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Robert Fessler

@professler.bsky.social

Father, husband, retired Psychology professor. Interested in travel, consciousness, cross-cultural differences in how "abnormality" is understood and treated.

created November 16, 2024

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You can start by having them read this little bit of scripture.

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The number one threat to the West is crony capitalism. Number two is Christian nationalism. Number three is low literacy (the USA is currently 128th in literacy). Shall I go on?

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Here's the hard truth Elon. Taxpayers and consumers are tired of subsidizing billionaires.

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Attention Nobel Committee: Among all the countries of the world, the US ranks 128th in "peace". www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/t...

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Happy Labor Day everyone.

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1/9/2025, 2:08:33 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is Susan Collins moonlighting as a reporter for the NYTimes?

1/9/2025, 3:56:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

1/9/2025, 3:44:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where is this information coming from? Do you know?

1/9/2025, 3:37:54 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's amazing how he can make even a simple "good night" into something that sounds threatening and abusive. GOOD NIGHT!!!

1/9/2025, 3:35:49 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Drink at your own risk.

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31/8/2025, 11:15:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This hat is lined with tinfoil.

31/8/2025, 6:28:44 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Clinical psychologist here. Yes, the lunatics are definitely running the asylum.

31/8/2025, 6:27:36 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

31/8/2025, 5:23:52 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

31/8/2025, 5:23:21 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

31/8/2025, 5:11:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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Stephen Miller: "Secretary Kennedy is one of the world's foremost experts on public health" RFK,Jr.: "We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism"

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"I do know that LA wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action." Yeah, they're standing UP and standing TOGETHER to humiliate Trump's traveling circus.

31/8/2025, 5:03:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, they're standing UP and standing TOGETHER to humiliate Trump's traveling circus.

31/8/2025, 5:01:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Save this.

31/8/2025, 2:52:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get handheld projectors and slides of rainbows. Project them everywhere. Not just on the crosswalk...everywhere. Buildings...roads...DeSantis' face. Everywhere.

31/8/2025, 2:47:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When I heard she may not run, I sent her a letter expressing my "extreme concern".

31/8/2025, 2:45:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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54% of American adults read at or below the level of a sixth grader. Among all the countries in the world, the US ranks 125th in literacy. This explains a lot. Many people...including politicians...don't read. They are ill-informed and poorly educated...even if they managed to graduate from college

31/8/2025, 2:43:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sorry guys. Get in line behind all the contractors who have been stiffed.

31/8/2025, 2:40:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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54% of American adults read at or below the level of a sixth grader. Among all the countries in the world, the US ranks 125th in literacy. This explains a lot. Many people...including politicians...don't read. They are ill-informed and poorly educated...even if they managed to graduate from college

31/8/2025, 2:38:14 PM | 11 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bluesky Sunday sermon.

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Why aren't we hearing more about this? Where are the investigative journalists? Where are the Democratic leaders? Where is Anonymous?

31/8/2025, 1:54:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get handheld projectors and slides of rainbows. Project them everywhere. Not just on the crosswalk...everywhere. Buildings...roads...DeSantis' face. Everywhere.

31/8/2025, 1:44:31 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another good one. Well worth reading. "... any and every way you use your voice to dissent against tyranny is an act of love for your country.”

31/8/2025, 1:31:41 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Keep up the pressure. On all of them. Everywhere. Drive them all out of office.

31/8/2025, 1:21:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:54:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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Get handheld projectors and slides of rainbows. Project them everywhere. Not just on the crosswalk...everywhere. Buildings...roads...DeSantis' face. Everywhere.

31/8/2025, 3:53:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:48:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:46:23 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:41:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Incredible cognitive functioning.

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Trump's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela...cosplaying as a warrior. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:10:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:09:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

31/8/2025, 3:09:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's on a ship headed for Venezuela. He wants his own "Mission Accomplished" moment.

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Get handheld projectors and slides of rainbows. Project them everywhere. Not just on the crosswalk...everywhere. Buildings...roads...DeSantis' face. Everywhere.

31/8/2025, 3:00:26 AM | 46 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like everything else Trump does, it's just for show. It doesn't work, but that's not important. It's all about the optics.

31/8/2025, 2:57:13 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agreed.

31/8/2025, 2:47:19 AM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view