@wdfman.bsky.social
Interests: family, especially the grandsons, food, fountain pens, fine paper, history, books, music, and more.
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The arrogance of ICE agents. The sheer petyiness. The raw sense of risk in pushing back. my friend Carlos Sanchez speaks for me, and for a lot of us. elpasomatters.org/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion: My airport run-in with ICE revealed a dangerous arrogance taking hold in America
During a routine flight connection, retired journalist Carlos Sanchez experienced firsthand the arrogance and abuse of power by ICE agents, reinforcing fears that the agency is becoming dangerously un...
elpasomatters.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The arrogance of ICE agents. The sheer petyiness. The raw sense of risk in pushing back. my friend Carlos Sanchez speaks for me, and for a lot of us. elpasomatters.org/2025/11/20/o...
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Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
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Every story like this needs the tagline THEY DID THIS. All the stories of destabilization, damage, sabotage, punishment, impoverishment, corruption, failure that can and should be laid at the feet of the Trump Administration.
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Every story like this needs the tagline THEY DID THIS. All the stories of destabilization, damage, sabotage, punishment, impoverishment, corruption, failure that can and should be laid at the feet of the Trump Administration.
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It is pissed off because Democratic Veterans have released a video telling active Military that they not only don't have to follow illegal orders, they definitely should not follow them because they will be held accountable.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It is pissed off because Democratic Veterans have released a video telling active Military that they not only don't have to follow illegal orders, they definitely should not follow them because they will be held accountable.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
From Kottke: Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
From Kottke: Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
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Remember this? Fox News tried going after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check shows us all how it’s done. Via @nowthisimpact.bsky.social x.com/nowthisnews/...
Fox News Tried Going After Denmark. Big Mistake. | NowThis
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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November 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Remember this? Fox News tried going after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check shows us all how it’s done. Via @nowthisimpact.bsky.social x.com/nowthisnews/...
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Good read!
For those of you non believers . Theater of War came to Columbia to talk about AI and writing with a dramatic reading of Hua Hsu’s New Yorker essay on the death of the English essay www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Good read!
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Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America
Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
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Everything was much better under Biden. He may have been old, bu he knew what he was doing. Now, we have an old guy who acts all confident, but doesn't actually have a clue...
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Everything was much better under Biden. He may have been old, bu he knew what he was doing. Now, we have an old guy who acts all confident, but doesn't actually have a clue...
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Grifters gonna grift. But hey, how about stopping him from criming?
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Grifters gonna grift. But hey, how about stopping him from criming?
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Dumbing down Americans has always been on the Republican agenda. A dumbfuck like Trump was the catalyst an already corrupt political party needed to normalize it.
Both Donald AND Melania have reduced America to a goddamn trinket with their classless grifts.
Both Donald AND Melania have reduced America to a goddamn trinket with their classless grifts.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dumbing down Americans has always been on the Republican agenda. A dumbfuck like Trump was the catalyst an already corrupt political party needed to normalize it.
Both Donald AND Melania have reduced America to a goddamn trinket with their classless grifts.
Both Donald AND Melania have reduced America to a goddamn trinket with their classless grifts.
This is one of the reasons truth in history is so very important - to make a better more informed future. Americans need to take this same attitude.
High school teacher Katharina Matro explains how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️
Teaching with Integrity: Confronting a Nation's Past
YouTube video by American Historical Association
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November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is one of the reasons truth in history is so very important - to make a better more informed future. Americans need to take this same attitude.
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"Does the leadership at my company promote a xenophobic agenda and use the wealth I help them acquire to donate directly to bigoted causes and politicians I find despicable? Yeah, sure. Did I celebrate my last birthday at Drag Brunch? Also yes." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Does the leadership at my company promote a xenophobic agenda and use the wealth I help them acquire to donate directly to bigoted causes and politicians I find despicable? Yeah, sure. Did I celebrate my last birthday at Drag Brunch? Also yes." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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Waiting on my $2,000 tariff check while still waiting on my $5,000 Doge check.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Waiting on my $2,000 tariff check while still waiting on my $5,000 Doge check.
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
To think JDV is a step away from being our president if old man Trump kicks the bucket or goes further into La-La land is terribly scary. 🫣
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
To think JDV is a step away from being our president if old man Trump kicks the bucket or goes further into La-La land is terribly scary. 🫣
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Want to feel old? 2075 is as far away from now as today is from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Does this look like a youthful man in the prime? Where is the MSM press on reporting this doddering old fool being in charge of the USA govt? He looks hella older than old man Biden who was flayed in the press for being too old to operate (and fairly well).
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Does this look like a youthful man in the prime? Where is the MSM press on reporting this doddering old fool being in charge of the USA govt? He looks hella older than old man Biden who was flayed in the press for being too old to operate (and fairly well).
Fountain Pen Day weakness and GAS struck me today. Russ’s Pen is sending this my way! 🥳
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Fountain Pen Day weakness and GAS struck me today. Russ’s Pen is sending this my way! 🥳