Joe Potts
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Joe Potts
@unklejoe.bsky.social
Retired Librarian
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If you go to them and say "Actually America is bad and you're bad for liking it," they're going to ignore you. If you say "America is a promise and is good & we have to fight to live up to it, let's punch Nazis like we did in WWII" then more of them will join you, which we need to stop the fascists
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate www.scientificamerican.com/article/bat-...
‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate
Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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🇫🇮 Stubb: I don't agree with the narrative that claims Russia is winning militarily.

Over the past 1,000 days, Russia has advanced by 1% of Ukrainian territory. The cost of that advance has been 1,000 dead soldiers per day — about 30,000 per month. These figures refer to the dead, not the wounded.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Perhaps I can help this research effort.

1. Origins of TDS lie in revulsion at a dangerous bigot coming to power.

2. Manifestations of TDS include joining others to resist Trump’s authoritarian efforts.

3. Effects of TDS are an enlivening of the intellect snd a sharpening of the conscience.
Shamp’s Senate Bill 1070 would direct the #Arizona Dept of Health Services to conduct or support research to “advance the understanding of Trump Derangement Syndrome, including its origins, manifestations and long-term effects on individuals, communities and public discourse.”
Arizona lawmaker wants state to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Dear the poly sci authors who wrote a book about health that maybe they have no expertise in:
1. Some of my friends died, so I don't need to read your stupid book.
2. I thank God every day that I didn't go to an ivy league school, and instead went to a college that taught me how to think for myself.
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?

LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Pretty much
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone

- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware

but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...

🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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There's a
#RepublicanHealthCareFailure! It's what happens when stupid people lead the country.
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Ok day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar already. Here's part of my O'Neill Colony sequence. Made in #Blender
Took forever. #SciArt #scifiart
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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There is an art to storytelling and Alex Wagner is one of the best. She joins me to talk about her new podcast, Runaway Country with Crooked Media, and why independent media is giving her the kind of platform to have the most important conversations of our time.

youtu.be/fUzUxAFqB5U?...
Veteran Journalist BREAKS DOWN Trump’s BIGGEST FEAR
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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For day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar, I present this animation I did about three years ago, showing a flight through a type of space colony called a Stanford Torus.

#SciArt created in #Blender
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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"You have a machine where you put in $100 bills, 90% of the money stays in the US, and it causes Russia to bleed 10x as much..."

Ronald Reagan: "Lets back it up to the mint and grab my shovel"

Donald Trump: "nah..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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He fell asleep during his own cabinet meeting. 😂😂😂😂
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Night Night For Narcoleptic Napoleon
Don Snoreleone needs a nap.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Drug Boat
For @rawstory.com
Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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What a bunch of shady creepers.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM