Connie Grosch
@cg52.bsky.social
Retired multimedia producer at nonprofit foundation; newspaper photojournalist
Photography, reading, gardening, pottery
Photography, reading, gardening, pottery
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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‘Schopenhauer has long held the title of gloomiest philosopher in history. He sees human existence not as grand tragedy but squalid farce, with men and women writhing in the grip of appetites that are both pointless and insatiable.’
Terry Eagleton:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton · Pregnant with Monsters: Schopenhauer makes a stir
Schopenhauer has long held the title of gloomiest philosopher in history. He sees human existence not as grand tragedy...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘Schopenhauer has long held the title of gloomiest philosopher in history. He sees human existence not as grand tragedy but squalid farce, with men and women writhing in the grip of appetites that are both pointless and insatiable.’
Terry Eagleton:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The Cold Supermoon tonight
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cold Supermoon tonight
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NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
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Leavitt’s citizenship comments clash with SCOTUS
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Leavitt’s citizenship comments clash with SCOTUS
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
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happy bday to one of my faves Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke, b.1875.
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves".
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer"
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves".
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer"
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
happy bday to one of my faves Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke, b.1875.
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves".
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer"
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves".
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer"
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Congratulations to Justin Crosby (D) on his election victory in Mississippi CD22 — he flipped the newly redrawn seat by defeating the incumbent with approximately 53 % of the vote.
This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.
This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Congratulations to Justin Crosby (D) on his election victory in Mississippi CD22 — he flipped the newly redrawn seat by defeating the incumbent with approximately 53 % of the vote.
This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.
This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.
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Agree 💯 With Ben Stiller......
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Agree 💯 With Ben Stiller......
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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Just heard a great line from the writer Paul Waldman: Trumpism is based on the idea that "our worst selves are our truest selves". It is fundamentally a bleak, brutal view of human nature — we all secretly want to be sadistic and corrupt so let it all out. It's not true but it explains a lot.
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Just heard a great line from the writer Paul Waldman: Trumpism is based on the idea that "our worst selves are our truest selves". It is fundamentally a bleak, brutal view of human nature — we all secretly want to be sadistic and corrupt so let it all out. It's not true but it explains a lot.
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Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
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For fentanyl ("fen'-tuh-nil"), China provides the raw materials, and Mexican cartels synthesize and distribute the finished product -- at least, most of what's sold in the U.S.
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
For fentanyl ("fen'-tuh-nil"), China provides the raw materials, and Mexican cartels synthesize and distribute the finished product -- at least, most of what's sold in the U.S.
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Really good piece by Jon Haidt on the many ways social media undermines #democracy.
Requires some time to read, but leaves you eager to hear opinions and arguments different from your own and support your local newspaper (gift link 🎁) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Requires some time to read, but leaves you eager to hear opinions and arguments different from your own and support your local newspaper (gift link 🎁) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Really good piece by Jon Haidt on the many ways social media undermines #democracy.
Requires some time to read, but leaves you eager to hear opinions and arguments different from your own and support your local newspaper (gift link 🎁) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Requires some time to read, but leaves you eager to hear opinions and arguments different from your own and support your local newspaper (gift link 🎁) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)
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When you’ve been up much of the night posting over 150 times on social media, these pesky cabinet meetings can interfere with your naps.
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
When you’ve been up much of the night posting over 150 times on social media, these pesky cabinet meetings can interfere with your naps.