Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
Retired; Part Time lecturer @ Columbia; Former Wall St. managing director; UW Badgers, Tufts Jumbos. If I had one of those coat-of-arms doohickies, I'd want the inscription to read: "ubi democratia regnat, vita vincit et humanitas viget." or "mmm donuts
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Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
· Nov 11
“Governments are instituted […], deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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So much winning
JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So much winning
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As far as I'm concerned Conan is a modern-day sage, an arhat acting like an asshat to wake people up to their own foolishness by constantly clowning and making fun of himself. It's a great show of humility worthy of sufis and saddhus throughout the ages.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As far as I'm concerned Conan is a modern-day sage, an arhat acting like an asshat to wake people up to their own foolishness by constantly clowning and making fun of himself. It's a great show of humility worthy of sufis and saddhus throughout the ages.
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Fun Gift Article:
Happens occasionally: Decades ago, Patrick Billingsley, a god of Probability theory, also worked outside of academia as an actor.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/math...
Happens occasionally: Decades ago, Patrick Billingsley, a god of Probability theory, also worked outside of academia as an actor.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/math...
Exclusive | The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia—for an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old
Ken Ono had an epiphany. Now the professor is moving to Silicon Valley to chase mathematical superintelligence.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Fun Gift Article:
Happens occasionally: Decades ago, Patrick Billingsley, a god of Probability theory, also worked outside of academia as an actor.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/math...
Happens occasionally: Decades ago, Patrick Billingsley, a god of Probability theory, also worked outside of academia as an actor.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/math...
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Irony is (not) dead, it appears. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 1/3
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Irony is (not) dead, it appears. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 1/3
Ouch!
According to Russian TG channel fighterbomber two crew members possibly from a Su-34 were killed. Their ejection seats triggered unexpectedly while the plane was parked inside a hardened bunker. The pilot and copilot were killed.
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Ouch!
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Honestly, the President has a point. It's a game where big boofy blokes sometimes play catch and other times cuddle the ball and run at each other. Who thought: “Let's name this after an extremity that's barely involved”?
5 minutes after FIFA gives him a fake medal Trump wants to rename American football.
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Honestly, the President has a point. It's a game where big boofy blokes sometimes play catch and other times cuddle the ball and run at each other. Who thought: “Let's name this after an extremity that's barely involved”?
This photo screams to be photoshopped with Gianni Infantino's suit exchanged for the North Korean newsreader's outfit, and the prize replaced with a Happy-Meal toy
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This photo screams to be photoshopped with Gianni Infantino's suit exchanged for the North Korean newsreader's outfit, and the prize replaced with a Happy-Meal toy
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While higher ed’s critics may belittle this result, it’s a reasonably good rate given all the negative influences during this period. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
National College Completion Rate Holds Steady For Fourth Year In A Row
The national six-year college completion rate held steady at 61% this year, the fourth consecutive year completions have been maintained at essentially the same level.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
While higher ed’s critics may belittle this result, it’s a reasonably good rate given all the negative influences during this period. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Back-to-back in my timeline:
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Back-to-back in my timeline:
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What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
Great! We have Vinnie the Chin as president
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great! We have Vinnie the Chin as president
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Ten of this year’s best higher education books. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Ten Of The Best Higher Education Books Of 2025
From admission guides to research exposes, from leadership advice to books on tenure and academic freedom, here’s a look at ten of the best higher ed titles for 2025.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ten of this year’s best higher education books. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
When the USSR first dissolved, American business dived in. The savvier players set up small, ring-fenced, entities that they could easily unwind, which many did unwind. The individual business cowboys who flocked to Moscow mostly ended up fleeced or compromised. This is just another cowboy redo.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When the USSR first dissolved, American business dived in. The savvier players set up small, ring-fenced, entities that they could easily unwind, which many did unwind. The individual business cowboys who flocked to Moscow mostly ended up fleeced or compromised. This is just another cowboy redo.
6:30 AM and it’s time to start shelling the chestnuts, the longest part of prepping the stuffing
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
6:30 AM and it’s time to start shelling the chestnuts, the longest part of prepping the stuffing
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"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
ABC “News” Is Fake News
ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes,
www.whitehouse.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM