kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
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kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
· Feb 28
A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks
This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?
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Look who's hanging out!!!!!!
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Look who's hanging out!!!!!!
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Women and the Ocean Worldwide (WOW) Summit is excited to have Prof. Kura Paul-Burke, PhD as a Keynote speaker, sharing her powerful vision for weaving Indigenous knowledge and science to protect our ocean for future generations!
Register Here 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register Here 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Women and the Ocean Worldwide (WOW) Summit is excited to have Prof. Kura Paul-Burke, PhD as a Keynote speaker, sharing her powerful vision for weaving Indigenous knowledge and science to protect our ocean for future generations!
Register Here 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register Here 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
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what's telling at this point is that this is also the consensus outlook of any serious legal observer
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
what's telling at this point is that this is also the consensus outlook of any serious legal observer
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
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Bob Crumb coming out of retirement just to say "RFK Jr. is right about vaccines and my ex-wife should've taken more advice from me" is such a fitting end to Boomer Americana and everything the "alt-comix" movement claimed to stand for
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Bob Crumb coming out of retirement just to say "RFK Jr. is right about vaccines and my ex-wife should've taken more advice from me" is such a fitting end to Boomer Americana and everything the "alt-comix" movement claimed to stand for
When seeking truth is outlawed, only outlaws will seek truth.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When seeking truth is outlawed, only outlaws will seek truth.
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I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
July 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
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It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
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The Trump Administration is gutting America’s science engine, wiping out thousands of grants in cancer, aging, engineering and more. Our district’s world-class researchers feel these cuts every single day.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump Administration is gutting America’s science engine, wiping out thousands of grants in cancer, aging, engineering and more. Our district’s world-class researchers feel these cuts every single day.
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Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics.
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
What do you call a person who finds joy in taking away food assistance from poor families? Someone who's *grateful* for the chance to make more kids go hungry, with a smile on her face?
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What do you call a person who finds joy in taking away food assistance from poor families? Someone who's *grateful* for the chance to make more kids go hungry, with a smile on her face?
Some rare good news! Gotta celebrate the wins wherever we find `em.
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some rare good news! Gotta celebrate the wins wherever we find `em.
What's the old metaphor about boiling frogs?
100 years of November sea surface temperature departures through this year. This is a lot of variability along with the long-term warming. For example, the La Niña signature for this year is becoming more prominent in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. 🌊
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at doi.org/10.7289/V5T7...
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at doi.org/10.7289/V5T7...
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What's the old metaphor about boiling frogs?
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Scottish wildcats are critically endangered. They and their habitat are protected by law.
So it’s shocking to see trees felled at Clashindarroch - once called a ‘wildcat wonderland’ by the Scottish Government - apparently by Vattenfall.
So it’s shocking to see trees felled at Clashindarroch - once called a ‘wildcat wonderland’ by the Scottish Government - apparently by Vattenfall.
STOLEN CAMERA SITE CLEAR FELLED
Hi All
So, this is all now very real and deeply disturbing. As you know, Vattenfall stole one of our cameras from a known wildcat site. We replaced the camera and returned to check the area yesterday....
www.change.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Scottish wildcats are critically endangered. They and their habitat are protected by law.
So it’s shocking to see trees felled at Clashindarroch - once called a ‘wildcat wonderland’ by the Scottish Government - apparently by Vattenfall.
So it’s shocking to see trees felled at Clashindarroch - once called a ‘wildcat wonderland’ by the Scottish Government - apparently by Vattenfall.
Think global, shop local.
Ignore the stock market. If you want to know our real economic health, look at small businesses. They are suffering right now.
Main Street bust threatens the entire economy
The economic fortunes of mom-and-pop businesses are diverging from their larger counterparts.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Think global, shop local.
“Whaddya call this unbelievably offensive & obscene act?”
“The Aristocrats!”
“The Aristocrats!”
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Whaddya call this unbelievably offensive & obscene act?”
“The Aristocrats!”
“The Aristocrats!”
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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This is so fun.
This Course Has EVERYTHING 🏂
YouTube video by Red Bull
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December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is so fun.
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
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Steve Cropper played with just about everyone. Was revered by The Beatles. Wrote or co-wrote so many hits. An absolute legend.
May he rest in peace.
“Play it, Steve!”
May he rest in peace.
“Play it, Steve!”
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Steve Cropper played with just about everyone. Was revered by The Beatles. Wrote or co-wrote so many hits. An absolute legend.
May he rest in peace.
“Play it, Steve!”
May he rest in peace.
“Play it, Steve!”