David Neiwert

May 13, 2024 | davidneiwert.substack.com | David Neiwert

Discover more from The SpyhopDavid Neiwert writes about right-wing extremism and cetaceans. Preferably not in that order.

Apr 25, 2024 | davidneiwert.substack.com | David Neiwert

My first few decades of observing wild killer whales in the Salish Sea and elsewhere has been largely devoted to salmon-eating resident orcas, whose predatory behavior is mostly hidden from view and is not terribly disturbing to observe (they sometimes surface with fish in their mouths). It’s all a relatively benign affair. But in recent years—especiall…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Spyhop to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Apr 25, 2024 | davidneiwert.substack.com | David Neiwert

My first few decades of observing wild killer whales in the Salish Sea and elsewhere has been largely devoted to salmon-eating resident orcas, whose predatory behavior is mostly hidden from view and is not terribly disturbing to observe (they sometimes surface with fish in their mouths). It’s all a relatively benign affair.

Apr 23, 2024 | davidneiwert.substack.com | David Neiwert

Probably the most vivid—not to mention accurate—portrayal of an American eliminationist hatemonger ever committed to film was delivered by the British actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the 2002 Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York, playing the fictionalized version of a real-life Nativist character named “Bill the Butcher” (whose actual last name was Poole; in the film, his surname has been changed to Cutting).

Apr 15, 2024 | davidneiwert.substack.com | David Neiwert

Part 10 of 14. [Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.]There was a great deal of hysteria along the Pacific Coast in the weeks and months after Pearl Harbor, including sightings of phantom warplanes over Los Angeles and reports of "arrows of fire" near Seattle pointing the way to defense installations. Soon, the need to "lock up" the "dirty Japs" in their midst was a popular topic and was on the tongues of most of the coast's politicians and on the pages of its newspapers.