@samex81.bsky.social
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This is what I mean when I say the Trump era has made me “more conservative”: He is taking a wrecking ball to norms and institutions he does not understand, on the premise that American power, prosperity, and stability are some ineluctable law of nature rather than hard won & fragile achievements.
Kori Schake: “The men who built this international order weren’t leftist college professors sitting around the faculty lounge. They were the people who had fought World War I and World War II and saw the damage of an unstable order.” www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/fea...
The Fear and Weakness at the Heart of Trump’s Strategy
A Conversation With Kori Schake
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is what I mean when I say the Trump era has made me “more conservative”: He is taking a wrecking ball to norms and institutions he does not understand, on the premise that American power, prosperity, and stability are some ineluctable law of nature rather than hard won & fragile achievements.
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Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018.
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018.
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
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Crime is NOT going up. On the contrary.
Immigrants (including undocumented) NOT associated with an increase in crime. On the contrary.
Perceptions regarding crime ≠ reality.
This needs to be said more.
Immigrants (including undocumented) NOT associated with an increase in crime. On the contrary.
Perceptions regarding crime ≠ reality.
This needs to be said more.
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Crime is NOT going up. On the contrary.
Immigrants (including undocumented) NOT associated with an increase in crime. On the contrary.
Perceptions regarding crime ≠ reality.
This needs to be said more.
Immigrants (including undocumented) NOT associated with an increase in crime. On the contrary.
Perceptions regarding crime ≠ reality.
This needs to be said more.
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This is still so very funny…
October 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is still so very funny…
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Look for the signs...
October 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Look for the signs...
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Greens are doing amazing things on a local level whilst Reform causes chaos. I'll make sure people find out about all the work our local Greens are doing across the country. Thanks to @owenjones.bsky.social for the interview! 💚
October 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Greens are doing amazing things on a local level whilst Reform causes chaos. I'll make sure people find out about all the work our local Greens are doing across the country. Thanks to @owenjones.bsky.social for the interview! 💚
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Yeah robots are definitely not taking over the world.
Not the red one, at least. 🤣
Not the red one, at least. 🤣
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yeah robots are definitely not taking over the world.
Not the red one, at least. 🤣
Not the red one, at least. 🤣
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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
June 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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Any university still using X and promoting it on its web site is making a mockery of "institutional neutrality."
We have a massive academic base on Bluesky, we can lobby unis to quit X. The French are leading on this, others can do it too.
3 more French unis quit Twitter:
Université Paris-Saclay
@univparissaclay.bsky.social
Université PSL
@psl-univ.bsky.social
Sorbonne Université
@sorbonne-universite.fr
3 more French unis quit Twitter:
Université Paris-Saclay
@univparissaclay.bsky.social
Université PSL
@psl-univ.bsky.social
Sorbonne Université
@sorbonne-universite.fr
February 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Any university still using X and promoting it on its web site is making a mockery of "institutional neutrality."
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Mercantilism is such a lame thing to bring back from the 17th century.
Why couldn’t they bring back the fashion instead?
Why couldn’t they bring back the fashion instead?
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mercantilism is such a lame thing to bring back from the 17th century.
Why couldn’t they bring back the fashion instead?
Why couldn’t they bring back the fashion instead?
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
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J'entends tout le temps la droite dire qu'il faut respecter les forces de l'ordre, mais apparemment ça ne vaut pas pour la police de l'environnement..
Bayrou met une cible dans le dos des agents de l'OFB, comme si c'étaient des shérifs à la Walker Texas Ranger.
Je suis très choquée par ces propos.
Bayrou met une cible dans le dos des agents de l'OFB, comme si c'étaient des shérifs à la Walker Texas Ranger.
Je suis très choquée par ces propos.
"Les agents de l'OFB ne sont pas des shérifs, c'est pas Walker Texas Ranger" Marine Tondelier (BFM)
YouTube video by Europe Écologie Les Verts
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
J'entends tout le temps la droite dire qu'il faut respecter les forces de l'ordre, mais apparemment ça ne vaut pas pour la police de l'environnement..
Bayrou met une cible dans le dos des agents de l'OFB, comme si c'étaient des shérifs à la Walker Texas Ranger.
Je suis très choquée par ces propos.
Bayrou met une cible dans le dos des agents de l'OFB, comme si c'étaient des shérifs à la Walker Texas Ranger.
Je suis très choquée par ces propos.
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I was reporting a story two years ago and a few months into it a source text me saying Meta was offering people I was trying to get in touch with their jobs back so they could lash them to new NDAs
Meta is renewing its threats against employees, telling them today that they will hunt for leakers and tolerate zero leaks.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
January 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I was reporting a story two years ago and a few months into it a source text me saying Meta was offering people I was trying to get in touch with their jobs back so they could lash them to new NDAs
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.