Probal Dasgupta
@probal.bsky.social
I'm a retired linguist. Mi parolas Esperanton. আমি আজকাল প্রধানত বাংলায় লিখি। I live in Kolkata, India. My blog is at https://probaleo.wordpress.com/
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
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If you are tired of people complaining about paywall access to journalism then imagine how tired people are of living in places like America where disinformation is free and journalism is a mandatory paid subscription
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you are tired of people complaining about paywall access to journalism then imagine how tired people are of living in places like America where disinformation is free and journalism is a mandatory paid subscription
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This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Ugh. Imagine being stationed on the USS Pedophile…
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Ugh. Imagine being stationed on the USS Pedophile…
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"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
They're buying time but not fooling anyone.
www.publicnotice.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
In a 19th century image of Indian medical students, the unwitting consequences of colonial education share.google/RiUvIJy3Wxwd...
In a 19th century image of Indian medical students, the unwitting consequences of colonial education
It represents the moment when knowledge stopped confirming hierarchy and began to interrogate it.
share.google
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In a 19th century image of Indian medical students, the unwitting consequences of colonial education share.google/RiUvIJy3Wxwd...
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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According to The Guardian, as posted by @mhsims.bsky.social, Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity.
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
According to The Guardian, as posted by @mhsims.bsky.social, Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity.
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There is no good argument for not taxing the rich. Trickle down economics has been shown many times, in many places, to work only for the wealthy. The idea that if the top has money, their spending will help the economy does not account for greed! Make them pay their share!
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There is no good argument for not taxing the rich. Trickle down economics has been shown many times, in many places, to work only for the wealthy. The idea that if the top has money, their spending will help the economy does not account for greed! Make them pay their share!
One of the many, many defeats we have had to swallow as we continue to struggle.
#OtD 17 Dec 1906 cotton factory owner Ignacy Poznanski locked out his workers in Lodz, Poland, after they protested against sackings of militants. They held out for three months but were defeated in a major setback for the local working class stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8865...
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One of the many, many defeats we have had to swallow as we continue to struggle.
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The cover-ups continue. They want to hide what they are doing from the American people and the world.
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The cover-ups continue. They want to hide what they are doing from the American people and the world.
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
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According to this narcissistic crusty orange asshole, Rob Reiner and his wife died because they spoke out against trump. He's demonstrating, once again, his god like ability to determine the facts with no evidence. It's not all about you, asshole.
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
According to this narcissistic crusty orange asshole, Rob Reiner and his wife died because they spoke out against trump. He's demonstrating, once again, his god like ability to determine the facts with no evidence. It's not all about you, asshole.
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There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
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It shouldn’t too much to ask that elected officials don’t prematurely make social media posts with inaccurate information in crisis situations
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It shouldn’t too much to ask that elected officials don’t prematurely make social media posts with inaccurate information in crisis situations
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A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...