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue
They preach “life” and “Christian values,” then turn their backs on actual people.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@crockett.house.gov speaks truth every time she talks to us we know it in our hearts and we know it in our minds don’t forget to vote for Democrats in the midterms and let’s make sure 47 doesn’t try to cancel it by ordering martial law.
#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue
#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue
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I see what the GOP is doing here.
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I see what the GOP is doing here.
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
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"Trump ran by by dangling these carrots in front of poor people in America. But once he actually took power, the the optics, the gold, the opulence that he surrounds himself in puts on full display that this guy does not give a flying fuck about the people that he pandered to on the campaign trail."
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Trump ran by by dangling these carrots in front of poor people in America. But once he actually took power, the the optics, the gold, the opulence that he surrounds himself in puts on full display that this guy does not give a flying fuck about the people that he pandered to on the campaign trail."
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Markwayne, the Oklahoma plumber who never served in a uniform, says he doesn't believe the WaPo reports about Hegseth ordering the killing of survivors from a first strike... a report tha Hegseth has not denied.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Markwayne, the Oklahoma plumber who never served in a uniform, says he doesn't believe the WaPo reports about Hegseth ordering the killing of survivors from a first strike... a report tha Hegseth has not denied.