Jean-Luc Petard
@jeanlucpetard.bsky.social
Just here for the gossip.
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If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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The pettiness of bullies is just so tiresome. It's her name. WTF does a name - something women change every day - have to do with "gold standard science"? The insatiable need to hurt people & seek approval from the lowest, least respected trash is such a hallmark of MAGA.
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The pettiness of bullies is just so tiresome. It's her name. WTF does a name - something women change every day - have to do with "gold standard science"? The insatiable need to hurt people & seek approval from the lowest, least respected trash is such a hallmark of MAGA.
Vintage book alert! If you can find it, check out Grendel by John Gardener. Sometimes we need to see things from the monster’s point of view, even if, at the end of the day, we still find them to be monsters. First published in 1971, this is a 1985 reprint.
#booksky
#booksky
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Vintage book alert! If you can find it, check out Grendel by John Gardener. Sometimes we need to see things from the monster’s point of view, even if, at the end of the day, we still find them to be monsters. First published in 1971, this is a 1985 reprint.
#booksky
#booksky
One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek Lower Decks - mostly because I couldn’t stop laughing trying to explain the reference to my husband
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek Lower Decks - mostly because I couldn’t stop laughing trying to explain the reference to my husband
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SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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Everything is stupid.
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Everything is stupid.
“Once I got arrested and I lost my job, it was like everything fell, like everything went down the drain.”
The inherent racism in facial recognition is no accident. Nor are the omissions preventing people from confronting their actual accuser - a computer being used with no or poor oversight.
The inherent racism in facial recognition is no accident. Nor are the omissions preventing people from confronting their actual accuser - a computer being used with no or poor oversight.
Here's what happens when your social media photos end up in the hands of the police.
How Your Social Media Photos End Up In Police Hands
Law enforcement, from police to ICE, are using facial recognition technology — sometimes leading to wrongful arrests.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Once I got arrested and I lost my job, it was like everything fell, like everything went down the drain.”
The inherent racism in facial recognition is no accident. Nor are the omissions preventing people from confronting their actual accuser - a computer being used with no or poor oversight.
The inherent racism in facial recognition is no accident. Nor are the omissions preventing people from confronting their actual accuser - a computer being used with no or poor oversight.
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Every elected Republican was a united front opposing and criticizing everything Obama did for 8 straight years, even if it was a policy they fundamentally agreed with. Why. In the fuck. Is it asking too much for Democrats to do the same with a legitimate fascist?
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Every elected Republican was a united front opposing and criticizing everything Obama did for 8 straight years, even if it was a policy they fundamentally agreed with. Why. In the fuck. Is it asking too much for Democrats to do the same with a legitimate fascist?
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Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![Texas is not on “the eve of an election,” as was true in the
case the majority cites. Republican National Committee v.
Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (2020)
(per curiam); see ante, at 2. The election there was five days
after the injunction. Similarly, the election in Purcell was
“just weeks” away. 549 U. S., at 4. Here, Election Day is
eleven months from now. Even the primary election (which
Texas could change) is in March. The District Court care-
fully listed the various “election preparations” underway to
switch to the 2025 map. App. 144. On the other hand, the
court noted how the 2021 map—which the injunction rein-
stated—was, in a real sense, the status quo. See id., at 145.
Officials, candidates, and voters are all familiar with it from
the last two election cycles. Until late last summer, every-
one expected that map to govern 2026 too. And indeed, it
will be used in a special runoff election in the State’s largest
county on January 31, 2026. So, the District Court properly
concluded, “[a]n injunction in this case would not cause sig-
nificant disruption.” Id., at 144. Except to the extent all of
us live in election season all the time, the 2026 congres-
sional election is not well underway.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreifzzrhpyftoam4b4eqcpdcegf2hksn4ula6rwbtv6fqwviqfgikte@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Seeing lots of Garak in the feed and that makes me happy
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Seeing lots of Garak in the feed and that makes me happy
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LOLOLOLOLOL
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
LOLOLOLOLOL
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I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
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Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.
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Men don’t have to “pretend to be women” to enter women’s locker rooms, changing rooms, and bathrooms. Famously, Donald Trump just strolled right in
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Men don’t have to “pretend to be women” to enter women’s locker rooms, changing rooms, and bathrooms. Famously, Donald Trump just strolled right in
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Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
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The point of this Dame piece — which you should actually read before commenting — is that Matt Gaetz isn't some unique villain here, he's just one more in a parade of shitty dudes who took advantage of someone made vulnerable by a society that doesn't care about the poor.
Back at @damemagazine.bsky.social with a take on how Matt Gaetz's 17 yo victim reveals an undertold story about sex trafficking in the US www.damemagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Real Gaetz Story Is Less About Sex Trafficking, More About Poverty - Dame Magazine
Back in 2021, when I first heard that the former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was being investigated for sex trafficking, there was an image that immediately jumped into my brain, and perhaps yours,...
www.damemagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The point of this Dame piece — which you should actually read before commenting — is that Matt Gaetz isn't some unique villain here, he's just one more in a parade of shitty dudes who took advantage of someone made vulnerable by a society that doesn't care about the poor.
Muting any word with two Zs in it
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Muting any word with two Zs in it
I don’t trust any cop. Ever. I don’t care if they aren’t the ones pulling this debased shit, they’re part of the machine. And they know it what’s going on. People who do nothing to stop evil are complicit.
Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
w/ @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I don’t trust any cop. Ever. I don’t care if they aren’t the ones pulling this debased shit, they’re part of the machine. And they know it what’s going on. People who do nothing to stop evil are complicit.
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I block any account posting AI generated images, even if they are of Trump. I don't want to see that shit.
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I block any account posting AI generated images, even if they are of Trump. I don't want to see that shit.
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SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Since Admiral Bradley has a duty to follow the Constitution and the Uniform Military Code of Justice, he must testify-if subpoenaed-and state who ordered the “kill” strike
By throwing him under the bus, Karoline Leavitt just gave him incentive to cut a deal for immunity so he can do exactly that
By throwing him under the bus, Karoline Leavitt just gave him incentive to cut a deal for immunity so he can do exactly that
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Since Admiral Bradley has a duty to follow the Constitution and the Uniform Military Code of Justice, he must testify-if subpoenaed-and state who ordered the “kill” strike
By throwing him under the bus, Karoline Leavitt just gave him incentive to cut a deal for immunity so he can do exactly that
By throwing him under the bus, Karoline Leavitt just gave him incentive to cut a deal for immunity so he can do exactly that
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It’s amazing how much a woman behaving badly makes people think they have a hall pass to use the most sexist language and rhetoric they can think of
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s amazing how much a woman behaving badly makes people think they have a hall pass to use the most sexist language and rhetoric they can think of