Moshe Feder

YouTube video by Curious Droid Can Iran Stop U.S. Bunker Buster Bombs?

This is the best video I’ve seen explaining what bunker-buster bombs can and maybe can’t do.

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Hegseth orders US navy to strip Harvey Milk name from ship amid Pride month Timing of announcement on ship named after prominent gay rights activist and veteran is intentional, reports say

It seems that every week or two the awful people who report to Trump feel a need to prove again that they are just as divisive and hateful as he is. They give fresh relevance to the term “Un-American,” which I never thought I’d use.

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Rep. Nadler Responds to DHS Raid on His Office: 'It Can Happen to Anyone' Trump's DHS entered a congressional office and detained a staffer without a warrant

Yes, we *are* becoming a police state. This should chill you to your bones.

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American Government: Constitutional Foundations | Harvard University Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

In response to Trump’s trashing of democratic norms, Harvard University is offering a FREE online course titled American Government: Constitutional Foundations, taught by Prof. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government at the Kennedy School.

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Photo of 747 jet Qatar is offering to Trump. Headline says “Largest BRIBE in World History!”

Singer-Songwriter Jill Sobule “Filled The Room With This Whirlwind of Whimsy” Michelle Lewis, CEO of the Songwriters of North America and a close friend of Sobule’s, remembers the groundbreaking artist after she tragically died in a house fire.

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Jill Sobule was as much a Jewish icon as a queer one The singer-songwriter's music spoke of Jesus' Judaism, Nazis and celebrated historical figures' blindspots for Jews.

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My longtime GF and I befriended Jill over many years of attending her shows and hoped to assist her with the SF musical she wanted to create. The pandemic postponed that possibility, which now becomes a melancholy “might have been.”

Her unique voice was so essential in this awful era… 😢

Jill Sobule, Singer of ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in House Fire (Gift Article) Ms. Sobule, known for her advocacy as well as her music, died in a house fire. She had been scheduled to perform songs from an autobiographical musical she wrote.

Jill was brilliant, funny, sweet, energetic, talented, principled, brave, profane, rebellious, enthusiastic, humble, kind, and well, just adorable.

I spoke with her many times about SF and other topics. I, and all her devoted fans, will miss her terribly.”

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Meme showing just Elon Musk looking straight at the camera with an expression between blank and stern. The text reads, “The richest man on Earth is dismantling the organization that feeds the poorest children on Earth.” The source is The London Economic, a British online newspaper with no connection to either The Economist or The London School of Economics.

No comment from me required.

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. (Gift Article) The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

Trump proves he is an enemy of science and cares nothing about America’s natural world.

His proposed research cuts would reduce us to third-rate status. He is doing Xi and Putin’s work for them.

Contrary to his slogan, he is destroying American greatness.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

And unlike Trump, Satan actually keeps his deals!

(Yes, he will trick you if he can. Read the fine print and have a good lawyer review it for loopholes and trickery.)

H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain The finding suggests a new spillover event, further dashing hopes of containment.

More bad news for the hope of containing Bird Flu’s spread.

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There is literally no end to the stupidity.

Yesterday’s proposal from Trump that the U.S. take over Gaza took it to new heights. (See my post with a “Letter to God” reaction, and I’m an agnostic!)

Yikes! 2025 is turning into Orwell’s 1984. We must support resistance to neo-Stalinism.

This is getting positively Orwellian! Seeing 2025 turn into 1984 was not on my bingo card. I hope everyone will conscientiously refuse to comply with such a totalitarian demand.

That was another varied and engaging AMA. I’m glad you took the time at the top to provide historical context for the baffled listeners of the future. If it’s within their technological capacity, maybe they’ll send us help or at least advice.

The world’s richest man is trying to end a program that serves the world’s poorest people.

That’s the story of USAID.

Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

It’s crazily stupid and stupidly crazy.

…they would be airplanes?

A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.

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I’m glad a prominent person is now bluntly saying this. Now how about getting some injunctions?

This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸

Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds Study published in Science says a single hemagglutinin mutation, similar to one seen in a Canadian case, could make H5N1 better suited to infect people.

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Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds Study published in Science says a single hemagglutinin mutation, similar to one seen in a Canadian case, could make H5N1 better suited to infect people.

Not that I recall. But a science article I read elsewhere claims the virus is now just one mutation away from being able to spread between humans.

www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/h...

(Letter to God continued.)

𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍.

𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢,

𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚎 (𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎)

(Letter to God continued from previous post.)
𝙰 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕-𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝙼 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝. (Continued in next post.)

Screen shot of top of New York Times homepage as of 1 A.M. EST on Wednesday February 5, 2025. Large photo shows Netanyahu and Trump at lecterns in front of their flags. Headline reads, “Trump Declares that U.S. Should Seize Control of Gaza.”

𝙊𝙮 𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙯 𝙢𝙞𝙧!

𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚?

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙶𝚘𝚍,

𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗? 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 “𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍” 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. (Continued next post.)