WanderingWTF
@eyesaregray.bsky.social
Omnivorous reader. Occasional writer. Sometimes I glue pieces of plastic together.
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Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
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One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
Had to read some Goodson for the 100th BHM. This is dated, of course, but the overall these that US education perpetuates white narcissism isn't for me to determine.
February 8, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Had to read some Goodson for the 100th BHM. This is dated, of course, but the overall these that US education perpetuates white narcissism isn't for me to determine.
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I'm not going to share the image. It's already gotten far too much exposure. It's beneath the dignity of an 8 year old with half a lick of sense, let alone the *President of the United States *.
February 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I'm not going to share the image. It's already gotten far too much exposure. It's beneath the dignity of an 8 year old with half a lick of sense, let alone the *President of the United States *.
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I think you know the answer. The “negotiations” have been an excuse to hold back necessary equipment and aid.
I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
February 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I think you know the answer. The “negotiations” have been an excuse to hold back necessary equipment and aid.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
This book will piss you off. An inside look at being on the receiving end of legal persecution and targeted counter-intelligence. Some details are omitted by necessity; her death in Cuba in '25 may allow gaps to be filled.
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This book will piss you off. An inside look at being on the receiving end of legal persecution and targeted counter-intelligence. Some details are omitted by necessity; her death in Cuba in '25 may allow gaps to be filled.
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
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#nowwatching
Frankenhooker (1990)
What makes a movie become a true film? Frank Henenlotter knows, and he puts it on screen.
Okay, forgive me for this one but I love Frankenhooker. Its the perfect amount of schlock and horror. Really, the plot's in the title.
Who else has seen this one?
Any love?
Frankenhooker (1990)
What makes a movie become a true film? Frank Henenlotter knows, and he puts it on screen.
Okay, forgive me for this one but I love Frankenhooker. Its the perfect amount of schlock and horror. Really, the plot's in the title.
Who else has seen this one?
Any love?
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 AM
#nowwatching
Frankenhooker (1990)
What makes a movie become a true film? Frank Henenlotter knows, and he puts it on screen.
Okay, forgive me for this one but I love Frankenhooker. Its the perfect amount of schlock and horror. Really, the plot's in the title.
Who else has seen this one?
Any love?
Frankenhooker (1990)
What makes a movie become a true film? Frank Henenlotter knows, and he puts it on screen.
Okay, forgive me for this one but I love Frankenhooker. Its the perfect amount of schlock and horror. Really, the plot's in the title.
Who else has seen this one?
Any love?
An interesting examination of King Phillip's War, its major events, and historiography. I would keep a timeline handy, and maybe a map.
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
An interesting examination of King Phillip's War, its major events, and historiography. I would keep a timeline handy, and maybe a map.
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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
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"'What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,' Tracht said, running out of breath as the car turned the corner. 'If I’m not going to act and resist now, then I shouldn’t call myself a rabbi and I can’t be a proud Jew.'"
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Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"'What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,' Tracht said, running out of breath as the car turned the corner. 'If I’m not going to act and resist now, then I shouldn’t call myself a rabbi and I can’t be a proud Jew.'"
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Found this shit at a library sale today. It was worth paying fifty cents to take it out of circulation. (Paper recycling bin has it now.)
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Found this shit at a library sale today. It was worth paying fifty cents to take it out of circulation. (Paper recycling bin has it now.)
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The unique smearing of american populism, qua historically specific set of movements, as racist *in a way that's supposed to tell us something enduring* is one of the most successful intellectual con jobs I know about. Do you know what was *more* racist, using the same criteria? The democratic party
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The unique smearing of american populism, qua historically specific set of movements, as racist *in a way that's supposed to tell us something enduring* is one of the most successful intellectual con jobs I know about. Do you know what was *more* racist, using the same criteria? The democratic party
I'm always happy to gain new perspective, and this certainly provides that. It's a crash course in African cultural, medicinal, religious, practical, and culinary knowledge that continues in American history. Definitely check it out. Bibliography is meaty.
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I'm always happy to gain new perspective, and this certainly provides that. It's a crash course in African cultural, medicinal, religious, practical, and culinary knowledge that continues in American history. Definitely check it out. Bibliography is meaty.
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Just sharing something completely normal and not at all stressful or disturbing. My cat thinking he's hidden under a piece of paper.
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Just sharing something completely normal and not at all stressful or disturbing. My cat thinking he's hidden under a piece of paper.
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"10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year" @rbreich.bsky.social
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Your activism will be even more important this year" @rbreich.bsky.social
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10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year
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January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year" @rbreich.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Your activism will be even more important this year" @rbreich.bsky.social
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It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.