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Dan Hartung

@lakefxdan

Blind historian, writer/podcaster, and leftist with an academic bent and heterodox politics

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Tristan is back, and he made me cry

02.03.2026 06:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: It seems we have arrived at the We Told You So part of the program

26.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 2839 πŸ” 1250 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 123

Side note: that tear gas line hits different after Saturday tbh, seeing as a federal agent briefly aimed a gas can launcher straight at me during the 40th/Kedzie protest.

He didn't shoot & I don't know if it was because I had my press jacket on or because people were already running from the scene.

06.10.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller: "ICE officers have to street battle against Antifa, hand to hand combat every night."

06.10.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 1657 πŸ” 322 πŸ’¬ 703 πŸ“Œ 344

New Yorkers are craving secure bike parking: this one small station has had 2,000 unique users in just two years!

More of these units β€” and larger facilities β€” will mean that more New Yorkers will have the peace of mind to try biking, without having to worry about theft.

06.10.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Predicting earthquakes Achieving a 10-minute warning would save thousands of lives

Finally someone talking about the issue of a major west coast North America earthquake and how utterly unprepared we are for it.

www.worksinprogress.news/p/a-50-milli...

06.10.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The pricing software/ blackrock obsession is so funny to me because it basically posits that there was no housing crisis before, like, 2018.

06.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

"β€œIf the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

06.10.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 3940 πŸ” 1544 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 74
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Big City, Big Street Food Seattle is growing. We are becoming big. And with a big city, comes big, delicious food tents.

The city is obsessed with shutting down unlicensed taco trucks and people selling fruit from tables, saying they've gotten complaints from vendors who paid their fees and got to be vendors the right way. I'm 100% with Charles on this one: Unauthorized vendors are a feature of real cities.

03.10.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
image of the night sky showing a starfield with several dark and bright stars that are quite elongated due to the long exposure time.

image of the night sky showing a starfield with several dark and bright stars that are quite elongated due to the long exposure time.

the stars of the constellation corona borealis are annotated in green. a faint smudge, perhaps comet 3I/Atlas is marked with a red circle.

the stars of the constellation corona borealis are annotated in green. a faint smudge, perhaps comet 3I/Atlas is marked with a red circle.

I think Perseverance may have spotted interstellar comet 3I/Atlas last night from Mars!

After stacking 20 images from Mastcam-Z, I found a faint smudge of light in the constellation Corona Borealis close to the location where the comet was expected. πŸ”­

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

02.10.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

This headline is fucking nuts. Are you kidding me right now

01.10.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 822 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 2

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are β€œused to it” but it is absolutely insane

01.10.2025 00:13 πŸ‘ 60020 πŸ” 17643 πŸ’¬ 1493 πŸ“Œ 786
NPR, 11 hours ago: Fired feds, Trump lovers and veterans: Meet the people applying for Ice jobs

NPR, 11 hours ago: Fired feds, Trump lovers and veterans: Meet the people applying for Ice jobs

Meet the blunt rotation of your actual nightmares morelike

26.09.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

YOU get a transgender

and YOU get a transgender

look under your seat! what's that? you guessed it! MORE transgender!

TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYBODY!

* cheers, throws confetti, which is somehow also transgender *

26.09.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 1236 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 9
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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon named in Epstein files released by Democrats The three Trump allies are all mentioned in redacted copies of Epstein's daily schedules.

NEW: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon are all named in Epstein docs released today by Democrats

26.09.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 3092 πŸ” 1471 πŸ’¬ 230 πŸ“Œ 336
Trump post announcing release of the Earhart files

Trump post announcing release of the Earhart files

If I was Donald Trump I would not be drawing the public’s attention right now to my ability to release files

26.09.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 8326 πŸ” 1992 πŸ’¬ 805 πŸ“Œ 343

Hi, just a noteβ€”

The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!

26.09.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 4477 πŸ” 1791 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 38

#BREAKING: Over the dissents of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, #SCOTUS grants (yet another) stay to President Trumpβ€”this one allowing him to cease obligating $4 billion in foreign aid funding appropriated by Congress.

I’ll post the link when it’s up.

26.09.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 2522 πŸ” 805 πŸ’¬ 246 πŸ“Œ 132

Chicago transit says Don’t Be like Philly 🫀

26.09.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I normally focus on what is happening in the UK but this is hilarious πŸ˜‚

20.09.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Together for Palestine YouTube video by Brian Eno

youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv...

17.09.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink

The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
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The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

12.09.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 815 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 25
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Tensions rose as protesters gathered outside the ICE processing center in Broadview on Friday. As protesters chanted songs, an announcement was made requesting the group to disperse or "be subject to arrest" or "other police action."

πŸŽ₯ Dominic Di Palermo / Chicago Tribune

12.09.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
angry sign protesting the pedestrianization of bourbon street from a few years ago

angry sign protesting the pedestrianization of bourbon street from a few years ago

same angry sign protesting the pedestrianization of bourbon street from a few years ago but further away

same angry sign protesting the pedestrianization of bourbon street from a few years ago but further away

another of the same angry signs somewhere else

another of the same angry signs somewhere else

"It's no use, Mr. Jamesβ€”it's NIMBYs all the way down."

01.01.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Only 13 states have outlawed child marriage while 26 states have banned healthcare for trans kids and we're supposed to be civil and dignified about all of it

www.newsweek.com/child-marria...

01.01.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 756 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets The rocket company’s executives haven’t sought a higher security clearance for its CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials. The answers might no longer matter.

β€œWhy Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets.
Executives haven’t sought higher security clearance for the CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials”
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17.12.2024 02:25 πŸ‘ 2216 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 105 πŸ“Œ 44
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Meddling for MAGA Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.

L.A. Times opinion staffers notify the executive editor that Soon-Shiong has banned criticism of Donald Trump unless its "presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the 'opposing view,’" via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

17.12.2024 02:15 πŸ‘ 1783 πŸ” 804 πŸ’¬ 315 πŸ“Œ 379

This is my starter pack πŸ™‚

17.12.2024 01:19 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Great Capitulation Powerful Americans have lost the will to resist Trump.

"Since Trump won re-election β€” this time with the popular vote β€” many of the most influential people in America seem to have lost any will to stand up to him as he goes about transforming America into the sort of authoritarian oligarchy he admires," writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social.

17.12.2024 02:27 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 20