Jesse Mac
@jessemackinnon.com
Dad. Teacher. East Bay lifer. History nerd. Minivan still dented.
You know, normal Tuesday things at the office
Mark Kelly on Kimmel:
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
You know, normal Tuesday things at the office
So when they’re behind closed doors he is absolutely falling asleep all the time, and they’re just making the big decisions for him, huh?
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
So when they’re behind closed doors he is absolutely falling asleep all the time, and they’re just making the big decisions for him, huh?
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New pricing tiers at national parks based on who you are and where you come from is EXTREMELY Nazi stuff
The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an "America-first" initiative, the Interior Department announced.
Trump admin hikes national parks prices by up to $170 for international tourists
The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
New pricing tiers at national parks based on who you are and where you come from is EXTREMELY Nazi stuff
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
It’s like my kids became each half of my personality; one the lazy gamer, one the diligent scholar
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s like my kids became each half of my personality; one the lazy gamer, one the diligent scholar
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Has this discourse cured anybody else's imposter syndrome?
I'm not that smart but I have never had medieval peasant brain. No, the fucking computer isn't a person!
I'm not that smart but I have never had medieval peasant brain. No, the fucking computer isn't a person!
That smells great
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Has this discourse cured anybody else's imposter syndrome?
I'm not that smart but I have never had medieval peasant brain. No, the fucking computer isn't a person!
I'm not that smart but I have never had medieval peasant brain. No, the fucking computer isn't a person!
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Hoping a major global crisis doesn’t happen while I’m on my road trip.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hoping a major global crisis doesn’t happen while I’m on my road trip.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
In the East Bay alone the population has grown by half a million in the last 25 years, but with no new major public transit projects. Indeed, BART seems to be in the process of slowly collapsing. I’m staying in more because I don’t want to deal with this bullshit. This is your fault, tech assholes.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In the East Bay alone the population has grown by half a million in the last 25 years, but with no new major public transit projects. Indeed, BART seems to be in the process of slowly collapsing. I’m staying in more because I don’t want to deal with this bullshit. This is your fault, tech assholes.
The Law and the principle of Justice are what we owe to each other, ideally.
But when the Law has a big exemption for the President, who also uses the Law as a cudgel?
Yeah, we still owe each other decency and safety, but the Law itself has become a tool of base oppression. Ignore it.
But when the Law has a big exemption for the President, who also uses the Law as a cudgel?
Yeah, we still owe each other decency and safety, but the Law itself has become a tool of base oppression. Ignore it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Law and the principle of Justice are what we owe to each other, ideally.
But when the Law has a big exemption for the President, who also uses the Law as a cudgel?
Yeah, we still owe each other decency and safety, but the Law itself has become a tool of base oppression. Ignore it.
But when the Law has a big exemption for the President, who also uses the Law as a cudgel?
Yeah, we still owe each other decency and safety, but the Law itself has become a tool of base oppression. Ignore it.
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Amy just linked me into an interview where the guy is asking Vince Gilligan where he thinks certain characters are today
And for Saul Goodman he said 'pardoned by Trump'
so here's how I think that would happen in my head canon
And for Saul Goodman he said 'pardoned by Trump'
so here's how I think that would happen in my head canon
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Amy just linked me into an interview where the guy is asking Vince Gilligan where he thinks certain characters are today
And for Saul Goodman he said 'pardoned by Trump'
so here's how I think that would happen in my head canon
And for Saul Goodman he said 'pardoned by Trump'
so here's how I think that would happen in my head canon
The Epstein Files haven't been released? We're still moments away from the blatant conquest of Venezuela? And Articles of Impeachment haven't been filed?
Truly we are a nation of cowards. An entire field of social psychology will open up to study Democratic inaction in 2025. Just pathetic.
Truly we are a nation of cowards. An entire field of social psychology will open up to study Democratic inaction in 2025. Just pathetic.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Epstein Files haven't been released? We're still moments away from the blatant conquest of Venezuela? And Articles of Impeachment haven't been filed?
Truly we are a nation of cowards. An entire field of social psychology will open up to study Democratic inaction in 2025. Just pathetic.
Truly we are a nation of cowards. An entire field of social psychology will open up to study Democratic inaction in 2025. Just pathetic.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
Fuck this month has sucked. I’m really hoping that this holiday is restful and healing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Fuck this month has sucked. I’m really hoping that this holiday is restful and healing.
Good grief. How is anyone 30 minutes late to plans with anyone and doesn’t let them know what their status is?
It was probably a misunderstanding or something, I get that. But why get mad at me when I think that standing in front of a restaurant for 30 minutes kinda makes me look like an idiot.
It was probably a misunderstanding or something, I get that. But why get mad at me when I think that standing in front of a restaurant for 30 minutes kinda makes me look like an idiot.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Good grief. How is anyone 30 minutes late to plans with anyone and doesn’t let them know what their status is?
It was probably a misunderstanding or something, I get that. But why get mad at me when I think that standing in front of a restaurant for 30 minutes kinda makes me look like an idiot.
It was probably a misunderstanding or something, I get that. But why get mad at me when I think that standing in front of a restaurant for 30 minutes kinda makes me look like an idiot.
I just got stood up on a date, and she got mad at me.
Why are all these Earthlings so out of their minds?
Why are all these Earthlings so out of their minds?
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I just got stood up on a date, and she got mad at me.
Why are all these Earthlings so out of their minds?
Why are all these Earthlings so out of their minds?
Republicans love Pedophiles, Alan Dershowitz is a Pedophile, Bari Weiss is a Republican, yeah this all tracks here
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Republicans love Pedophiles, Alan Dershowitz is a Pedophile, Bari Weiss is a Republican, yeah this all tracks here
Thanksgiving: Turkey Pot Pies
Christmas: Steak and Crab
So it is written, so shall it be done.
Christmas: Steak and Crab
So it is written, so shall it be done.
it fascinates me how most everyone in the U.S. does turkey for Thanksgiving, but we are all over the map as to what we eat for Christmas (as is proper for a hugely diverse nation).
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
I also use the bacon method. Although turkey is Christmas dinner where I come from.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Thanksgiving: Turkey Pot Pies
Christmas: Steak and Crab
So it is written, so shall it be done.
Christmas: Steak and Crab
So it is written, so shall it be done.
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i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
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The Civil Rights Movement.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Civil Rights Movement.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.