William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 2hLove and Anarchy. Written and directed by Lina Wertmüller. 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 21hWent with Le Monde in English headline rather than my usual go to site. Le Monde's headline seems less tendentious. 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 02/10/2026French high school protests spread, hundreds of arrests amid unrestlemonde.frFrench high school protests spread, hundreds of arrests amid unrestAccording to interior ministry figures, 1,027 lycées of the 3,700 across France had been affected by the movement's actions against overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities. 03717
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm a Cold War kid, so keeping up with international news is just second nature to me. 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Futurist Architectural Designs Created by Étienne-Louis Boullée in the 18th Centuryopenculture.comThe Futurist Architectural Designs Created by Étienne-Louis Boullée in the 18th CenturyIf a painter is ahead of his time, his work won't sell particularly well while he's alive. If an architect is ahead of his time, his work probably won't exist at all — not in built form, at least. 03816
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Day Before the Day After? Putin says he might use nukes if NATO acts all previous with Kaliningrad. 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/10/2026AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.democracynow.orgThe Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit GebruWe speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind... 16433208
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dr. Zhivago was good. Pasternak's poetry never really landed with me. But Lowell's translations are pretty good. 001
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And Anne Sexton's Love Poems from 1969. 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A write in vote for Curious as the name, because the cat just came up to the porch to stare at me taking its picture. 010
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Watching Costa Gavras Z for first time in years. Lands eerily different now. 🍊🌮 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finally watched Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and Todo Modo. Petri's mis-en-scène is 🍌🍌🍌 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphonesopenculture.comA 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to SmartphonesWhen we watch a movie from, say, twenty years ago, it strikes us that both nothing and everything has changed. Apart from their slightly baggier clothes, the people look the same as us. But where are ... 02413
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No one on Substack cares about my opinions, but they love my random cat pics. C'est la vie. 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My choices are between Alison Kiva Demure Sugar Cookie 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Newsnerd watch of Sunday morning, @news.dw.com Under the Baobab interview with the Archbishop of Bamenda about the conflict in Cameroon 🇨🇲. 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026 102117891922
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparationsinquirer.comA Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in GermantownGreen Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners. 223125302873
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialJen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 16/09/2026Local woman wakes up, becomes associate member to the EU and helps the spread of oatmeal socialism around the world, makes oatmeal. 214911
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026AXIOS: “.. It's increasingly clear that the Hugging Face breach wasn't a one-off incident.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/09/16/o... 53760289
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialShefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken PaxtonThe case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.” 731277198068
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/06/2026Literally everyone saw this coming. 🚨 Turns out firing respected journalists and blowing up 60 Minutes wasn’t a winning ratings strategy after all. CBS is paying the price. 48048931260
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialMatt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For sure, Bari did this. 60 Minutes has been dealing with the NFL for decades. People are not interested in a journalistically compromised news magazine. variety.com/2026/tv/news...variety.com‘60 Minutes’ Season Debut Sees 21% Drop in Ratings: Is NFL or CBS News to Blame?'60 Minutes' Season Debut Sees 21% Drop in Ratings: Is NFL or CBS News to Blame? 4037168
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialStatus @status.news · 16/09/2026Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told us amounts to a “death spiral.” Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...status.newsBari’s ‘60’ BustBari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status... 2643672
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sending a message to your current audience that you'd prefer to have a different audience results in losing the former without gaining the latter. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...thewrap.comRefurbished ‘60 Minutes’ Debuts to a 19% Ratings DropThe “60 Minutes” Season 59 premiere drew 7.7 million viewers, down 19% year over year. 822081344
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So we have to see The Battle of Chile and The Chess Players. 📽🎥🎞 000
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026Things like the AI Bill of Rights talking about actual human being's RIGHTs and how they shouldn't be trampled over, were what we were discussing under her regime. Not fictional machine gods. www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...govinfo.govBlueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American PeopleOfficial Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office. 112222
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026And "P doom" how could I forget that one? 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Somebody tell Bleek Gilliam that Giant is betting again. 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm telling you reading the AP style book at 10 after 10 on a Monday night is totally punk rock. 010
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How the Silk Road Actually Worked (and What Could Go Terribly Wrong On It)openculture.comHow the Silk Road Actually Worked (and What Could Go Terribly Wrong On It)You don't have to spend a long time reading up on the Silk Road before you see the term itself ('Silk Road') called a misnomer. 0115
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in Americaopenculture.comHow Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in AmericaImage by Dick DeMarsico, via Wikimedia Commons The influence of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on the revolutionary philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is well known. 0226
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 19/08/2026@susanseager.bsky.social posted asking us to ban the term "hallucinate" for AI. She said in part, “The term 'hallucinate' is an inaccurate, industry-friendly term that should be banned when reporting news about AI fabrications.” 93911
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. @wsj.com $CVX www.wsj.com/business/ene... 35847381802
Reposted by William L. Sandles.bsky.socialCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/09/2026countercurrents.org/2026/09/afri...countercurrents.orgAfrica’s BRICS Opportunity: From Resources to Productive Power | CountercurrentsThe enlargement of BRICS presents Africa with a wider field of economic possibilities by bringing the continent into closer relationship with some of the world’s largest markets… 042
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For all the Theater Geeks 🎭🎭 Starring Patrick McGoohan 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 13/09/2026New terms I learned this week, Kessler Syndrome and Climate Feedback Loop. 000
William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Binge watching All the Smoke podcast. First Warren Moon now Dusty Baker. Dusty talks about playing minor league baseball in sundown towns. 000
