Driftless Dan
@driftlessregion.bsky.social
Perspectives on nature and culture from a scientist living in the Driftless Region.
Damn...it turns out "may you live in interesting times" actually IS a curse.
You can't spell revolution without evolution.
Damn...it turns out "may you live in interesting times" actually IS a curse.
You can't spell revolution without evolution.
Pinned
I joined Twitter 16 years ago, but (literally) never posted anything. I got enough enjoyment reading everyone else's posts.
I joined BlueSky a few months ago, planning to post but avoid politics (who needs the extra stress?)
I cannot in good conscience stay silent any longer.
This is the way.
I joined BlueSky a few months ago, planning to post but avoid politics (who needs the extra stress?)
I cannot in good conscience stay silent any longer.
This is the way.
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We’re way beyond “could” face a reckoning and solidly in the “should” and “must” categories. This group of supposed originalists have defiled the constitution, starting with overturning Roe and granting presidential immunity. SCOTUS reform is necessary if we want to keep our democracy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We’re way beyond “could” face a reckoning and solidly in the “should” and “must” categories. This group of supposed originalists have defiled the constitution, starting with overturning Roe and granting presidential immunity. SCOTUS reform is necessary if we want to keep our democracy.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
I suppose all Juan Orlando Hernández had to do was promise to buy a Trump Gold Card (trumpcard.gov) for $1M...and hand Trump some multiple of that under the table...to secure U.S. residency after his pardon.
The GOP could impeach and convict Trump to stop this circus. If they don't, they own it.
The GOP could impeach and convict Trump to stop this circus. If they don't, they own it.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I suppose all Juan Orlando Hernández had to do was promise to buy a Trump Gold Card (trumpcard.gov) for $1M...and hand Trump some multiple of that under the table...to secure U.S. residency after his pardon.
The GOP could impeach and convict Trump to stop this circus. If they don't, they own it.
The GOP could impeach and convict Trump to stop this circus. If they don't, they own it.
A cold, snowy day in the Midwest...the perfect setting for "The Game."
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A cold, snowy day in the Midwest...the perfect setting for "The Game."
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Trump Foundation (Charity Fraud, $2M)
Taj Casino ($10M, Money Laundering)
Trump Org (Fraud/18counts, $450M)
Trump Org CFO Riker's Prison 2x
Trump University (Fraud, $25M)
Proven Rapist 2023 ($88.3M)
Convicted 34 Felonies 2024
91 Felonies bsky.app/profile/chri...
Taj Casino ($10M, Money Laundering)
Trump Org (Fraud/18counts, $450M)
Trump Org CFO Riker's Prison 2x
Trump University (Fraud, $25M)
Proven Rapist 2023 ($88.3M)
Convicted 34 Felonies 2024
91 Felonies bsky.app/profile/chri...
#TrumpCrimes Abuse of Power, Obstruction, Money Laundering, Perjury, Conspiracy, RICO, Espionage, Witness/Evidence Tampering, Bribery/Extortion, Bank/Tax Fraud, Election Fraud, Child Abuse, $$ Theft, COVID Deaths, Sedition, War Crimes #JusticeFailedUS
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Trump Foundation (Charity Fraud, $2M)
Taj Casino ($10M, Money Laundering)
Trump Org (Fraud/18counts, $450M)
Trump Org CFO Riker's Prison 2x
Trump University (Fraud, $25M)
Proven Rapist 2023 ($88.3M)
Convicted 34 Felonies 2024
91 Felonies bsky.app/profile/chri...
Taj Casino ($10M, Money Laundering)
Trump Org (Fraud/18counts, $450M)
Trump Org CFO Riker's Prison 2x
Trump University (Fraud, $25M)
Proven Rapist 2023 ($88.3M)
Convicted 34 Felonies 2024
91 Felonies bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Congress, damn it get off your asses... fuck the Thanksgiving weekend get back to work and impeach this bastard
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Congress, damn it get off your asses... fuck the Thanksgiving weekend get back to work and impeach this bastard
As soon as this criminal is removed from office, the next administration should claw back every single f***ing ill-gotten penny, from wherever he tries to hide it.
With interest.
With interest.
‘This is truly insane’: Trump stuns with eye-popping multi-million-dollar purchase
Buried within a mountain of financial disclosures made public recently is a potentially multi-million-dollar purchase made by President Donald Trump between August and October, a purchase that has lef...
www.rawstory.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As soon as this criminal is removed from office, the next administration should claw back every single f***ing ill-gotten penny, from wherever he tries to hide it.
With interest.
With interest.
Of course Trump will pardon him...it's not like he was trafficking drugs into the U.S. that killed people.
Except that's EXACTLY what he did.
Trump doesn't care, but this albatross should hang heavily around the GOP's neck.
Except that's EXACTLY what he did.
Trump doesn't care, but this albatross should hang heavily around the GOP's neck.
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Of course Trump will pardon him...it's not like he was trafficking drugs into the U.S. that killed people.
Except that's EXACTLY what he did.
Trump doesn't care, but this albatross should hang heavily around the GOP's neck.
Except that's EXACTLY what he did.
Trump doesn't care, but this albatross should hang heavily around the GOP's neck.
Permanently pause?
Well, which is it?
Well, which is it?
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Permanently pause?
Well, which is it?
Well, which is it?
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And just WHERE ARE the Epstein files? I was promised…by the President of the United States, no less.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And just WHERE ARE the Epstein files? I was promised…by the President of the United States, no less.
Is this the next big distraction from the Epstein files, or the first big distraction from the Witkoff scandal, or the basis for martial law to implement the rest of their insidious plans?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Regardless of what actually happened here, there's no doubt that this administration will find some way to twist it to their advantage.
Two National Guardsmen shot in downtown Washington DC
Multiple emergency vehicles are responding to the shooting a few blocks away from the White House.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Is this the next big distraction from the Epstein files, or the first big distraction from the Witkoff scandal, or the basis for martial law to implement the rest of their insidious plans?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Regardless of what actually happened here, there's no doubt that this administration will find some way to twist it to their advantage.
Two National Guardsmen shot in downtown Washington DC
Multiple emergency vehicles are responding to the shooting a few blocks away from the White House.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Regardless of what actually happened here, there's no doubt that this administration will find some way to twist it to their advantage.
@democrats.senate.gov
Who will be next to join #FightClub ? If you're not ready, you might want to consider retiring.
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
YOUR NAME HERE (D-??)
Who will be next to join #FightClub ? If you're not ready, you might want to consider retiring.
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
YOUR NAME HERE (D-??)
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@democrats.senate.gov
Who will be next to join #FightClub ? If you're not ready, you might want to consider retiring.
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
YOUR NAME HERE (D-??)
Who will be next to join #FightClub ? If you're not ready, you might want to consider retiring.
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
YOUR NAME HERE (D-??)
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Driftless Water Defenders, EWG, Iowa Environment Council, a new partnership reported on here...there is just a ton out there that includes pesticides AND runoff from both manure and synthetic fertilizer, which comes from factory farms. More evidence than for glyph sentientmedia.org/iowa-researc...
In Iowa, Researchers Press for More Scrutiny of the Link Between Big Ag and Cancer Risk
The partnership aims to fill a research gap with statewide listening sessions and a review of the scientific literature.
sentientmedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Driftless Water Defenders, EWG, Iowa Environment Council, a new partnership reported on here...there is just a ton out there that includes pesticides AND runoff from both manure and synthetic fertilizer, which comes from factory farms. More evidence than for glyph sentientmedia.org/iowa-researc...
Justice...going once...going twice...and SOLD to the highest bidder!
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Justice...going once...going twice...and SOLD to the highest bidder!
And, for the record, Donald Trump is not a 'victim.'
Mark Kelly didn’t break the law.
Release the Epstein files with no redactions other than the victims.
Release the Epstein files with no redactions other than the victims.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
And, for the record, Donald Trump is not a 'victim.'
"These are the times that try men's souls."
- Thomas Paine (1776)
"Here we go again"
- Me (now)
- Thomas Paine (1776)
"Here we go again"
- Me (now)
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"These are the times that try men's souls."
- Thomas Paine (1776)
"Here we go again"
- Me (now)
- Thomas Paine (1776)
"Here we go again"
- Me (now)
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A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
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📌They appease Vladimir Putin and come after Mark Kelly.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
📌They appease Vladimir Putin and come after Mark Kelly.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
Well @governor.ca.gov standing up to Trump is easy.
You want to be President someday? Let's see if you can stand up to corporations and their money:
You want to be President someday? Let's see if you can stand up to corporations and their money:
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Well @governor.ca.gov standing up to Trump is easy.
You want to be President someday? Let's see if you can stand up to corporations and their money:
You want to be President someday? Let's see if you can stand up to corporations and their money: