Skip Montanaro
@smontanaro.net
Vintage bike rider, book reader, retired software engineer, disappointed in political developments in the US.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Idle thought on a Sunday afternoon...
If you lived on a planet circling one of the millions of stars involved in such a galactic collision, what are the odds you would notice the effect? I have no idea. What say you astro experts? 🧪
www.livescience.com/space/glitte...
If you lived on a planet circling one of the millions of stars involved in such a galactic collision, what are the odds you would notice the effect? I have no idea. What say you astro experts? 🧪
www.livescience.com/space/glitte...
Glittering new James Webb telescope image shows an 'intricate web of chaos' — Space photo of the week
This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision, with their spiral arms overlapping and bending toward their neighbors' co...
www.livescience.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Idle thought on a Sunday afternoon...
If you lived on a planet circling one of the millions of stars involved in such a galactic collision, what are the odds you would notice the effect? I have no idea. What say you astro experts? 🧪
www.livescience.com/space/glitte...
If you lived on a planet circling one of the millions of stars involved in such a galactic collision, what are the odds you would notice the effect? I have no idea. What say you astro experts? 🧪
www.livescience.com/space/glitte...
I suspect much of the reason for the infighting is because the MAGA movement was formed to resist Obama, not to promote a specific policy agenda. Now that Obama and Biden are no longer big targets, the lack of the movement's core principles is showing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I suspect much of the reason for the infighting is because the MAGA movement was formed to resist Obama, not to promote a specific policy agenda. Now that Obama and Biden are no longer big targets, the lack of the movement's core principles is showing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
Makes sense that Epstein and Trump would be buds. They had a gift for scamming people in common.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
What to Know About the Origins of Jeffrey Epstein’s Wealth
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Makes sense that Epstein and Trump would be buds. They had a gift for scamming people in common.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
We started rewatching The Newsroom last night. I know it's just a TV show, but why can't we have network news like that anymore?
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We started rewatching The Newsroom last night. I know it's just a TV show, but why can't we have network news like that anymore?
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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🧵
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🧵
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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This is a great piece by @leahstokes.bsky.social with practical ideas to lower electricity prices…
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is a great piece by @leahstokes.bsky.social with practical ideas to lower electricity prices…
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
We need more like this, in all areas, not just voting law, but police response (like O'Hara in MPLS), Congress (like Sen Kelly), education (like Harvard), corporate law (like Perkins Coie) and other domains.
This week, I made it clear: Trump can take a hike. Trump's DOJ asked my Office for CO voter’s driver’s license number or the last four digits of their social security number. We will not comply with this request for Coloradans’ sensitive voting information. (1)
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We need more like this, in all areas, not just voting law, but police response (like O'Hara in MPLS), Congress (like Sen Kelly), education (like Harvard), corporate law (like Perkins Coie) and other domains.
WTF reason is there for Junior to weigh in on US foreign policy?
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
WTF reason is there for Junior to weigh in on US foreign policy?
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
"... Trump [has] abandoned the principles of democracy and openly embraced the hierarchical society the U.S. fought against in World War II... fired women, Black Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ Americans from [government] ..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"... Trump [has] abandoned the principles of democracy and openly embraced the hierarchical society the U.S. fought against in World War II... fired women, Black Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ Americans from [government] ..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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My 5 year old came home from kindergarten a couple days ago asking if anyone was going to come to her school and take her, or take other kids.
She wasn't able to articulate where she got this worry or what she'd heard. But many of her fellow students are Somali.
I hate this so much.
She wasn't able to articulate where she got this worry or what she'd heard. But many of her fellow students are Somali.
I hate this so much.
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My 5 year old came home from kindergarten a couple days ago asking if anyone was going to come to her school and take her, or take other kids.
She wasn't able to articulate where she got this worry or what she'd heard. But many of her fellow students are Somali.
I hate this so much.
She wasn't able to articulate where she got this worry or what she'd heard. But many of her fellow students are Somali.
I hate this so much.
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the arc
of the
moral universe
is long
but it bends
toward ❓
In addition to being a citizen, she's a behavioral therapist, so almost certainly has passed multiple background checks.
Exclusive:
Woman detained by feds
in Keys says she was following
agents’ orders
of the
moral universe
is long
but it bends
toward ❓
In addition to being a citizen, she's a behavioral therapist, so almost certainly has passed multiple background checks.
Exclusive:
Woman detained by feds
in Keys says she was following
agents’ orders
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
the arc
of the
moral universe
is long
but it bends
toward ❓
In addition to being a citizen, she's a behavioral therapist, so almost certainly has passed multiple background checks.
Exclusive:
Woman detained by feds
in Keys says she was following
agents’ orders
of the
moral universe
is long
but it bends
toward ❓
In addition to being a citizen, she's a behavioral therapist, so almost certainly has passed multiple background checks.
Exclusive:
Woman detained by feds
in Keys says she was following
agents’ orders
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
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I don't want to brag, but I found out I'll be receiving the first ever Peace Prize awarded by the Intramural Volleyball Club of Glendale, AZ 🏅
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I don't want to brag, but I found out I'll be receiving the first ever Peace Prize awarded by the Intramural Volleyball Club of Glendale, AZ 🏅
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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Snort
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Snort
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Any Lucia Lopez Belloza.
Learn her name.
This young woman who escaped a Honduran city overrun by gang violence at age 7, a productive member of our society with a bright future ahead, is who Trump is wasting our tax $ to deport.
Cruel. And also stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Learn her name.
This young woman who escaped a Honduran city overrun by gang violence at age 7, a productive member of our society with a bright future ahead, is who Trump is wasting our tax $ to deport.
Cruel. And also stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza.
Learn her name.
This young woman who escaped a Honduran city overrun by gang violence at age 7, a productive member of our society with a bright future ahead, is who Trump is wasting our tax $ to deport.
Cruel. And also stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Learn her name.
This young woman who escaped a Honduran city overrun by gang violence at age 7, a productive member of our society with a bright future ahead, is who Trump is wasting our tax $ to deport.
Cruel. And also stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...