Reposted by Ken ThompsonShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026#ResistanceRoots Margaret “Mardy” Murie was born on this day in 1902 in Seattle. Known as the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement, she dedicated her life to protecting America’s wilderness, playing a key role in passing landmark environmental laws and establishing protected areas in Alaska. /1 342706560 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonSailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Left completely rudderless after McCain died. 0422 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonNorth East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 09/07/2026Dislike, even apparent hatred, of Starmer was only partially about his performance as prime minister | Ben Andersonnortheastbylines.co.ukThe politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?Dislike, even apparent hatred, of Starmer was only partially about his performance as prime minister 984 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonTyler King @tyleraking.com · 13/06/2026Put the Kennedy Center live feed on the LA Stadium jumbotron you cowards. 524082470 0
Reposted by Ken Thompson𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Well played, everybody! 052 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Bahia Palace, Marrakech. My photo. #ceilingsonsunday 030 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonGretel le Maître 🐘 @gretellemaitre.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I would be honoured if you would join me for gentle, advert-free and cost-free chatter. I would love your company and if you like what you hear, please repost or forward to people who might benefit from gentle chattering companionship and literary nourishment. 🙋♀️🐦⬛🤗 www.buzzsprout.com/2412300/epis... 0153 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 16/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comIT IS A COUPThis is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong. 010 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 12/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...open.substack.comIn Conversation with Danielle Moodie[Transcript edited for clarity, length and flow] 000 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonYaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Greetings from Kyiv, that survived another russian night attack. 2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating (in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season). We still have some. In a few days, frosts will return. I don’t know how to make the world listen. 39448128 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 03/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/charliea...open.substack.comMonsters in Plain SightSo what did we learn from the latest dump of Epstein files? 010 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 02/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...open.substack.comAlex Pretti, John Brown, And Nonviolent ResistanceWhich path will we take ... 020 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 19/01/2026en.hespress.com/128934-12893...en.hespress.comMorocco delivers another shock to human history with 773,000 year old fossils from CasablancaHuman fossils dating to about 773,000 years ago have been identified in a cave in Casablanca, with researchers saying the remains may come from an archaic 010 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonGretel le Maître 🐘 @gretellemaitre.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Seeing this in the flesh blew my mind. Please go down the rabbit hole if you don’t know about this beautiful 7th c. depiction of Mary holding baby Jesus, on St Cuthbert’s reliquary, held in beautiful Durham Cathedral. Mary’s fingers can be seen around Jesus’ left shoulder and his feet dangle. Ctd.. 13710 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Some days, the simple things in life truly matter. 040 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 18/11/2025open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut...open.substack.comChapter 2: Russia's Orthodox ChurchWelcome to my new series, Inside the Kremlin’s Global Far-Right Operations. 030 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...emptywheel.netTrump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia - emptywheelThe hold Putin has over Trump is existential for Trump. And unless we can expose that, the US will increasingly become a mere satellite of Russia. 000 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 14/08/2025What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/w...emptywheel.netWhat Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? - emptywheelAnd all we're waiting to see on Trump's Friday meeting with Putin is what kind of deceit Trump adopts to pretend that his coming betrayal of not just Ukraine -- but the US itself -- is instead the pea... 030 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonDan Rodricks @danrodricks.bsky.social · 25/07/2025"I think the end game is to change normal everywhere you see it." Q&A: Rep. Kweisi Mfume on Trump and the Republicans open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...open.substack.comMfume: 'Where we are is a real test point, a real point of temperature checking in our country.'Q&A with Rep. Kweisi Mfume: With 14 years in Congress in two different stints, he says, 'It's gotten worse. I've never seen anything like this.' 041 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Voters respond to fighters (e.g., AOC, Pritzker, Booker) who do not hold back in attacking MAGA extremists. Prefer fresher voices expressing righteous anger rather than old fogies acting as if opposition is futile. Favor politicians who pledge dramatic change, not more of the same 24467111 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Newport Beach attorney Heidi Plummer says she was handcuffed and taken to an ICE processing center during a weekend operation in Santa Ana, despite her U.S. citizenship and public legal role. "There was no warning... no rhyme or reason." 08646 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Paid thuggery. How is DHS paying for this when they cave already blown their budget? 010 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 22/06/2025It’s #caturday and Chester says the day is too long and light. 090 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Our health is endangered by the Big Disastrous Bill. 010 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Bed bugs and humans are made for each other. www.sciencenews.org/article/bedb...sciencenews.orgBedbugs may have been one of the first urban pestsCommon bedbugs experienced a dramatic jump in population size about 13,000 years ago, around the time humans congregated in the first cities. 010 0
Reposted by Ken Thompsonshorethingtoledo.bsky.social @shorethingtoledo.bsky.social · 07/05/2025It’s fucking bizzaro world we’re living in where the President shares untruths on truth social, the justice department serves injustice, the department of education promotes ignorance, and the health department increases disease by undermining prevention. 1145 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 02/05/2025On the Rump’s schedule for today: President will participate in the 2025 RNC Spring Gala at Mar-a-Lago. Part-time president and full time grifter. 041 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Important interview with Dr. Brandy X Lee. mindsitenews.org/2025/04/21/t...mindsitenews.org'A Public Health Emergency': The Crusade to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness for Office – MindSite NewsDr. Bandy X. Lee says Trump has deteriorated, and the level of danger has vastly increased — especially because his symptoms have spread. 082 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 26/04/2025@caturday62.bsky.social It’s a rainy day. What does a cat do? 040 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonDevlyn Angel, ETQ 😈😇 @devlynangel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It no longer matters that you didn't vote for the orange rapist felon. Everything he's doing is being done in the name of the United States. We must remove him. Failure to resist and remove is not an option. Silence is complicity. 822696620 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Is it me or does it not seem that the Rump is a lonely and isolated man? He looks small and weak in the chaos around him. Not a president, but a resident in his twisted mind. 020 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations newrepublic.com/post/194312/... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comTrump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass DeportationsAmid the fury over Trump’s deportations to El Salvador, the administration just deported someone to Rwanda. And no, he’s not from there. 010 0
Ken Thompson @kthomp20.bsky.social · 22/04/2025All ears. U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he attends the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis 000 0
Reposted by Ken ThompsonNature Conservancy of Canada | Conservation de la nature Canada @ncccnc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Insects, birds and amphibians are more than they seem — they’re ecosystem indicators. 🐝🐦🦎 Bees pollinate, songbirds control pests, and salamanders help cycle nutrients. Their health reflects the health of entire ecosystems. Protecting them, protects us all. 🌿 #NationalWildlifeWeek 0133 0
