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ddling.bsky.social
Husband, dad, dog lover, amateur musician, retired physicist/engineer/teacher, Harvard Physics PhD, U Mich grad, U Chicago, IBM Watson, WHS. Son of 2 KU profs.
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If Trump had been President in 1940, we'd all be speaking German now...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.

submitted 9 days ago • 48 comments

I don't mind the dissolution of the Atlantic alliance and the high price of eggs if Pete Rose is admitted to the Hall of Fame...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The America I am proud of stands with beleaguered democracies under attack by authoritarian states led by tyrants. Not vice versa. So ashamed today... Slava Ukraini!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

For 80 years, the US has benefitted from a world order in which free trade policies and mutual defense pacts among democratic allies has resulted in the $USD being the most favored currency, unprecedented absence of major wars, the increasing prosperity of its citizens and US technology leadership.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Our NATO allies can no longer view the US as a reliable partner. Not only can they not be sure the US would come to their defense if they were attacked by Russia, they can not be sure that the US would not intervene alongside Russia.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Slava Ukraini

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 10 days ago • 197 comments

When the inevitable Trump recession comes, we won't know how bad it is because the professionals in the Labor Dept who collect, collate, sort, organize and report labor statistics will have been fired and replaced by loyalist hacks who will fudge the numbers.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.

submitted 22 days ago • 752 comments

This is a repost of a thread from the other place from 2020 commenting about Trump's policies that discouraged foreign grad students in STEM fields from coming to the US. It is newly relevant in light of Trump's vendetta against American Universities & Research Institutes. @jfallows.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social is a national treasure

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Long before I knew he was a Nazi... (Note the date)

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is soft on crime...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I'm really looking forward to having un-monitored pimply boys running IT for NORAD

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

submitted 33 days ago • 2649 comments