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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The USA's huge market force could have, by now, tipped the whole world's engineering capability towards net zero.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Starfish dancing on a pole Original post

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Press secretaries under both parties typically come from campaigns and are chosen for loyalty. What has changed is the degree of adversarial posture and the weaker ties to civil norms of access and accuracy.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The boycott target was the government, not a business rival. In the good ol' days, the 'leader of the free world' would have respected that peaceful, collective refusals to cooperate, when aimed at a political or public cause, are protected speech.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Antitrust law exists to protect competition: to stop companies from fixing prices, carving up markets, or squeezing out rivals. The networks aren’t hurting a competitor. They’re standing with one, and they’re giving up access and audience to do it. The target is the government, not a business rival.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Every accusation is a projection...

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

lot of disappointment in that selection ...

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Notably, Mississippi's law refers to God and the Bible, expressing gratitude to Almighty God and invokes his blessing on the constitution. Officials take oaths ending "So help me God." Perhaps the word 'me' carries too much weight.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A civil thing to do would be to have a duty of care that kicks in when there is gross negligence and adopt a binding heat standard.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One framework worth naming is the deliberate pursuit of as many ratchet effects as possible on the Overton window: stacking courts, buying up media, weakening governments, and harnessing data at scale.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here is a screenshot. We can 'speculate' that the remorse essays will be in someone's folder.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hiding behind the flashed sign was Ethan Harper, "Pronouns: Masculine" , who managed to cheapen the reputation of @harvard.edu . Who knew that shamelessness has consequences?

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rejoining the EU would give the UK frictionless trade, stronger collective security and energy cooperation, but with fewer opt-outs, and a politically difficult path back.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sobering view in the mirror though ..

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Given @harvardlawschool.bsky.social 's unparalleled status, what then does such privileged position owe the public in terms of stewardship of their alumni's conduct?

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nicole W's reading of the contrast between these two world leaders .... www.facebook.com/share/r/1Gcq...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Eliot Jacobson: Yesterday's Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly (preliminary) was a record 3.047°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, beating the previous record of 3.034°C set on November 19, 2015.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Legal training filtered through a religious-advocacy lens means that truth is approached adversarially, as something to be defended through advocacy rather than neutrally investigated.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

C.S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer. In 1953 ....

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Beatles showed their support for the US civil rights movement by refusing to play in front of segregated audiences, a contract shows. www.bbc.com/news/enterta...

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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows

The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So Ed Sheeran hates the idea of turning his stage into a soapbox, but this 'middle of the road' stance signals a morally weak avoidance.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ed Sheeran's 'playing it safe' quality overdone becomes a pitfall.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

guess which 'room' Melania gets to read ...

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yes, students can be provided with auto-generated flashcards and summaries from raw material, AI video explainers, and podcast-style audio recaps of reading. But beware of the atrophy that follows giving students artifacts and appearances of study without cognition that makes that studying work.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wonder how many true believers could be offered a business opportunity to front $2,500 each, promising to hand over their $5,000 Trump cheque the moment it arrives.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When proposing peace talks regarding the war in Ukraine, Putin explicitly insisted that the U.S. delegation be led by Witkoff, ensuring that professional representatives from the U.S. State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies be entirely excluded from the direct negotiating process.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For the select few who conflate 'the economy' or 'the country' with themselves, the economy is booming.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Imagine the 'Cambridge Analytica 2.0' made possible by pulling together sensitive personal information from all 50 states into one giant federal database.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

By creating a database, the government could use minor mismatches to question election results, feeding public doubt about whether the midterms are fair.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Google and Apple apply geographic segmentation to appease Trump, hoping localized search results and curated news feeds will dilute negative sentiment.

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Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Zugunruhe: Borrowed from ornithology, it describes the migratory anxiousness that birds feel before their long journeys. It perfectly encapsulates a state of being restless, anxious, and discombobulated, yet driven by an irrepressible urge to go.

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