Jeff Johnston
@koeselitz.bsky.social
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Jeff Johnston
@koeselitz.bsky.social
· Jul 9
A Zohran victory would be very very good for a great number of reasons, but nobody bats a thousand and on this particular issue he is going to need to adjust somehow. I’m willing to say that, because the function of discourse is coalition setting, not electioneering.
“The function of discourse is coalition setting, not electioneering” - this is so important! In a time when electoral anxiety can feel overwhelming - esp for the liberals among us more prone to worry - we have to moderate that impulse and focus on building the coalition through honest discourse.
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I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
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Not calling this poster out, but we should also stop calling it Mt. Everest. Buncha white dudes slapped that name on in the 1850's. The mountain, and the cultures around it, are a hell of a lot older than that.
Besides, Chomolungma, or "Goddess Mother of the World" sounds much cooler.
Besides, Chomolungma, or "Goddess Mother of the World" sounds much cooler.
People should stop climbing mt everest
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Not calling this poster out, but we should also stop calling it Mt. Everest. Buncha white dudes slapped that name on in the 1850's. The mountain, and the cultures around it, are a hell of a lot older than that.
Besides, Chomolungma, or "Goddess Mother of the World" sounds much cooler.
Besides, Chomolungma, or "Goddess Mother of the World" sounds much cooler.
hot take: Isaac Chotiner should start interviewing fellow journalists the same way
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
hot take: Isaac Chotiner should start interviewing fellow journalists the same way
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If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
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I think it’s such a perfect case study for why “access journalism” to political figures is such a crock of shit. Most people can’t spend a ton of time with people without getting to like them, or at least sympathize with them. This is obviously an extreme case, but I think it’s always dangerous
One thing about RFKuzzi is that I feel like we all need to recognize these cloying “personal” details as signs of simpering sycophancy.
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I think it’s such a perfect case study for why “access journalism” to political figures is such a crock of shit. Most people can’t spend a ton of time with people without getting to like them, or at least sympathize with them. This is obviously an extreme case, but I think it’s always dangerous
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i'm sick and tired of President Stuff on the world wide web
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
i'm sick and tired of President Stuff on the world wide web
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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hadn't even seen this, this is beyond awful
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
hadn't even seen this, this is beyond awful
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hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
One thing about RFKuzzi is that I feel like we all need to recognize these cloying “personal” details as signs of simpering sycophancy.
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
One thing about RFKuzzi is that I feel like we all need to recognize these cloying “personal” details as signs of simpering sycophancy.
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
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This is a very sweet (if very Christian-centric) trans-led mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift givers with unhoused or in-foster care trans kids.
www.transanta.com/about
www.transanta.com/about
About — Transanta
www.transanta.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is a very sweet (if very Christian-centric) trans-led mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift givers with unhoused or in-foster care trans kids.
www.transanta.com/about
www.transanta.com/about
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I Am Not Your ‘Inmate’.
"I didn’t always detest this term," said Lawrence Bartley. "But hearing officers use it as an insult reminded me to call incarcerated people — including myself — by our names." Story via @themarshallproject.org. #2021
www.themarshallproject.org/2021/04/12/i...
"I didn’t always detest this term," said Lawrence Bartley. "But hearing officers use it as an insult reminded me to call incarcerated people — including myself — by our names." Story via @themarshallproject.org. #2021
www.themarshallproject.org/2021/04/12/i...
I Am Not Your ‘Inmate’
Hearing officers use “inmate” as an insult reminded me to call incarcerated people — including myself — by our names.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I Am Not Your ‘Inmate’.
"I didn’t always detest this term," said Lawrence Bartley. "But hearing officers use it as an insult reminded me to call incarcerated people — including myself — by our names." Story via @themarshallproject.org. #2021
www.themarshallproject.org/2021/04/12/i...
"I didn’t always detest this term," said Lawrence Bartley. "But hearing officers use it as an insult reminded me to call incarcerated people — including myself — by our names." Story via @themarshallproject.org. #2021
www.themarshallproject.org/2021/04/12/i...
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god I love Goodness Gracious Me
Oh yes, but we still love bland and beige. This is also an iconic sketch… youtu.be/H-uEx_hEXAM?...
Going for an English | Goodness Gracious Me | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
god I love Goodness Gracious Me
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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the way these mediocre and unprincipled tools became widely adopted, due to temporary circumstances, thus sanctifying mediocre and unrigorous dilettantes as a technical elite, is upstream of the palo altoid tech culture which debrained the intellectual elite class who hold the ear of the bourgeoisie
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
the way these mediocre and unprincipled tools became widely adopted, due to temporary circumstances, thus sanctifying mediocre and unrigorous dilettantes as a technical elite, is upstream of the palo altoid tech culture which debrained the intellectual elite class who hold the ear of the bourgeoisie
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#ICYMI, my introduction to myself and to my upcoming contributions to @thebarbedwire.com's Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏...
“Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories,” writes @kitoconnell.com.
Meet our newest newsletter writer and contributor, who’ll be spearheading our queer coverage 💕
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/25/t...
Meet our newest newsletter writer and contributor, who’ll be spearheading our queer coverage 💕
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/25/t...
I’m a Trans Journalist Choosing to Live in Texas. Here’s Why That Matters.
My name is Kit O’Connell. I’ll be covering queer and trans life in Texas for Big & Bright — The Barbed Wire’s first underwritten vertical.
thebarbedwire.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#ICYMI, my introduction to myself and to my upcoming contributions to @thebarbedwire.com's Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏...
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There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered
very far, very far
over land and sea;
a little shy and sad of eye,
but very wise, was he
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered
very far, very far
over land and sea;
a little shy and sad of eye,
but very wise, was he
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered
very far, very far
over land and sea;
a little shy and sad of eye,
but very wise, was he
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered
very far, very far
over land and sea;
a little shy and sad of eye,
but very wise, was he
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“Dudes rock” has intense proxy pro-Christian nationalist vibes.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Dudes rock” has intense proxy pro-Christian nationalist vibes.
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The only pertinent thing about this story is that everyone involved is responsible for the murder of millions of infants and children. I don't care about Cum Poetry, I care that these are serial murderers
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The only pertinent thing about this story is that everyone involved is responsible for the murder of millions of infants and children. I don't care about Cum Poetry, I care that these are serial murderers
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we deserve a better class of media elite, dawg
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
we deserve a better class of media elite, dawg
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
I’m a USian who uses that term. I gather from this convo that there are now non-USians insisting on the term.
But it’s worth noting that goes all the way back for us USians. The assumption that the whole damn continent belongs to us, by right, is our whole deal.
There’s no easy answer.
But it’s worth noting that goes all the way back for us USians. The assumption that the whole damn continent belongs to us, by right, is our whole deal.
There’s no easy answer.
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m a USian who uses that term. I gather from this convo that there are now non-USians insisting on the term.
But it’s worth noting that goes all the way back for us USians. The assumption that the whole damn continent belongs to us, by right, is our whole deal.
There’s no easy answer.
But it’s worth noting that goes all the way back for us USians. The assumption that the whole damn continent belongs to us, by right, is our whole deal.
There’s no easy answer.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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This is a great idea and something I can do with kids.
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a great idea and something I can do with kids.