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Researcher studying language-in-use in clinical (and other) settings. Views my own. #emca #ConversationAnalysis #ethnomethodololgy https://sites.google.com/view/thalkowski/home

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re: hockey, Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever to live, gave up three years in the prime of his life โ€” years in which his fighting would have been at peak; actual money incalculable โ€” rather than fight in an unjust war, so noping out on grandpaโ€™s burger bash should be an easy choice

25.02.2026 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6255    ๐Ÿ” 1131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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The Ugly Underbelly of the US Menโ€™s Hockey Victory The real Olympic heroes were the athletes who stood up for each otherโ€”and against Trump.

โ€œUnlike other US Olympians speaking out against this regime, men's hockey players chose to be lickspittles.โ€

24.02.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 385    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

๐Ÿคฎ

25.02.2026 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They embraced the orange felon, and the stink will never come off.

25.02.2026 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both.

25.02.2026 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's the @nytimes.com - they're crazy.

25.02.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please don't compare Joe Biden to a convicted felon, rapist, and racist.

25.02.2026 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"hit familiar notes on immigration," you meant, spewed vile racist lies, perhaps? Pathetic journalism; do better.

25.02.2026 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Media are going out of their way to complicate Trumpโ€™s speech just to come up with something fresh to say. He โ€œreframedโ€, โ€œcelebratedโ€ โ€œput on a show.โ€

Please people, it was the same old shit. Nothing new. Heโ€™s doesnโ€™t have anything. And GOP is in trouble.

25.02.2026 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 419    ๐Ÿ” 88    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

25.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18049    ๐Ÿ” 4650    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142

They embraced the orange felon and will never get the stink off of them.

25.02.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tonight's a good night for every new org to confirm that the DOJ covered up accusations of child rape against the man currently speaking.

25.02.2026 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 959    ๐Ÿ” 358    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Trump is the only POTUS
to hire illegal immigrants
in 2 different centuries,
bc he didn't want to pay US workers
a living wage

Jesus & God both demand we welcome the stranger,
but racists found a less-woke messiah
they substantially prefer.

#SOTU2026
#StateOfTheUnion

25.02.2026 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 657    ๐Ÿ” 179    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

American athletes who agree to be props for MAGA propaganda have no right to complain about getting booed during the national anthem.

25.02.2026 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1211    ๐Ÿ” 195    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

This is a bullshit article and yet more sucking up to the orange felon. Do better.

25.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely the first State of the Union where the president talked about the military killing unarmed fishermen as a laugh line

25.02.2026 03:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7272    ๐Ÿ” 1712    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 155    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

seriously?!?

25.02.2026 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hard pass.

24.02.2026 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Incredibly explosive testimonyโ€ฆ..please watch and shareโ€ฆ.

24.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 417    ๐Ÿ” 194    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Multi-county transportation districts, to enable better design of mass transit options.

24.02.2026 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have not watched any NHL games this season.
I very happy about this.

And it looks like I won't be watching any NHL games for the remainder of the Year.

Seeing hockey players supporting a Child Rapist makes me want to puke๐Ÿคฎ

24.02.2026 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1310    ๐Ÿ” 177    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

20 fools off to kiss the butt of the orange felon. Whatever.

24.02.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œYesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department Of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes." - Rep. Robert Garcia in a new statement

24.02.2026 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2088    ๐Ÿ” 897    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

24.02.2026 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28878    ๐Ÿ” 10734    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 393    ๐Ÿ“Œ 299
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Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose. The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.

NEW: Veteran foreign policy expert Susan Rice does not issue warnings lightly.

Yet last week she said โ€œitโ€™s not going to end wellโ€ for corporations bending the knee to Trump.

Now, Netflix faces a decision that will determine which side of history it wants to be on, Marc Elias writes.

23.02.2026 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 741    ๐Ÿ” 240    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

And now that they were invited to the orange felon's SOTU speech, they'll have to choose between offending him, or offending the majority of the U.S., who agree that he's a failure.

23.02.2026 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wasting taxpayer $$ of course. Republican theft from u.s. citizens.

23.02.2026 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Trump Demeans Himself as He Attacks the Supreme Court He calls the Justices who ruled against him โ€˜very unpatrioticโ€™ and โ€˜fools.โ€™

Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:

"...his rant in response to his tariff defeat at the Court was arguably the worst moment of his Presidency." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Quite a tell. I would have thought January 6, 2021 his "worst moment," but the big thinkers at the WSJ say maybe not.

23.02.2026 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 283    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

22.02.2026 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18483    ๐Ÿ” 6551    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 432    ๐Ÿ“Œ 174
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The end of the Vos Era, finally The longest serving Assembly Speaker in state history represented the worst in our politics.

Calculating and vindictive and disrespectful and malicious. This man is no statesman to be celebrated in his retirement. He is the worst of our politics in Wisconsin. www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/the-end-of...

23.02.2026 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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