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@dralant.bsky.social

Great-grandpa Allan: 1835, Ireland. Me: since Balliol College, Oxford & @education.ox.ac.uk - chalkface teacher to professor: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ โ˜„๏ธ 'We must be still and still moving.' T. S. Eliot. @ Linktr.ee/dralant

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๐ŸŽ‚ #Botd ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ '...published in 1923. Sinclair argues that American universities serve plutocratic interests rather than public welfare, controlled through interlocking directorates of bankers and businessmen on boards of trustees. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Free book โšก #UptonSinclair www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65492

gutenberg.orgThe Goose-step: A Study of American Education by Upton SinclairThe Goose-step: A Study of American Education by Upton Sinclair. Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

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This is just perfection Wow ..

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

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PM of Norway & President of Finland spoke with Putin. Then they called Zelenskyy, who shared: I am grateful for detailed briefing and for support of our diplomacy and peace efforts. Alex & Jonas made it clear to Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed reg our energy & infrastructure

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Hello, new followers. I track ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. This is what the ICE Air operation looked like yesterday, Oct. 23, 2026. --88 flights --14 removal stops --3 third-country removal stops --Nearly all adult passengers shackled at the ankles, wrists & waist.

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โ€œSo letโ€™s celebrate the Brazilian people, who have refused to be bullied by Bolsonaro, by the American oligarchs, and by Trump โ€ฆ Letโ€™s hope that in a little over one weekโ€™s time Americans will be equally clear-sighted and vote for democracy.โ€ Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

paulkrugman.substack.comThe Oligarchs Lose a Big OneBrazil refuses to be bullied

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๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŽž๏ธ #musk #documentary

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

I saw Musk, Alex Gibney's documentary, yesterday afternoon. This is easily the most important documentary of the last decade. Watching it reminded me that over the last decade, exactly two publications have done a stand-up job of covering Musk: WSJ and Wired. The balance of US media has been AWOL.

๐Ÿ’ฒ Profits! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The bigly fish trawler's shareholders are very bigly pleased, - and the crew are enjoying their nightly food rations. #midterms โšก

CNN@cnn.com

American workers' piece of the economic pie is shrinking. By one official measure, their slice is the smallest in almost 80 years. https://cnn.it/4yNqckO

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"I think I might be sick..." James O'Brien reacts to Donald Trump's 'disturbing' comments about the war in Ukraine.

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It turns out punishing coup plotters actually is an effective deterrent!

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Brazil: defeated Flรกvio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports. Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judgeโ€™s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comBrazil: defeated Flรกvio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passportsFar-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judgeโ€™s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case

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As in Hungary, the authoritarian regime in Serbia is being dismantled . โ€œFor years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly, and failed to ask the necessary questions. For that, we owe our viewers an apology,โ€ news anchor Goran Eror said.

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"The eyes are the organic prototype of philosophy. Their enigma is that they not only can see but are also able to see themselves seeing. [...] A good part of philosophical thinking is actually only eye reflex, eye dialectic, seeing-onself-see." โ€• Peter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical Reason

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โ€œThink before you speak. Read before you think.โ€ โ€œA book is not supposed to be a mirror. It's supposed to be a door.โ€ โœ’๏ธ #FranLebowitz, American author, cultural critic, and actress, is 76 today. #Literature

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That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

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Trump put Zampolli on the Kennedy Center Board. Lutnickโ€™s wife is also there, along with a lot of Palm Beach and NY people. He also gave Zampolli another job in the State Department. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comTrump ally ousted from administration after messy email fight goes publicPaolo Zampolli says he had โ€œabsolute zero surpriseโ€ that he was dismissed after POLITICO detailed his email brawl with the deputy secretary of State.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

The new HJC Report on Epstein describes the uncertainties around Paolo Zampoli's role in introducing Melania to Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐ŸŠ From #Epstein and the Be Best Lady, to...

Shin Barker@neuroglider.bsky.social

Paolo Zampolli was tight in Trump's circle until very recently. Trump appointed him to the Kennedy Center board; the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition; and as "special envoy for global partnerships." He participated informally in negotiations with Hungary. He was fired 11 days ago.

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๐ŸŽฌ I lost faith half way thru... #Netflix โ˜น๏ธ

New On Netflix UK [Fan Account]@uk.newonnetflix.info

Therapy Done Right (2026) 1hr 38m [15] A psychoanalyst who's lost faith in traditional therapy crosses every boundary to help a blocked novelist in this cutting Argentine dark comedy. #NowStreaming #Netflix #NetflixUK

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Trump wrote 1,300 words on Bill Maher, making it the longest Truth Social post heโ€™s ever posted, and exactly 0 words on how he plans to end the Iran war, provide health care to Americans, and bring the cost of living down.

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I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.

yahoo.comWalter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on โ€˜Star Trek,โ€™ Dies at 90He joined the TV series for the second season but had more to do on another acclaimed sci-fi program, 'Babylon 5.'

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Replying to @pamspaulding.bsky.social

The reckoning is coming for the cowardly corporate execs who bent the knee, & especially those who *willingly bedded down* w/the most corrupt president in US history. ๐Ÿ‘‰ That reckoning comes with subpoenas & the sound of a hearing gavel. The People seek truth & accountability. ๐ŸŽ wapo.st/3W3WdYo

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Bellingham Herald, October 6, 1967. ROMANCEโ€”Celeste Yarnall as Yeoman Martha Landon and series regular Walter Koenig as Ensign Chekov find romance on a planet resembling paradise in "The Apple" on Star Trek colorcast from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday on Channel 5.

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง โ›” Condescending #BBC radio Monday news headline: - a new government made of 'actors and academics and people with little political experience ' โ›ˆ๏ธ #Serbia

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in ohio this is basically like being shunned

Kirsten Bladh@kerstanley.bsky.social

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivekโ€™s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for โ€œignoring the moral responsibilitiesโ€ of his Jesuit education. I think heโ€™s pretty cooked.