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Jacob

Jacob

@jdilladog.bsky.social

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📍PNW 🏳️‍🌈 he/him Midwesterner at heart. Begging people to lighten up a little.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 19h

And related - it is not in fact "reasonable" to not want to live near people who speak a different language or are from a different cultural background. What a weird, sick, and hateful mindset.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 19h

Also just blatantly evil.

I pity those who think accepting more Somali/Afghan/Iraqi/Sudanese etc. people into the US is a bad thing. Get over yourself and grow a soul.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2026
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following
determinations and authorize the following actions:
The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during
Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise
in the national interest.
The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners
from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims
of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not
exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects
subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and
actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination.
Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited
to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the
most stringent identification verification of any class of alien
seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order
14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees
other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly
determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not
threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order
14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from
South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20h

"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.

I explain in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?

Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.

www.thenation.com

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 1d

“Success is not permanent housing — success is human dignity"
Kinda hard to have dignity when you don't have a place to shower dude.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 1d

"removal to the edge of town may become the only way some homeless Utahns can avoid jail"
Quite frankly, it sounds like there's not much of a difference. This is an evil, evil, evil plan.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

www.nytimes.com

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 2d

> data moat
The body of water analogies have got to stop. "Data lake" was bad enough.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 2d

I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

To be clear I think he should drop out. But I also recognize that I will not have a ballot in the spring with his name and Schumer's candidate's name on it, so what I think also doesn't matter.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

probably isn't gonna make a difference - and, I would argue, *shouldn't* be making a difference - to who Mainers chose to represent them.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

I mean, yes and no. The publicity about the whole thing is good (shining a bright light on dark things and all) but then I see people on this site chasing their tails about whether he's the most strategic choice and like... that's not a choice we can make. The endorsement of BlueSky leftists

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

Something I've observed being gay and Christian is that when you don't actually have skin in the game when it comes to making a difficult choice, it's a lot easier to hold unyieldingly idealistic positions because you never have to actually follow through.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

Like obviously I do care who controls the US Senate and I don't think someone dumb enough to even accidentally get a Nazi tattoo should be a senator. However, most of us on this site don't live in Maine and so don't actually have to make a choice in that election.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

It's a kind of funny/exhausting side effect of the world getting smaller via the internet that now we're all invested in elections we don't vote in.

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 9d

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 10d

Love being a pass-out risk for blood draws

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 10d

The packet loss rate of IPoAC is really the biggest barrier to global adoption

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oscar wilde women do 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social · 10d

the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 11d

Lmfao the president shelled his own VP. A purge being run by clowns.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d

Los Angeles Times reporting that Trump’s artillery over 5 freeway stunt DROPPED SHRAPNEL ON THE POPO

*THAT WAS PART OF JD VANCE‘S DETAIL*

Y’all I cannot

Pence must be like 👀👀

www.instagram.com/reel/DQAruzT...

latimes on Instagram: "The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a Califor…"

The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD Vance, agency officials said Sunday.The incident occurred shortly after the detail had escorted Vance to the Marine Corps event at Camp Pendleton. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead prematurely, striking and damaging a CHP patrol vehicle.” A CHP motorcycle with the detail also was struck.The shrapnel fell in an area where CHP officers were gathered to close traffic along the I-5 in northern San Diego County, which cuts through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.Read more at the link in bio. If you’re enjoying our work here on Instagram, the best way to support us is by subscribing at latimes.com

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 12d

Blue

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 12d

Hmm maybe I'm depressed.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 12d

Please don't use AI to make a protest sign. Break out those markers like a real person.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 13d

It's very "I had to suffer through this as a kid and so you should too." God forbid our children have an easier time learning than we did...

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 14d

There was some about a month ago. Generally there's some minor discourse about the protests being for wine mom liberals, but usually from people that can be safely ignored.

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 14d

Alternate universe! Very good, do recommend picking up.

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Ocodesrun 🏳️‍🌈 @itscodes.codyshipman.com · 15d

With Spotify being horrible for musicians in general, but now also running ICE recruitment ads, I best not see any of you f-slurs posting your Spotify wrapped this year.