Pete Tirrell
@pctir.bsky.social
History, science, nature, music, animals, plants, explorer, biologist, environmentalist, builder, blue, married. “Live, Live, Live.” Old school nerd. Florida and Rhode Island. Editor designyourwild.com
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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the single best decision I’ve made about how I use this website is that I do not argue in my replies
I ignore it or I block people, nothing good ever comes of it
and I am just some guy and not the sin eater for every moderation decision
I ignore it or I block people, nothing good ever comes of it
and I am just some guy and not the sin eater for every moderation decision
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
the single best decision I’ve made about how I use this website is that I do not argue in my replies
I ignore it or I block people, nothing good ever comes of it
and I am just some guy and not the sin eater for every moderation decision
I ignore it or I block people, nothing good ever comes of it
and I am just some guy and not the sin eater for every moderation decision
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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4 years cancer-free today! Proof that sarcasm is a treatment plan. For those of you still in the fight, stay strong, laugh harder. 🙏😂
September 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
4 years cancer-free today! Proof that sarcasm is a treatment plan. For those of you still in the fight, stay strong, laugh harder. 🙏😂
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
September 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
If you enjoy…
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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There's a video too youtu.be/TRzEzU7kwyQ?...
Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)
YouTube video by Creative Boom
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August 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
There's a video too youtu.be/TRzEzU7kwyQ?...
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Know what they call a seaweed snack in France?
September 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Know what they call a seaweed snack in France?
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Another young loser attacks society, another day where I post this as the manifesto, anger, etc, plays out again and again.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Narcissism of the Angry Young Men
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Another young loser attacks society, another day where I post this as the manifesto, anger, etc, plays out again and again.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I think it's time for me repost and pin this: My advice to both liberals and conservatives in 2022 about how to build a coalition, including the sage advice of "get over it"
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
All Hands on Deck
A new coalition for 2022.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I think it's time for me repost and pin this: My advice to both liberals and conservatives in 2022 about how to build a coalition, including the sage advice of "get over it"
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Also this is very bad
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also this is very bad
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Corruption is bad, and members of Congress shouldn’t trade stocks.
August 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Corruption is bad, and members of Congress shouldn’t trade stocks.
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Rhode Island lost a legend. Judge Frank Caprio has passed away. He and his court officer Ziggy Quinn turned the tedium of traffic court into a beloved and endearing human spectacle. He did it his way, and we all got to enjoy it.
August 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rhode Island lost a legend. Judge Frank Caprio has passed away. He and his court officer Ziggy Quinn turned the tedium of traffic court into a beloved and endearing human spectacle. He did it his way, and we all got to enjoy it.
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A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.
August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.
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Here's How ChatGPT Can Mess Up Your Yard
You’re avant garde and AI is basic.
www.designyourwild.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You need to be smart to use AI, the latest from Design Your Wild www.designyourwild.com/p/chatgpt-ga...
#nativeplants #designyourwild #lesslawnmorelife
#nativeplants #designyourwild #lesslawnmorelife
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No one should ever have to wonder if their senator or representative is making choices in Congress just to benefit their own wallet.
There's a clear solution: ban Congressional stock trading.
There's a clear solution: ban Congressional stock trading.
August 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
No one should ever have to wonder if their senator or representative is making choices in Congress just to benefit their own wallet.
There's a clear solution: ban Congressional stock trading.
There's a clear solution: ban Congressional stock trading.
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It doesn’t bother me that Trump went to the Alligator prison.
What I object to is that he was allowed to leave.
#Traitor #criminal #LockHimUp
What I object to is that he was allowed to leave.
#Traitor #criminal #LockHimUp
July 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It doesn’t bother me that Trump went to the Alligator prison.
What I object to is that he was allowed to leave.
#Traitor #criminal #LockHimUp
What I object to is that he was allowed to leave.
#Traitor #criminal #LockHimUp
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The only checks on a reckless president are the human beings in the #nuclear chain of command, who would have to choose to abdicate their duties in order to stall or thwart an order they found reprehensible or insane.
Mutiny, however, is not a fail safe device.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Mutiny, however, is not a fail safe device.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The President’s Weapon
Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?
www.theatlantic.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The only checks on a reckless president are the human beings in the #nuclear chain of command, who would have to choose to abdicate their duties in order to stall or thwart an order they found reprehensible or insane.
Mutiny, however, is not a fail safe device.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Mutiny, however, is not a fail safe device.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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