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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.” -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...

At the conclusion of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for. Of course, everyone stood up (just as everyone had leaped to his feet during the conference at every mention of his name). ... For three minutes, four minutes, five minutes, the stormy applause, rising to an ovation, continued. But palms were getting sore and raised arms were already aching. And the older people were panting from exhaustion. It was becoming insufferably silly even to those who really adored Stalin.

However, who would dare to be the first to stop? … After all, NKVD men were standing in the hall applauding and watching to see who would quit first! And in the obscure, small hall, unknown to the leader, the applause went on – six, seven, eight minutes! They were done for! Their goose was cooked! They couldn’t stop now till they collapsed with heart attacks! At the rear of the hall, which was crowded, they could of course cheat a bit, clap less frequently, less vigorously, not so eagerly – but up there with the presidium where everyone could see them?

The director of the local paper factory, an independent and strong-minded man, stood with the presidium. Aware of all the falsity and all the impossibility of the situation, he still kept on applauding! Nine minutes! Ten! In anguish he watched the secretary of the District Party Committee, but the latter dared not stop. Insanity! To the last man! With make-believe enthusiasm on their faces, looking at each other with faint hope, the district leaders were just going to go on and on applauding till they fell where they stood, till they were carried out of the hall on stretchers! And even then those who were left would not falter…

Then, after eleven minutes, the director of the paper factory assumed a businesslike expression and sat down in his seat. And, oh, a miracle took place! Where had the universal, uninhibited, indescribable enthusiasm gone? To a man, everyone else stopped dead and sat down. They had been saved!

The squirrel had been smart enough to jump off his revolving wheel. That, however, was how they discovered who the independent people were. And that was how they went about eliminating them. That same night the factory director was arrested. They easily pasted ten years on him on the pretext of something quite different. But after he had signed Form 206, the final document of the interrogation, his interrogator reminded him:

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.”

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Interesting article on AI use in military, its use and legitimacy. Wonder if AI more or less responsible for attack on Iran girls’ school.

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Agree strongly.

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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La Ood 🏜️ @lmc55g95.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨 #Tucson #PSA If you see #ICE, or any group targeting folks in your neighborhood, call this number ⬇️ Protecting our #Neighbors is THE #American thing to do! #Persist and #Resist this hateful #regime.

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

More information on the proposed for- profit Marana ICE facility.

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It’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job @mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Tucson! Marana! Please join the efforts to stop MTC from creating a for-profit ICE detention center with ZERO oversight. Wear orange and bring friends!We want to pack the room. Aim to be there around 5:30 if you can. PLEASE share this information!

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Sally Dodds @sdodds.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Downtown

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#NOKINGS SO PROUD OF TUCSON 🏜 THOUANDS OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS MARCHING ...SINGING... Thank you my fellow Tucsonans In America we have NO KINGS ALSO SWEAR IN ADELITA GRIJALVA

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Am listening to Cory Booker on C-SPAN2 and actually learning something. Thank you Senator Booker.

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Worth reading

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twinkle2s.bsky.social @twinkle2s.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Holy shit

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