mukei-gh.bsky.social
@mukei-gh.bsky.social
BA Math, MA Econ, retired software dev. Strong interest in environmental econ, paleoanthropology, history of CEE, flourishing of liberal democracy. Aspiring Zen teacher. Los Angeles. Essentials: On Freedom (Tim Snyder), Neo-Idealism (Benjamin Tallis).
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If you read one thing today, it should be this brilliant take by Ed Lucas.
Incisive. Every single word.
Incisive. Every single word.
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
If you read one thing today, it should be this brilliant take by Ed Lucas.
Incisive. Every single word.
Incisive. Every single word.
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This is the American far-right’s way of telling people that this was a white woman that it was *ok* to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
This is the American far-right’s way of telling people that this was a white woman that it was *ok* to kill.
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⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
Something that needs to be elevated is that ICE agents have been instructed to threaten and illegally detain legal observers. It's a criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their 1st & 4th amendment rights.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
Used to be, "Shoot first, ask questions later," Now it's just, "Hell with questions. We don't care who they are. We just like killing them."
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Used to be, "Shoot first, ask questions later," Now it's just, "Hell with questions. We don't care who they are. We just like killing them."
The lengths a beetle will go to, to try to get a casting call from @zefrank.bsky.social.
Imagine being the first scientist to notice that some of the ants being studied had two butts & that one of them was a beetle that had latched on for a free ride.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
The lengths a beetle will go to, to try to get a casting call from @zefrank.bsky.social.
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Yes, but he undoubtedly has Putin telling him, "Mr. President, you're the American Tsar. Just like me, you *own* your 'near abroad.' All you have to do is take what's already rightfully yours."
Absolutely true, and somehow not-discussed point:
The US **ALREADY** has all the strategic advantages it could gain by "owning" Greenland. Through treaties and (until now) close NATO cooperation w Denmark
The US has a naval base & 'space force' base there. You see USAF planes at Grndlnd airports
The US **ALREADY** has all the strategic advantages it could gain by "owning" Greenland. Through treaties and (until now) close NATO cooperation w Denmark
The US has a naval base & 'space force' base there. You see USAF planes at Grndlnd airports
The thing that’s so dumb about this is that there’s nothing legitimate about the strategic importance of Greenland that the US doesn’t get through existing alliances. Denmark isn’t impeding US strategic interests. It’s about them wanting to increase US land area by 20%.
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Yes, but he undoubtedly has Putin telling him, "Mr. President, you're the American Tsar. Just like me, you *own* your 'near abroad.' All you have to do is take what's already rightfully yours."
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July 2025)
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July 2025)
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July 2025)
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July 2025)
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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One of the many things I find depressing at this moment is how we're not even engaged in some kind of crisis of late stage capitalism on which the other side is plausibly a new political order, no, we're doing shit that's illegal under the 16th century laws of war
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
One of the many things I find depressing at this moment is how we're not even engaged in some kind of crisis of late stage capitalism on which the other side is plausibly a new political order, no, we're doing shit that's illegal under the 16th century laws of war
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We have a government full of rank amateurs playing in the professional league.
Wouldn't be so bad, but in this game much is irreversibly lost.
A dangerous blend of narcissistic incompetence and ruthless malevolence.
Wouldn't be so bad, but in this game much is irreversibly lost.
A dangerous blend of narcissistic incompetence and ruthless malevolence.
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
We have a government full of rank amateurs playing in the professional league.
Wouldn't be so bad, but in this game much is irreversibly lost.
A dangerous blend of narcissistic incompetence and ruthless malevolence.
Wouldn't be so bad, but in this game much is irreversibly lost.
A dangerous blend of narcissistic incompetence and ruthless malevolence.
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
“One of the greatest errors European states ever made, was in trusting the USA.”
The idea that the blame should be focussed on trusting Trump is dodging the truth. The US population chose Trump, even after Jan 6, 2021, even after he talked about leaving NAT0 and after he talked about his respect for Putin. It is the action of the USA as a political entity.
December 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“One of the greatest errors European states ever made, was in trusting the USA.”
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Happy Collapse of the Soviet Union Day to everyone who celebrates!
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy Collapse of the Soviet Union Day to everyone who celebrates!
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Happy Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the 20th Century Day to all who celebrate!
December 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Happy Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the 20th Century Day to all who celebrate!
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St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, right now.
Have a happy Christmas time, folks.
And thank you for supporting Ukraine all this time.
Have a happy Christmas time, folks.
And thank you for supporting Ukraine all this time.
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, right now.
Have a happy Christmas time, folks.
And thank you for supporting Ukraine all this time.
Have a happy Christmas time, folks.
And thank you for supporting Ukraine all this time.
When I first heard George Winston’s album December more than forty years ago, I’d never heard Carol of the Bells before, and it’s connection to Ukraine wouldn’t have been significant to me then, if I had. But this is the version I’ve always known, and wanted to hear it again today. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
George Winston - Carol of The Bells (Music Video)
YouTube video by George Winston
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
When I first heard George Winston’s album December more than forty years ago, I’d never heard Carol of the Bells before, and it’s connection to Ukraine wouldn’t have been significant to me then, if I had. But this is the version I’ve always known, and wanted to hear it again today. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
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🎄Merry Christmas to everyone who’s been nice this year, and to the rest of you, well, there’s always next year to try harder.
Love you all 🖤
Love you all 🖤
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🎄Merry Christmas to everyone who’s been nice this year, and to the rest of you, well, there’s always next year to try harder.
Love you all 🖤
Love you all 🖤
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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You can /argue/ that Coca-Cola invented the modern Santa Claus.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You can /argue/ that Coca-Cola invented the modern Santa Claus.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
Excellent advice for staying emotionally balanced, grounded in reality, avoiding burnout, and remaining true to one’s purpose while doing The Work.
I was asked this on my first try of Q&A on Instagram and decided to share:
“What would you advice younger people who aspire to do politics?”
“What would you advice younger people who aspire to do politics?”
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Excellent advice for staying emotionally balanced, grounded in reality, avoiding burnout, and remaining true to one’s purpose while doing The Work.
Well, well, well. 🤣 🤡
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Well, well, well. 🤣 🤡
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Since half of our apartment is still under repair after the Shahed attack, this year our Christmas tree is a mini one.
Warmest greetings from Kyiv, the capital of freedom and dignity. Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine 💙💛
Warmest greetings from Kyiv, the capital of freedom and dignity. Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine 💙💛
December 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Since half of our apartment is still under repair after the Shahed attack, this year our Christmas tree is a mini one.
Warmest greetings from Kyiv, the capital of freedom and dignity. Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine 💙💛
Warmest greetings from Kyiv, the capital of freedom and dignity. Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine 💙💛