Thatcher
@thevillagethatcher.bsky.social
History Dork, Reader, WoT fan
Stuff is a bummer but we're trying right?
#stillnotCennBuie
Stuff is a bummer but we're trying right?
#stillnotCennBuie
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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the sooner they all realize this the better.
NOTUS:
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.
www.notus.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
the sooner they all realize this the better.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
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as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.
October 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.
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Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.
A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
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Per an email I recieved from a source at Angelo State University, faculty have been told they will no longer be required to refer to students by their name at birth. Pride Flags are allowed in "personal offices." LGB topics are allowed, but textbooks must "omit any chapters on transgenderism"
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Per an email I recieved from a source at Angelo State University, faculty have been told they will no longer be required to refer to students by their name at birth. Pride Flags are allowed in "personal offices." LGB topics are allowed, but textbooks must "omit any chapters on transgenderism"
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this is less true than we all want it to be because a sizable number of right wing Epstein obsessives think he was trafficking 6 year olds not 16-year-old girls who they think should be allowed to marry
Epstein files truly are the one thing every American, both parties want to see the daylight on, and there are no exceptions to that.
This unites us, because we know innocent children were ravaged by rich entitled men and thus far have all gotten away with it.
We want this unwrapped, everyone does
This unites us, because we know innocent children were ravaged by rich entitled men and thus far have all gotten away with it.
We want this unwrapped, everyone does
July 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
this is less true than we all want it to be because a sizable number of right wing Epstein obsessives think he was trafficking 6 year olds not 16-year-old girls who they think should be allowed to marry
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Infant mortality increased along with births in most U.S. states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research. Babies who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects died at the highest rates.
After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds
The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Infant mortality increased along with births in most U.S. states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research. Babies who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects died at the highest rates.
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“remarkable proposal from a sitting president” and the remarkable proposal is ethnic cleansing
President Donald Trump indicated that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, a remarkable proposal from a sitting US president: cnn.it/3WACxIK
Trump suggests his plan for Gaza Strip is to ‘clean out the whole thing’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, ...
cnn.it
January 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“remarkable proposal from a sitting president” and the remarkable proposal is ethnic cleansing
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January 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
Trump is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (again), reversing U.S. climate policy
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
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This is probably a big part of why he did it, but I think a bigger reason is pure impunity. He knows the media that matters to him won't care, there will be no professional consequences, nothing will matter to anyone but the people he lives to anger.
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is probably a big part of why he did it, but I think a bigger reason is pure impunity. He knows the media that matters to him won't care, there will be no professional consequences, nothing will matter to anyone but the people he lives to anger.
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I guess Black Ajah for centuries installed and altered traditions which prevents anyone from knowing who actually makes decisions, erases accountability and blurred chain of command and information.
#WoTSky
#WoTSky
White Tower's political structure is insanely convoluted. Each Ajah has a few public representatives and there is a secret leader, plus Amerlin is kind of a supreme ruler, but needs the Hall's approval.
It's all checks and balances without the system to actually implement decisions.
#WoTSky
It's all checks and balances without the system to actually implement decisions.
#WoTSky
January 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I guess Black Ajah for centuries installed and altered traditions which prevents anyone from knowing who actually makes decisions, erases accountability and blurred chain of command and information.
#WoTSky
#WoTSky
So I stayed with my sister and her roommates in Boston for New Year's and our hungover NYD turned into coffee and crafting while we all watched the Sorcerer's Stone. My sis made us personalized embroidery things for Christmas so I decided to try it! Not too bad right? #WoTSkies #TheWheelofTime
January 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
So I stayed with my sister and her roommates in Boston for New Year's and our hungover NYD turned into coffee and crafting while we all watched the Sorcerer's Stone. My sis made us personalized embroidery things for Christmas so I decided to try it! Not too bad right? #WoTSkies #TheWheelofTime
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Every Democrat should be on every media outlet the moment a shutdown starts hammering Trump, Musk, and the GOP. Say they had a deal until Musk opposed it, the GOP cowered, and Trump allowed it. Call them weak, spineless puppets. Pin every second of it on their cowardice and greed. And don't stop.
December 18, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Every Democrat should be on every media outlet the moment a shutdown starts hammering Trump, Musk, and the GOP. Say they had a deal until Musk opposed it, the GOP cowered, and Trump allowed it. Call them weak, spineless puppets. Pin every second of it on their cowardice and greed. And don't stop.
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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A white guy saw a non-white person, followed him to a stoplight and began harassing him about Trump, followed him to his work and continued the harassment, then when the victim tried to run inside, he tackled him and started choking him, and was only stopped by others running out to save him.
The victim, a Grand Junction journalist, told police the man rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!” www.denverpost.com/2024/12/20/m...
Man arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated assault of Grand Junction journalist: “This is Trump’s America now”
The victim told police, according to the affidavit, that Egan rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect…
www.denverpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 PM
A white guy saw a non-white person, followed him to a stoplight and began harassing him about Trump, followed him to his work and continued the harassment, then when the victim tried to run inside, he tackled him and started choking him, and was only stopped by others running out to save him.
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I can only tip my cap to Netflix for finding a way to make live sports look and feel exactly as uncanny and washed-out as everything else on Netflix does. Just an unbelievable capacity for making stuff that people like into something cheap and insignificant and half-insulting.
December 26, 2024 at 12:52 AM
I can only tip my cap to Netflix for finding a way to make live sports look and feel exactly as uncanny and washed-out as everything else on Netflix does. Just an unbelievable capacity for making stuff that people like into something cheap and insignificant and half-insulting.
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My favorite part of the holidays is that every tradition you think has been around forever was just created by one advertising dude in the 50s to sell more peanut butter
December 16, 2024 at 6:49 PM
My favorite part of the holidays is that every tradition you think has been around forever was just created by one advertising dude in the 50s to sell more peanut butter
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My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media
In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:36 PM
My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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past the Dragonwall
he will tie you together
he will destroy you
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #Mountains #TheWheelOfTime
he will tie you together
he will destroy you
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #Mountains #TheWheelOfTime
December 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM
past the Dragonwall
he will tie you together
he will destroy you
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #Mountains #TheWheelOfTime
he will tie you together
he will destroy you
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #Mountains #TheWheelOfTime