Richard Hellinga
@richhell.bsky.social
Books, running, and coffee. Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Protect trans kids. He/Him
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There's no question in my mind that Woke Bill Kristol would be the most effective Democratic House leader of my lifetime. I take no pleasure, etc.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There's no question in my mind that Woke Bill Kristol would be the most effective Democratic House leader of my lifetime. I take no pleasure, etc.
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imo if you want to get back in power your slogan should be "If you elect us we will prosecute everyone in government who has violated the law"
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
imo if you want to get back in power your slogan should be "If you elect us we will prosecute everyone in government who has violated the law"
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One of my colleagues applied for their real ID over 6 months ago, still hasn't got it. He also tried to get a passport but hasn't been able to book an appointment that didn't conflict with his work hours. This is another tax on poverty.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of my colleagues applied for their real ID over 6 months ago, still hasn't got it. He also tried to get a passport but hasn't been able to book an appointment that didn't conflict with his work hours. This is another tax on poverty.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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GUYS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
GUYS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
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Killing boatloads of poor people for *alleged* drug offenses while pardoning an elite trafficker...is the Drug War in a nutshell.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction ...
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Killing boatloads of poor people for *alleged* drug offenses while pardoning an elite trafficker...is the Drug War in a nutshell.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
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Today is World AIDS Day. The White House ignored the AIDS crisis when it began because a Republican (Reagan) was president. The United States is no longer observing World AIDS Day because another Republican (Trump) is president. #Bigots
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. The White House ignored the AIDS crisis when it began because a Republican (Reagan) was president. The United States is no longer observing World AIDS Day because another Republican (Trump) is president. #Bigots
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What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
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Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
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So, an OU student a shitty reaction paper in a psych course, got failed by a grad student TA for not following directions and threatened legal action, while also getting her uni TPUSA chapter to post the essay. Her mother is on X saying trans people must not be allowed to be professors.
This is…
This is…
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
So, an OU student a shitty reaction paper in a psych course, got failed by a grad student TA for not following directions and threatened legal action, while also getting her uni TPUSA chapter to post the essay. Her mother is on X saying trans people must not be allowed to be professors.
This is…
This is…
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I wrote this piece about one player's allegations of "hazing" (racist and sexual abuse) on Pat Fitzgerald's watch. In all, 34 former players sued the school, and they hired Loretta Lynn to investigate.
And now Fitzgerald has another prime coaching gig. It's unbelievable.
And now Fitzgerald has another prime coaching gig. It's unbelievable.
Deadspin | Playing football at Northwestern University haunts me to this day: Ex-Wildcat lineman
Deadspin | Playing football at Northwestern University haunts me to this day: Ex-Wildcat lineman
deadspin.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I wrote this piece about one player's allegations of "hazing" (racist and sexual abuse) on Pat Fitzgerald's watch. In all, 34 former players sued the school, and they hired Loretta Lynn to investigate.
And now Fitzgerald has another prime coaching gig. It's unbelievable.
And now Fitzgerald has another prime coaching gig. It's unbelievable.
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Imagine having to pay out $500 million as a result of employing Larry Nasser and then turning around and hiring Pat Fitzgerald.
Michigan State plans to hire Pat Fitzgerald as next football coach with @grahamcouch.bsky.social www.freep.com/story/sports...
Michigan State plans to hire Pat Fitzgerald as next football coach
Michigan State football intends to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald after firing Jonathan Smith after two seasons.
www.freep.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Imagine having to pay out $500 million as a result of employing Larry Nasser and then turning around and hiring Pat Fitzgerald.
Any of my handful of followers wondering why I'm appalled at the rumors MSU is hiring Pat Fitzgerald, it's because my spouse has been teaching there for over 19 years. I have watched the way Division 1 sports fucks the priorities of an educational institution.
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Any of my handful of followers wondering why I'm appalled at the rumors MSU is hiring Pat Fitzgerald, it's because my spouse has been teaching there for over 19 years. I have watched the way Division 1 sports fucks the priorities of an educational institution.
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The people who make these hires absolutely do not care about the things you care about. I think we all get that.
But the "leader of men" thing that Fitzgerald made his primary calling card should've been severely damaged by this episode anyway. Not damaged enough for Michigan State.
But the "leader of men" thing that Fitzgerald made his primary calling card should've been severely damaged by this episode anyway. Not damaged enough for Michigan State.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The people who make these hires absolutely do not care about the things you care about. I think we all get that.
But the "leader of men" thing that Fitzgerald made his primary calling card should've been severely damaged by this episode anyway. Not damaged enough for Michigan State.
But the "leader of men" thing that Fitzgerald made his primary calling card should've been severely damaged by this episode anyway. Not damaged enough for Michigan State.
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The religious right’s “porn is a public health crisis” campaign has exploited this media weakness for years, using faith-based pseudoscientific claims to manufacture consent for censorship, surveillance and sexual repression.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The religious right’s “porn is a public health crisis” campaign has exploited this media weakness for years, using faith-based pseudoscientific claims to manufacture consent for censorship, surveillance and sexual repression.
This is the best MSU can do? A guy with a hazing scandal that involved players being penalized with sexual assault?
Michigan State plans to hire Pat Fitzgerald as next football coach with @grahamcouch.bsky.social www.freep.com/story/sports...
Michigan State plans to hire Pat Fitzgerald as next football coach
Michigan State football intends to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald after firing Jonathan Smith after two seasons.
www.freep.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is the best MSU can do? A guy with a hazing scandal that involved players being penalized with sexual assault?
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As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
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You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Executives thinks LLMs are magic lamps with unlimited wishes. “Oh wise machine, tell me how to organize my meetings!”
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Executives thinks LLMs are magic lamps with unlimited wishes. “Oh wise machine, tell me how to organize my meetings!”
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Negan, but make it Catholic 🤣
I'm looking forward to the inevitable cascade of memes that will flow from this like a gift from His Holiness himself. Let's get this party started, shall we?
I'm looking forward to the inevitable cascade of memes that will flow from this like a gift from His Holiness himself. Let's get this party started, shall we?
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Negan, but make it Catholic 🤣
I'm looking forward to the inevitable cascade of memes that will flow from this like a gift from His Holiness himself. Let's get this party started, shall we?
I'm looking forward to the inevitable cascade of memes that will flow from this like a gift from His Holiness himself. Let's get this party started, shall we?
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
Yes! This is why I love to wander bookstores and used bookstores; to find something I didn’t know I wanted to try.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yes! This is why I love to wander bookstores and used bookstores; to find something I didn’t know I wanted to try.
It can't be said enough that programs like SNAP are a form of corporate welfare.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It can't be said enough that programs like SNAP are a form of corporate welfare.
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My company recently unveiled in-house AI tools. Management's encouraging everyone to use them (to justify the probable eyewatering costs)
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My company recently unveiled in-house AI tools. Management's encouraging everyone to use them (to justify the probable eyewatering costs)
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.