Keith Fitzgerald
@keithfitzgerald.bsky.social
Negotiator. Conflict Advisor.
Former Harvard Negotiation Project
Former Kennedy School & NUS Lecturer
Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners
Co-author, "Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists"
Photographer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithfitz
Former Harvard Negotiation Project
Former Kennedy School & NUS Lecturer
Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners
Co-author, "Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists"
Photographer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithfitz
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Some basic fundamentals on the Rule of Law to help understand what's happening; why it's happening; and how it's happening (Actually, it's not just "happening." It's being done deliberately):
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How to tell if your dog is a MAGA Republican
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How to tell if your dog is a MAGA Republican
I would pay to watch Mike Tyson pummel Elon Musk
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I would pay to watch Mike Tyson pummel Elon Musk
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I dunno I was told by the consultant Dem class that everyone fits neatly on a political issue spectrum line and we just need to keep turning the knob to the right until we have enough votes to win
So much Bsky discourse is people with strong ideological conception arguing as if the people with weak ideological conception don’t exist
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I dunno I was told by the consultant Dem class that everyone fits neatly on a political issue spectrum line and we just need to keep turning the knob to the right until we have enough votes to win
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"they may make it all the way to college before they find out that they can only do math at a middle-school or sometimes an elementary-school level."
One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
www.theargumentmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"they may make it all the way to college before they find out that they can only do math at a middle-school or sometimes an elementary-school level."
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Holy shit. More on it here: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Plot Against American Democracy That Isn't Taught in Schools
The Depression-era authors of the "Business Plot" aimed to take power away from President Roosevelt and stop his "socialist" New Deal.
www.rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Holy shit. More on it here: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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A reminder that no Democrat voted for RFK Jr, not even Fetterman.
The GOP entirely own all the deaths, pain, suffering, unnecessary damage caused by RFK Jr.
The GOP entirely own all the deaths, pain, suffering, unnecessary damage caused by RFK Jr.
once again congratulations to every single senator who voted RFK Jr, who will cost thousands of children their lives, into office
Initially, some moms of autistic kids eagerly accepted vaccine lies, because that way they could reject the "refrigerator mother" hypothesis, which blamed autism on "cold" mothering.
Now, those same tired vaccine lies will likely be used to blame moms who choose to vaccinate their kids.
Now, those same tired vaccine lies will likely be used to blame moms who choose to vaccinate their kids.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A reminder that no Democrat voted for RFK Jr, not even Fetterman.
The GOP entirely own all the deaths, pain, suffering, unnecessary damage caused by RFK Jr.
The GOP entirely own all the deaths, pain, suffering, unnecessary damage caused by RFK Jr.
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An exploration of hero-making in America's Rupert Murdoch-driven fringe-right popular culture, with the case of Riley Gaines, a woman who once tied for fifth in a competition won by a trans athlete and used that to make a name and a career for herself predicated entirely on hate. Only in America.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An exploration of hero-making in America's Rupert Murdoch-driven fringe-right popular culture, with the case of Riley Gaines, a woman who once tied for fifth in a competition won by a trans athlete and used that to make a name and a career for herself predicated entirely on hate. Only in America.
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an adjunct friend just learned that their health insurance payment will be more than their salary
wtf are we doing
wtf are we doing
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
an adjunct friend just learned that their health insurance payment will be more than their salary
wtf are we doing
wtf are we doing
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Amazing data visualization in this study--can't wait to read it!
🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Amazing data visualization in this study--can't wait to read it!
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The Nuzzi/RFK story is “the logical endpoint of a system that spent years rewarding access over adversarial reporting, personality over institutional credibility, and personal narrative over professional distance.”
👏👏
Via @colbyhall.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
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Via @colbyhall.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Nuzzi/RFK story is “the logical endpoint of a system that spent years rewarding access over adversarial reporting, personality over institutional credibility, and personal narrative over professional distance.”
👏👏
Via @colbyhall.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
👏👏
Via @colbyhall.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury reported that she reviewed the Epstein files and Donald Trump is named repeatedly and is tagged in a discussion of his rape of at least one 13 year old child. #OpDeathEaters
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury reported that she reviewed the Epstein files and Donald Trump is named repeatedly and is tagged in a discussion of his rape of at least one 13 year old child. #OpDeathEaters
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The White House is facing calls to release a “shocking and disturbing” phone call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince.
Secret Tape That Could Spin Trump Into Another Cover-Up Scandal
Details of the phone call emerged after Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The White House is facing calls to release a “shocking and disturbing” phone call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince.
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Mediator Qatar calls fresh Israel strikes on Gaza 'dangerous escalation' - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-fresh-strikes-gaza-ceasefire-dangerous-escalation-qatar-5479881
Mediator Qatar calls fresh Israel strikes on Gaza 'dangerous escalation'
DOHA: Qatar, a key mediator in the Hamas-Israel war, on Thursday (Nov 20) condemned fresh Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying they threatened to upend a fragile weeks-long truce.Qatar condemned "brutal attacks by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip ... and considers them a dangerous escalation
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Mediator Qatar calls fresh Israel strikes on Gaza 'dangerous escalation' - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-fresh-strikes-gaza-ceasefire-dangerous-escalation-qatar-5479881
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Somebody who isn't a real US attorney has been proceeding against somebody in federal court with a faked indictment.
In a sane system, Halligan would be going to prison.
In a sane system, Halligan would be going to prison.
Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
Translate for us non-law-talkers...?
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Somebody who isn't a real US attorney has been proceeding against somebody in federal court with a faked indictment.
In a sane system, Halligan would be going to prison.
In a sane system, Halligan would be going to prison.
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Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
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Former copy editor and page designer here: The erosion of journalism is a major part of what got us here. This only makes it much worse.
Ugh. So fucking awful.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Former copy editor and page designer here: The erosion of journalism is a major part of what got us here. This only makes it much worse.
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Trump: We are going to be selling Saudi Arabia some of the greatest military equipment ever built-planes and we are working on getting that approved very quickly. It's already approved. We have to go through a process, process will take—Elon knows process will take, would you say 24 hrs? I think so
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Trump: We are going to be selling Saudi Arabia some of the greatest military equipment ever built-planes and we are working on getting that approved very quickly. It's already approved. We have to go through a process, process will take—Elon knows process will take, would you say 24 hrs? I think so
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This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Taibbi spent the better part of the 1990s in Moscow writing newspaper columns and then a book about how awesome it was bedding economically desperate Russian teen girls and harassing his paper's female staff.
Ok Matt Taibbi has posted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Taibbi spent the better part of the 1990s in Moscow writing newspaper columns and then a book about how awesome it was bedding economically desperate Russian teen girls and harassing his paper's female staff.
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Whenever I’m in the middle of having a heart attack I always pause to carefully review which ambulance service offers the lowest rates before calling 911.
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Whenever I’m in the middle of having a heart attack I always pause to carefully review which ambulance service offers the lowest rates before calling 911.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM