@spruce112358.bsky.social
Retired biostatistician. Fan of 'Moutarde violette de Brive'
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America is very upset about migrants and drugs coming from Venezuela
So America is trying to destabilize the Venezuelan government
Which would create a lot more migrants
And open up more space for drug traffickers
So America is trying to destabilize the Venezuelan government
Which would create a lot more migrants
And open up more space for drug traffickers
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
America is very upset about migrants and drugs coming from Venezuela
So America is trying to destabilize the Venezuelan government
Which would create a lot more migrants
And open up more space for drug traffickers
So America is trying to destabilize the Venezuelan government
Which would create a lot more migrants
And open up more space for drug traffickers
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The problem with shutdowns is not that they're too painful, it's that they're not nearly painful enough. The constitutional text is unambiguous and absolute. No appropriation by Congress, no spending. On anything. Not that the executive gets to pick and choose what's "essential." Zilch. Nada.
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The problem with shutdowns is not that they're too painful, it's that they're not nearly painful enough. The constitutional text is unambiguous and absolute. No appropriation by Congress, no spending. On anything. Not that the executive gets to pick and choose what's "essential." Zilch. Nada.
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If you think we can wait for the 2026 election to DO something, then YOU are part of the problem. That will be WAAAAAY toooo late.
September 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If you think we can wait for the 2026 election to DO something, then YOU are part of the problem. That will be WAAAAAY toooo late.
“American cities will soon feel the full weight of the Armed Forces. And, guys, it’s just too much! Do some PT for heaven sake”
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“American cities will soon feel the full weight of the Armed Forces. And, guys, it’s just too much! Do some PT for heaven sake”
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It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
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They ran thinkpieces about Biden’s gait and his sneakers. Now Trump’s dragging his leg, covered in IV bruises, and waddling around with ankles that look ready to burst—and not a single word from the media.
The double standard is pathetic.
The double standard is pathetic.
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
They ran thinkpieces about Biden’s gait and his sneakers. Now Trump’s dragging his leg, covered in IV bruises, and waddling around with ankles that look ready to burst—and not a single word from the media.
The double standard is pathetic.
The double standard is pathetic.
Turning Point USA 'powers' (?) a group called 'Blexit' that has an interesting history...
Will the Real Blexit Please Stand Up?
“Blexit” was in fact already a movement — that has nothing to do with a political party, logo disputes, or a rapper’s media frenzy. It was and continues to be a strategic movement of leaving tradition...
www.forbes.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Turning Point USA 'powers' (?) a group called 'Blexit' that has an interesting history...
Best dig at NFL refs by commentator: “Nobody came to watch you throw flags today.” Panthers-Patriots
a group of referees standing on a field with one wearing a jersey that says ' u ' on it
ALT: a group of referees standing on a field with one wearing a jersey that says ' u ' on it
media.tenor.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Best dig at NFL refs by commentator: “Nobody came to watch you throw flags today.” Panthers-Patriots
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
War-ravaged Portland
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Real post on another network:
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Real post on another network:
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Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."
September 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."
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Thus spake a national socialist dictator.
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thus spake a national socialist dictator.
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the guaranteed provision of a home for everyone is the only solution to mass homelessness, and this is a basic requirement of a functional society
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the guaranteed provision of a home for everyone is the only solution to mass homelessness, and this is a basic requirement of a functional society
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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one of the smart things that Newsom is doing here is implicitly calling out the insanity of how much Trump has been normalized by media by forcing them to think about what it looks like when somebody else does it
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
one of the smart things that Newsom is doing here is implicitly calling out the insanity of how much Trump has been normalized by media by forcing them to think about what it looks like when somebody else does it
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Maintaining anything like a democracy with rule of law instead of collapsing into autocracy is, in a sense, a societal collective action problem, and one that the vast majority of societies over the vast majority of human history have failed to solve.
The f*cked part is that this is a totally rational thing to do in an autocracy. Businesses know His Royal Majesty can make doing business inordinately difficult, so they lavish him with gifts and praise his greatness and etc etc
I passionately hate that we're here
I passionately hate that we're here
Tim Cook pathetically kisses Trump's ass by pretending him with a "24 karat gold" gift
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Maintaining anything like a democracy with rule of law instead of collapsing into autocracy is, in a sense, a societal collective action problem, and one that the vast majority of societies over the vast majority of human history have failed to solve.
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To ensure cars didn’t just take back ownership of Paris streets as the pandemic was ending (like they did in so many cities), Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed with restaurant seating, people-places, greening, & bike-lanes.
August 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
To ensure cars didn’t just take back ownership of Paris streets as the pandemic was ending (like they did in so many cities), Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed with restaurant seating, people-places, greening, & bike-lanes.
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“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
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Democrats must offer bold programs that support American workers and expand opportunities (e.g., subsidized childcare, paid sick leave) and back radical reform to knock oligarchs down to size (e.g., Supreme Court expansion and term limits, financial transparency for politicians, end gerrymandering).
Bluntly, democracy is in rotten shape. Despite heroic lawyering, growing protests, and dogged D opposition, the Trump regime has progressed in its quest to create a police state, seize poser from Congress power and intimidate law firms, universities, and media cos
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Democracy is on Life Support
But Democrats do have a path to recovery
open.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Democrats must offer bold programs that support American workers and expand opportunities (e.g., subsidized childcare, paid sick leave) and back radical reform to knock oligarchs down to size (e.g., Supreme Court expansion and term limits, financial transparency for politicians, end gerrymandering).
Somebody asked me "What should the Democratic Platform be?" Here are a few ideas:
Medicare For All - dramatically lower healthcare costs and better outcomes
No More Student Loans - college will cost what it cost your parents, when you could pay for it by working a summer job
Medicare For All - dramatically lower healthcare costs and better outcomes
No More Student Loans - college will cost what it cost your parents, when you could pay for it by working a summer job
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Somebody asked me "What should the Democratic Platform be?" Here are a few ideas:
Medicare For All - dramatically lower healthcare costs and better outcomes
No More Student Loans - college will cost what it cost your parents, when you could pay for it by working a summer job
Medicare For All - dramatically lower healthcare costs and better outcomes
No More Student Loans - college will cost what it cost your parents, when you could pay for it by working a summer job
No one is paying attention to the failed Trump regime anymore.
Every Republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.
July 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
No one is paying attention to the failed Trump regime anymore.
Socialism includes things like free equal justice for all, free education, taxation to support infrastructure, one person-one vote, and social safety nets to ensure that no one dies of hunger or exposure. Capitalism provides lots of nice things, but it doesn't provide *ANY* of these.
Mayor Brandon Scott has reduced crime in Baltimore by 62%, and now has the lowest homicide rate in Baltimore history.
How did he do it?
NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs.
Socialism works
How did he do it?
NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs.
Socialism works
July 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Socialism includes things like free equal justice for all, free education, taxation to support infrastructure, one person-one vote, and social safety nets to ensure that no one dies of hunger or exposure. Capitalism provides lots of nice things, but it doesn't provide *ANY* of these.