Patrick John Gillam
@patrickgillam.bsky.social
I’m not Christian in any conventional sense, but I love this thought in John 9:3:
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.”
A good thought whenever I behold something needing fixing.
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.”
A good thought whenever I behold something needing fixing.
Hey, not that it matters, but when Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about self-reliance, he was not saying we need to sew our own clothes and repair our own plumbing. He was saying we each have our own satisfactions and our own ways of doing things, and we live best when we follow our individual impulses.
December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey, not that it matters, but when Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about self-reliance, he was not saying we need to sew our own clothes and repair our own plumbing. He was saying we each have our own satisfactions and our own ways of doing things, and we live best when we follow our individual impulses.
Are American humans really posting these stupid fucken opinions that the United States would benefit from a military coup? Or are they bots? I see this nonsense and have to think it’s coming from St. Petersburg. Spare me such idiocy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Are American humans really posting these stupid fucken opinions that the United States would benefit from a military coup? Or are they bots? I see this nonsense and have to think it’s coming from St. Petersburg. Spare me such idiocy.
The United States of America: “Let’s have a meritocracy and welcome the best and brightest from the world over.”
Conservatives: “Not *those* best and brightest.”
Conservatives: “Not *those* best and brightest.”
I see this on the right - the idea that the existence of foreign academic staff and faculty are evidence of discrimination against natives. It's not discrimination, its selection: academia is a global marketplace, the US is the biggest center of that market. So yes, some foreign talent will win.
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The United States of America: “Let’s have a meritocracy and welcome the best and brightest from the world over.”
Conservatives: “Not *those* best and brightest.”
Conservatives: “Not *those* best and brightest.”
And just like that it was done? It didn’t hang up in the Senate?
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
December 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And just like that it was done? It didn’t hang up in the Senate?
I very much enjoyed “Pluribus,” but I’m undecided about the concept of a nine-episode, season-long pilot.
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I very much enjoyed “Pluribus,” but I’m undecided about the concept of a nine-episode, season-long pilot.
Reposted by Patrick John Gillam
The pulled “60 Minutes” episode on the CECOT prisoners is down on that YouTube link but up now here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The pulled “60 Minutes” episode on the CECOT prisoners is down on that YouTube link but up now here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Reposted by Patrick John Gillam
All together now: JURY NULLIFICATION!
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
All together now: JURY NULLIFICATION!
Watching “Elf” (2003). Missed opportunity not to have the elves represent people from around the world. It pulled me out of the story, to be honest.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Watching “Elf” (2003). Missed opportunity not to have the elves represent people from around the world. It pulled me out of the story, to be honest.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’m no attorney and couldn’t pretend to be, but even I appreciated the cogency of this argument.
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m no attorney and couldn’t pretend to be, but even I appreciated the cogency of this argument.
“For every cigarette you smoke, the Lord takes one day from your life
and gives it to Keith Richards.”
and gives it to Keith Richards.”
Solving the mystery of the guitarist’s longevity may be our best hope of aging gracefully.
Read more: on.wsj.com/4s0bwwE
Corrects an earlier post, now deleted, that incorrectly referenced Mick Jagger.
Read more: on.wsj.com/4s0bwwE
Corrects an earlier post, now deleted, that incorrectly referenced Mick Jagger.
The Wisdom of Keith Richards at 82
Solving the mystery of the guitarist’s longevity may be our best hope of aging gracefully.
on.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“For every cigarette you smoke, the Lord takes one day from your life
and gives it to Keith Richards.”
and gives it to Keith Richards.”
It’s 1981 and 30 of my friends attend the Fort Collins premiere of “The Empire Strikes Back.” We were so stoked we cheered the new THX logo. And it only got better.
youtu.be/fuPk-1bi4Js
youtu.be/fuPk-1bi4Js
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s 1981 and 30 of my friends attend the Fort Collins premiere of “The Empire Strikes Back.” We were so stoked we cheered the new THX logo. And it only got better.
youtu.be/fuPk-1bi4Js
youtu.be/fuPk-1bi4Js
Just heard Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu endorse“decentralized capitalism” in a podcast with Elizabeth Spiers, and I’m here for it. Capitalism funnels everything upward to fewer entities and owners. If there’s a way to harness its energies without letting it consume everything, that seems good.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Just heard Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu endorse“decentralized capitalism” in a podcast with Elizabeth Spiers, and I’m here for it. Capitalism funnels everything upward to fewer entities and owners. If there’s a way to harness its energies without letting it consume everything, that seems good.
I disagree with this statement but it’s concisely written. Where does someone pick up such a skill, do you suppose?
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I disagree with this statement but it’s concisely written. Where does someone pick up such a skill, do you suppose?
The radio
And the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
—Ira Gershwin, “Love Is Here to Stay”
And the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
—Ira Gershwin, “Love Is Here to Stay”
Well, movies were nice while they lasted.
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The radio
And the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
—Ira Gershwin, “Love Is Here to Stay”
And the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
—Ira Gershwin, “Love Is Here to Stay”
Objects in mirror are
Closer than they appearor
Closer than they appearor
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Objects in mirror are
Closer than they appearor
Closer than they appearor
Oh, nothing much. Just hanging out waiting to find out if my insurer is going to pay for the cancer treatments scheduled to begin tomorrow.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh, nothing much. Just hanging out waiting to find out if my insurer is going to pay for the cancer treatments scheduled to begin tomorrow.
The tumor in my bladder upset my friends because I was one of the healthiest people they knew, with an impeccable lifestyle and excellent health history. Then boom, out of nowhere, cancer. It upsets people to be reminded of the randomness of life and health.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The tumor in my bladder upset my friends because I was one of the healthiest people they knew, with an impeccable lifestyle and excellent health history. Then boom, out of nowhere, cancer. It upsets people to be reminded of the randomness of life and health.
Offer me a 200-year mortgage and we’ll talk.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Offer me a 200-year mortgage and we’ll talk.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
Do you know any audio engineers? Young women in television? They might enjoy this. It’s a short interview of my niece. She does a job few women do.
peopleproject.substack.com/p/people-tal...
peopleproject.substack.com/p/people-tal...
People Talks #2: Anna Gillam, audio engineer
On mixing the news and growing by doing
peopleproject.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Do you know any audio engineers? Young women in television? They might enjoy this. It’s a short interview of my niece. She does a job few women do.
peopleproject.substack.com/p/people-tal...
peopleproject.substack.com/p/people-tal...
It infuriates me that we Democrats have to “negotiate” with Republicans over such sabotage as their firing federal employees and disemboweling the Government Accountability Office. They “govern” the nation the way Hamas rules Gaza, making human sacrifices of people they’re supposed to protect.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It infuriates me that we Democrats have to “negotiate” with Republicans over such sabotage as their firing federal employees and disemboweling the Government Accountability Office. They “govern” the nation the way Hamas rules Gaza, making human sacrifices of people they’re supposed to protect.
@hassan.senate.gov
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
@hassan.senate.gov
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
@shaheen.senate.gov
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@shaheen.senate.gov
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.
Please do not vote for the continuing resolution.