Dana Decker
@thedanadecker.bsky.social
Astronomy, walking, photographs, mathematics
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
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We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
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I have an idea that may be lucrative, and I offer it free of charge: a book of Trump iconography. It would appeal to members of the church, so to speak, and also to people who would like these things documented, to marvel at, and shudder at.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I have an idea that may be lucrative, and I offer it free of charge: a book of Trump iconography. It would appeal to members of the church, so to speak, and also to people who would like these things documented, to marvel at, and shudder at.
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As a longtime fan of HOW IT'S MADE, I can't say I'm surprised exactly by how much any manufactured good is essentially handmade but it's still striking to see how much of even high tech stuff like camera lenses is "a worker with a paintbrush and screwdriver moves stuff around by hand"
望遠ズームレンズを作るプロセス。精密なレンズを生み出す日本の光学機器メーカ。
YouTube video by プロセスX
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
As a longtime fan of HOW IT'S MADE, I can't say I'm surprised exactly by how much any manufactured good is essentially handmade but it's still striking to see how much of even high tech stuff like camera lenses is "a worker with a paintbrush and screwdriver moves stuff around by hand"
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It’s been pointed out that without birthright citizenship there’s no clear basis for *anyone’s* citizenship.
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It’s been pointed out that without birthright citizenship there’s no clear basis for *anyone’s* citizenship.
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Contrary to what some liberal critics say, John Roberts has kept his pledge to only call balls and strikes. He never promised that the strike zone would be the same for Democrats and Republicans.
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Contrary to what some liberal critics say, John Roberts has kept his pledge to only call balls and strikes. He never promised that the strike zone would be the same for Democrats and Republicans.
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The word "eve" is doing a lot of work here in the Court's 'decision'
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The word "eve" is doing a lot of work here in the Court's 'decision'
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just to drive home the point. Texas created this map in August. the lower court rendered its decision November. So three months later, a year before the election in question.
The word "eve" is doing a lot of work here in the Court's 'decision'
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
just to drive home the point. Texas created this map in August. the lower court rendered its decision November. So three months later, a year before the election in question.
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We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump's national security policy can be summarized this way: Vladimir Putin is right about absolutely everything, especially those morally degenerate Europeans who no longer appreciate the righteousness of fascism. www.ft.com/content/27e8...
US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe
Policy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump's national security policy can be summarized this way: Vladimir Putin is right about absolutely everything, especially those morally degenerate Europeans who no longer appreciate the righteousness of fascism. www.ft.com/content/27e8...
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The New US National Security Strategy is to secure the victory of pro-Kremlin populist parties all across Europe: Reform in the UK, the Pétainist Rassemblement in France, the Nazi AfD in Germany, and so forth. In other words, the US and Russian strategies are identical.
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The New US National Security Strategy is to secure the victory of pro-Kremlin populist parties all across Europe: Reform in the UK, the Pétainist Rassemblement in France, the Nazi AfD in Germany, and so forth. In other words, the US and Russian strategies are identical.
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Aaron Siri is now presenting at Temu ACIP. He is a lawyer whose firm sues vaccine manufacturers and who has spread vaccine disinformation widely.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Aaron Siri is now presenting at Temu ACIP. He is a lawyer whose firm sues vaccine manufacturers and who has spread vaccine disinformation widely.
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Hassett is out there promising 4% GDP growth for 1H26… while also promising rate cuts into that 4% growth. 10 year bond yield is now surging every day. Just breached 4.13%. Nothing he says makes sense. This space case will be running the Fed. People are scared.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hassett is out there promising 4% GDP growth for 1H26… while also promising rate cuts into that 4% growth. 10 year bond yield is now surging every day. Just breached 4.13%. Nothing he says makes sense. This space case will be running the Fed. People are scared.
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I find the fermi paradox obsession a little puzzling. We only very recently became capable of tracking NEOs and picking up interstellar objects, and if life/civilization is commonplace enough, it's probably pretty boring
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I find the fermi paradox obsession a little puzzling. We only very recently became capable of tracking NEOs and picking up interstellar objects, and if life/civilization is commonplace enough, it's probably pretty boring
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Last full moon of 2025. 🔭
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Last full moon of 2025. 🔭
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Tbh if you plug in some more rational assumptions into the Drake Equation you wind up with an extremely sparse universe as far as intelligent life goes. As in 5-6 planets in the entire galaxy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Tbh if you plug in some more rational assumptions into the Drake Equation you wind up with an extremely sparse universe as far as intelligent life goes. As in 5-6 planets in the entire galaxy.
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The Grabby Aliens hypothesis strongly suggests that if you're an intelligent species standing on the planet where you evolved, you are almost certainly one of the first intelligent species.
I find the fermi paradox obsession a little puzzling. We only very recently became capable of tracking NEOs and picking up interstellar objects, and if life/civilization is commonplace enough, it's probably pretty boring
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Grabby Aliens hypothesis strongly suggests that if you're an intelligent species standing on the planet where you evolved, you are almost certainly one of the first intelligent species.
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Nothing constructive to say about the worst National Security Strategy in this great nation's history. What is there to comment on? It reads like a 10th grader wrote it, it gargles Trump's balls for 5 or 6 pages, and it might as well come out and say the 14 words in some sections. What a disgrace.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Nothing constructive to say about the worst National Security Strategy in this great nation's history. What is there to comment on? It reads like a 10th grader wrote it, it gargles Trump's balls for 5 or 6 pages, and it might as well come out and say the 14 words in some sections. What a disgrace.
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What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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This guy wants to live in a black-and-white movie, with everyone dressed in suits and dresses and hats and gloves and driving big cars with fins. I get it. That was cool. But he’s changing policy.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This guy wants to live in a black-and-white movie, with everyone dressed in suits and dresses and hats and gloves and driving big cars with fins. I get it. That was cool. But he’s changing policy.
design work is carried out in service of God
Nightmare-client’s renovation makes Page One:
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December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
design work is carried out in service of God
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Russia is invading Ukraine. It is important that Ukraine pay the price. Preferably to us directly.
by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff
by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Russia is invading Ukraine. It is important that Ukraine pay the price. Preferably to us directly.
by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff
by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff
pointless to quote him
Trump’s malignant narcissism & pathological lying has rendered it pointless to quote him, interview him or even cover him. Trump is a parasite who survives by feeding on the media. The media can help its reputation & the country by no longer quoting or covering Trump. He is a psychic vampire.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
pointless to quote him
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Putin is paying Trump to destroy America and other nations as well no matter the cost including human life.
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Putin is paying Trump to destroy America and other nations as well no matter the cost including human life.