Gaylene Pheysey 🌮
@desertortoise.bsky.social
Mom to 3 fantastic kids, got a cute hubby and cute dog, living in SE WA, closer to 50 than 40, member of https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🫶
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Best Twitter riposte of the day.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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Trump would only do this if:
a. He thinks he has it blocked in the Senate
b. He thinks he can withhold everything as part of an "ongoing investigation"
c. They're already altered / redacted the contents of the evidence enough to hide anything REALLY incriminating
a. He thinks he has it blocked in the Senate
b. He thinks he can withhold everything as part of an "ongoing investigation"
c. They're already altered / redacted the contents of the evidence enough to hide anything REALLY incriminating
@apnews.com:
In Reversal, Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files
The president’s shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass it the House...It is a rare example of Trump backtracking because of opposition within the GOP.
In Reversal, Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files
The president’s shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass it the House...It is a rare example of Trump backtracking because of opposition within the GOP.
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in ...
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Trump would only do this if:
a. He thinks he has it blocked in the Senate
b. He thinks he can withhold everything as part of an "ongoing investigation"
c. They're already altered / redacted the contents of the evidence enough to hide anything REALLY incriminating
a. He thinks he has it blocked in the Senate
b. He thinks he can withhold everything as part of an "ongoing investigation"
c. They're already altered / redacted the contents of the evidence enough to hide anything REALLY incriminating
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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i can't possibly promote this work enough. it's is packed with wisdom and clarity and everyone should read it.
— from two astounding people @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social that you should follow here.
worth your time.👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
— from two astounding people @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social that you should follow here.
worth your time.👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
i can't possibly promote this work enough. it's is packed with wisdom and clarity and everyone should read it.
— from two astounding people @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social that you should follow here.
worth your time.👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
— from two astounding people @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social that you should follow here.
worth your time.👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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In one of the poorest states in the nation, people have no choice but to buy electricity from a monopoly utility that rakes in record profits from residential bills that are among the highest in the nation. Great article on how Alabama Power and its captured regulator got where they are today.
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country - Inside Climate News
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
insideclimatenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In one of the poorest states in the nation, people have no choice but to buy electricity from a monopoly utility that rakes in record profits from residential bills that are among the highest in the nation. Great article on how Alabama Power and its captured regulator got where they are today.
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An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
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The death toll now stands at 83. The U.S. government has extrajudicially killed 83 people.
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The death toll now stands at 83. The U.S. government has extrajudicially killed 83 people.
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
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I believe the purpose of education is to help everyone create a healthy, informed, curious, and compassionate society.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I believe the purpose of education is to help everyone create a healthy, informed, curious, and compassionate society.
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Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
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i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
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This week's newsletter looks at a new book on mapping — and includes some maps I made that put economic disparities into an interesting perspective.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
Putting the real world down on paper
This week's newsletter looks at how we use maps. I review a new book on the subject, interview a mapmaker and show how maps can reshape our assumptions about borders. It's all topped off with what I t...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This week's newsletter looks at a new book on mapping — and includes some maps I made that put economic disparities into an interesting perspective.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
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This reply was my favorite
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This reply was my favorite
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My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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The genocide continues, in slower pace
Genocide: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
"[E]ntire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Genocide: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
"[E]ntire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The genocide continues, in slower pace
Genocide: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
"[E]ntire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Genocide: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
"[E]ntire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
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Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
A study suggests mRNA vaccines could help the body fight malignant cells, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
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they wouldn't have moved this much to southcom if they didn't expect to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
they wouldn't have moved this much to southcom if they didn't expect to use it.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?