@johnnyflapjack.bsky.social
Working-class intellectual, with a strong background in socialism. Was off all social media, until Nazis tried to stifle criticism of their messiah. Already getting tired of the echo chamber BS & will delete this account eventually.
My response to bullies was conditioned on the grade 2 playground. Some little punk -likely abused at home- was pushing me around, so I walked up to the 60-ish, WW II vet substitute and said:
"He's picking on me!"
He glanced over and looked back at me.
"He's picking on me!"
He glanced over and looked back at me.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My response to bullies was conditioned on the grade 2 playground. Some little punk -likely abused at home- was pushing me around, so I walked up to the 60-ish, WW II vet substitute and said:
"He's picking on me!"
He glanced over and looked back at me.
"He's picking on me!"
He glanced over and looked back at me.
"Rainbow Wool’s solution has been to buy gay rams directly from breeders, outbidding the price they might receive from a slaughterhouse, and keep them for their wool. The flock now numbers 35..."
Best niche marketing campaign in the history of capitalism!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Best niche marketing campaign in the history of capitalism!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Just not that into ewes: ‘gay sheep’ escape slaughter and take over a New York catwalk
Designer Michael Schmidt’s 36-piece collection was made from the wool of rams who have shown same-sex attraction
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Rainbow Wool’s solution has been to buy gay rams directly from breeders, outbidding the price they might receive from a slaughterhouse, and keep them for their wool. The flock now numbers 35..."
Best niche marketing campaign in the history of capitalism!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Best niche marketing campaign in the history of capitalism!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
It certainly does seem like a lot of black folks are leaving CBS since Bari Weiss took over.
Most of them, in fact.
What's that about?
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Most of them, in fact.
What's that about?
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Maurice DuBois to Exit CBS News Amid Evening News Overhaul
Maurice DuBois to Exit CBS News Amid Evening News Overhaul
variety.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It certainly does seem like a lot of black folks are leaving CBS since Bari Weiss took over.
Most of them, in fact.
What's that about?
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Most of them, in fact.
What's that about?
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Partisan gerrymanders have been racial gerrymanders for as long as black Americans have had a vote.
Even if you take the SCOTUS tortured reasoning at face value, it's not possible to disenfranchise voters in a red state without carving them up along racial lines.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Even if you take the SCOTUS tortured reasoning at face value, it's not possible to disenfranchise voters in a red state without carving them up along racial lines.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to Texas’ efforts to be able to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans in the 2026 elections despite a […]
www.scotusblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Partisan gerrymanders have been racial gerrymanders for as long as black Americans have had a vote.
Even if you take the SCOTUS tortured reasoning at face value, it's not possible to disenfranchise voters in a red state without carving them up along racial lines.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Even if you take the SCOTUS tortured reasoning at face value, it's not possible to disenfranchise voters in a red state without carving them up along racial lines.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Fred Lambert believes that the safety of women who can afford Waymo, greatly outweighs job losses for those who can't afford to ride in taxis, or even own a vehicle.
Is Fred's job safe from automation?
I honestly hope he's one of the next to get purged by AI.
electrek.co/2025/12/04/w...
Is Fred's job safe from automation?
I honestly hope he's one of the next to get purged by AI.
electrek.co/2025/12/04/w...
Waymo shuts down 'can't scale' argument with quick test to fully autonomous in Texas
For years, the loudest and most persistent argument coming from the Tesla camp, including Elon Musk himself, against Waymo has...
electrek.co
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Fred Lambert believes that the safety of women who can afford Waymo, greatly outweighs job losses for those who can't afford to ride in taxis, or even own a vehicle.
Is Fred's job safe from automation?
I honestly hope he's one of the next to get purged by AI.
electrek.co/2025/12/04/w...
Is Fred's job safe from automation?
I honestly hope he's one of the next to get purged by AI.
electrek.co/2025/12/04/w...
Everyone already knew he didn't resign one year into a job he spent his whole career working towards.
And the plain fact is, he's more qualified than Hegseth to be in command AT ALL.
Hegseth is the DEI hire:
Duplicitous
Egotistical
Ignorant
newrepublic.com/post/203949/...
And the plain fact is, he's more qualified than Hegseth to be in command AT ALL.
Hegseth is the DEI hire:
Duplicitous
Egotistical
Ignorant
newrepublic.com/post/203949/...
Now We Know Why Top Navy Admiral Suddenly Resigned Under Hegseth
Admiral Alvin Holse didn’t resign of his own volition.
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Everyone already knew he didn't resign one year into a job he spent his whole career working towards.
And the plain fact is, he's more qualified than Hegseth to be in command AT ALL.
Hegseth is the DEI hire:
Duplicitous
Egotistical
Ignorant
newrepublic.com/post/203949/...
And the plain fact is, he's more qualified than Hegseth to be in command AT ALL.
Hegseth is the DEI hire:
Duplicitous
Egotistical
Ignorant
newrepublic.com/post/203949/...
Red State Geology professor: "I want a 1200 word essay on how sedimentary rock forms over millions of years."
MAGA student: "Based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, the Earth cannot possibly be more than 10,000 years old and God made sedimentary rock in one day."
1174 more words to an A+!
MAGA student: "Based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, the Earth cannot possibly be more than 10,000 years old and God made sedimentary rock in one day."
1174 more words to an A+!
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Red State Geology professor: "I want a 1200 word essay on how sedimentary rock forms over millions of years."
MAGA student: "Based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, the Earth cannot possibly be more than 10,000 years old and God made sedimentary rock in one day."
1174 more words to an A+!
MAGA student: "Based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, the Earth cannot possibly be more than 10,000 years old and God made sedimentary rock in one day."
1174 more words to an A+!
Every prisoner, at every penal facility in the country, has their human rights violated on a daily basis.
Ask anyone that's been in state and federal prisons; they'll tell you the feds are worse.
Unless you have money or status, you have no rights in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ask anyone that's been in state and federal prisons; they'll tell you the feds are worse.
Unless you have money or status, you have no rights in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Every prisoner, at every penal facility in the country, has their human rights violated on a daily basis.
Ask anyone that's been in state and federal prisons; they'll tell you the feds are worse.
Unless you have money or status, you have no rights in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ask anyone that's been in state and federal prisons; they'll tell you the feds are worse.
Unless you have money or status, you have no rights in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of ...
www.lemonde.fr
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
If you're a billionaire, city hall can't afford to fight you.
Most state capitals can't even pay the army of lawyers to fight your army of lawyers.
That means the billionaire class does whatever they want to do.
Most state capitals can't even pay the army of lawyers to fight your army of lawyers.
That means the billionaire class does whatever they want to do.
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you're a billionaire, city hall can't afford to fight you.
Most state capitals can't even pay the army of lawyers to fight your army of lawyers.
That means the billionaire class does whatever they want to do.
Most state capitals can't even pay the army of lawyers to fight your army of lawyers.
That means the billionaire class does whatever they want to do.
I don't subscribe to religion or the dogmatic ideology that says someone is whatever gender they feel like that day.
And I would have given that student a zero for failing to complete the assignment.
It's a psych course, not divinity class.
They have schools for that.
apnews.com/article/univ...
And I would have given that student a zero for failing to complete the assignment.
It's a psych course, not divinity class.
They have schools for that.
apnews.com/article/univ...
Oklahoma university instructor on leave after failing Bible-based essay on gender
A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on leave after a student complained about receiving a failing grade on a paper.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I don't subscribe to religion or the dogmatic ideology that says someone is whatever gender they feel like that day.
And I would have given that student a zero for failing to complete the assignment.
It's a psych course, not divinity class.
They have schools for that.
apnews.com/article/univ...
And I would have given that student a zero for failing to complete the assignment.
It's a psych course, not divinity class.
They have schools for that.
apnews.com/article/univ...
I'll never apologize for refusing to vote for this vile individual.
She tells an association of far-right Zionists how bad their PR is.
Bombing hospitals and starving babies isn't the problem.
It's kids on the TikToks.
They just don't understand nuance of genocide.
truthout.org/articles/cli...
She tells an association of far-right Zionists how bad their PR is.
Bombing hospitals and starving babies isn't the problem.
It's kids on the TikToks.
They just don't understand nuance of genocide.
truthout.org/articles/cli...
Hillary Clinton Says Young People Oppose Gaza Genocide Because of “Totally Made Up” Videos
The former secretary of state spoke at a conference organized by a far right Israeli paper run by a Trump megadonor.
truthout.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'll never apologize for refusing to vote for this vile individual.
She tells an association of far-right Zionists how bad their PR is.
Bombing hospitals and starving babies isn't the problem.
It's kids on the TikToks.
They just don't understand nuance of genocide.
truthout.org/articles/cli...
She tells an association of far-right Zionists how bad their PR is.
Bombing hospitals and starving babies isn't the problem.
It's kids on the TikToks.
They just don't understand nuance of genocide.
truthout.org/articles/cli...
Tomorrow's headline: "Microsoft redoubles efforts to shove AI users clearly don't want, down their throats."
When Google's Aluminum OS & Valve's Steam OS inevitably start eating Windows market share, then what will the stock price do?
www.investors.com/news/technol...
When Google's Aluminum OS & Valve's Steam OS inevitably start eating Windows market share, then what will the stock price do?
www.investors.com/news/technol...
Microsoft Stock Slips On Report Customers Resisting AI Products
Microsoft stock fell on a report that it is cutting AI software sales quotas because customers are resisting new products.
www.investors.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tomorrow's headline: "Microsoft redoubles efforts to shove AI users clearly don't want, down their throats."
When Google's Aluminum OS & Valve's Steam OS inevitably start eating Windows market share, then what will the stock price do?
www.investors.com/news/technol...
When Google's Aluminum OS & Valve's Steam OS inevitably start eating Windows market share, then what will the stock price do?
www.investors.com/news/technol...
The intent was to destroy the wreckage of a boat that the survivors were clinging to, with high explosive ordinance & NOT kill the survivors?
What's scarier; that Pentagon officials are lying, or really don't understand weapons systems they're deploying?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What's scarier; that Pentagon officials are lying, or really don't understand weapons systems they're deploying?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy drug boat instead of crew
Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The intent was to destroy the wreckage of a boat that the survivors were clinging to, with high explosive ordinance & NOT kill the survivors?
What's scarier; that Pentagon officials are lying, or really don't understand weapons systems they're deploying?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What's scarier; that Pentagon officials are lying, or really don't understand weapons systems they're deploying?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In order to eliminate the last 2 congressional districts in Indiana that Democrats can win, they cut Indianapolis into 4 parts and put them in the middle of a massive rural district of Trump humpers.
It's constitutional, according to the Trump SCOTUS.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/02/i...
It's constitutional, according to the Trump SCOTUS.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/02/i...
House panel advances Indiana map drawn 'purely for political performance' of GOP • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The author of Indiana's new congressional redistricting bill acknowledged the maps are "politically gerrymandered" but defended them against accusations of illegal racial gerrymandering.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In order to eliminate the last 2 congressional districts in Indiana that Democrats can win, they cut Indianapolis into 4 parts and put them in the middle of a massive rural district of Trump humpers.
It's constitutional, according to the Trump SCOTUS.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/02/i...
It's constitutional, according to the Trump SCOTUS.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/02/i...
I rarely agree with anything either party does in DC.
Requiring anyone with US citizenship to pick a side of the fence?
That's fine with me.
For what it's worth, I may gladly renounce my US citizenship one day.
So far, no other country wants me.
www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/se...
Requiring anyone with US citizenship to pick a side of the fence?
That's fine with me.
For what it's worth, I may gladly renounce my US citizenship one day.
So far, no other country wants me.
www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/se...
www.wkbn.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I rarely agree with anything either party does in DC.
Requiring anyone with US citizenship to pick a side of the fence?
That's fine with me.
For what it's worth, I may gladly renounce my US citizenship one day.
So far, no other country wants me.
www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/se...
Requiring anyone with US citizenship to pick a side of the fence?
That's fine with me.
For what it's worth, I may gladly renounce my US citizenship one day.
So far, no other country wants me.
www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/se...
"The federal government has had rules on the books to protect veterans' benefits since the Civil War era..."
Which is how long they've been screwing vets out of what was promised.
If either party gave a damn, it seems like this would have been fixed.
They don't care.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Which is how long they've been screwing vets out of what was promised.
If either party gave a damn, it seems like this would have been fixed.
They don't care.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nob...
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"The federal government has had rules on the books to protect veterans' benefits since the Civil War era..."
Which is how long they've been screwing vets out of what was promised.
If either party gave a damn, it seems like this would have been fixed.
They don't care.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Which is how long they've been screwing vets out of what was promised.
If either party gave a damn, it seems like this would have been fixed.
They don't care.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
For some reason, it's legal to buy politicians and even SCOTUS justices, but not voters.
If we're going to switch fully from the pretend "democracy" model to pure capitalism, voters would be paid off the same way politicians are.
In a strange way, that would almost be fair.
If we're going to switch fully from the pretend "democracy" model to pure capitalism, voters would be paid off the same way politicians are.
In a strange way, that would almost be fair.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For some reason, it's legal to buy politicians and even SCOTUS justices, but not voters.
If we're going to switch fully from the pretend "democracy" model to pure capitalism, voters would be paid off the same way politicians are.
In a strange way, that would almost be fair.
If we're going to switch fully from the pretend "democracy" model to pure capitalism, voters would be paid off the same way politicians are.
In a strange way, that would almost be fair.
Allege fraud without proof, gut program. Trumpism 101.
The problem is simple: welfare recipients traditionally don't vote.
And you know what? That's a serious problem for them and the country.
Voting, completing school and community service should be mandated.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
The problem is simple: welfare recipients traditionally don't vote.
And you know what? That's a serious problem for them and the country.
Voting, completing school and community service should be mandated.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here's what we know
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Allege fraud without proof, gut program. Trumpism 101.
The problem is simple: welfare recipients traditionally don't vote.
And you know what? That's a serious problem for them and the country.
Voting, completing school and community service should be mandated.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
The problem is simple: welfare recipients traditionally don't vote.
And you know what? That's a serious problem for them and the country.
Voting, completing school and community service should be mandated.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
The AP would like to pretend this man is somehow different from any veteran suffering from PTSD.
In what way is he different?
Well... you know. He's a scary, brown MUSLIM from AFGHANISTAN.
Their motto is seriously, "Journalism without an agenda."
What a joke.
apnews.com/article/laka...
In what way is he different?
Well... you know. He's a scary, brown MUSLIM from AFGHANISTAN.
Their motto is seriously, "Journalism without an agenda."
What a joke.
apnews.com/article/laka...
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan man accused of gunning down two National Guard members blocks from the White House last week, had been unraveling for years.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The AP would like to pretend this man is somehow different from any veteran suffering from PTSD.
In what way is he different?
Well... you know. He's a scary, brown MUSLIM from AFGHANISTAN.
Their motto is seriously, "Journalism without an agenda."
What a joke.
apnews.com/article/laka...
In what way is he different?
Well... you know. He's a scary, brown MUSLIM from AFGHANISTAN.
Their motto is seriously, "Journalism without an agenda."
What a joke.
apnews.com/article/laka...
ICE detains a lot of street vendors and daycare workers until they're deported.
It's interesting that they chose to release a known Afghan CIA asset before deporting him.
He had a simple choice: die within an hour or 2 of landing in Kabul, or sit in an American prison for a couple of decades.
It's interesting that they chose to release a known Afghan CIA asset before deporting him.
He had a simple choice: die within an hour or 2 of landing in Kabul, or sit in an American prison for a couple of decades.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE detains a lot of street vendors and daycare workers until they're deported.
It's interesting that they chose to release a known Afghan CIA asset before deporting him.
He had a simple choice: die within an hour or 2 of landing in Kabul, or sit in an American prison for a couple of decades.
It's interesting that they chose to release a known Afghan CIA asset before deporting him.
He had a simple choice: die within an hour or 2 of landing in Kabul, or sit in an American prison for a couple of decades.
That man would never have been in this country if it weren't for George W. Bush and the CIA.
He never would have been in ICE detention after being promised asylum, if not for Trump & Miller.
He was a marked man, and wouldn't have made it out of the Kabul airport alive.
He had nothing to lose.
He never would have been in ICE detention after being promised asylum, if not for Trump & Miller.
He was a marked man, and wouldn't have made it out of the Kabul airport alive.
He had nothing to lose.
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That man would never have been in this country if it weren't for George W. Bush and the CIA.
He never would have been in ICE detention after being promised asylum, if not for Trump & Miller.
He was a marked man, and wouldn't have made it out of the Kabul airport alive.
He had nothing to lose.
He never would have been in ICE detention after being promised asylum, if not for Trump & Miller.
He was a marked man, and wouldn't have made it out of the Kabul airport alive.
He had nothing to lose.
Reposted
"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
There is no excuse for any country to ban gay couples from forming civil unions with the same rights as hetero couples.
If gay folks want to ruin their credit, and throw away the best part of being gay -free drugs and casual sex- it's no one's business.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
If gay folks want to ruin their credit, and throw away the best part of being gay -free drugs and casual sex- it's no one's business.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Japan's same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court
The ruling bucks a trend set by courts around Japan that had raised hopes for marriage equality.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There is no excuse for any country to ban gay couples from forming civil unions with the same rights as hetero couples.
If gay folks want to ruin their credit, and throw away the best part of being gay -free drugs and casual sex- it's no one's business.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
If gay folks want to ruin their credit, and throw away the best part of being gay -free drugs and casual sex- it's no one's business.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The CIA is, and always has been the most dangerous terrorist organization on the face of the earth.
Burn them and salt the ashes.
Burn them and salt the ashes.
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The CIA is, and always has been the most dangerous terrorist organization on the face of the earth.
Burn them and salt the ashes.
Burn them and salt the ashes.