Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). Seeking rep. in ‘25.
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Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
· Jul 3
Proud that my story "Corrido" is in Hunger Mountain #30!
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
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This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant, by @rarohde.bsky.social:
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant, by @rarohde.bsky.social:
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
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“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
So many scandals now but pay attention to this: DOJ has sued 14 states-12 led by Dems-to demand full unredacted voter files in order to turbocharge Trump voter suppression plans
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
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Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
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Pete Hegseth Invokes ‘Fog Of War’ After Pissing In Break Room Refrigerator https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-invokes-fog-of-war-after-pissing-in-break-room-refrigerator/
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Pete Hegseth Invokes ‘Fog Of War’ After Pissing In Break Room Refrigerator https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-invokes-fog-of-war-after-pissing-in-break-room-refrigerator/
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I'm assuming this read better in the original Cyrillic
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm assuming this read better in the original Cyrillic
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Carlos Ezquerra
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Carlos Ezquerra
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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WUT please someone
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
WUT please someone
Susususussudio
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Susususussudio
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This will be a monumental show. Please come out to Paterson, NJ, this Saturday and see @emergencygroup.bsky.social and these other great bands.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This will be a monumental show. Please come out to Paterson, NJ, this Saturday and see @emergencygroup.bsky.social and these other great bands.
New presidential pardon recipient just dropped.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New presidential pardon recipient just dropped.
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It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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I am concerned that many business “innovation” ideas these days leverage potential addictions and leak deeply personal data to potentially opportunistic actors. I think we can discuss these business concepts with students to help them assess the ethical boundaries.
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I am concerned that many business “innovation” ideas these days leverage potential addictions and leak deeply personal data to potentially opportunistic actors. I think we can discuss these business concepts with students to help them assess the ethical boundaries.
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I spoke yesterday to applicants to one of our core degree programs about the potential downstream harms of human-machine relationships that might include:
—withdrawal away from human-human relationships
(1/4)
—withdrawal away from human-human relationships
(1/4)
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I spoke yesterday to applicants to one of our core degree programs about the potential downstream harms of human-machine relationships that might include:
—withdrawal away from human-human relationships
(1/4)
—withdrawal away from human-human relationships
(1/4)
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COOL WORLD (1992, Ralph Bakshi)
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
COOL WORLD (1992, Ralph Bakshi)
Using the US military to assassinate rival crime lords and using pardon power to reward and elevate crime lord allies.
1. President Trump is directly and publicly intervening in the elections of a foreign nation and has also promised to grant a pardon to former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández.
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Using the US military to assassinate rival crime lords and using pardon power to reward and elevate crime lord allies.
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We do it can my on train
got I have in worm my brain
bazinga
got I have in worm my brain
bazinga
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We do it can my on train
got I have in worm my brain
bazinga
got I have in worm my brain
bazinga
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM