wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 4hSteve Brodner stevebrodner.substack.com/p/children-a... 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 4h"Every Russian hybrid attack should drive allies to increase their support for Ukraine. Putin has used every tool to stop the flow of assistance to Kyiv. The steady stream of military and economic support, although still flowing, has thinned out considerably since the early months of the war."foreignaffairs.comRussia’s Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New PhaseJulianne Smith, who represented the United States at NATO during the Biden administration, argues that Russian hybrid warfare in Europe is escalating quickly, and NATO is not doing enough to deter it.... 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5h"Out on the heath, Lear has an epiphany when he recognizes that people other than him are real human beings, imagining how they experience life’s storms while unhoused and unfed. He shows some moral curiosity. What will it take to interrupt our own cheering and force our own epiphany?"derekpenwell.substack.comAnd the Crowd CheeredThere’s a famous scene in William Shakespeare’s King Lear in which King Lear stands on the heath in the midst of a tremendous storm. 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5h"News signals that an event has occurred. Truth is the laborious business of bringing hidden facts into relation and making a picture of reality on which people can act. Lippmann’s position was that the press could do the first well and could almost never do the second."open.substack.comThe Pictures in Our Heads: Why 37% Trust Is Not the DiseaseThe lowest news trust ever recorded is being read as an injury to journalism. Walter Lippmann showed in 1922 that the number was always measuring something else. 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5hcartoonmovement.substack.comFight AI slop with art!French cartoonist Piet creates anti-AI stickers 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5h"The Bottom Line The president commands. Congress pays. The courts referee. And voters pick the players, starting November 3."steadystate1.substack.comHold Fast: What a President Actually ControlsA guide to the limits and powers of the executive branch over defense, intelligence, and emergencies 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5h"When the hazard is low (i.e., the risk of the plague reaching the U.S. from Russia is essentially nil) but the outrage is high (lots of chatter and concern), what is the right call? Almost no official information is coming out of Russia, creating enormous information voids and rumors/falsehoods."yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comTop 8 questions about the “plague” situationWell, “the plague” is trending on almost all social media channels now. 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 5hAnarchy is the elimination of economic and governmental structural violence, not the elimination of government itself. The United States currently has a government that is desperately shoring up the framework of American structural violence. It cannot, and will not, end well. 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 21h"We know what Yersinia pestis is and how to diagnose it. We know how to isolate patients, identify close contacts, and give them preventive antibiotics. Besides, plague does not normally float through buildings like measles or move silently through populations the way COVID could."thegrimhistorian.substack.comEveryone Calm the Heck Down About the Russian PlagueBefore we scare the bejeezus out of everyone with the Great Russian Plague of 2026, pay attention to who is spreading the panic. 010
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 22hWhether Trumpism is a contemporary phenomenon, a return of 19th century racism and early 20th century fascism, or a lingering poison from the founding fathers, unless it is burned out root and branch, this country will never achieve the democratic status it claims.theguardian.comI witnessed the Pinochet regime’s fall. It offers hope – and a warning – for the US | Ariel DorfmanNovember’s midterms bring parallels with a moment in October 1988. But Pinochet’s exit wasn’t the end of his influence 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Benjamin Slyngstad www.facebook.com/slyngstadcar... 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Under Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. has abandoned the U.N. prohibition on violating the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, as well as the human rights of the people in the small boats, not to mention migrants."heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 5, 2026Last night, on October 4, U.S. 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"If early accounts are correct, this story is about the pneumonic plague. It’s concerning, as any lab accident/leak is, but the risk of this becoming a Covid-19 pandemic is very, very low for a few reasons."yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comPlague in Russia? Plus flu, common cold, a new opioid, and good newsThe Dose (October 6) 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration. More than 500 cases." projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"California alone sent the IRS $766.5 billion in fiscal 2025. New York added another $411.4 billion. These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet. This is the federal government’s operating cash. Delay it by a month? Treasury starts bouncing checks. Delay it by a quarter? Agencies shut down."cmarmitage.substack.comDeport Republicans: A Practical GuideThey want mass deportations? Give them economic deportation. Blue states subsidize red states to the tune of hundreds of billions annually. Regardless of how the midterms turn out, these tools all rem 000
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“The ethics of the death penalty are clear — taking a life in punishment for murder is not justice, but vengeance. One does not right a wrong by creating another wrong. The usual excuse for executions, that they are a ‘deterrent’, has been proven untrue, time and time again."thehastingscenter.orgLethal Injection: America’s Unethical Answer to an Unethical Punishment : The Hastings Center for BioethicsWhen Christa Pike did not die from lethal injection, physicians were obligated to save her life. We are concerned about the predicament the healthcare workers are placed in. 094
wellbillyboy @wellbillyboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The elusiveness of military victory does not make battlefield effectiveness irrelevant. But the purpose of fighting is to shape the two sides’ bargaining leverage by shifting their expectations of future costs. Success in combat enables productive talks, but it is no substitute for them."foreignaffairs.comThe Myth of Military VictoryThe dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice. 000
