Le Pandu
@majister.bsky.social
And I only am escaped alone to tell thee
Humans are always living through history. We're just not always aware of it because we're too close to see patterns or can't anticipate how a seemingly minor event will ripple outward. But this is one of those times when you can't help but realize that historians will be writing about this day.
April 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Humans are always living through history. We're just not always aware of it because we're too close to see patterns or can't anticipate how a seemingly minor event will ripple outward. But this is one of those times when you can't help but realize that historians will be writing about this day.
Yeah? Well, I’m going to extend the sale deadline for 90 days!
“You don’t have the legal authority to do that, random Bluesky person.”
Neither does the President.
“You don’t have the legal authority to do that, random Bluesky person.”
Neither does the President.
Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to extend tomorrow’s TikTok sale deadline by 75 more days.
April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yeah? Well, I’m going to extend the sale deadline for 90 days!
“You don’t have the legal authority to do that, random Bluesky person.”
Neither does the President.
“You don’t have the legal authority to do that, random Bluesky person.”
Neither does the President.
If Mills and ME Legislators can find the strength not to give in, they’ll do the world a great service. To be defeated bullies need to be revealed for what they are. Law firms, universities, and CEOs are preemptively, almost gleefully, handing over their lunch money.
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If Mills and ME Legislators can find the strength not to give in, they’ll do the world a great service. To be defeated bullies need to be revealed for what they are. Law firms, universities, and CEOs are preemptively, almost gleefully, handing over their lunch money.
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March 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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“We must join with him, Gandalf. We must join with Sauron.”
March 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“We must join with him, Gandalf. We must join with Sauron.”
I’ve been impressed by the Editorial Board at the Times recently but the paper needs to reckon more w/ the many implications of the US becoming a rogue nation. An international boycott of the 2028 Olympics for example? I’m sure it’s being seriously discussed.
Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.
Trump ‘Not Joking’ About Third Term, and the Myanmar Earthquake Toll
Plus, trying the impossible at the Olympics.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’ve been impressed by the Editorial Board at the Times recently but the paper needs to reckon more w/ the many implications of the US becoming a rogue nation. An international boycott of the 2028 Olympics for example? I’m sure it’s being seriously discussed.
I’m not going to judge someone whose family might be receiving credible death threats. But yeah, this feels like a sad capitulation when the moment calls for leaders willing to risk everything for their values. I’m thinking of the physical and moral courage shown by the Civil Rights marchers.
I have quoted Timothy Snyder and his book "On Tyranny" for years.
"Do not obey in advance" was Snyder's first directive...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
"Do not obey in advance" was Snyder's first directive...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
yaledailynews.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I’m not going to judge someone whose family might be receiving credible death threats. But yeah, this feels like a sad capitulation when the moment calls for leaders willing to risk everything for their values. I’m thinking of the physical and moral courage shown by the Civil Rights marchers.
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referring to pete hegseth as whiskeyleaks is one of the funniest things i’ve seen in a while. good job, guys.
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
referring to pete hegseth as whiskeyleaks is one of the funniest things i’ve seen in a while. good job, guys.
What country will buy F-47s from a nation they can’t remotely trust?
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What country will buy F-47s from a nation they can’t remotely trust?
My view of the problem is there are no personal consequences for decision makers in the media to collaborate with Trump. Other journalists won’t name their cowardly or mendacious peers out of some perverse sense of loyalty. As a citizen I don’t know who to hold accountable.
tfw the auto show at the White House yesterday is played as a straight news story
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My view of the problem is there are no personal consequences for decision makers in the media to collaborate with Trump. Other journalists won’t name their cowardly or mendacious peers out of some perverse sense of loyalty. As a citizen I don’t know who to hold accountable.
Can we just fast forward to the “they collapse under the weight of their incompetence” phase? Must we go through the fascism first?
March 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Can we just fast forward to the “they collapse under the weight of their incompetence” phase? Must we go through the fascism first?
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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
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Too soon
"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Too soon
I’m not sure what the CCP is waiting for. #Taiwan will never be more of a sitting duck than it is during this time of confusion, chaos, and crisis in the US.
March 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m not sure what the CCP is waiting for. #Taiwan will never be more of a sitting duck than it is during this time of confusion, chaos, and crisis in the US.
I’m sure President Trump is already drafting a new executive order at Mar-a-Lago to name the new pontiff.
Pope Francis now in a critical condition after respiratory crisis, Vatican says
Pope Francis now in a critical condition after respiratory crisis, Vatican says
The pontiff is in hospital for a complex lung infection and has been given high flows of oxygen and blood transfusions
The Vatican has said Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I’m sure President Trump is already drafting a new executive order at Mar-a-Lago to name the new pontiff.
Being this is @bsky.app I know I’m speaking into a void, but whatever you think is going to happen (r.e. DOGE, pennies, Greenland) is not what will happen. Reality never exactly conforms to human expectations. Our species is demonstrably horrible at predicting the future.
February 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Being this is @bsky.app I know I’m speaking into a void, but whatever you think is going to happen (r.e. DOGE, pennies, Greenland) is not what will happen. Reality never exactly conforms to human expectations. Our species is demonstrably horrible at predicting the future.
Prepare for the schadenfreude because Patel is coming for some of the same senators who will confirm him (looking at you Susan Collins—they remember your vote to impeach).
Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."
February 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Prepare for the schadenfreude because Patel is coming for some of the same senators who will confirm him (looking at you Susan Collins—they remember your vote to impeach).
Hypothetically speaking, if a president lost his cognitive faculties and demonstrated his mental and emotional deterioration through his actions, would the US media even dare to report? What might it take? Would we need a literal child to point out the absence of presidential clothes?
February 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hypothetically speaking, if a president lost his cognitive faculties and demonstrated his mental and emotional deterioration through his actions, would the US media even dare to report? What might it take? Would we need a literal child to point out the absence of presidential clothes?
One thing that’s all too clear to me about the present moment is that far too many people in the media never learned in childhood that standing up to a bully is the only way to stop him.
January 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
One thing that’s all too clear to me about the present moment is that far too many people in the media never learned in childhood that standing up to a bully is the only way to stop him.
I think I preferred living in a world where everyone didn’t aspire to be a video star.
January 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I think I preferred living in a world where everyone didn’t aspire to be a video star.
Prediction : Susan Collins will vote against all of the upcoming controversial appointments who will nevertheless still make it through the Senate giving Trump his wins & Collins plausible deniability going into her next election.
January 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Prediction : Susan Collins will vote against all of the upcoming controversial appointments who will nevertheless still make it through the Senate giving Trump his wins & Collins plausible deniability going into her next election.
Canada as the 51st state (?!) would have a population greater than these 21 states COMBINED: WY, VT, AK, ND, SD, DE, RI, MT, ME, NH, HI, ID, NE, NM, MS, KS, AR, NV, IA, UT, CT
Sources
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January 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Canada as the 51st state (?!) would have a population greater than these 21 states COMBINED: WY, VT, AK, ND, SD, DE, RI, MT, ME, NH, HI, ID, NE, NM, MS, KS, AR, NV, IA, UT, CT
Sources
Sources
I often wonder how the past four years would have gone if 5 journalists had died as a result of January 6 instead of 5 police officers.
January 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I often wonder how the past four years would have gone if 5 journalists had died as a result of January 6 instead of 5 police officers.
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