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Ben Harding

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Outlive the bastards. Edward Abbey Oh Lord, lead me to utter words that are soft and sweet for someday I may have to eat them. Mo Udall Moderate drinker with a cycling problem; Reality-based life form; not a hater. Curious.

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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 19h
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social I'll argue that the worst war crime in U.S. history is the Sand Creek Massacre, because of the premeditation and the base political motivation of the principal. The heroic analogs to Hugh Thompson at Mai Lai, were Captain Silas Soule and Lieutenant Joseph Cramer.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s all in your frame of reference.
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Maybe this has been a long-standing effort, but the timing is certainly driven by a presidential tantrum over the Nobel Peace Prize. You know…Obama. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Saw this pop up in “trending” at @nytimes.com and said to myself, out loud, “Oh, must be Bret Stephens.” I’m a genius.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This way. m.youtube.com/shorts/tp9r7...
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Migrant woman avoided being detained by ICE
YouTube video by TeleSUR English
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes, but he’s smarter than the rocks he’s trying to get to turn out and vote for him.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I completely agree. Who is that person! The pose?
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This would be evidence in favor of a just God.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reagan pioneered the fiscally irresponsible Republican “borrow and spend” policy that continues to this day. “Tax and spend”, which Reagan used as an epithet against the Democrats is the fiscally responsible way to run a country during normal times.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We all need a bit of good news. I expect Trump to announce plans for nuclear tests on the island. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“…they were, during combat, possessed with a fierce desire to meet with and kill the enemy, the equal of which I have never witnessed in white troops.” Something I didn’t know about. www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
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Black Volunteer Infantry Platoons in World War II
Many historians have written about the famous “Buffalo Soldiers” of the all-Black 92nd Infantry Division, who fought with distinction during World War II.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@drob.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social I have not read Vaughan’s “Challenger” book, but Steven G. Vick in his 2002 book on subjective probability, Degrees of Belief, observed that the default decision at NASA and the burden of proof had reversed. 1/2
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jimmy Kimmel nails it. 🔨
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😂🥹🥹
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Sick” implies some empathy. I’m sure I would have to wait in a long line to get my chance to stomp on these…what? There is not a word that is strong enough.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“…I think he has settled on the best option available…long-term imposition of economic pain and blockade of Iran.” @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, great interview, but you two could have noted that Trump could have imposed at least the sanctions without “kinetics”. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth’s ‘Vast Overcorrection’
A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is never a good time to get cancer, but now is a better time than 20 years ago, 10 years ago or even three years ago. Science is amazing. 🖕RFK. 🎁 article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/s...
nytimes.com
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A little victory for the good guys. This bad boy is going to be returned in a drop box!
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I had no idea! Excellent thread.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@joshtpm.bsky.social the ala carte approach is something I have wished for. Would you explain why it doesn’t/won’t work?
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a good article. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next?
Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hope. www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
cpj.org/special-repo...
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists
Key findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ...
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don’t hold back Adam.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I continue to be amazed at the structures that survived the Nepal flood. The hydraulic forces were sufficient to leave what is likely a one ton Boulder on the second floor of this building.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Contrast the rigorous safety testing required of medications with the anything goes treatment of pesticides and herbicides. Maybe the MAHA cult could focus on those instead of chemtrails. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A minor league player just found out he's headed to the majors, and the moment is pure joy on camera.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A civilian Who voluntarily Leaves a position of safety And risks their life To save or attempt to save The life of another. www.carnegiehero.org/awardee_pr/1...
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16 North Americans awarded the Carnegie Medal for heroism – Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
The Carnegie Hero Fund is honored to recognize 16 individuals with the Carnegie Medal for heroism, including a 24-year-old man who rescued an injured hang glider that crashed on the …
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
👇👇👇✊✊✊ www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Both Europe and America remain curiously reticent to provide Ukraine with $300 billion in frozen Russian funds. Sending that money to Kyiv would be the strongest signal from the West that Russia’s terrorist assault on Europe is unacceptable. wapo.st/4gAIMH6
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Opinion | Putin is probing NATO. He keeps finding mush, not steel.
The West's weak response is inviting more Russian sabotage — and a far more dangerous confrontation.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“War is the great auditor of institutions.” British military historian Correlli Barnett. Via @maxboot.bsky.social
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Malcolm Gladwell, as usual, has analyzed the data and talked to everyone. Listen to this if you are interested/concerned about gun violence/gun control. I’m going to buy the book. www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
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Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing” | The New Yorker Radio Hour
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#FamilyValues media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
media.coloradotimesrecorder.com
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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#WeDemandThe #TrumpEpsteinFiles
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is beautiful.
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Incrimination” joins the Dahiya Doctrine, “Mowing the Grass” and ethic cleansing as despicable and illegal practices by Israel. Not just the IDF, but the country as a whole. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
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Ben Harding @blhiiii.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
That seems sort of dumb, Josh, seeing as how you had access to intelligence, the opportunity to ask them good questions and the privilege to demand good answers.
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