BeJohnSay
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“FUNNY” - Anil Dash to me, 20250418.
“😂” - Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom to me, 20251004
“Thank you!” Kathy Griffin to me, 20251004
“A nice thought” Jeff Hiller to me, 20260125
Solidarity, harm reduction, mutual aid, supporting Black women. 🖤🤎💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
“😂” - Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom to me, 20251004
“Thank you!” Kathy Griffin to me, 20251004
“A nice thought” Jeff Hiller to me, 20260125
Solidarity, harm reduction, mutual aid, supporting Black women. 🖤🤎💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Getting laid off is hard to navigate, in the best of times.
Getting laid off while you’ve fled your country for being both Hispanic and trans and awaiting asylum in a new country feels especially cruel.
I’m crushed.
Getting laid off while you’ve fled your country for being both Hispanic and trans and awaiting asylum in a new country feels especially cruel.
I’m crushed.
If you are in Canada and know companies that are hiring, can you please help my friend Alexia? She’s brilliant and cool and wonderful and an asylee from the US for being trans. #MutualAid #ElbowsUp #Canada #Solidarity #TransRights
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They’re trying to Hillary her
Absolutely enraging headline.
There's another world leader who has a lot more power and actually stumbles quite a bit more than AOC. Really curious why the Times doesn't frame his comments as having "some stumbles" as well!
There's another world leader who has a lot more power and actually stumbles quite a bit more than AOC. Really curious why the Times doesn't frame his comments as having "some stumbles" as well!
February 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
They’re trying to Hillary her
Pips #183 Hard 🔴
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February 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Pips #183 Hard 🔴
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You are one member of a larger coalition. That coalition has a process through which it decides who will lead it. “If you don’t decide to support my guy, I will leave the coalition” is behavior that will destroy the coalition, weaken yourself, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes than participating
Hey maybe the dems should learn a lesson and not run "moderate" Dems who are actually just republicans
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
You are one member of a larger coalition. That coalition has a process through which it decides who will lead it. “If you don’t decide to support my guy, I will leave the coalition” is behavior that will destroy the coalition, weaken yourself, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes than participating
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AOC💪at the Munich Security Conference: “In a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability...kidnapping heads of state, threatening allies, colonizing Greenland, or looking the other way on a genocide”
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
AOC💪at the Munich Security Conference: “In a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability...kidnapping heads of state, threatening allies, colonizing Greenland, or looking the other way on a genocide”
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Massie not backing down.
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Massie not backing down.
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And the woman lawyer who had him as a client at a law firm and became GC of Goldman Sachs.
So the Epstein files are bringing down everyone except those in the United States, do i have that right?
February 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
And the woman lawyer who had him as a client at a law firm and became GC of Goldman Sachs.
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BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
The #VocalBible is SERVING per usual.
#Brandy #NationalAnthem #Anthem #BRocka #BranNu
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvye...
#Brandy #NationalAnthem #Anthem #BRocka #BranNu
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvye...
Brandy Performs The National Anthem | NBA All-Star 2026
YouTube video by NBA
m.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The #VocalBible is SERVING per usual.
#Brandy #NationalAnthem #Anthem #BRocka #BranNu
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvye...
#Brandy #NationalAnthem #Anthem #BRocka #BranNu
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvye...
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Apparently all you have to do is criticize ICE for tech companies to start giving your info to DHS. Very cool and good.
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
gizmodo.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Apparently all you have to do is criticize ICE for tech companies to start giving your info to DHS. Very cool and good.
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Every leftist concerned with Cuba right now really ought to keep in mind Kamala Harris would neither have kidnapped Maduro nor be throttling Cuba to death right now, were she President.
If you abstained because she "wasn't perfect", congratulations. You should've thought of this before not voting.
If you abstained because she "wasn't perfect", congratulations. You should've thought of this before not voting.
February 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Every leftist concerned with Cuba right now really ought to keep in mind Kamala Harris would neither have kidnapped Maduro nor be throttling Cuba to death right now, were she President.
If you abstained because she "wasn't perfect", congratulations. You should've thought of this before not voting.
If you abstained because she "wasn't perfect", congratulations. You should've thought of this before not voting.
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People who refused to vote for Kamala Devi Harris fucked the world over in new ways we will continue to learn about daily.
We’ll literally never recover from their decision.
We’ll literally never recover from their decision.
Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
People who refused to vote for Kamala Devi Harris fucked the world over in new ways we will continue to learn about daily.
We’ll literally never recover from their decision.
We’ll literally never recover from their decision.
I don’t understand how Ryan Murphy gets 300 million and Nicole Kidman makes 800 movies a year but we can’t get a medical procedural about Dr. Titanji. 💙
Whenever I am he ID consults, we occasionally get paged for a suspected "Zebra". 99% of the time it is not a "Zebra". Just a regular "Horse" that could have been solved by a good history, physical examination and chart review.
ID docs are not wizards we simply talk to patients and are thorough :)
ID docs are not wizards we simply talk to patients and are thorough :)
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I don’t understand how Ryan Murphy gets 300 million and Nicole Kidman makes 800 movies a year but we can’t get a medical procedural about Dr. Titanji. 💙
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
Top Ten BlueSky Thread from one of the Fifty Smartest People on BlueSky.
🧵“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”
It isn’t that these are that truths all can see, or that all support. It’s that these truths are self-evident to *us*.
It’s an identity statement. Our identity statement. 1/
It isn’t that these are that truths all can see, or that all support. It’s that these truths are self-evident to *us*.
It’s an identity statement. Our identity statement. 1/
My policy views are still firmly to the right of 90% of people on bluesky, I'm still a limited government market liberal broadly speaking. But I'd rather hang out with progressives who share basic values and human decency than people who like tax cuts and also paste my face onto Auschwitz memes.
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Top Ten BlueSky Thread from one of the Fifty Smartest People on BlueSky.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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"Starr was a key part of the team that secured a controversial agreement that allowed Epstein to avoid federal sex trafficking charges. Instead, Epstein pleaded guilty to two FL state felony prostitution charges, had to serve 18 months in prison, and was required to register as a sex offender."
Oh haaayyyyy Ken Starr, been a minute
"After famously serving as the independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton, the Texas lawyer...[later joined] Epstein's legal team in 2007. Epstein, living in Palm Beach at the time, was accused of trafficking and sexually abusing high school girls."
"After famously serving as the independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton, the Texas lawyer...[later joined] Epstein's legal team in 2007. Epstein, living in Palm Beach at the time, was accused of trafficking and sexually abusing high school girls."
Meet the elite Texans who enabled and associated with Jeffrey Epstein www.chron.com/culture/arti...
February 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"Starr was a key part of the team that secured a controversial agreement that allowed Epstein to avoid federal sex trafficking charges. Instead, Epstein pleaded guilty to two FL state felony prostitution charges, had to serve 18 months in prison, and was required to register as a sex offender."
I was surprised to see the Cardinal of NJ order Catholics to oppose ICE funding last month. Then I realized: they’ve see this movie before in Pinochet’s Argentina and Montt’s Guatemala. The disappearing of Catholic priests and nuns is coming next.
Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
February 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I was surprised to see the Cardinal of NJ order Catholics to oppose ICE funding last month. Then I realized: they’ve see this movie before in Pinochet’s Argentina and Montt’s Guatemala. The disappearing of Catholic priests and nuns is coming next.
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"New files show that Starr went as far as hosting Epstein on Baylor's campus in the summer of 2012. When Starr later resigned from Baylor over the sexual assault scandal that roiled the university, Epstein checked in..."
Then Starr went from dean of Pepperdine U to president of Baylor U with Epstein-now a registered sex offender-assisting. "I am forever in your corner"
"Starr was a key part of the team that secured a controversial agreement that allowed Epstein to avoid federal sex trafficking charges. Instead, Epstein pleaded guilty to two FL state felony prostitution charges, had to serve 18 months in prison, and was required to register as a sex offender."
February 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"New files show that Starr went as far as hosting Epstein on Baylor's campus in the summer of 2012. When Starr later resigned from Baylor over the sexual assault scandal that roiled the university, Epstein checked in..."
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I hate you feel draged for liking the movie! OBAA was a quality flick!
There is definitely much to be learned by studying the characters, but Sinners is in a class of its own with systemic critique and even sympathy for those who fail to meet the moment
Art set in revolution vs. revolutionary art
There is definitely much to be learned by studying the characters, but Sinners is in a class of its own with systemic critique and even sympathy for those who fail to meet the moment
Art set in revolution vs. revolutionary art
February 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I hate you feel draged for liking the movie! OBAA was a quality flick!
There is definitely much to be learned by studying the characters, but Sinners is in a class of its own with systemic critique and even sympathy for those who fail to meet the moment
Art set in revolution vs. revolutionary art
There is definitely much to be learned by studying the characters, but Sinners is in a class of its own with systemic critique and even sympathy for those who fail to meet the moment
Art set in revolution vs. revolutionary art
Something unusual is I’m cool with tough critiques. To be dragged by smart people helps me get better and think better. I welcome it. And oh I am getting dragged over OBAA. Please be assured I hated Crash and The Green Mile! So if you enjoy watching me get dragged, do I have a thread for you!
Truly, to be dragged by the best is an honor and terrifies me to possibly fall into the same trap I excoriated others for supporting the Green Mile and Crash. So, I have a few thoughts for consideration for both of you.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Something unusual is I’m cool with tough critiques. To be dragged by smart people helps me get better and think better. I welcome it. And oh I am getting dragged over OBAA. Please be assured I hated Crash and The Green Mile! So if you enjoy watching me get dragged, do I have a thread for you!
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Truly, to be dragged by the best is an honor and terrifies me to possibly fall into the same trap I excoriated others for supporting the Green Mile and Crash. So, I have a few thoughts for consideration for both of you.
February 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Truly, to be dragged by the best is an honor and terrifies me to possibly fall into the same trap I excoriated others for supporting the Green Mile and Crash. So, I have a few thoughts for consideration for both of you.
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A family drama wrapped in the director's fetishes. It had no politics of revolution, but of defeatism.
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM
A family drama wrapped in the director's fetishes. It had no politics of revolution, but of defeatism.