Jay Shaw

***Attention graduate students of U.S. immigration, emigration, and/or ethnic history, broadly defined***

Ok so this guy doesn’t even have the basic facts of the war down. I mean really? The communists killed more people?

• "We have no inflation." Inflation is at 3%. • "It's at 2%. It's-- it's the perfect inflation." Inflation is at 3%. • "Right now [grocery prices are] going down." Grocery prices are up 1.4% since Trump came to office. • "A year ago, we were a dead country." Not only did the US have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in both 2023 and 2024, but the Economist magazine called it "the envy of the world." • "11,888 murderers were let into our country." Not only is this number inaccurate, but many of the non-citizens convicted of homicide either here or abroad came in during Trump's first term. • "Washington, DC, was... almost like a crime capital of the world." In 2023, per PolitiFact, "at least 49 other cities in the world had higher homicide rates. • "[Biden] hardly went anywhere. Guy couldn't leave his bedroom." Not only did Joe Biden visit roughly as many countries in his term of office as Trump did in his first term, but Biden was the first US president to visit an active warzone - Ukraine - not under the control of US forces. • "I made Middle East peace. For 3,000 years, they couldn't do it." There is no peace in Palestine, no peace deal in place, and it isn't a 3,000-year-old conflict. • "Communist, not socialist. Communist. He's far worse than a socialist." Zohran Mamdani is not a communist. • "I can't give them $1.5 trillion so that they can give welfare to people that came into our country illegally." The Trump/GOP claim that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants has been repeatedly debunked. • "They emptied their mental institutions and their insane asylums-- into the United States of America." Asylum seekers don't come from "insane asylums." Obviously. • "One thing I can tell you, the 2020 election was rigged." It wasn't. The courts agreed. • "And a lotta people say when it's rigged you're allowed to do it again." A lot of people don't say this. The US Constitution doesn't, for sure.

Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.

Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

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#Updated - Air and Space Power Bibliography www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #airpowerhistory #militaryaviation #avgeek

Dude, these mini's are incredible, especially the fact that they're hand crafted. She literally printed out the gores and everything.

#gischat

With what I read I don’t think I could get through the rest. It was pretty bad.

Glad to see this story covered by the press. I've heard from colleagues that Goddard labs are being moved/closed during the government shutdown while employees are unable to receive notification/e-mail/warnings. There's fear that they'll return after the shutdown & labs will be gone. 🔭

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YouTube video by APTN News Prince Albert police seek help locating missing 11-year old boy Traystin Paskemin | APTN News

Prince Albert Police Service in Saskatchewan are asking for help in locating missing 11-year old boy Traystin Paskemin.

The police service posted to Facebook on October 27 that Paskemin was last seen in the city on October 1.

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Real “let them lick marble” energy from the WH today

We‘ll have to see if Republicans are so eager to starve poor people that they appeal these court orders to fund SNAP.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

At top, a black and white chart labeled "Normal Distribution," showing a curved line that starts low at the left, curves up and peaks in the middle, and returns to the same low position on the right. At bottom, a black and white chart labeled "Paranormal Distribution," showing the curved line transformed into a typical ghost (a floating white sheet draped over an upright body) with two dark dots for eyes.

Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:

Less than 2 weeks to this event in Glasgow!
#GeminiAndMercuryRemastered talk on IMAX, followed by a special IMAX showing of Apollo 13!
It's a 5hr+ space history marathon - 18:00 til late on Thursday 13th November @glasgowscience.bsky.social

Tickets here: glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/gem...

Robby Soave, attacking leftist professors for being mean to Nazis all throughout twitter and now just defending Nazis. his politics are clear.

New job:

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities

University of Rochester

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69418

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

Well Djnjxxwhatever knew what he was talking about 🙄

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Attention historians of the US:

All I ever see is the angry hobbit that none of the other hobbits like.

Because you get an MRI as a routine assessment. I didn’t realize that’s how that worked. 🙄

I see familiar faces here!

Also- #AlaskaNativeResilience is 40% off using the code and link through @uwapress.uw.edu here through Oct 31!

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Remember: if you allegedly threw a drink at this guy then proceeded to beat him with the empty glass no you didn’t you were hanging out with me and hundreds of other people

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...