@shibboleth1230.bsky.social
Retired English teacher, a fan of classic movies, especially sci-fi, horror, and mystery. A collector of many things.
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Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the weather, hung over or just in need of a pick-me-up.
Thyme for some healing soup recipes from around the world
Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the weather, hung over or just in need of a pick-me-up.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the weather, hung over or just in need of a pick-me-up.
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"It cannot possibly be completed on the schedule Trump announced. I’ll go a step further: It is unlikely that any of these ships will ever be built. This is vaporware."
Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"It cannot possibly be completed on the schedule Trump announced. I’ll go a step further: It is unlikely that any of these ships will ever be built. This is vaporware."
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Millions took to the streets this year to defend our fundamental rights, and over 80,000 people joined one of our Know Your Rights trainings beforehand to be better prepared to protest.
We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.
We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.
December 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Millions took to the streets this year to defend our fundamental rights, and over 80,000 people joined one of our Know Your Rights trainings beforehand to be better prepared to protest.
We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.
We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.
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Update: President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his Florida resort Sunday after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone.
Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive
President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his Florida resort Sunday after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Update: President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his Florida resort Sunday after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone.
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Real patriots care about other Americans. And we’re going to show the rest of the country how we do it in Michigan.
December 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Real patriots care about other Americans. And we’re going to show the rest of the country how we do it in Michigan.
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Adam Riess won a Nobel Prize for his work that helped add the final piece to the “standard model of cosmology." Now he says that model might be wrong, @rossandersen.bsky.social reported in May:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Adam Riess won a Nobel Prize for his work that helped add the final piece to the “standard model of cosmology." Now he says that model might be wrong, @rossandersen.bsky.social reported in May:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
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Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.
December 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.
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Realism today is eschewing universalist causes in the name of immediate strategic and economic interests. Looking to history can provide a model for a better American way, writes Daniel Fried.
Kissinger, Brzezinski, and the Promise of Realism
A cynical realism resonates today, but there is a model for fusing power and values.
foreignpolicy.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Realism today is eschewing universalist causes in the name of immediate strategic and economic interests. Looking to history can provide a model for a better American way, writes Daniel Fried.
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It is possible that things could go surprisingly well for America in 2026. Take a break from the doom and gloom with this optimistic scenario from The World Ahead
An optimistic guide to the coming year in America
Gloom about America’s future is almost as old as the republic itself, says US editor. Here is an alternative for 2026
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It is possible that things could go surprisingly well for America in 2026. Take a break from the doom and gloom with this optimistic scenario from The World Ahead
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“Trump must have been relieved when she told Blanche she had nothing bad to say about the President. ‘The President was never inappropriate with anybody.’ But she also said she didn’t know anything about the sexual assaults on countless girls by Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Trump & Maxwell
How friendly were they?
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Trump must have been relieved when she told Blanche she had nothing bad to say about the President. ‘The President was never inappropriate with anybody.’ But she also said she didn’t know anything about the sexual assaults on countless girls by Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Iran in ‘all-out war’ with US, Europe and Israel, says president ft.trib.al/iIFHyt5
Iran in ‘all-out war’ with US, Europe and Israel, says president
Pezeshkian warns that Iran’s military forces are ‘more prepared’ than ever
ft.trib.al
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Iran in ‘all-out war’ with US, Europe and Israel, says president ft.trib.al/iIFHyt5
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Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too. n.pr/49aDwVE
Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too. n.pr/49aDwVE
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Miller and Trump want to fuel bigotry. Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with stones hurled at “them.” His entire project depends on hate.
But America is better than Trump and his chief bigot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/stephen-millers-latest-bigoted-bullshit
But America is better than Trump and his chief bigot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/stephen-millers-latest-bigoted-bullshit
December 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Miller and Trump want to fuel bigotry. Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with stones hurled at “them.” His entire project depends on hate.
But America is better than Trump and his chief bigot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/stephen-millers-latest-bigoted-bullshit
But America is better than Trump and his chief bigot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/stephen-millers-latest-bigoted-bullshit
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Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-7-...
hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-7-...
Chapter 7: From Birtherism to the Big Lie
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
hartmannreport.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-7-...
hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-7-...
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There are no gentle accommodations to be made with the abuses by Trump against the US Constitution. They must be relentlessly opposed until they stop. When they stop it will be time to investigate every dimension of every corrupt act of the Trump regime.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/cause-and-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/cause-and-...
Cause and effect
William A. Finnegan is a Substack writer I enjoy because he writes with precision about what happened so that we can understand what is happening.
steveschmidt.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There are no gentle accommodations to be made with the abuses by Trump against the US Constitution. They must be relentlessly opposed until they stop. When they stop it will be time to investigate every dimension of every corrupt act of the Trump regime.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/cause-and-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/cause-and-...
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Putin’s assault aims to terrorise civilians and cripple ports
Russia is blasting Odessa to throttle Ukraine’s economy
Putin’s assault aims to terrorise civilians and cripple ports
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Putin’s assault aims to terrorise civilians and cripple ports
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CNN: President Zelensky arrived in Florida Sunday, the day after his frozen capital Kyiv came under assault from Russian missiles and drones, a deadly reminder from the war’s aggressor that its attacks will continue even amid accelerated peace talks.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/p...
Zelensky and Trump to meet in Florida after weeks of intensive peace talks | CNN Politics
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Florida Sunday, the day after his frozen capital Kyiv came under assault from Russian missiles and drones, a deadly reminder from the war’s aggressor ...
www.cnn.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
CNN: President Zelensky arrived in Florida Sunday, the day after his frozen capital Kyiv came under assault from Russian missiles and drones, a deadly reminder from the war’s aggressor that its attacks will continue even amid accelerated peace talks.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/p...
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AI is creating demand for new roles to train agents, embed them in organisations and ensure that they behave. Many of these jobs, moreover, require uniquely human skills
Job apocalypse? Humbug! AI is creating brand new occupations
Most needed: human skills
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
AI is creating demand for new roles to train agents, embed them in organisations and ensure that they behave. Many of these jobs, moreover, require uniquely human skills
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Politico claims Republicans are defying Trump on mail voting. While they’ll use any method to back their own voters, it’s a mistake to think the party isn’t aligned with the president’s push to restrict it — if anything, they are driving the effort.
Republicans Are Fully on Board with Trump's Attack on Mail Voting. But the Beltway Press Won't Say it
Read more here...
www.democracydocket.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Politico claims Republicans are defying Trump on mail voting. While they’ll use any method to back their own voters, it’s a mistake to think the party isn’t aligned with the president’s push to restrict it — if anything, they are driving the effort.
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Three Iranian satellites launched from Russia, state media says reut.rs/3N25sna
Three Iranian satellites launched from Russia, state media says
Three more Iranian satellites were sent into space on Russia's Soyuz launchers on Sunday, Iranian state media said, as the two U.S.-sanctioned nations extend their space collaboration.
reut.rs
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Three Iranian satellites launched from Russia, state media says reut.rs/3N25sna
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The popular view of Adam Smith is that he celebrated self-interest. But if you read his work more closely, the caricature melts away
Adam Smith is misinterpreted and his influence overstated
The most famous book in economics is less revolutionary than you think
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The popular view of Adam Smith is that he celebrated self-interest. But if you read his work more closely, the caricature melts away
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Some say we are hopelessly divided, and that we share nothing in common anymore as an American people. Perhaps it is a bit more complicated. Maybe what we have lost is the ability to share gratitude for America together and tolerance for differences that make us stronger together.
December 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Some say we are hopelessly divided, and that we share nothing in common anymore as an American people. Perhaps it is a bit more complicated. Maybe what we have lost is the ability to share gratitude for America together and tolerance for differences that make us stronger together.
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This story and especially its first line made me think of the book I wrote in 2017 when he first became president.
December 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This story and especially its first line made me think of the book I wrote in 2017 when he first became president.
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Bankruptcies in the manufacturing and construction sector are higher than any time since the recession of 2007-9. Why? Inflation, uncertainty, and the Trump tariffs. Trump's trade war is hurting working Americans.
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs
Businesses in vulnerable sectors found themselves caught between rising tariffs and beleaguered consumers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bankruptcies in the manufacturing and construction sector are higher than any time since the recession of 2007-9. Why? Inflation, uncertainty, and the Trump tariffs. Trump's trade war is hurting working Americans.
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Griftocracy.
“Since President Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Griftocracy.