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William Schendel

@wschende.bsky.social
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Opera lover, global traveler, dog walker, community organizer, life long learner, & award winning international pervert. Based in Chicago.

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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
They have no idea what they are doing. The Library of Congress does not lend books to children. It is a research library and the research arm of Congress, a co-equal branch of government. Books do not, generally, leave the Library of Congress's reading room. Idiots.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy Pride Month from The Pentagon....
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So much winning....
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Some good news for a change. Institutions can change and do the right thing. After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/a...
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After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home
Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to overturn a Biden Admin rule that limited bank overdraft fees to $5. This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually. The GOP is the party of junk fees.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Re: Tonight's episode of Drag Race. Lexi Love's realization that Suzie Toot is who she could have been - a theater kid who went to college and trained for performance - if she hadn't run away from home and struggled with addiction, was a quick but impactful moment in tonight's episode.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Congress decides what is in the US National Interest when it creates governmental agencies and passes budgets to fun the work of the agencies. The President can only approve or veto those legislative moves. He does not have the power to shutter agencies or do mass firings at agencies.
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KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨This. Is. How. You. Do. It. 🚨
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Another genius New Yorker cover.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"Quo Vadis" is on TCM. I've given it the college try, but Robert Taylor as Marcus Vinicius is just an atrociously mis-cast actor. He seems like he's ripped out of a noir film and dropped in a sand and sandals epic. It's just bad casting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TorZ...
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Quo Vadis (1951) - Official® Trailer [HD]
YouTube video by TrailersPlaygroundHD
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thank you for your architecture, innovation, and the persistence in pursuit of your vision. David M. Childs, Architect of 1 World Trade Center, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/a...
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David M. Childs, Architect of 1 World Trade Center, Dies at 83
The antithesis of a “starchitect,” he didn’t have a recognizable style. But as a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he helped transform the New York skyline.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If you've not seen it, I highly recommend watching "Nazi Town USA" from American Experience. It's portrays the last time fascism came to America wrapped in an American flag and a Christian cross. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp_...
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NAZI TOWN, USA | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A grad student and Rhodes Scholar was disappeared from Boston by masked thugs, and appears to have been flown to Louisiana without any due process. This is what authoritarian dictators do. Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Another excellent and informational video from The B1M - one of my favorite educational video sources on the internet.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I love this. They had me at "Space House". What an excellent restoration and rejuvenation of an iconic piece of brutality architecture.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
For those keeping track, that's an $8B loss on the chain. I hope that Family Dollar can come surging back. They were always a step above the other dollar stores, and Dollar Tree diluted their power.. Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
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Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion
Nearly 10 years after buying Family Dollar for about $9 billion, Dollar Tree announced it would sell the retailer to two private equity firms.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is the man that right wingers think is the apex of American ideal. Beyond insanity.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If you are not protesting this shit, you are permitting it. Period. What will you tell future generations when they ask you what you did to stop this administration's crimes against humanity?
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Spent the afternoon removing the hardware and sanding down my new secretary cabinet. I'm planning on painting it black, adding black and gold bamboo pulls, and attempting some chinoiserie painting on it. We'll see how this goes.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Good riddance to bad rubbish. www.joemygod.com/2025/03/usps...
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USPS Head Louis DeJoy Resigns, Effective Immediately - Joe.My.God.
Time Magazine reports: Louis DeJoy has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a source familiar with the matter. On Monday, he told the USPS Board of Gov...
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
DOGE is the waste and inefficiency. IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A message for Elon.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
47 will not stop until he turns the USA into a shithole country.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
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America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is how you do it. The first rule in "On Tyranny" is "Do Not Obey In Advance." that also means you do not negotiate with dictators.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
An afternoon of house cleaning while listening to Kraftwerk in advance of their concert at The Auditorium next weekend.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Ditto - if he wasn't doing so many illegal and unconstitutional things, he wouldn't face so many injunctions.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is not helpful at all. Please read. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Trump admin considers shutting down some CDC expert panels
HHS tells CDC leaders it is “recommending termination” of the discretionary advisory committees.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
We were on the verge of realistically achieving the end of HIV transmission in the United States, and now he's going to undo this an unleash a new wave of transmissions and death. Trump Administration Dialing Back Support for H.I.V. Prevention www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...
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Trump Administration Dialing Back Support for H.I.V. Prevention
The move follows cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide with the shuttering of U.S.A.I.D.
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Wilma Marlene Fine ✈️ @wmf5.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If you rely on Social Security, Medicare, ACA, clean air, clean water, safe food, safe medicine, safe air travel, safe train travel, the right to chose, equality, beautiful parks, lakes and streams, you shouldn't of voted for Republicans.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Today's MetOpera broadcast on WFMT involves 2 one-act operas I've never heard before. A Maurice Ravel opera I'm liking a lot, paired with a Francis Poulenc opera I've never heard either. It's also the 100th anniversary of the Ravel opera's premiere, thus the airing.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Just finished my taxes with FreeTaxUSA.com. No cost to to me to file either state or federal. Very happy with that result, not so happy with how much I have to pay, but it's under $1000 so I can swing it one way or the other.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Maybe I should add Helsinki to my travel wish list. Why Helsinki Is Worth Visiting for the Architecture Alone www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/t...
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The Architecture You Need to See in Helsinki
With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if lesser-sung, design capitals.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
No one voted for this... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...
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Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is not good.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Why on earth does someone's identification even need to list their sex? It makes no sense. It does nothing to aid in the identification process. The photo, name, address and ID number should do the heavy lifting, not someone's sex. Get rid of it all together, problem solved.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I knew that gold filigree on the Oval office fireplace surround was new, but I had no idea how much gilded crap he was cluttering the oval office with. Gross. archive.is/RRkdA
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
And now he's getting us into a war with Iranian back militias. Trump is going to get us all killed one way or the other. U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
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U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen
The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Been listening to a Disco Deep Cuts playlist on Apple today. This just came on and I love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8fB...
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Night & Day (Disco Version)
YouTube video by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra - Topic
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It's beyond time for Dick Durbin to retire. One of many who need to retire in the Senate. www.joemygod.com/2025/03/sena...
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Senate Votes To Advance Funding Bill In 62-38 Vote - Joe.My.God.
The Washington Post reports: The Senate has voted 62-38 to advance a measure Friday to extend federal funding levels through September and avert a government shutdown set to begin just after midnight....
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Good. The arts is no place for his authoritarian instincts. JD Vance Is Booed at a Kennedy Center Concert After Trump’s Takeover www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/a...
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JD Vance Is Booed at a Kennedy Center Concert After Trump’s Takeover
The vice president and his wife were booed as they took their seats for a National Symphony Orchestra concert of music by Shostakovich and Stravinsky.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is a scary proposition.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Brain Drain is a real thing, and MAGA is accelerating it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/03/2025
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So much winning...
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A good read Don’t say (Enola) Gay
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This seems like a desperate move to obstruct justice, and highly illegal as well.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Other countries seems to be able to arrest their lawless former leaders fairly quickly. Why can't the USA? For Duterte, Signs of a Reckoning Years After He Ordered a Deadly Drug War www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
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Philippines’ Ex-President Duterte Arrested Under I.C.C. Warrant
Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila and was flown to The Hague to face International Criminal Court charges of crimes against humanity.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Latvians are very excited about their country's Oscar and Golden Globe wins. And I think that's cool.
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William Schendel @wschende.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Important things to know if we are to prevent further criminalizations of marginalized LGBTQ+ communities, individuals, and organizations.
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