Skip Williams
@skipwaw42.bsky.social
Public Policy Research&Analysis; who would’ve predicted it 😎 Opinions mine. Senior RAND & USAF Veteran UT-Longhorn, Creighton-MA —still just off I35
Current mischief: encourage community activetransportation infrastructure & Transit.
Curling is a thing 🥌
Current mischief: encourage community activetransportation infrastructure & Transit.
Curling is a thing 🥌
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Under RFK Jr, the USDA stopped tracking US hunger just as the Republican shutdown ripped away SNAP for 42M Americans — a data blackout that covers up the cost of MAGA's starvation campaign. MAGA, MAHA — they are all complicit in hurting Americans. #impeachthequack
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Under RFK Jr, the USDA stopped tracking US hunger just as the Republican shutdown ripped away SNAP for 42M Americans — a data blackout that covers up the cost of MAGA's starvation campaign. MAGA, MAHA — they are all complicit in hurting Americans. #impeachthequack
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COP30 deal exposes fragile climate unity as US steps back reut.rs/3XaKJQ7
COP30 deal exposes fragile climate unity as US steps back
The deal's contents and the messy process that led to its adoption say as much about the world's divisions as its resolve to combat climate change together, observers, delegates and climate advocates said.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
COP30 deal exposes fragile climate unity as US steps back reut.rs/3XaKJQ7
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Sane people care. Unfortunately, ultra rich oil people and maniac tech bros who lust over enormous data centers do not.
"COP30 ends with a whimper - The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it" via @economist.com [paywalled]: www.economist.com/internationa...
#COP30
#COP30
COP30 ends with a whimper
The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it
www.economist.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sane people care. Unfortunately, ultra rich oil people and maniac tech bros who lust over enormous data centers do not.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
. 😎 Southern Crossroads American roots music rebroadcast Saturday 7-9:00pm on Teo Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at KTWH.org. Zak leads us thru the cotton fields and mangrove swamps shaping Southern culture and the music we know as the Blues. #CommunityRadio
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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They rule and they get richer thanks to it.
Everyone Wants to Ban Congressional Stock Trades, but Some Supporters Worry Mike Johnson Is Stalling
Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations. Will Mike Johnson stall a ban?
theintercept.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They rule and they get richer thanks to it.
😎 Special Topics in Indi and New Wave music 7-8:00pm on Two Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at KTWH.org. Katie’s got the rhythm to bring the weekend to us tonight. #CommunityRadio
KTWH 99.5 FM - Two Harbors Community Radio
Hearing local voices • KTwH 99.5 FM
KTWH.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
😎 Special Topics in Indi and New Wave music 7-8:00pm on Two Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at KTWH.org. Katie’s got the rhythm to bring the weekend to us tonight. #CommunityRadio
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1300 Wohnungen in Erlangen stehen leer. Aber man meint, man bräuchte einen Bauturbo!
Leerstehende Gebäude energetisch fit machen und wieder Leben einziehen lassen!
Leerstehende Gebäude energetisch fit machen und wieder Leben einziehen lassen!
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
1300 Wohnungen in Erlangen stehen leer. Aber man meint, man bräuchte einen Bauturbo!
Leerstehende Gebäude energetisch fit machen und wieder Leben einziehen lassen!
Leerstehende Gebäude energetisch fit machen und wieder Leben einziehen lassen!
Just saying…. Also, I am thinking about you Ukraine 🇺🇦
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just saying…. Also, I am thinking about you Ukraine 🇺🇦
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They are really treading on thin ice here. Even if a document is privileged, the fact of its existence is not.
BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They are really treading on thin ice here. Even if a document is privileged, the fact of its existence is not.
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The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
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The Atlantic’s “No Easy Fix” has been named one of the 10 Best Shows of 2025 by Apple Podcasts. Reported by @ethanbrooks.bsky.social, the “Radio Atlantic” miniseries explores why the cycle of addiction and homelessness remains so difficult to break. podcasts.apple.com/us/multi-roo...
Best of 2025 on Apple Podcasts
Browse and listen to Best of 2025 podcasts on Apple Podcasts. Throughout the year, Apple Podcasts editors hand-curate and feature the absolute best programming on
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November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Atlantic’s “No Easy Fix” has been named one of the 10 Best Shows of 2025 by Apple Podcasts. Reported by @ethanbrooks.bsky.social, the “Radio Atlantic” miniseries explores why the cycle of addiction and homelessness remains so difficult to break. podcasts.apple.com/us/multi-roo...
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"(It) would be one of the first infrastructure projects like this in Kentucky," says CivicLex Executive Director Richard Young.
Haley Pike Landfill solar project in 'final negotiations'
A proposed solar facility at Lexington's Haley Pike Landfill is closer to seeing the sun.
www.wuky.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"(It) would be one of the first infrastructure projects like this in Kentucky," says CivicLex Executive Director Richard Young.
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US judge to weigh Trump's influence over case against ex-FBI chief Comey reut.rs/47Sgrb2
US judge to weigh Trump's influence over case against ex-FBI chief Comey
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey will renew their attempts to get a criminal case against him tossed out on Wednesday, arguing that President Donald Trump's personal animosity improperly motivated the prosecution.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
US judge to weigh Trump's influence over case against ex-FBI chief Comey reut.rs/47Sgrb2
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NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
. 😎 Whoooo… time to tune in Southern Crossroads American roots music where Zak leads us thru the cotton fields and mangrove swamps that shaped the music we know as the Blues. On Two Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at KTWH.org. 1000-to-Noon Wednesday; rebroadcast 7-9:00pm Saturday.
KTWH 99.5 FM - Two Harbors Community Radio
Hearing local voices • KTwH 99.5 FM
KTWH.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
. 😎 Whoooo… time to tune in Southern Crossroads American roots music where Zak leads us thru the cotton fields and mangrove swamps that shaped the music we know as the Blues. On Two Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at KTWH.org. 1000-to-Noon Wednesday; rebroadcast 7-9:00pm Saturday.
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Portugal's regime was overturned by a military coup after years of a military quagmire in Africa.
"Fascist states don't fall to revolution "
C'est étrange cette propension des américains à toujours donner raison à ceux qui pensent qu'ils n'entendent rien à l'histoire. (Portugal 1974).
C'est étrange cette propension des américains à toujours donner raison à ceux qui pensent qu'ils n'entendent rien à l'histoire. (Portugal 1974).
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Portugal's regime was overturned by a military coup after years of a military quagmire in Africa.
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Donald Trump has never been particularly critical of the Saudis, and he has always been very clear about the reasons why.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Donald Trump has never been particularly critical of the Saudis, and he has always been very clear about the reasons why.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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"This is how House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to protect perverts who went to the rape island from embarrassment."
Massie, whose longshot effort to force the #Epstein vote through a discharge petition succeeded, is now issuing a warning to fellow lawmakers.
'Don't muck it up': Massie cautions Senate against altering substance of the Epstein measure
Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie is cautioning his colleagues in the Senate against making any major changes to the Epstein bill that passed the House Tuesday.
www.wuky.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"This is how House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to protect perverts who went to the rape island from embarrassment."
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"Modern war is an information war. But the question isn’t whether information matters—it’s how to best organize to fight in an information-saturated environment," writes CSIS's Todd Simmons.
Read more about how to optimize information effects: www.csis.org/analysis/inf...
Read more about how to optimize information effects: www.csis.org/analysis/inf...
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Modern war is an information war. But the question isn’t whether information matters—it’s how to best organize to fight in an information-saturated environment," writes CSIS's Todd Simmons.
Read more about how to optimize information effects: www.csis.org/analysis/inf...
Read more about how to optimize information effects: www.csis.org/analysis/inf...
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The exceptions are worrying 😳
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The exceptions are worrying 😳
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You also may not refer to him as an elderly narcissist with an unconvincingly-painted face who (despite carrying considerable excess weight) enjoys telling other people, "Quiet, Piggy."
Clyde: Point of order. You may not call the President of the United States a felon
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You also may not refer to him as an elderly narcissist with an unconvincingly-painted face who (despite carrying considerable excess weight) enjoys telling other people, "Quiet, Piggy."