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@mywitsend.bsky.social

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Writer/Producer: I’ve worked w/ astronauts, treasure hunters, LSD gurus, spies, snake hunters, cops, criminals, the “I’m not a cat” lawyer, plus a few names you’ve actually heard of. Synth player for https://bsky.app/profile/basicelementsmusic.bsky.social

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · Nov 12

What an exciting day on @bsky.app

A message for all my fellow creatives who are struggling to produce right now: Every page you write, every melody you play, every brushstroke you take, every image you create, is an act of defiance.

We are the new Degenerate Artists and it’s time to get to work.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1h

Haas rhymes with class™️

JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 2h

I shot this 15 years ago—back when people took photos for memories, not likes; when the world felt safer for our kids; when Halloween was about holding hands for trick-or-treat. Everything changes but sometimes I wish I could stay in this moment, when the scary stuff in life was still over her head🖤

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 5h

Sounds about white

JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 6h

Calling peaceful and protected “No Kings” protests “Hate America” rallies is like calling your political party the Law & Order party while protecting pedophiles, pardoning insurrectionists, and worshiping a felonious traitor.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 7h

a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background

ALT: a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 11h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 9h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t know if you’re into tattoos but…

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10h

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 9h

Fun fact: in 1996 I sold a spec script to the executive producers of “Bottle Rocket” about a guy whose dog is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel and he goes full Charles Bronson (aka John Wick) to get it back. Project fell apart bc my writing partner had an awful drinking problem. I write alone now.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 9h

According to Clint Eastwood, in cinema, the villain can kill the hero’s wife and children and he still has to follow a certain “code” to remain sympathetic — but if they kill his dog — all bets are off.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case anyone is still holding on out of nostalgia for what it used to be.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 9h

Re: the Qatari airbase—Dondaho, not Idaho!

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 9h

Because when I think about Idaho the first thing that comes to mind is, “What a great place for a Qatari airbase.”

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10h

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 11h

I didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize today, but you don’t see me acting like a little bitch about it.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 1d

This is obscene.
Their descendants couldn’t go through this much money in generations, even living as high as the TechBros do now.

This is resource hoarding. In any other animal species, a resource hoarder would be set upon by the rest of the group.

Yet we walk around deifying them.

Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Gates: $106B | Microsoft: $3.9T
Jeff Bezos: $232.5B | Amazon: $2.3T
Larry Page: $204.2B | Google: $2.84T
Mark Zuckerberg: $243.5B | Meta: $1.8T

Can someone please explain why on earth we’re paying the power & water bills for their data centers?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h

The ‘currency swap’ has been finalized. Argentina got their $20 billion and gave us an unknown number of pesos, while he cuts healthcare and human services for Americans. Don’t call it a bailout, they say — it’s like saying tariffs aren’t taxes. What happened to America First?

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

Doing the good stuff @rexchapman.bsky.social

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

The next time my doctor asks what kind of health insurance I have, I’m just gonna say, “the good kind.”

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s not get crazy now 🤣

JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

Good. I saw plenty of rebellious punks from my youth turn into closed minded frightened bigots, so it makes sense that the reverse could happen too.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, a reason to keep living…

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