Larry S Williams, MA
@lswma.bsky.social
Sociologist by training, public employee by occupation, lover of the arts (but not so artistic myself), married to vibrant Lebanese woman with a small business, dad and stepdad to four kids ranging from elementary (the artist) to college (the entrepreneur)
Pinned
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"Tools for Building an Equitable Infrastructure Workforce" by Elyse Shaw at the Women's Bureau appears to no longer be available from USDOL but can be found here...
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
Let's hear more from and about MacKenzie Scott and some of the bros can sit down and be quiet for a bit.
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let's hear more from and about MacKenzie Scott and some of the bros can sit down and be quiet for a bit.
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"...our [national] leaders are nostalgically fantasizing about road trips at 10 mpg."
Can Trump kill King County's appetite for the electric car?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Can Trump kill King County's appetite for the electric car?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Trump calls them a ‘scam.’ King County can’t get enough
Fueled by expiring tax credits, King County buyers rushed to get EVs at rates that once seemed inconceivable. But is the green dream ending just as it gets rolling?
www.seattletimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"...our [national] leaders are nostalgically fantasizing about road trips at 10 mpg."
Can Trump kill King County's appetite for the electric car?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Can Trump kill King County's appetite for the electric car?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"Gone is the long-familiar picture of the United States as a global force for freedom, replaced by a country that is focused on reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians, instead seeing them as sources of cash."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Gone is the long-familiar picture of the United States as a global force for freedom, replaced by a country that is focused on reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians, instead seeing them as sources of cash."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"The implications of a contrary conclusion are extraordinary. It would mean the Government could send any private citizen off the street — attorney or not — into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact. That cannot be the law."
Live updates: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James
A judge rules the US attorney, who brought the case against Trump's political foes, was improperly appointed.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"The implications of a contrary conclusion are extraordinary. It would mean the Government could send any private citizen off the street — attorney or not — into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact. That cannot be the law."
Could be a clue to our MAGA problem? "In training the model, they had weighted too heavily the ChatGPT exchanges that users liked. Clearly, users liked flattery too much."
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Could be a clue to our MAGA problem? "In training the model, they had weighted too heavily the ChatGPT exchanges that users liked. Clearly, users liked flattery too much."
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
Right around the midterms would be a good time to dip to new lows.
"...Trump's first-term popularity fell as low as 33%."
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"...Trump's first-term popularity fell as low as 33%."
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Right around the midterms would be a good time to dip to new lows.
"...Trump's first-term popularity fell as low as 33%."
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"...Trump's first-term popularity fell as low as 33%."
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"Genetic determinism is one of those one-single-technofix-will-solve-everything ideas that visionaries can fall prey to..."
James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"Genetic determinism is one of those one-single-technofix-will-solve-everything ideas that visionaries can fall prey to..."
James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"What is the theory for transmuting acts of crime into acts of war?"
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"What is the theory for transmuting acts of crime into acts of war?"
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
"It's just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”
Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...
Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...
Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"It's just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”
Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...
Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...
GoFundMe for a nice gentleman, who until recently was delivering food for a family-owned restaurant. gofund.me/23cc1c29d
Donate to Urgent Help for Juan Poot's Release and Family, organized by hilda khouri
Help us help Juan Poot
Early in the morning ICE agents waited for Juan… hilda khouri needs your support for Urgent Help for Juan Poot's Release and Family
gofund.me
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
GoFundMe for a nice gentleman, who until recently was delivering food for a family-owned restaurant. gofund.me/23cc1c29d
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
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Patriarchy
says
don’t wear that
skirt
or
that
shirt
or that
dress;
don’t sleep
with x number
of men
don’t be too
sexy
hide
yourself
past
45
don’t show shoulders
thighs
knees
necks;
Patriarchy says
men can’t control
themselves,
women must do it for them-
I say zip it up.
#retroartprompt #poetry
says
don’t wear that
skirt
or
that
shirt
or that
dress;
don’t sleep
with x number
of men
don’t be too
sexy
hide
yourself
past
45
don’t show shoulders
thighs
knees
necks;
Patriarchy says
men can’t control
themselves,
women must do it for them-
I say zip it up.
#retroartprompt #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Patriarchy
says
don’t wear that
skirt
or
that
shirt
or that
dress;
don’t sleep
with x number
of men
don’t be too
sexy
hide
yourself
past
45
don’t show shoulders
thighs
knees
necks;
Patriarchy says
men can’t control
themselves,
women must do it for them-
I say zip it up.
#retroartprompt #poetry
says
don’t wear that
skirt
or
that
shirt
or that
dress;
don’t sleep
with x number
of men
don’t be too
sexy
hide
yourself
past
45
don’t show shoulders
thighs
knees
necks;
Patriarchy says
men can’t control
themselves,
women must do it for them-
I say zip it up.
#retroartprompt #poetry
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Wow really impressive turnout at the Minas Tirith No Kings event
October 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wow really impressive turnout at the Minas Tirith No Kings event
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