Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet.
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
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Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
· Jan 27
I will follow you back if you're an academic in history, computational sociology, or hard science. If you make things with your hands like art or furniture, that's cool.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
jmail.world Epstein's emails in a readable format
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
jmail.world Epstein's emails in a readable format
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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I can only assume Pitchbot hacked the Times account and they are begging BlueSky support to get it back
“ChAlLeNgInG ScIeNtIfIc oRtHoDoXy”
“ChAlLeNgInG ScIeNtIfIc oRtHoDoXy”
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I can only assume Pitchbot hacked the Times account and they are begging BlueSky support to get it back
“ChAlLeNgInG ScIeNtIfIc oRtHoDoXy”
“ChAlLeNgInG ScIeNtIfIc oRtHoDoXy”
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It was crystal clear that Mel was an absolutely deranged fascist crackpot ten years ago, fifteen, and you’ll notice it has barely hindered her career, not even when the Oslo killer cited her in his crazy manifesto. Quite the opposite, if anything.
Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It was crystal clear that Mel was an absolutely deranged fascist crackpot ten years ago, fifteen, and you’ll notice it has barely hindered her career, not even when the Oslo killer cited her in his crazy manifesto. Quite the opposite, if anything.
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#Florida state capital, Tallahassee, is also the No. 1 city in the nation for drought right now. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
a desert landscape with a blue sky in the background and a few trees in the foreground .
ALT: a desert landscape with a blue sky in the background and a few trees in the foreground .
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November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#Florida state capital, Tallahassee, is also the No. 1 city in the nation for drought right now. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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The javelina in question? Looks guilty to me. Brett Kavanaugh would approve detaining it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The javelina in question? Looks guilty to me. Brett Kavanaugh would approve detaining it.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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The 28-Point “Peace Plan” for Ukraine Is Illegal. Here’s the Full (Easy-to-Read) Legal Breakdown.
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
The 28-Point “Peace Plan” for Ukraine Is Illegal. Here’s the Full Legal Breakdown.
This analysis breaks down each clause and explains exactly why the “peace plan” is legally void and unenforceable.
www.onestnetwork.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The 28-Point “Peace Plan” for Ukraine Is Illegal. Here’s the Full (Easy-to-Read) Legal Breakdown.
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
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Great Breakdown and love your summation 👇
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great Breakdown and love your summation 👇
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A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
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I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
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Many people on the 1776 Commission were instrumental to the legal schemes that set the stage for January 6. They wrote the lawsuits, gathered affidavits, organized the fake-elector scheme. Then the Commission met on.. Jan 5. This project of rewriting US history matters to them, tremendously.
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Many people on the 1776 Commission were instrumental to the legal schemes that set the stage for January 6. They wrote the lawsuits, gathered affidavits, organized the fake-elector scheme. Then the Commission met on.. Jan 5. This project of rewriting US history matters to them, tremendously.
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Please understand how deeply Larry Arnn is committed to this project. In 2020, he took a quid pro quo from Trump - support for Trump's coup in exchange for control over US education. Arnn then leaned into managing fake electors, for the payoff that was to come in a 2nd Trump term.
Going to point again to this 2022 thread on the other place. THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION Trump set up a committee on patriotic education. The people who led it - from Hillsdale, Claremont - then wrote his election-fraud lawsuits and arranged fake electors. It met on Jan 5. 2/
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Please understand how deeply Larry Arnn is committed to this project. In 2020, he took a quid pro quo from Trump - support for Trump's coup in exchange for control over US education. Arnn then leaned into managing fake electors, for the payoff that was to come in a 2nd Trump term.
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4/ For later info (2020) on NAS, see
www.desmog.com/2020/02/07/d...
Anyway, Hillsdale’s new material on history is no surprise, but if nothing else, read Fenster’s blog post.
www.desmog.com/2020/02/07/d...
Anyway, Hillsdale’s new material on history is no surprise, but if nothing else, read Fenster’s blog post.
Dark-Moneyed Denialists Are Running 'Fixing Science' Symposium of Doubt
The “Fixing Science” symposium, which is hosted by the National Association of Scholars and kicks off today in Oakland, California, includes credible speakers who want to improve some areas of science...
www.desmog.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
4/ For later info (2020) on NAS, see
www.desmog.com/2020/02/07/d...
Anyway, Hillsdale’s new material on history is no surprise, but if nothing else, read Fenster’s blog post.
www.desmog.com/2020/02/07/d...
Anyway, Hillsdale’s new material on history is no surprise, but if nothing else, read Fenster’s blog post.
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3/ Bob’s blog page mentions National Association of Scholars (NAS, but *not* National Academy of Sciences), through which the $11M flowed.
His link to my report about NAS got broken, but is here:
www.desmog.com/wp-content/u...
See esp pp.31-34 , Teaching American History, also p.25.
Murky $ flows.
His link to my report about NAS got broken, but is here:
www.desmog.com/wp-content/u...
See esp pp.31-34 , Teaching American History, also p.25.
Murky $ flows.
www.desmog.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
3/ Bob’s blog page mentions National Association of Scholars (NAS, but *not* National Academy of Sciences), through which the $11M flowed.
His link to my report about NAS got broken, but is here:
www.desmog.com/wp-content/u...
See esp pp.31-34 , Teaching American History, also p.25.
Murky $ flows.
His link to my report about NAS got broken, but is here:
www.desmog.com/wp-content/u...
See esp pp.31-34 , Teaching American History, also p.25.
Murky $ flows.
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1/ In early 2000s, US govt spent ~$11M for (mostly) Hillsdale profs to teach high school teachers American history.
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma
Over the past decade I’ve developed an addiction to spending most of my summer enriching myself through professional development. The majority of my “time off” the last two summer…
fensteroneducation.home.blog
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
1/ In early 2000s, US govt spent ~$11M for (mostly) Hillsdale profs to teach high school teachers American history.
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
This was described in 2020 by NJ teacher Bob Fenster: “Paid to Sit Through 30 Days of Right-Wing Dogma”
fensteroneducation.home.blog/2020/02/27/p...
"Just one more. Just one little favor."
Is everyone in the Supreme Court sick of every GOP politician standing on the steps with their hats in hand, begging for favors? Are the justices beginning to understand the scope of the damage they're doing one little cut at a time?
Is everyone in the Supreme Court sick of every GOP politician standing on the steps with their hats in hand, begging for favors? Are the justices beginning to understand the scope of the damage they're doing one little cut at a time?
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Just one more. Just one little favor."
Is everyone in the Supreme Court sick of every GOP politician standing on the steps with their hats in hand, begging for favors? Are the justices beginning to understand the scope of the damage they're doing one little cut at a time?
Is everyone in the Supreme Court sick of every GOP politician standing on the steps with their hats in hand, begging for favors? Are the justices beginning to understand the scope of the damage they're doing one little cut at a time?
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The US can threaten the Ukrainian government with a refusal to support - though this doesn't account for European allies - but they do not realize that Zelensky cannot sell a bad deal. Even if he signed a document, the conflict would become a partisan nightmare for Russian forces remaining...
The US can threaten the Ukrainian government with a refusal to support - though this doesn't account for European allies - but they do not realize that Zelensky cannot sell a bad deal. Even if he signed a document, the conflict would become a partisan nightmare for Russian forces remaining...
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The US can threaten the Ukrainian government with a refusal to support - though this doesn't account for European allies - but they do not realize that Zelensky cannot sell a bad deal. Even if he signed a document, the conflict would become a partisan nightmare for Russian forces remaining...
The US can threaten the Ukrainian government with a refusal to support - though this doesn't account for European allies - but they do not realize that Zelensky cannot sell a bad deal. Even if he signed a document, the conflict would become a partisan nightmare for Russian forces remaining...
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As I was having a final chat with one of the MFA crew - he was finishing his weeklong shift and would not return before my departure - we talked about the fate of the war. I offered my thoughts that Ukraine could win. He responded, "we have to, or we die." I didn't meet a single person in the...
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As I was having a final chat with one of the MFA crew - he was finishing his weeklong shift and would not return before my departure - we talked about the fate of the war. I offered my thoughts that Ukraine could win. He responded, "we have to, or we die." I didn't meet a single person in the...
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Who is lying to him about the course of the war?
‼️Fox News: 🇺🇦Ukraine will have to give up land that they have not lost in war.
🇺🇸Trump: They will lose it.
‼️Fox News: The whole Donbas?
🇺🇸Trump: They are losing land.
🇺🇸Trump: They will lose it.
‼️Fox News: The whole Donbas?
🇺🇸Trump: They are losing land.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Who is lying to him about the course of the war?
And how evil politicians like Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott are for wanting to limit access to save the feelings of . . . the politicians who can't tell their fanbois to suck it up like they tell everyone else to.
College is such a precious opportunity to do real thinking in a variety of fields. Always thrilled to see when students make an effort to take advantage of it.
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And how evil politicians like Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott are for wanting to limit access to save the feelings of . . . the politicians who can't tell their fanbois to suck it up like they tell everyone else to.
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“Hello…my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”
This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
ew.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“Hello…my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”
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Good thread.
TLDR, it's a bad deal for Ukraine. Russia sticks with most of its demands. It's unlikely to be accepted. Think of broader context to explain the why now. I summarize the plan's content here: bsky.app/profile/odra... (end)
Basically, Russia keeps what it controls, Ukraine has options removed and Russia's claims are considered legitimate. The US can enrich itself off investment in Ukraine. Otherwise, it's let's pretend the war never happened. No justice. Russia gets rewarded. Liberation of Ukr territory off table.
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Good thread.
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US DOJ investigating handling of its own probe into Senator Schiff reut.rs/44i3ODJ
US DOJ investigating handling of its own probe into Senator Schiff
Federal prosecutors in Maryland are scrutinizing the conduct of two allies of U.S. President Donald Trump in their investigation of Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, according to a document reviewed by Reuters and two sources briefed on the matter.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
US DOJ investigating handling of its own probe into Senator Schiff reut.rs/44i3ODJ