Richmond Eustis
@reustis.bsky.social
Reclusive Swamp Druid. Associate professor, Nicholls State: World Lit, Wilderness, and other "Waste" lands. Senior field & Wilderness Medicine instructor at NOLS. Wilderness EMT. Oud, bees. Fulbright Jordan 2015-17.
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Richmond Eustis
@reustis.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Obligatory pinned skeet. Behind the scenes with my oud at last year's Arabic Music Retreat.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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My rule is anyone who puts hedge fund managers and CEOs in the same “class“ as journalists and professors is actually a hedge fund manager trying to foment a culture war as a means of tax avoidance.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My rule is anyone who puts hedge fund managers and CEOs in the same “class“ as journalists and professors is actually a hedge fund manager trying to foment a culture war as a means of tax avoidance.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
I had water in my ear after today's swim, and getting it out required some vigorous sideways head bobbing. The locker room was empty, "Don't Fear the Reaper" playing on the PA system. (1/2)
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I had water in my ear after today's swim, and getting it out required some vigorous sideways head bobbing. The locker room was empty, "Don't Fear the Reaper" playing on the PA system. (1/2)
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I have a brilliant idea on how to counter Russia and China. We could focus on building up our partners in Asia and the ongoing conventional fucking war in Europe instead of a pointless war in South America.
Someone make me a senior fellow. This shit's easy as hell.
Someone make me a senior fellow. This shit's easy as hell.
Cracks me up how you could just replace Venezuela and Venezuelans with Iraq and Iraqis and it’d be indistinguishable from something written in 2002
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I have a brilliant idea on how to counter Russia and China. We could focus on building up our partners in Asia and the ongoing conventional fucking war in Europe instead of a pointless war in South America.
Someone make me a senior fellow. This shit's easy as hell.
Someone make me a senior fellow. This shit's easy as hell.
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the "fellas" memes have dictated our current reality
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
the "fellas" memes have dictated our current reality
One thing this world absolutely does not need is an opinion, on any topic, from Elliott Fucking Abrams.
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One thing this world absolutely does not need is an opinion, on any topic, from Elliott Fucking Abrams.
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The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Unpacked:
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Want an education to live a full life? Not narrow skills training and AI smoke and mirrors? Want to know the joy of encountering the amazing things humans do, instead of being shaved down to an adequate-fitting cog in an economy that will never fulfill you?
You want the humanities.
You want the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Want an education to live a full life? Not narrow skills training and AI smoke and mirrors? Want to know the joy of encountering the amazing things humans do, instead of being shaved down to an adequate-fitting cog in an economy that will never fulfill you?
You want the humanities.
You want the humanities.
Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
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Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
Tigers, what on Earth are y'all doing? #LSU
a black and white cat standing on its hind legs with its paws outstretched
Alt: a black and white cat standing on its hind legs with its paws outstretched
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tigers, what on Earth are y'all doing? #LSU
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How I find your email.
I am not reading any of that.
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
How I find your email.
You the one that robbed them little dudes out they shoes last night, ha
You don't go in the projects when it's dark, ha
You claim you a thug, and you ain't got no heart, ha
You came in the 'Nolia on New Year's Eve, ha
You got stuck in that bitch, and you couldn't leave, ha
You don't go in the projects when it's dark, ha
You claim you a thug, and you ain't got no heart, ha
You came in the 'Nolia on New Year's Eve, ha
You got stuck in that bitch, and you couldn't leave, ha
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
You the one that robbed them little dudes out they shoes last night, ha
You don't go in the projects when it's dark, ha
You claim you a thug, and you ain't got no heart, ha
You came in the 'Nolia on New Year's Eve, ha
You got stuck in that bitch, and you couldn't leave, ha
You don't go in the projects when it's dark, ha
You claim you a thug, and you ain't got no heart, ha
You came in the 'Nolia on New Year's Eve, ha
You got stuck in that bitch, and you couldn't leave, ha
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1/ In early 2000s, US govt spent ~$11M for (mostly) Hillsdale profs to teach high school teachers American history.
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma
Over the past decade I’ve developed an addiction to spending most of my summer enriching myself through professional development. The majority of my “time off” the last two summer…
fensteroneducation.home.blog
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
1/ In early 2000s, US govt spent ~$11M for (mostly) Hillsdale profs to teach high school teachers American history.
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
Fantastic thread about what the Right has in mind when it spouts off about "education":
As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fantastic thread about what the Right has in mind when it spouts off about "education":
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ICE is affirmative action for Police Academy rejects.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
ICE is affirmative action for Police Academy rejects.
The gent's evening wear! His shirt! Why? For what purpose?
Lady Elaine Fairchild's shiftless son has showed up again
There’s no way this is real
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The gent's evening wear! His shirt! Why? For what purpose?
This surrender deal was drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff. Witkoff is among the dimmest of bulbs in an exceptionally low-watt array. Dmitriev sensed Trump's desperation and rolled him. That the US is trying to impose this on Ukraine is disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war
US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This surrender deal was drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff. Witkoff is among the dimmest of bulbs in an exceptionally low-watt array. Dmitriev sensed Trump's desperation and rolled him. That the US is trying to impose this on Ukraine is disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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