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Lincoln Paine
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Maritime historian—The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World, among other things. LincolnPaine.com
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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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CNN @cnn.com · 1d
Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations.
Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska | CNN
Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after what once was Typhoon Halong tore through coastal communities, unleashing record-breaking storm surge an...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
Homes flooded in Kipnuk Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm A small blue house has been blown onto its roof
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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 2d
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d
Wow. With each sign I thought "surely that's all," but the signs kept coming and every one was dead-on. They didn't miss a thing. And the silent presentation was far more effective, and dramatic, than a chant.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d
This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
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Signs of Fascism!
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 3d
No Noem announcements on the Denver International TSA line this morning, so the worst evidence of our national disgrace was a 100-foot swastika made of white sheeting on a hill overlooking I-70 west of Denver.
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 4d
Techies not techbros.
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New Orleans.
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Annette @resistnow2024.bsky.social · 7d
I. Feel. Exactly. The. Same. Way. 💯😢😢
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 7d
Trump’s incohere-rage is contagious.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 10d
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social: "Let’s face it: Woke is good for business." And Democratic politics.
What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 13d
“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 14d
Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 14d
At a conference last week I found myself suggesting that there should be a National Museum of Idiocy. The President's Park behind the White House seems like an obvious place for it. Or should we just repurpose the Capitol?
Map of the National Wall, showing among other things the President's Park, north and left of center, and the Capitol, at the east end of the Mall.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 14d
Your occasional reminder that Artificial Intelligence is neither artificial nor intelligence.
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Petar Marjanović @piit.ch · 16d
Democracy in a nutshell:

Zurich just voted to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Only electric ones allowed – and only from Oct to Dec.

✅ 75,248 yes (61.7%)
❌ 46,717 no
📊 Turnout: 52.9%

Not a single district voted majority against.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 16d
Liberace, Liberace
Men have named you...
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 16d
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Maritime History Under Fire: Impacts of a Change of Administrations on Maritime Heritage
Remarks delivered at the Twelfth Maritime Heritage Conference, Buffalo, New York, September 23, 2025.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 16d
Anti-education.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 20d
Oui oui.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 20d
Herman Cain tapped for vaccine advisory panel.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 21d
TL;DR Thoughtful Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue on return to ABC diverts badly needed attention from “stark, raving mad” Donald Trump opening monologue on return to UN.
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Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 21d
What could possibly go wrong?
Lincoln Paine @lincolnpaine.bsky.social · 21d
Considering advice from Junkie in Chief/HHS Sec. RFK Jr.? "Studies have shown some deterioration of the brain’s white matter due to heroin use, which may affect decision-making abilities, the ability to regulate behavior, and responses to stressful situations." nida.nih.gov/publications...
What are the long-term effects of heroin use? | National Institute on Drug Abuse
Repeated heroin use changes the physical structure13 and physiology of the brain, creating long-term imbalances in neuronal and hormonal systems that are not easily reversed.14,15 Studies have shown s...
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