Verity Busly
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PLEASE STOP CENTERING WHOLE PARAGRAPHS OF TEXT
#transportation #arlingtonva
The Paris region has its first transit cable car. I did a summary translation in the thread, but you can get the website's translation if you want the details.
The Paris region has its first transit cable car. I did a summary translation in the thread, but you can get the website's translation if you want the details.
"C'est comme au ski!" : le premier téléphérique urbain d'Île-de-France a pris son envol
Le premier téléphérique urbain d'Île-de-France, baptisé le C1, a pris son envol samedi dans le Val-de-Marne, sur un territoire entrecoupé de voies rapides et de lignes ferroviaires où ce mode de trans...
www.brut.media
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#transportation #arlingtonva
The Paris region has its first transit cable car. I did a summary translation in the thread, but you can get the website's translation if you want the details.
The Paris region has its first transit cable car. I did a summary translation in the thread, but you can get the website's translation if you want the details.
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Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, Ride Or Die Democrats!!
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, Ride Or Die Democrats!!
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YES INDEED
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
YES INDEED
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Is it just me, or does this Facebook ad for Temu read to me as everything about America itself is on sale for cheap? Good bye liberty. All theirs for $3.99. Good bye national monuments. Sold off for $2.50. Good bye democracy. Gone for less than a dollar.
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Is it just me, or does this Facebook ad for Temu read to me as everything about America itself is on sale for cheap? Good bye liberty. All theirs for $3.99. Good bye national monuments. Sold off for $2.50. Good bye democracy. Gone for less than a dollar.
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All Republicans in Congress are faced with a choice. They either stand with Trump, Vance and Putin, or they stand with Ukraine, Europe, most Americans, and the civilized world. Of course, there is also a 3rd option which most of them usually choose - cowardly silence.
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
All Republicans in Congress are faced with a choice. They either stand with Trump, Vance and Putin, or they stand with Ukraine, Europe, most Americans, and the civilized world. Of course, there is also a 3rd option which most of them usually choose - cowardly silence.
The great, underappreciated Joe Ely performing a song written by the great underappreciated Butch Hancock.
#texasmusic
#texasmusic
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The great, underappreciated Joe Ely performing a song written by the great underappreciated Butch Hancock.
#texasmusic
#texasmusic
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Just to be clear. This is who is running ICE. Attacked his partner, attempted to strangle her and if that wasn't enough the little nugget of information mid way through the article that informs us that she was 18 and he was in his FORTIES when their relationship started.
“This is an agency that demonizes immigrants who have committed no crimes yet it fails to police its own ranks. The hypocrisy is breathtaking, & the threat to public safety is clear.”
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Held on $400k Bond
Prosecutors say the award-winning ICE agent has a history of domestic violence reports as DHS places him on suspension.
www.citybeat.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just to be clear. This is who is running ICE. Attacked his partner, attempted to strangle her and if that wasn't enough the little nugget of information mid way through the article that informs us that she was 18 and he was in his FORTIES when their relationship started.
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Bruce kicked off the holiday season in a lasting way, on this day 50 years ago, performing “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” at C.W. Post during the “Born to Run” tour — a bit of concert magic that grew into the holiday tradition we know today.
Happy Holidays from everyone on E Street!
Happy Holidays from everyone on E Street!
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Live in Houston, 1978)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bruce kicked off the holiday season in a lasting way, on this day 50 years ago, performing “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” at C.W. Post during the “Born to Run” tour — a bit of concert magic that grew into the holiday tradition we know today.
Happy Holidays from everyone on E Street!
Happy Holidays from everyone on E Street!
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Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest with full military honors at W.Va. National Cemetery
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday in Grafton.
www.wvva.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the patron not only of Mexico but of all the Americas, the United States included!!!
The Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, has led UFW marches since the pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento in 1966. She’s still leading the way today. #WeFeedYou
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the patron not only of Mexico but of all the Americas, the United States included!!!
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The US has demanded that international law be rewritten to exempt US officials, or else… This claim sounds so cartoonishly evil that it must surely be hyperbole and yet it’s true 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-us-bla...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-us-bla...
The US blackmails the International Criminal Court to protect war criminals
The US has demanded that international law be rewritten to exempt US officials, or else… This claim sounds so cartoonishly evil that it must surely be hyperbole and yet it’s true.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The US has demanded that international law be rewritten to exempt US officials, or else… This claim sounds so cartoonishly evil that it must surely be hyperbole and yet it’s true 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-us-bla...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-us-bla...
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This is the totally insane demand to make you think that the terrible thing will be reasonable.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is the totally insane demand to make you think that the terrible thing will be reasonable.
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NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
Texas Paul interviews our rep next week. #arlingtonva
This Wednesday I am fortunate to have as a guest one of the lions of Congress, Congressman Don Beyer. Don't wonder what Democrats are doing and thinking, show up in the live chat and ask. Coffee With Texas Paul goes live at 11 am Eastern every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Texas Paul interviews our rep next week. #arlingtonva
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Here's the full-circle scam
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here's the full-circle scam
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
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And this is how PE guys and VC's and bankers make $100M a year doing absolutely nothing, producing no value whatsoever.
It's why all the tech is so shitty and useless and full of false promises and it's what allows PE's to destroy and cannibalize the few remaining things you like.
Sound familiar?
It's why all the tech is so shitty and useless and full of false promises and it's what allows PE's to destroy and cannibalize the few remaining things you like.
Sound familiar?
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
And this is how PE guys and VC's and bankers make $100M a year doing absolutely nothing, producing no value whatsoever.
It's why all the tech is so shitty and useless and full of false promises and it's what allows PE's to destroy and cannibalize the few remaining things you like.
Sound familiar?
It's why all the tech is so shitty and useless and full of false promises and it's what allows PE's to destroy and cannibalize the few remaining things you like.
Sound familiar?
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It's exhausting. It's an Ouroboros of pure fucking bullshit. And ultimately it's not their money they're playing with, it's other people's money. Public employee pension funds.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's exhausting. It's an Ouroboros of pure fucking bullshit. And ultimately it's not their money they're playing with, it's other people's money. Public employee pension funds.
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Marshall Herskovitz Is Right and Wrong: First We Have To Confront Our Stolen Elections
Hanging chads, millions of disappeared votes, fake counties, corrupt testing labs, partisan election-equipment companies, and forged documents by the EAC. Democracy is a facade.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Hanging chads, millions of disappeared votes, fake counties, corrupt testing labs, partisan election-equipment companies, and forged documents by the EAC. Democracy is a facade.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Marshall Herskovitz Is Right and Wrong: First We Have To Confront Our Stolen Elections
25 Years: Hanging chads, millions of disappeared votes, fake counties, corrupt testing labs, partisan election-equipment companies, and forged documents by the EAC. U.S. democracy is a facade.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Marshall Herskovitz Is Right and Wrong: First We Have To Confront Our Stolen Elections
Hanging chads, millions of disappeared votes, fake counties, corrupt testing labs, partisan election-equipment companies, and forged documents by the EAC. Democracy is a facade.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Hanging chads, millions of disappeared votes, fake counties, corrupt testing labs, partisan election-equipment companies, and forged documents by the EAC. Democracy is a facade.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Everything in the US is for sale to the wealthy all over the planet, whether friend or foe. Citizenship, work visas, security guarantees, key industries, advanced military capabilities, AI and sensitive tech. For the right price, anyone can have whatever they want from us. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Lutnick on the Trump Gold Card: "For an individual, it's $1 million. And for a corporation, it's $2 million."
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Everything in the US is for sale to the wealthy all over the planet, whether friend or foe. Citizenship, work visas, security guarantees, key industries, advanced military capabilities, AI and sensitive tech. For the right price, anyone can have whatever they want from us. bsky.app/profile/atru...
According to an investigative report, some of the children have already died, and many others are expected to develop deadly cancers.
Sperm donor with rare cancer mutation fathered nearly 200 children in Europe
Children with the mutation have up to a 90% chance of developing cancer by age 60.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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seen in Arlington, VA
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
seen in Arlington, VA
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
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Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
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"The sites Russia is targeting, the risks it is willing to take, and its apparent goals reflect more than just a response to the dynamics of its conflict with Ukraine"
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
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from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test
Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation
giftarticle.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"The sites Russia is targeting, the risks it is willing to take, and its apparent goals reflect more than just a response to the dynamics of its conflict with Ukraine"
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.