Dr. Richardson’s Letter analyses the many attempts to force christian mythology (my word) into control of government. An excellent read.

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My take: The confederacy’s ideal of subordination under white men lives on today. They are trying to force this as a replacement of our government.

There is NO PLACE for white supremacy in a modern world. The thought of subjugation or white supremacy is sickening. All are equal.

There is NO PLACE for religion in government. Religious belief (or disbelief) is individual and cannot not be forced.

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-21-2025

#HeatherCoxRichardson #NoKings #NoReligionInGovernment #NoTurningPoint

Seeing more people advocate for replacing aggregator sites like Reddit, HN, Lobsters, Discord etc for news with RSS, which is wonderful.

May I also be an advocate for the humble mailing list too. I’m a fly on the wall 99% of the time (imposter syndrome blah blah) but even then the conversations and shared links are always interesting.

If it’s an established OS, tool, etc, chances are they have a mailing list.

This is a random reminder that your life won't run itself, and if you don't run it some other people will be happy to do that for you but they won't have your best interests in mind.

The reminder is mostly for me, but feel free to take it too if it's useful.

“Officials in the Trump administration have been treating members of Congress with contempt since Trump took office, deliberately flouting the 1974 Impoundment Act … and ignoring the 1973 War Powers Act that requires congressional approval for military actions that last more than 60 days.

“Now, with their disregard for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, they are also treating voters … with outright contempt.”

#HeatherCoxRichardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-20-2025

Disappearing images from the #EpsteinFiles AFTER release is TOTALLY not suspicious at all. Move along, nothing to see here! 🤡

https://apnews.com/article/release-epstein-files-justice-department-trump-9290fcaad1cb6fcb1cbc1befabc01994

#EFTA00000468 #EFTAgate #UnitedStates #censorship #DOJ

Some of the #Epstein files are missing a day after their release | AP News

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.

https://apnews.com/article/release-epstein-files-justice-department-trump-9290fcaad1cb6fcb1cbc1befabc01994

#EpsteinFiles #coverup #trumpEpsteinCoverUp

For whatever reason, Github banned my IP for one hour and I need to see what my students have been doing.

They must contribute to the opensource project of their choice and 99% of them end up on Github

And, yes, I have a Github account even if I would like to get rid of it. But I can’t grade my students.

Monopolies are bad. You think that it happens to other? It will hurt you deeply, sooner or later. It will hit you when you least expect it.

https://ploum.net/2023-02-22-leaving-github.html

#github