Jim Pyke
@jimpyke.bsky.social
I'm into non-toxic positivity, film, art, music, food, anime, manga, æsthetics, & finding different ways to see, hear, & understand.
Also pro-housing, pro-cycling.
Hopefully that covers it.
Also pro-housing, pro-cycling.
Hopefully that covers it.
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Jim Pyke
@jimpyke.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I've spent 30+ years helping build & maintain a positive & uplifting culture of service in my workplace.
Every one of us needs to get better at:
•asking "How can I help?"
•saying "I need help"
•asking empathic questions
•listening to the answers, &
•focusing on responding instead of just reacting
Every one of us needs to get better at:
•asking "How can I help?"
•saying "I need help"
•asking empathic questions
•listening to the answers, &
•focusing on responding instead of just reacting
Q for #a2council mayoral candidate Yousef Rabhi:
If elected would you fast track implementation of an unarmed crisis response program in Ann Arbor, which program was approved nearly 5 years ago in April of 2021?
[based on the aforementioned time frame, I already know the incumbent mayor's answer]
If elected would you fast track implementation of an unarmed crisis response program in Ann Arbor, which program was approved nearly 5 years ago in April of 2021?
[based on the aforementioned time frame, I already know the incumbent mayor's answer]
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Q for #a2council mayoral candidate Yousef Rabhi:
If elected would you fast track implementation of an unarmed crisis response program in Ann Arbor, which program was approved nearly 5 years ago in April of 2021?
[based on the aforementioned time frame, I already know the incumbent mayor's answer]
If elected would you fast track implementation of an unarmed crisis response program in Ann Arbor, which program was approved nearly 5 years ago in April of 2021?
[based on the aforementioned time frame, I already know the incumbent mayor's answer]
In the fall of 1982 I started high school.
I chose Spanish for my language study class because I knew it was the 2nd language of the US.
I feel like I was smarter then at the age of 14 than every adult Republican today.
I chose Spanish for my language study class because I knew it was the 2nd language of the US.
I feel like I was smarter then at the age of 14 than every adult Republican today.
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In the fall of 1982 I started high school.
I chose Spanish for my language study class because I knew it was the 2nd language of the US.
I feel like I was smarter then at the age of 14 than every adult Republican today.
I chose Spanish for my language study class because I knew it was the 2nd language of the US.
I feel like I was smarter then at the age of 14 than every adult Republican today.
Just putting this here in case any Congress members might happen to see it.
February 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Just putting this here in case any Congress members might happen to see it.
Astonishing, deeply disturbing testimony.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Astonishing, deeply disturbing testimony.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
"Not all men," but, yeah... definitely a very significant number of men.
Way too many, in fact.
TBH in terms of the overall effect at this point it feels like we should probably assume that it's *most* men.
It's pretty awful, really.
Way too many, in fact.
TBH in terms of the overall effect at this point it feels like we should probably assume that it's *most* men.
It's pretty awful, really.
they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"Not all men," but, yeah... definitely a very significant number of men.
Way too many, in fact.
TBH in terms of the overall effect at this point it feels like we should probably assume that it's *most* men.
It's pretty awful, really.
Way too many, in fact.
TBH in terms of the overall effect at this point it feels like we should probably assume that it's *most* men.
It's pretty awful, really.
#a2council
My 1st question for candidate Rabhi:
What's your position regarding the 3-unit limit on neighborhood multiplexes, & how does your self-identification as a socialist inform that position?
My 1st question for candidate Rabhi:
What's your position regarding the 3-unit limit on neighborhood multiplexes, & how does your self-identification as a socialist inform that position?
an aerial view of a residential area with the words we need more housing above it
ALT: an aerial view of a residential area with the words we need more housing above it
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
#a2council
My 1st question for candidate Rabhi:
What's your position regarding the 3-unit limit on neighborhood multiplexes, & how does your self-identification as a socialist inform that position?
My 1st question for candidate Rabhi:
What's your position regarding the 3-unit limit on neighborhood multiplexes, & how does your self-identification as a socialist inform that position?
Reposted by Jim Pyke
New and extremely bad escalation to arresting a journalist for, as far as I can tell, what is now the crime of reporting on news.
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
New and extremely bad escalation to arresting a journalist for, as far as I can tell, what is now the crime of reporting on news.
Statement from representative of Ecuador, translated into English...
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Statement from representative of Ecuador, translated into English...
Every Dem party official very urgently needs to look deeply into what is happening in Minneapolis right now and get on board with actively resisting the rise of fascism in this country, instead of insisting over and over again that they have no power to resist the rise of fascism.
I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Every Dem party official very urgently needs to look deeply into what is happening in Minneapolis right now and get on board with actively resisting the rise of fascism in this country, instead of insisting over and over again that they have no power to resist the rise of fascism.
Reposted by Jim Pyke
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
Abolish ICE
At this point it's the only solution to this nightmare, and all reasonable people should be demanding it.
At this point it's the only solution to this nightmare, and all reasonable people should be demanding it.
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Abolish ICE
At this point it's the only solution to this nightmare, and all reasonable people should be demanding it.
At this point it's the only solution to this nightmare, and all reasonable people should be demanding it.
Even our ostensibly Anti-Trump elected representative must be held accountable...
![screenshot of Facebook post by Adam Bates
Here's the liberal conundrum:
1. they're morally aware enough to know they need to do something
2. they're too morally and politically cowardly to do the one thing that will solve this, so
3. they all galvanize around empty unhelpful nonsense so they can say they're doing something without actually helping anything
[below this introduction is a screenshot of a Twitter post]
Alec Karakatsanis
@equalityAlec
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant.
"moments in U.S. police history. On March 7, 1965, white police in Alabama beat hundreds of civil rights marchers-including fracturing the skull of civil rights icon John Lewis-as they walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on 'Bloody Sunday.' The very next day, President Lyndon Johnson announced an unprecedented expansion of funding for U.S. police departments, including for 'improved training of policemen.'"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wfc5v5jxurjf4vg2wlrddxgp/bafkreiba2esszzvuo63vqri3sp4nzh6juzwhr6og5gdikzyzrebprltlne@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Even our ostensibly Anti-Trump elected representative must be held accountable...
Dear Democratic politicians, journalists, etc. -
Asking people who are verifiably destroying the country, "Hey are you destroying the country?" repeatedly while those people continue to destroy the country is an insufficient response to the situation of the country being destroyed.
Asking people who are verifiably destroying the country, "Hey are you destroying the country?" repeatedly while those people continue to destroy the country is an insufficient response to the situation of the country being destroyed.
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Dear Democratic politicians, journalists, etc. -
Asking people who are verifiably destroying the country, "Hey are you destroying the country?" repeatedly while those people continue to destroy the country is an insufficient response to the situation of the country being destroyed.
Asking people who are verifiably destroying the country, "Hey are you destroying the country?" repeatedly while those people continue to destroy the country is an insufficient response to the situation of the country being destroyed.
If posting on social media that a quote is misquoted, please include the actual quote so you don't look like a pedantic jerk. In this case the quote referred to is (English translation):
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If posting on social media that a quote is misquoted, please include the actual quote so you don't look like a pedantic jerk. In this case the quote referred to is (English translation):
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci
Useful
Everything that is wrong with the GOP can be explained in these 4 charts
The principles of Abuse
The failures of racism
The Special Snowflake chart
The Virtue/Abuse Quadrant chart
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The principles of Abuse
The failures of racism
The Special Snowflake chart
The Virtue/Abuse Quadrant chart
redloraine.wixsite.com/website/post...
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Useful
Those who hoard wealth and power are the greatest enemies of all life on earth.
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Those who hoard wealth and power are the greatest enemies of all life on earth.
As strongly worded as this statement is from Governor Walz, I can't help but wonder what the legal precedent is regarding self defense claims if one physically fights back against clearly illegal, warrantless searches and violent kidnapping attempts by ICE agents.
"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
As strongly worded as this statement is from Governor Walz, I can't help but wonder what the legal precedent is regarding self defense claims if one physically fights back against clearly illegal, warrantless searches and violent kidnapping attempts by ICE agents.
This is it right here.
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This is it right here.
Just do your best, starting with taking care of yourself.
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Just do your best, starting with taking care of yourself.
The federal government is now randomly executing people in the streets in broad daylight.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The federal government is now randomly executing people in the streets in broad daylight.
As a 57 year old, I'll go further to say that at midnight today Reagan will have been elected president 45 years ago.
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At midnight today, it will have been 2016 for the past decade.
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As a 57 year old, I'll go further to say that at midnight today Reagan will have been elected president 45 years ago.
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I recommend carefully avoiding the use of AI (sic) for any research / fact-finding task of any kind whatsoever.
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I recommend carefully avoiding the use of AI (sic) for any research / fact-finding task of any kind whatsoever.
Reposted by Jim Pyke
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."