Jay Garmon
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writer | husband | father | geek
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This was in lake Zurich, a very wealthy and white Chicago exurb with a median household income over $100k. Honestly gives me a lot of hope that even there most of the kids fucking hate ICE.
over on x the everything app some Chicago high school kid named Danny Spud tried to disrupt his school's anti-ICE protest by yelling about how much he loves ICE and then filmed himself getting walloped by a fellow student lmao
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This was in lake Zurich, a very wealthy and white Chicago exurb with a median household income over $100k. Honestly gives me a lot of hope that even there most of the kids fucking hate ICE.
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My theater kid nephew just accidentally coined the perfect term for “that Pixar/Muppet thing where it’s family-friendly but the jokes land differently for the adults” and said term is “Shrekspeare”. I approve, but I’m also sorry his aunt and I broke him. For his sake.
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
My theater kid nephew just accidentally coined the perfect term for “that Pixar/Muppet thing where it’s family-friendly but the jokes land differently for the adults” and said term is “Shrekspeare”. I approve, but I’m also sorry his aunt and I broke him. For his sake.
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The way he said "okay" and went full send is so badass
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The way he said "okay" and went full send is so badass
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If Democrats need a generically handsome white man in a suit, Andy Beshear is right there and has been pretty consistent in his values. You can say a lot about him — nepo baby, untested on the national scene, Dockers dork — but he is pretty adamantly himself, and decent.
The public values authenticity in public figures above almost everything else.
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
A major reason that Gavin Newsom will not be the Democratic nominee is that it's very clear that he read the same stuff we all did last year about swing voters not liking orthodox social liberals and is "pivoting" on certain issues to try and pretend that he didn't have an entire career being one
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If Democrats need a generically handsome white man in a suit, Andy Beshear is right there and has been pretty consistent in his values. You can say a lot about him — nepo baby, untested on the national scene, Dockers dork — but he is pretty adamantly himself, and decent.
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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The difference between choosing not to wear a seat belt and choosing to drive with your eyes closed isn't just about freedom but the result of that freedom affecting others along your way. Antivaxxers don't care if others are run over.
NEW: Health Secretary Kennedy's allies are pushing in states to repeal school-entry vaccine requirements.
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The difference between choosing not to wear a seat belt and choosing to drive with your eyes closed isn't just about freedom but the result of that freedom affecting others along your way. Antivaxxers don't care if others are run over.
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"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
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The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
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Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
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I simply think that people this soft should not be allowed to carry a gun
The GOP bill sponsor says that filming a police officer within 25 feet could now be a crime under his bill, constituting harassing an officer with the intent of causing “substantial emotional distress.”
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I simply think that people this soft should not be allowed to carry a gun
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Replace the traditional anniversary gifts with different swords ("oh, everyone KNOWS the 10th year is the Scottish Broadsword year") and I think we can get a real cottage industry going
February 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Replace the traditional anniversary gifts with different swords ("oh, everyone KNOWS the 10th year is the Scottish Broadsword year") and I think we can get a real cottage industry going
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you missed the best one
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
you missed the best one
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The 'moon economy' you mean its recession!?
ba dum tsss
ba dum tsss
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The 'moon economy' you mean its recession!?
ba dum tsss
ba dum tsss
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the perfect valentine's day gift is a sword
February 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
the perfect valentine's day gift is a sword
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harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your niece: admirable, family-oriented
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your niece: admirable, family-oriented
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
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For no particular reason I'm thinking about the time Bill Clinton admitted he smoked pot once in college and it was a month-long administration paralyzing scandal
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
For no particular reason I'm thinking about the time Bill Clinton admitted he smoked pot once in college and it was a month-long administration paralyzing scandal
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™
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Great, must-read thread!
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Great, must-read thread!
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Kurt Russell, a supernova, a movie star. has no trouble saying “We need Kong…and Godzilla” on streaming TV and that’s why he’s one of the best to ever do it.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Kurt Russell, a supernova, a movie star. has no trouble saying “We need Kong…and Godzilla” on streaming TV and that’s why he’s one of the best to ever do it.
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This thread is absolutely unbelievable I’m levitating.
Want to hear the dumbest encounter with military law enforcement and federal prosecution I ever came across in the Army
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
This thread is absolutely unbelievable I’m levitating.
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.