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Jamie Carson

@carsjam.bsky.social

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Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · Feb 16

"What did you do in the war against fascism, Daddy?"

"Oh, I had a few banger skeets."

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 1h

Beatles' Norwegian Wood - 60 years ago today.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

🇦🇷 Soy.
Not 🇺🇸 soy.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

Neo retains worldwide distribution, fwiw, and the controls would have hit Neo worse than Shenghe. www.neomaterials.com/neo-sale-of-...

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

It's not serious until they shop at Canadian Tire together.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

See (hear) also: radiolab.org/podcast/the-...

The Unpopular Vote

The closest we ever came to abolishing the electoral college and why we probably never will.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

I hope there are consequences for those who did the illegal firings.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 17h

It's like Monty Burns taking the sun away.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 2d

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Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

Calling the weather police about named storm #Karen. She's in the middle of nowhere and isn't even tropical! www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/floater...

Subtropical Storm Karen at 46.3°N - 31.2°W - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

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Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

I'd wager more frogs than Marxists.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 2d

Puerto Rico and DC—both part of the US, of course—collectively have more than 4 times the population of South Dakota, which Thune represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

It would be an incident if ICE disappeared him.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

It's Plekanec's turtleneck!

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

Phugly end.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

My framing would be that they need us for this to be even remotely feasible.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 2d

Weird because when Kirk Gibson would go 7 for 12, everyone thought that was great.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

Close. My actual bday is a national holiday in Cuba and a few other countries, but thx 🙏!

two men in suits and ties are talking in front of a fire hose sign

ALT: two men in suits and ties are talking in front of a fire hose sign

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Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

In the middle ages, they were called court jesters.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

In the old days they would stick around to jeer and boo.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

Steve Rogers flashbacks.😬

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

Naw, he was aiming at Clement.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

We're gonna need a bigger bullpen.

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

Jazz hands! #BlueJays

Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 3d

Wizard Frog will be THE costume to have this Halloween.