Andrew Kydd
@andrewkydd.bsky.social
Political science, game theory, music, wooden boats, vintage airplanes and motorcycles.
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"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
“In Thucydides’ time, it was Athens that successfully challenged the pre-eminence of Sparta.”
The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America
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November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“In Thucydides’ time, it was Athens that successfully challenged the pre-eminence of Sparta.”
The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Two things struck me about this false flag hoax. First, the extreme cost she went to, cutting herself extensively. Second, she may be mentally ill, but she had an accomplice. Someone else thought this was a good idea and helped her do it. www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/e...
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Two things struck me about this false flag hoax. First, the extreme cost she went to, cutting herself extensively. Second, she may be mentally ill, but she had an accomplice. Someone else thought this was a good idea and helped her do it. www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/e...
The Wisconsin State Journal of my dreams. Front page above the fold article on ancient canoes discovered in Lake Mendota. Also, planned Amtrack station downtown.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Wisconsin State Journal of my dreams. Front page above the fold article on ancient canoes discovered in Lake Mendota. Also, planned Amtrack station downtown.
Time to brush up on the jazz chords.
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Time to brush up on the jazz chords.
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
Mike Johnson: Hey, that’s my excuse! Definitely am interesting model here. I will tell an obvious lie and you will pretend to believe it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance
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November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mike Johnson: Hey, that’s my excuse! Definitely am interesting model here. I will tell an obvious lie and you will pretend to believe it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Wait till they see my slide in which I say MAGA is critical race theory for white people.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Wait till they see my slide in which I say MAGA is critical race theory for white people.
“Pinkerton workers complain about low pay, working conditions” headline number 274.
Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Pinkerton workers complain about low pay, working conditions” headline number 274.
Robert McNamara often expressed remorse over his role in the Vietnam War.
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Robert McNamara often expressed remorse over his role in the Vietnam War.
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... Not a big media critic but if the last two words were replaced by “punish people who voted against him,” it would be more accurate and amply supported by his own words.
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda
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November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... Not a big media critic but if the last two words were replaced by “punish people who voted against him,” it would be more accurate and amply supported by his own words.
When you go to extra innings in the seventh game, you know the teams are evenly matched. Hats off to both an thanks for a great series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
When you go to extra innings in the seventh game, you know the teams are evenly matched. Hats off to both an thanks for a great series.
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A new song, "Winnipeg," from my side project, the Lost Wax Process. Check it & more of our music out at lostwaxprocess.bandcamp.com/music.
Behind every seemingly blue sky
I just can’t hide all the clues
Another departure, another memory
Another flight away from you
Behind every seemingly blue sky
I just can’t hide all the clues
Another departure, another memory
Another flight away from you
Winnipeg, by Lost Wax Process
track by Lost Wax Process
lostwaxprocess.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A new song, "Winnipeg," from my side project, the Lost Wax Process. Check it & more of our music out at lostwaxprocess.bandcamp.com/music.
Behind every seemingly blue sky
I just can’t hide all the clues
Another departure, another memory
Another flight away from you
Behind every seemingly blue sky
I just can’t hide all the clues
Another departure, another memory
Another flight away from you
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
The schooner Brilliant. #MysticSeaport
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The schooner Brilliant. #MysticSeaport
Chippewa Falls c. 1900.
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Chippewa Falls c. 1900.
Ahh hah! Naturally. Bad as this is, a potential silver lining is that if Trump starts saying the troops were paid when in fact they were not, that becomes an important and self evident lie to a core constituency.
Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
nyti.ms
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ahh hah! Naturally. Bad as this is, a potential silver lining is that if Trump starts saying the troops were paid when in fact they were not, that becomes an important and self evident lie to a core constituency.
Did not realize that the Presidential Emergency Operation Center is located under the East Wing. The bunker where the NSC met on 9/11.
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Did not realize that the Presidential Emergency Operation Center is located under the East Wing. The bunker where the NSC met on 9/11.
You can renounce fascism. You can’t renounce being 80 years old.
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You can renounce fascism. You can’t renounce being 80 years old.
Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini.
free line for democrats to use on the white house shit: donald trump has done what the flight 93 hijackers couldn’t
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini.
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Feels like a statement from a bipartisan group of former first ladies about the destruction of the east wing could capture some attention ...
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Feels like a statement from a bipartisan group of former first ladies about the destruction of the east wing could capture some attention ...