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Phil Calvin

@pcalvin.bsky.social

Mad as hell and not gonna take it any more. Also an impatient Buddhist.

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Because the state of Utah has done such a bang-up job managing places like Moab and Virgin. Strip malls and fast food for all to enjoy.

02.12.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My jar of opprobrium leaked a long time ago.

01.12.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gmail with the AI has so enshittified that system. And to turn it off you lose the filtering and spam reduction. It’s such a shame.

30.11.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s normalized the American Gestapo (ICE), so now it’s time to promise the abundance we so deserve. Jobs, houses, cars and lebensraum for everyone.
Everyone who’s white and part of a β€œone people, one country, one leader” vision. Anything β€œnon-American” is bad.

We have seen this all before.

30.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a 12oz can would be just fine, but this monster 24oz is a little too much.

30.11.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this thread below.
this video: youtu.be/JU1IVW6uqM0?...

30.11.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t we even get some bread with this circus?

worst fascist ever…

30.11.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said β€œno healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”

pretty big sentiment shift for the area

29.11.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4050    πŸ” 690    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 30
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a black bird with a long beak is looking at the camera in the dark ALT: a black bird with a long beak is looking at the camera in the dark

We have trained her well. She brings peanuts without asking.

29.11.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve had a few drinks at the VFW tonight so take this with a grain of salt, but I think there are a lot of vets who would enjoy watching that trial.

29.11.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The armrests belong to the sap in the middle.

29.11.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case

Trump condones and rewards only the kingpins in drug smuggling. While Hegseth murders the others.

Where are the adults in the room?

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

29.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does it seem to anyone else like this Witkoff guy is a traitor and should be prosecuted as such? I mean, blatantly working against the US interests and for the Russians would seem like an offense to all the conservatives I grew up with. Where are they now?

29.11.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"My poll numbers have never been better."

28.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 13761    πŸ” 4493    πŸ’¬ 534    πŸ“Œ 237
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Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over β€˜Kill Them All’ Orders A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.

How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.

Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.

Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...

29.11.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11589    πŸ” 3705    πŸ’¬ 834    πŸ“Œ 266

Now the new plan is a nonstarter for Russia. This whole episode was just an embarrassing and useless fire-drill.

While Trump couldn’t care less about Ukraine, he’s foolish to believe he could force an ultimatum and more foolish to not realize he’s being endlessly played by Putin.

25.11.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 413    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 1

Pick it up and drop it over that fence. Or at least kick it off the sidewalk.

28.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

28.11.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4424    πŸ” 1267    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 66
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Witkoff made his career in a world where russian money laundering was normalized depicted as β€œinvestors,” β€œpartners,” or β€œbuyers.”
The same world that Manafort monetized, Trump depended on & russian intelligence used as cover.

They didn’t exit that world, they brought it in.

28.11.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.

He may have abused up to 2,500 women.

Why isn’t this bigger news?

It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.

28.11.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1838    πŸ” 783    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 31

They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera

28.11.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6418    πŸ” 970    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 32

"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.

27.11.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7202    πŸ” 2057    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 35

And the further south, the worse the singing is. Like we need a country-yodeler version. It’s always awful, but the Florida Panthers seem to be the worst.

28.11.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

27.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18984    πŸ” 4792    πŸ’¬ 538    πŸ“Œ 164

If only they made a wagon instead of this

28.11.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be a real shame if the entire complete deleted line were to be quoted over and over every time the BBC mentions Trump.

What was the exact removed quote?

26.11.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PhD Positions

I have three funded projects currently available.

Closing date 10 December 2025:

Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series (CASE project with Met Office) (main supervisor: Tim Osborn; co-supervisors: Stephen Packman, Met Office, Ed Hawkins, University of Reading, Andrew Friedman, UEA)

Closing date 7 January 2026:

Causes and Syndromes of Extreme Wildfires in Tropical and Extratropical Forests (main supervisor: Matt Jones; co-supervisor: Tim Osborn)

Closing date 7 January 2026:

Predicting and Mitigating Megafires under Climate Change (CASE project with WTW) (main supervisor: Matt Jones; co-supervisor: Tim Osborn)

PhD Positions I have three funded projects currently available. Closing date 10 December 2025: Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series (CASE project with Met Office) (main supervisor: Tim Osborn; co-supervisors: Stephen Packman, Met Office, Ed Hawkins, University of Reading, Andrew Friedman, UEA) Closing date 7 January 2026: Causes and Syndromes of Extreme Wildfires in Tropical and Extratropical Forests (main supervisor: Matt Jones; co-supervisor: Tim Osborn) Closing date 7 January 2026: Predicting and Mitigating Megafires under Climate Change (CASE project with WTW) (main supervisor: Matt Jones; co-supervisor: Tim Osborn)

I currently have three funded PhD positions available for applications. Links for more info and to apply are in my profile page: research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/t...

25.11.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never heard of this coffee shop but I will be dining there on Friday morning

26.11.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.

26.11.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1736    πŸ” 887    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 90

McDavid took less money and all he got in return was Trent Frederic and a kick square in the balls

26.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 347    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4

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