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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Seems like we've already learned more about Tyler Robinson than we ever heard about Thomas Crooks. I'm still baffled at how little we know about why Crooks shot at Trump.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Correlation and causation are very different things.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I'm facing a milestone birthday in a couple of weeks that has me feeling reflective, so I very much appreciated that sort of thinking right now.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Random strangers on the Internet are often right. What could possibly go wrong? 😂

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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Davis Square, Somerville

Rumeysa Ozturk: Free Speech is Not a Crime

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"Education, therefore, is a process for living and not a preparation for future living." John Dewey

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

If anyone at the Department of Education wants to add me to the “Let’s sell the federal student loan portfolio to SoFi for 12 cents on the dollar” group text I pinky-promise your secrets are safe with me.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Quote of the day: "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Yes. It may also help numb your pain if it doesn't the boys.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

None of this shit should be normalized.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I can't help but wonder if he is also trying to punish the economies in blue states along the way because many have closer trade relationships with Canada.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I sincerely hope not. This makes me sad on all sorts of levels.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'm going to bet there is no way Tony Stark would have eight of his rockets blow up before finding a solution.

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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

english.elpais.com

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Researchers do research. Parents are not “doing their own research” on vaccines. They’re just googling. It’s the same tool the rest of us use to figure out “Mexican food near me” and “what happened to Richie from Family Matters.”

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Please show me data and evidence that white men have been materially disadvantaged by efforts to improve DEI.

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Chris Marsicano @chrismarsicano.com · 05/03/2025

The Trump administration plans to withhold funding to universities if students protest - a clear violation of the first amendment. This is a battle the Trump Administration will not win. BUT, winning isn't the point. The point is to make life hard for the university. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

wsj.com

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding From Universities Over Protests

Legal experts said holding back federal financing would violate First Amendment protections.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 04/03/2025

The more you know. #JointSession

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

When you can't win fairly, move the goalposts closer.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

(and apologies for the messy Venn diagram, I didn't have the skills or patience to make it prettier.)

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My attempt at trying to make sense of the many drivers behind the current Trump administration policies. What would you add/change?

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

“Millions of us are used by the wealthiest elites to perpetuate and do the dirty work of keeping systemic racism alive and thriving in the USA. It’s not our place to decide and tell Black and brown people that their reality does not exist.” www.linkedin.com/posts/synerg...

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Questioning some of your logic here. Butterfinger is also peanut butter and chocolate, so it can't be just the flavor combo. Personally, I'd ditch E; too whipped and air-filled IMHO

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A number of years ago, I heard the administrator over the air traffic controllers on NPR make an important point. "We're unique in that our job demands a 100 percent success rate. 99.9 percent isn't good enough. It has to be 100." I truly hope that mentality is still in place.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A couple months ago, I saw a pickup truck with "I ❤️ USED" in large letters on the tailgate. My initial thought was, "Wow, that person really likes the Department of Ed" then I realized it was about used cars. 😂

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Those same people don't understand the concept of irony

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Especially with muzzling communication from NIH and HHS

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There is an irony to an administration that decries the value of bureaucrats deploying a bunch of people that amount to bureaucrats to do their bidding

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I love examples of real braided funding. Well done!

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Why does someone in an unelected and unaccountable role have so much authority?

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/01/2025

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I have to admit that I pictured Finding Joy to be a bit like Where's Waldo. That the goal is to find a very distinctive and hot Joy in a crowd.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

What you shared is beautiful and loving. Thank you

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

PSA!

HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
Click away from the story to investigate the site, its mission and its contact info.
READ BEYOND
Headlines can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks. What's the whole story?
CHECK THE AUTHOR
Do a quick search on the author. Are they credible? Are they real?
SUPPORTING SOURCES?
Click on those links. Determine if the info given actually supports the story.
CHECK THE DATE
Reposting old news stories doesn't mean they're relevant to current events.
IS IT A JOKE?
If it is too outlandish, it might be satire.
Research the site and author to be sure.
CHECK YOUR BIASES
Consider if your own beliefs could affect your judgement.
ASK THE EXPERTS
Ask a librarian, or consult a fact-checking site.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/01/2025

a black kid admitted to a selective college under an affirmative action program in say 2019 is almost certainly more qualified to attend the institution than 90% of alums from the previous generation, just by virtue of the dramatically increased competition

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Um, what is going on with the filtering in that picture? Why does KK's skin look so awful? Couldn't you find something more flattering?

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The focus has been the freeze, but absent or after the freeze, there will be huge losses. For example, will researchers be allowed to study health disparities? Will there be funding to investigate disparate environmental impacts? Heck, what about the student achievement gap? Is that too woke?

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Probably not about saving, but projections for additional loan revenue.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

😢 well that's just the driver building false hopes for their passengers

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