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Workplace anthropologist in tech, sociolinguist, editor; nature, art, and people lover. Intel Principal Engineer, retired. Former editor Information Technology & People. Currently academic copy editor.
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

BREAKING: Reports on Orange Mussolini’s parade attendance are in… 200,000 were expected — only 8,647 bothered to showed up. 😂 Meanwhile, everywhere else…👇

So it was the "No Kings" marches versus the "No Crowds" parade

Thank to all the @dailybeanspod.com listeners who reserved trump parade tickets but went to #NoKings protests instead. It’s because of people like us that they expected 200K but got fewer than 10K - generating images like this.

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

Holy shit, New York! Here’s the full view. #NoKings #50501Movement

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

“Seven Lies about Israel’s Attack on Iran: I was a US intelligence analyst. Trump and Netanyahu are lying to you.”

BREAKING: MAJOR crowd PROBLEMS for Donald Trump

Plenty of hotel capacity in DC tonight. Doesn’t look like a big crowd in town for Dear Leader’s parade tomorrow. #NoKings

Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump just figured out that undocumented workers play a vital role in America’s economy after all. Now, maybe ICE will start targeting criminals, instead of hardworking people just trying to raise their families.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started theonion.com/netanyahu-ca...

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

Picking radishes is no easy task. Efrén spends 8-10 hrs/day on his knees, picking and sorting the radishes into small bunches to fill dozens of crates a day in CA's Ventura County. He's proud to have worked in America's fields for 49 years. #WeFeedYou

"[Troops] have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

@therickwilson.bsky.social: If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe. WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=cEqM...

apnews.com/live/israel-... Sen. Reed calls Israel strike 'a reckless escalation'

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater