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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · 8d

Caption contest: Pete Hegseth warsplaining the warrior ethos to senior generals is like that Florida man who white-man-splained Asian women to me.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · 15d

Sinclair, which is refusing to bring Jimmy Kimmel back on air, owns stations in Seattle, Portland, Asheville, Greensboro. @50501movement.bsky.social @50501washington.bsky.social
@50501portland.bsky.social
@50501nc.bsky.social could you organize protests? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group - Wikipedia

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · 15d

Interesting. Nexstar, which is refusing to bring Jimmy Kimmel back onto the air, owns ABC stations in Democratic strongholds like New Haven, Albany, Binghamton. @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @50501connecticut.bsky.social could you organize? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of assets owned by Nexstar Media Group - Wikipedia

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · 21d

Given that they've now lost 3 cast members of color and 2 female cast members and replaced them with mostly white men, it doesn't look promising.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina. A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Aug 26

What Lutnick says makes absolutely no sense, and he knows it. Or at least I hope he knows it, as the former CEO of a trading house.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · May 2

Here's the Indiana hate crime case: www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr...

Bloomington Woman Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Stabbing of 18-Year-old IU Student of Asian Descent

www.justice.gov

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · May 2

Meanwhile, just over the border in #Indiana, a judge put a woman, who had tried to murder a Chinese woman and was convicted for this as a hate crime, in jail for a mere 6 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

Illinois Man Sentenced to 53 Years in Prison in Killing of Palestinian American Boy

A jury in suburban Chicago convicted the man of murder and hate crime charges in the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6. He was the boy’s landlord.

www.nytimes.com

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's truly sad that Trump is only willing to make a deal with #Ukraine over minerals (ie capitalistic aims) rather than any sort of moral ground over the rights of a sovereign nation. Ukraine is having to give up its precious resources in order to fight for survival. What shame.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 27

Note the completely condescending tone of Bessent's reaction to the letter. He seems to think everyone is below him.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 27

I don't know what it is about Scott Bessent, but he always looks so contemptuous of the people he's talking to, particularly women. I think it's the angle of his head: tilted up so he is looking down at them.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 27

This is a coup from within that's enabled the state. And like the IU Board meeting that renewed Whitten's contract (despite a 93% no-confidence vote from the faculty), it was a surprise move, kept from the press, and done in session at such speed so that no one affected could possibly comment.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 26

The Axios article didn't mention another provision in the bill: the state will review all programs to see if they are reaching a specified # of graduates per year or close them. This duplicates existing systems & ignores the nature of many programs that are integrated w/ other progs; it'll gut them.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 26

Yes, it's a national trend, but there are also institution-specific issues. The president of IU is suspected of being behind the move. It's a classic case study of how leadership matters-- how leaders are installed & accepted (or not) by the people they lead. www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-...

IU leaders silent after lawmakers vote to have governor pick all trustees

Measure would gives Gov. Mike Braun full control over Indiana University Board of Trustees, sparking concerns about transparency and academic freedom.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 26

This comes too close to the commitment deadline for undergraduate admissions and after the deadline for graduate admissions to US college and universities to sway international students, who could choose schools in less hostile countries. The damage to higher ed is already done, esp. for next year.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 23

Great, Trump *still* hasn't figured out that Canada has changed prime ministers, and that the current one knows a helluva lot more about how central banks should work than he does.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 23

Pretty sad when someone reduces an entire country--with all its people, culture, landscape, nuances--to a "brand." What a narrow, restricted life they must lead.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 22

The @nationalreview.bsky.social hasn't figured out that some Arabs and non-Jewish folk actually live in Israel and are thus equating the country of Israel with Jewish identity.

Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 21

In reaction to Trump screaming at Jerome Powell again. *Great* news for mortgages, credit card debt, etc. Are we great again yet?

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 21

Why pass on a shopping opportunity for Melania?

Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 17

Funny. How come these things keep happening to Latines, not Anglos? Could it be... racism?

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 17

Sorry, he's the good billionaire, demonstrating that he could roll with it.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 17

You can't wear Versace all the time.

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 17

Spoken like a true D-student from #Wharton, who still hasn't figured out what the Fed actually does and how the Fed chair is not supposed to be a political position. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...

Trump threatens to try and fire Fed chief Powell

Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, reiterated his stance on rate cuts, saying that Powell "should have lowered interest rates, like the (European Central Bank), long ago, but...

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Winfred @winnyfield.bsky.social · Apr 16

Who knew #ScottBessent, a Yale alum and hedge fund manager, could be so utterly stupid about the #economy. finance.yahoo.com/news/treasur...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to America's biggest CEOs: Stop worrying

CEOs have warned on the economy because of Trump administration tariff policies. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a message for them all.

finance.yahoo.com