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@theresamuir.bsky.social
Was @theresasmets at the X place. Old Brooklyn.
Choir conductor, utility soprano; Ph.D./MLIS Musicological wraith; Mets fan. Porch gardener. Birds. Old Hollywood. She/Her. IMPEACH/CONVICT/REMOVE
Choir conductor, utility soprano; Ph.D./MLIS Musicological wraith; Mets fan. Porch gardener. Birds. Old Hollywood. She/Her. IMPEACH/CONVICT/REMOVE
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I began at X posting mostly classical music (PhD. musicology/singer/conductor) and baseball (Let's go Mets!), gardening and old movies...Events drove me into anti-Trumpist, Anti-MAGA posting. Will block bots, sea lions, anything that smacks of AI, disinfo, scams, fakery, disingenuous rhetoric, etc.
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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I have no words...
Reporter: You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US—
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I have no words...
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The Gangster State strikes again, with a full-blown presidential pardon for a convicted cocaine trafficker and conspirator who corrupted the Honduran government with his crimes as president. The people must defend freedom and the rule of law against mobster politicians.
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Gangster State strikes again, with a full-blown presidential pardon for a convicted cocaine trafficker and conspirator who corrupted the Honduran government with his crimes as president. The people must defend freedom and the rule of law against mobster politicians.
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Imagine I got pulled over for speeding and the cop asked me for my license and registration. I don't get to say "but the Bible doesn't have any posted speed limits" and then protest the ticket because the officer ignored by precious religious beliefs.
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Imagine I got pulled over for speeding and the cop asked me for my license and registration. I don't get to say "but the Bible doesn't have any posted speed limits" and then protest the ticket because the officer ignored by precious religious beliefs.
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OU wants to be a semi-pro football program with a vocational training school attached.
OU doesn’t want to be a university.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
OU wants to be a semi-pro football program with a vocational training school attached.
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What also gets me is that pretty much every faculty member I know is eager to engage with different viewpoints. You brought real data and interpreted it differently? Hell yes. You’re thinking! It’s the empty baseless slop, all emotion and no thought, that we push back against. That’s the job.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What also gets me is that pretty much every faculty member I know is eager to engage with different viewpoints. You brought real data and interpreted it differently? Hell yes. You’re thinking! It’s the empty baseless slop, all emotion and no thought, that we push back against. That’s the job.
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This is what almost every one of my colleagues worries about. You can do everything right. Every bit. And if someone wants to end your career, they likely can. Evidence doesn’t matter. Empty rage fuels them and will keep doing so. As long as admins cower before the wolves, it’s the dark times.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is what almost every one of my colleagues worries about. You can do everything right. Every bit. And if someone wants to end your career, they likely can. Evidence doesn’t matter. Empty rage fuels them and will keep doing so. As long as admins cower before the wolves, it’s the dark times.
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The compassion required to read an essay that asserts your identity is a delusion and then engage with it generously and helpfully is worth noting. It’s exactly what should be done by a great teacher or prof. And now part of this person’s identity—and not proper pedagogy—will be what’s focused on.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The compassion required to read an essay that asserts your identity is a delusion and then engage with it generously and helpfully is worth noting. It’s exactly what should be done by a great teacher or prof. And now part of this person’s identity—and not proper pedagogy—will be what’s focused on.
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Fucking hell, grad students have no power at all and now this poor person has been thrust into the national spotlight for doing their job (seemingly quite well, too) because some apparent asshole felt aggrieved and decided this powerless person was an easy target.
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fucking hell, grad students have no power at all and now this poor person has been thrust into the national spotlight for doing their job (seemingly quite well, too) because some apparent asshole felt aggrieved and decided this powerless person was an easy target.
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Very tempting to keep commenting on the OU situation, especially given their (very bad) announcement. However, I can’t help but think that the likely very scared grad student TA at the center of this more than anything needs support and respect and not to be talked around.
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Very tempting to keep commenting on the OU situation, especially given their (very bad) announcement. However, I can’t help but think that the likely very scared grad student TA at the center of this more than anything needs support and respect and not to be talked around.
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The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
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Marc surrounded himself with only people who kissed his ass and praised him for taking crazy risks, and now he views literally any suggestion that people merely think through the consequences of their actions, even from *the Pope*, as an affront to his entire concept of self.
It's pretty funny how the Silicon Valley tech bros have all suddenly decided that the actual Pope is the villain in their little narrative. sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m...
Marc Andreessen v. the pope: VC starts meme-war with Leo XIV
The venture capitalist quickly deleted his social media posts mocking the pontiff’s call to build moral AI.
sfstandard.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Marc surrounded himself with only people who kissed his ass and praised him for taking crazy risks, and now he views literally any suggestion that people merely think through the consequences of their actions, even from *the Pope*, as an affront to his entire concept of self.
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Given how many hundreds of billions of dollars we’re spending on these enterprises, maybe we could just use that money to create a social safety net that incentivizes human flourishing rather than crimes of desperation and armies of prison guards and masked vigilantes? Just spitballing here.
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Given how many hundreds of billions of dollars we’re spending on these enterprises, maybe we could just use that money to create a social safety net that incentivizes human flourishing rather than crimes of desperation and armies of prison guards and masked vigilantes? Just spitballing here.
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Not great that we’ve created a system where the best job opportunities for working class men involve either overseeing other working class people in prison, or working as masked secret police violently hunting down working class immigrants targeted for deportation despite having committed no crimes.
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Not great that we’ve created a system where the best job opportunities for working class men involve either overseeing other working class people in prison, or working as masked secret police violently hunting down working class immigrants targeted for deportation despite having committed no crimes.
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Kristi Noem's corruption and cronyism deserve every bit of attention they get.
One thing we don't talk about enough, though, is that much of the $220M DHS put toward ad campaigns—just weeks after Noem was sworn in—seems to be going toward positioning her for a 2028 presidential run. 1/3
One thing we don't talk about enough, though, is that much of the $220M DHS put toward ad campaigns—just weeks after Noem was sworn in—seems to be going toward positioning her for a 2028 presidential run. 1/3
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Kristi Noem's corruption and cronyism deserve every bit of attention they get.
One thing we don't talk about enough, though, is that much of the $220M DHS put toward ad campaigns—just weeks after Noem was sworn in—seems to be going toward positioning her for a 2028 presidential run. 1/3
One thing we don't talk about enough, though, is that much of the $220M DHS put toward ad campaigns—just weeks after Noem was sworn in—seems to be going toward positioning her for a 2028 presidential run. 1/3
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You can watch the ad, obtained by ProPublica, here. 3/3
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You can watch the ad, obtained by ProPublica, here. 3/3
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Consider the ad Noem filmed at Mount Rushmore. The imagery is not exactly subtle, and just look at the transcript.
This is pre-campaign messaging. It's not about persuading undocumented immigrants; it's about raising Noem's profile with conservative voters.
We're funding her candidate ads. 2/3
This is pre-campaign messaging. It's not about persuading undocumented immigrants; it's about raising Noem's profile with conservative voters.
We're funding her candidate ads. 2/3
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Consider the ad Noem filmed at Mount Rushmore. The imagery is not exactly subtle, and just look at the transcript.
This is pre-campaign messaging. It's not about persuading undocumented immigrants; it's about raising Noem's profile with conservative voters.
We're funding her candidate ads. 2/3
This is pre-campaign messaging. It's not about persuading undocumented immigrants; it's about raising Noem's profile with conservative voters.
We're funding her candidate ads. 2/3
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here's the YT playlist for this, if anyone wants a podcast listen version. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
here's the YT playlist for this, if anyone wants a podcast listen version. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
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I’m partial to Henryk Szeryng and Dorati—I feel like Szeryng plays with a poise that the Brahms warrants. Re: live performances—I love Genette Neveu’s energy and phrasing: youtu.be/R6JGv4QVGr4
(I tend to favor old recordings generally)
(I tend to favor old recordings generally)
Brahms - Violin Concerto + Sonata n°3 / Presentation + New Mastering (Cent. rec. : Ginette Neveu)
YouTube video by Classical Music/ /Reference Recording
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m partial to Henryk Szeryng and Dorati—I feel like Szeryng plays with a poise that the Brahms warrants. Re: live performances—I love Genette Neveu’s energy and phrasing: youtu.be/R6JGv4QVGr4
(I tend to favor old recordings generally)
(I tend to favor old recordings generally)
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
Happy Advent to those who celebrate, and those who choir.
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy Advent to those who celebrate, and those who choir.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Not a word of this is true.
Even the word "the."
Even the word "the."
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Not a word of this is true.
Even the word "the."
Even the word "the."