GL Keel
@keelon.bsky.social
Professor, cook, gardener, resistor of BS
This Is What Autocrats Dread www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Every citizen has a role to play in helping democratic movements succeed.
History can offer both guidance and hope: Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
Every citizen has a role to play in helping democratic movements succeed.
History can offer both guidance and hope: Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This Is What Autocrats Dread www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Every citizen has a role to play in helping democratic movements succeed.
History can offer both guidance and hope: Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
Every citizen has a role to play in helping democratic movements succeed.
History can offer both guidance and hope: Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
Dept of War on US cities?
Cadet Bonespurs and Secretary Mediacandy are trying to provoke violence so they can hurt people.
Trump is the "enemy within."
Cadet Bonespurs and Secretary Mediacandy are trying to provoke violence so they can hurt people.
Trump is the "enemy within."
October 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Dept of War on US cities?
Cadet Bonespurs and Secretary Mediacandy are trying to provoke violence so they can hurt people.
Trump is the "enemy within."
Cadet Bonespurs and Secretary Mediacandy are trying to provoke violence so they can hurt people.
Trump is the "enemy within."
Reposted by GL Keel
Yes this is as strange and alarming as you think it is: www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist
In a series of appearances, the billionaire investor has offered his analysis intertwining technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end of the world.
www.wsj.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yes this is as strange and alarming as you think it is: www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
Trump's dangerous, lying Treasury Secty v. The Federal Reserve. The Fed helped save our economy during the Great Recession (2008-). Facts matter. From Krugman:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Scott Bessent, Sleazy Smearer
About the Treasury secretary’s vile, dishonest slander of the Fed
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump's dangerous, lying Treasury Secty v. The Federal Reserve. The Fed helped save our economy during the Great Recession (2008-). Facts matter. From Krugman:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
"Lawlessness cannot come from the government," Judge Faruqui added. "
It's a republic if we can keep it--by insisting on the rule of law.
It's a republic if we can keep it--by insisting on the rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Lawlessness cannot come from the government," Judge Faruqui added. "
It's a republic if we can keep it--by insisting on the rule of law.
It's a republic if we can keep it--by insisting on the rule of law.
against-a-i.com
Academics must resist the rosy corporate push to AI the curricula. It's making students artificially unintelligent.
Academics must resist the rosy corporate push to AI the curricula. It's making students artificially unintelligent.
AGAINST AI -
against-a-i.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
against-a-i.com
Academics must resist the rosy corporate push to AI the curricula. It's making students artificially unintelligent.
Academics must resist the rosy corporate push to AI the curricula. It's making students artificially unintelligent.
As a proud UC grad, I know @UCLA is a global leader in research, innovation, education, and healthcare. A $1B federal demand would devastate the nation’s top public research university, cut off life-saving care, and halt economic growth. #StandUpForUC ucal.us/standupforuc
Stand Up for UC
We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.
ucal.us
August 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As a proud UC grad, I know @UCLA is a global leader in research, innovation, education, and healthcare. A $1B federal demand would devastate the nation’s top public research university, cut off life-saving care, and halt economic growth. #StandUpForUC ucal.us/standupforuc
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Mixing the War on Drugs with War on Terror and domestic use of the military.
More authoritarian abuses are cooking at the off-White House.
Trump's thug state is growing.
Mixing the War on Drugs with War on Terror and domestic use of the military.
More authoritarian abuses are cooking at the off-White House.
Trump's thug state is growing.
Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Mixing the War on Drugs with War on Terror and domestic use of the military.
More authoritarian abuses are cooking at the off-White House.
Trump's thug state is growing.
Mixing the War on Drugs with War on Terror and domestic use of the military.
More authoritarian abuses are cooking at the off-White House.
Trump's thug state is growing.
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
Solórzano.... was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him if he didn’t kneel alongside other inmates and lick their backs.
Solórzano.... was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him if he didn’t kneel alongside other inmates and lick their backs.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...
www.propublica.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
Solórzano.... was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him if he didn’t kneel alongside other inmates and lick their backs.
Solórzano.... was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him if he didn’t kneel alongside other inmates and lick their backs.
Lizard of Oz pushes DOJ to get Obama as a traitor, yet...
Russian interference, hacking in 2016 are established facts.
Who is the real traitor to American democracy? 🍊🍼🐊
2020 "find me votes Georgia" fake electots, inciting an insurrection.
Shredding rule of law, separation of powers in 2025.
Russian interference, hacking in 2016 are established facts.
Who is the real traitor to American democracy? 🍊🍼🐊
2020 "find me votes Georgia" fake electots, inciting an insurrection.
Shredding rule of law, separation of powers in 2025.
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Lizard of Oz pushes DOJ to get Obama as a traitor, yet...
Russian interference, hacking in 2016 are established facts.
Who is the real traitor to American democracy? 🍊🍼🐊
2020 "find me votes Georgia" fake electots, inciting an insurrection.
Shredding rule of law, separation of powers in 2025.
Russian interference, hacking in 2016 are established facts.
Who is the real traitor to American democracy? 🍊🍼🐊
2020 "find me votes Georgia" fake electots, inciting an insurrection.
Shredding rule of law, separation of powers in 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...
See saw foreign policy screams in comptence!
Support UKRAINE not aggressive autocrats. Stay the fcking course!
See saw foreign policy screams in comptence!
Support UKRAINE not aggressive autocrats. Stay the fcking course!
Trump’s U-Turn on Weapons Leaves Ukrainians Hopeful but Cautious
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...
See saw foreign policy screams in comptence!
Support UKRAINE not aggressive autocrats. Stay the fcking course!
See saw foreign policy screams in comptence!
Support UKRAINE not aggressive autocrats. Stay the fcking course!
Small town USA is ant-fascist too
June 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Small town USA is ant-fascist too
“By unilaterally imposing unlimited tariffs on worldwide goods, he has lawlessly usurped Congress’s exclusive powers to impose taxes and duties and to regulate foreign commerce.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
A Fiery Brief Fueled by Conservatives Helped Put Trump’s Tariffs in Peril
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“By unilaterally imposing unlimited tariffs on worldwide goods, he has lawlessly usurped Congress’s exclusive powers to impose taxes and duties and to regulate foreign commerce.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
The US needs an exorcism.
May 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The US needs an exorcism.
ENERGY EMERGENCY
The dictator stole our clean energy project. Misuse of power every damn day.
He "ordered a halt to a major offshore wind project that was fully permitted and under construction in New York. If completed, the project would power more than 500,000 homes." NYT 4/24/25
The dictator stole our clean energy project. Misuse of power every damn day.
He "ordered a halt to a major offshore wind project that was fully permitted and under construction in New York. If completed, the project would power more than 500,000 homes." NYT 4/24/25
April 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ENERGY EMERGENCY
The dictator stole our clean energy project. Misuse of power every damn day.
He "ordered a halt to a major offshore wind project that was fully permitted and under construction in New York. If completed, the project would power more than 500,000 homes." NYT 4/24/25
The dictator stole our clean energy project. Misuse of power every damn day.
He "ordered a halt to a major offshore wind project that was fully permitted and under construction in New York. If completed, the project would power more than 500,000 homes." NYT 4/24/25
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Politics of the MAGA revengers will hurt us all. Attacking universties and scientists is just mean and dumb.
Politics of the MAGA revengers will hurt us all. Attacking universties and scientists is just mean and dumb.
Trump’s Cultural Revolution
The first thing we do is we kill intellectual inquiry
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Politics of the MAGA revengers will hurt us all. Attacking universties and scientists is just mean and dumb.
Politics of the MAGA revengers will hurt us all. Attacking universties and scientists is just mean and dumb.
Tyrants are liars.
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
April 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tyrants are liars.
Resistance is a moral responsibility.
Resistance is patriotism.
Resistance is patriotism.
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Resistance is a moral responsibility.
Resistance is patriotism.
Resistance is patriotism.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university on Monday.
April 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university on Monday.
DT screws friends and foes. Clearly not good for national security, econ or military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
Trump Took a Wrecking Ball to Southeast Asia’s Role as an Alternative to China
Punishing tariffs on Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and others in the region threaten their position as major manufacturing hubs for the American market.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
DT screws friends and foes. Clearly not good for national security, econ or military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
Trump's attacks on civil society are dangerous. News orgs, universities, law firms, and now public unions, any group with expertise that dare express a counterview is threatened with extinction.
No kings, no crooks.
No 4yrs more.
We need an impeachment movement.
No kings, no crooks.
No 4yrs more.
We need an impeachment movement.
March 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trump's attacks on civil society are dangerous. News orgs, universities, law firms, and now public unions, any group with expertise that dare express a counterview is threatened with extinction.
No kings, no crooks.
No 4yrs more.
We need an impeachment movement.
No kings, no crooks.
No 4yrs more.
We need an impeachment movement.
NO KINGS
NO CROOKS
NO FOOLS
SAVE PUBLIC GOODS
SAVE SCIENCE
SAVE THE REPUBLIC
NO CROOKS
NO FOOLS
SAVE PUBLIC GOODS
SAVE SCIENCE
SAVE THE REPUBLIC
March 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NO KINGS
NO CROOKS
NO FOOLS
SAVE PUBLIC GOODS
SAVE SCIENCE
SAVE THE REPUBLIC
NO CROOKS
NO FOOLS
SAVE PUBLIC GOODS
SAVE SCIENCE
SAVE THE REPUBLIC
Another abuse of executive power.
Declare an "emergency" to avoid any legal process or debate.
The Palestinians are those facing the emergency and we help Israel bomb them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Declare an "emergency" to avoid any legal process or debate.
The Palestinians are those facing the emergency and we help Israel bomb them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another abuse of executive power.
Declare an "emergency" to avoid any legal process or debate.
The Palestinians are those facing the emergency and we help Israel bomb them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Declare an "emergency" to avoid any legal process or debate.
The Palestinians are those facing the emergency and we help Israel bomb them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
This is the correct approach to dictators
March 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is the correct approach to dictators