James S. Pumpkins
@jspumpkins.bsky.social
Stridently pro-blocking, anti-French fry. Microbiologist/biochemist.
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Is this real? Please tell me this is real
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Is this real? Please tell me this is real
If he won't enforce duly enacted laws, then his ass should be fired, tomorrow.
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM
If he won't enforce duly enacted laws, then his ass should be fired, tomorrow.
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You know what, the airlines should just pull the planes immediately and cancel all their routes, saying "Sir, yes, sir, Mr. President." Congress will enjoy that on a Friday.
The team from @theaircurrent is seeking more information on this statement from the President. A massive amount of the U.S. fleet of mainline, regional, helicopter and military aircraft are "made in Canada."
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
You know what, the airlines should just pull the planes immediately and cancel all their routes, saying "Sir, yes, sir, Mr. President." Congress will enjoy that on a Friday.
The greatest gift machine learning/AI could give me is to allow me to block the imported screenshots of tweets from chuds and MAGAs.
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The greatest gift machine learning/AI could give me is to allow me to block the imported screenshots of tweets from chuds and MAGAs.
The trail behind the leopard has always and will always be littered with the faceless remains of his former confidantes, if after 10 years you haven't figured that out then honestly I don't know what to say.
"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
www.axios.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The trail behind the leopard has always and will always be littered with the faceless remains of his former confidantes, if after 10 years you haven't figured that out then honestly I don't know what to say.
All they'd really have to do to lock Bovino's social media down is to put his phone up on the top shelf.
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
All they'd really have to do to lock Bovino's social media down is to put his phone up on the top shelf.
Politics are how we decide what to do without killing each other. When politics stops working we get <gestures broadly at the world> this. I get not having confidence in Dems to get to the correct end, but if you utterly discount any political solution, then we all know what your goal really is.
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Politics are how we decide what to do without killing each other. When politics stops working we get <gestures broadly at the world> this. I get not having confidence in Dems to get to the correct end, but if you utterly discount any political solution, then we all know what your goal really is.
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So, yes, celebrate for a second, but then get back on the phones and email and keep putting pressure on Democrats not to cave and the Republicans who have shown a hint of a spine to fully grow theirs…
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
So, yes, celebrate for a second, but then get back on the phones and email and keep putting pressure on Democrats not to cave and the Republicans who have shown a hint of a spine to fully grow theirs…
god why
[Schultz] Browns QB Shedeur Sanders has been added to the Pro Bowl roster as a replacement.
Sanders is the first 5th-round rookie to make a Pro Bowl since Puka Nacua. twitter.com/Schultz_Repo...
Sanders is the first 5th-round rookie to make a Pro Bowl since Puka Nacua. twitter.com/Schultz_Repo...
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
god why
Didn't get a pic but decided today was Big Kid Dinner day: tomato basil soup, grilled cheese with some excellent aged cheddar and a Mexican Coke. Perfection on a snow day.
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Didn't get a pic but decided today was Big Kid Dinner day: tomato basil soup, grilled cheese with some excellent aged cheddar and a Mexican Coke. Perfection on a snow day.
Reeeally hope someone is out there preserving all of the big names fashposting on main over on rocket boy's racism-and-cp generator for the after times.
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Reeeally hope someone is out there preserving all of the big names fashposting on main over on rocket boy's racism-and-cp generator for the after times.
lol these weeping pustules think they're the pinnacle of alpha male masculinity but their balls retract into their abdomens when someone yells mean things at them
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
lol these weeping pustules think they're the pinnacle of alpha male masculinity but their balls retract into their abdomens when someone yells mean things at them
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theres literally no reason for them to be there, there is no immigration crisis let alone in minnesota. they are there to get revenge on the population for how they’ve voted and the media playing along with this kayfabe bull shit is getting people killed
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
theres literally no reason for them to be there, there is no immigration crisis let alone in minnesota. they are there to get revenge on the population for how they’ve voted and the media playing along with this kayfabe bull shit is getting people killed
At this point, my political alignment chart is nationalize the rich guy's rocket company and manufacture the number of rockets needed to fire every one of these people into the sun.
[tos violation], MOULDERIN' IN THE GRAVE, [tos violation]
[tos violation], after all, like Jefferson noted: [tos violation]
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
At this point, my political alignment chart is nationalize the rich guy's rocket company and manufacture the number of rockets needed to fire every one of these people into the sun.
Absolutely no reason at this point, should sane people regain control, to not drone strike every Confederate monument until all that is left is dust and metal shards.
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Absolutely no reason at this point, should sane people regain control, to not drone strike every Confederate monument until all that is left is dust and metal shards.
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it's easy to blame rubes in flyover country for the nation's current predicament, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of it is down to years and years of elite moral and epistemic derangement, elite cowardice, and elite failure to overcome the collective action problem
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
it's easy to blame rubes in flyover country for the nation's current predicament, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of it is down to years and years of elite moral and epistemic derangement, elite cowardice, and elite failure to overcome the collective action problem
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a year ago i wrote a story that went viral over here about how republicans could create a de facto national care ban for trans medicine
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?
Donald Trump and Republicans may try to ban funding to companies that perform trans health care. Some fear Democrats won't stop them.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 AM
a year ago i wrote a story that went viral over here about how republicans could create a de facto national care ban for trans medicine
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
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Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
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Once again posting Plymouth Rock, the final boss of disappointing landmarks
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Once again posting Plymouth Rock, the final boss of disappointing landmarks
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It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
Bunch of cool hobby stuff announced today so, nice to end a week on a high
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Bunch of cool hobby stuff announced today so, nice to end a week on a high
ICE joining just to take the record for most blocked on clearsky
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
ICE joining just to take the record for most blocked on clearsky
I thought once that I had heard the dumbest thing I would ever hear and then this person proved me definitively wrong.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I thought once that I had heard the dumbest thing I would ever hear and then this person proved me definitively wrong.
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“The @texastribune.org obtained emails sent by college administrators showing the policy has already led to courses being cancelled or renumbered …with professors directed to alter course content or teach different classes.”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/t...
Texas A&M restrictions on race, gender could affect 200 courses
With the semester set to begin next week, professors have been directed to alter courses, and some classes have been removed or reassigned from the core curriculum at the College Station campus.
www.texastribune.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“The @texastribune.org obtained emails sent by college administrators showing the policy has already led to courses being cancelled or renumbered …with professors directed to alter course content or teach different classes.”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/t...
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It's time to officially let X/Twitter go. That platform's decline from a vibrant public square to what is now a platform for hate & disinformation has been painful to experience. I’ve already in this great community & look forward to continuing our conversations.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
US teachers union says it's leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
The American Federation of Teachers says it is leaving X, citing the social media site's creation and dissemination of "sickening" images of children in various states of undress.
www.reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It's time to officially let X/Twitter go. That platform's decline from a vibrant public square to what is now a platform for hate & disinformation has been painful to experience. I’ve already in this great community & look forward to continuing our conversations.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...