John Roddy
@roddyi.com
VERY important decision here. Patently offensive and incendiary speech like this is the entire reason the first amendment exists. That this man has to spend 20 years in prison for it is a grave failure of the justice system.
4th Cir. holds that it violated the First Amendment to convict Virginia man of soliciting treason for his inflammatory, disturbing, and deeply offensive post-9/11 statements which urged no concrete criminal plan or provide assistance to crime.
Huge case.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/144...
Huge case.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/144...
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
VERY important decision here. Patently offensive and incendiary speech like this is the entire reason the first amendment exists. That this man has to spend 20 years in prison for it is a grave failure of the justice system.
The only face that should be shot by the federal government is that of high grocery prices, not innocent citizens.
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The only face that should be shot by the federal government is that of high grocery prices, not innocent citizens.
Literally 100% of the murders in Minneapolis this year were committed by DHS agents.
Noem on Minneapolis: "We've got thousands of officers there and I'm not opposed to sending more if necessary to keep people safe"
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Literally 100% of the murders in Minneapolis this year were committed by DHS agents.
Dem messaging from this morning: "pwease twump focus on gwocewy pwices"
Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off."
This is an improvement. More fuck words.
Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off."
This is an improvement. More fuck words.
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Dem messaging from this morning: "pwease twump focus on gwocewy pwices"
Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off."
This is an improvement. More fuck words.
Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off."
This is an improvement. More fuck words.
*sigh*
Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.
Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
*sigh*
Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.
Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.
I was standing still in the middle of a hallway without being close to anything sharp or dangerous. The resulting bruise wasn't that painful, but I was so confused as to how it was possible that I can't even remember how I managed to get hurt in the first place.
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I was standing still in the middle of a hallway without being close to anything sharp or dangerous. The resulting bruise wasn't that painful, but I was so confused as to how it was possible that I can't even remember how I managed to get hurt in the first place.
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Cis comedians making great trans jokes is always such a treat
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Cis comedians making great trans jokes is always such a treat
This is the core of the 1st amendment on display. You are free to believe [false claim]. You are free to urge others to believe [false claim]. You are even free to lie about why [false claim] is true. But using that lie to instruct others to violently enact [false claim] is *not* protected speech.
Smith says Trump's claims that he won the election were not protected free speech because they were intneded to target a government function. "There is no historical analog for what President Trump did in this case."
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the core of the 1st amendment on display. You are free to believe [false claim]. You are free to urge others to believe [false claim]. You are even free to lie about why [false claim] is true. But using that lie to instruct others to violently enact [false claim] is *not* protected speech.
Show of hands: who else got put on a list of "genocide apologists" or the likes for telling people not to do crimes and brag about them online?
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Show of hands: who else got put on a list of "genocide apologists" or the likes for telling people not to do crimes and brag about them online?
Coca-Cola and McDonald's decided that AI is the future of marketing. Pop-Tarts just doubled down on the exact opposite of AI instead, and I hope the former are taking notes.
The Pop-Tarts mascots at the Pop-Tarts Bowl are true chaos agents.
"Three Pop-Tarts are gonna be sacrificed today, people!"
"Three Pop-Tarts are gonna be sacrificed today, people!"
December 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Coca-Cola and McDonald's decided that AI is the future of marketing. Pop-Tarts just doubled down on the exact opposite of AI instead, and I hope the former are taking notes.
Narrator: Greg Abbott literally pardoned someone who murdered an innocent Texan. And that conviction was secured by the same DA he's complaining about now.
Earlier this week, Greg Abbott took to X to call for the creation of a statewide district attorney.
Greg Abbott calls for statewide district attorney to replace 'progressive DAs'
Earlier this week, Greg Abbott took to X to call for the creation of a statewide district attorney.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Narrator: Greg Abbott literally pardoned someone who murdered an innocent Texan. And that conviction was secured by the same DA he's complaining about now.
I love this. And I especially love how I'm one of like a few dozen people on the planet who understands just how cursed it is. :)
Day 21: Tully Monster
"I Can't Believe It's Not An Invertebrate!" might be the worst margarine brand name ever. What do you think?
#ArtAdventCalendar #Art #DigitalArt #Tullimonstrum #Carboniferous #PaleoArt #SciArt #Paleontology #Fish #Animal #Weird
"I Can't Believe It's Not An Invertebrate!" might be the worst margarine brand name ever. What do you think?
#ArtAdventCalendar #Art #DigitalArt #Tullimonstrum #Carboniferous #PaleoArt #SciArt #Paleontology #Fish #Animal #Weird
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I love this. And I especially love how I'm one of like a few dozen people on the planet who understands just how cursed it is. :)
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How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
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Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
Fun fact: This is actually how elections are really handled in the City of London (not to be confused with London). It's a tradition that's so weird and unlike anywhere else that the freaking Magna Carta explicitly mentions that it doesn't count.
The mayor of Fenwick has offered a rather striking and direct positive defense of corporate voting – arguing that any entity that pays taxes & is subject to the law should have a direct role in city governance.
Note: this is a theory of govt rooted not “We the People” but “Us the Propertied”
Note: this is a theory of govt rooted not “We the People” but “Us the Propertied”
Fenwick Island responds to ACLU lawsuit
Responding to a lawsuit filed last week against the Town of Fenwick Island by the American Civil Liberties Union, Mayor Natalie Magdeburger defended the Town’s longstanding practice of allowing artificial
https://www.coastalpoint.com/news/communities/fenwickisland/fenwick-island-responds-to-aclu-lawsuit/article_0ff740be-481b-43c5-8271-6c2faaae1899.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=🚨%20Redding%20vote%20on%20Wilmington%20redistricting%20Tuesday%3B%20Is%20Dover%20panhandling%20effort%20constitutional%3F&utm_campaign=12%2015%2025%20Newsletter
December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fun fact: This is actually how elections are really handled in the City of London (not to be confused with London). It's a tradition that's so weird and unlike anywhere else that the freaking Magna Carta explicitly mentions that it doesn't count.
This is your regular reminder that "bipartisan" does not mean "good." § 230 is one of the most elegant, beautiful laws of the Internet age. And if you think the Internet has "outgrown it" or whatever, wait until you see what it was like when it was passed!
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is your regular reminder that "bipartisan" does not mean "good." § 230 is one of the most elegant, beautiful laws of the Internet age. And if you think the Internet has "outgrown it" or whatever, wait until you see what it was like when it was passed!
Wow. What a busy month this afternoon has been.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Wow. What a busy month this afternoon has been.
There are more trees on earth right now than there are stars in the entire local group of galaxies (Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, etc) COMBINED.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
There are more trees on earth right now than there are stars in the entire local group of galaxies (Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, etc) COMBINED.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
On today's trans day of remembrance, we mourn the loss of Bill Maher, who was transformed directly into a corncob by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social.
Well. I say "mourn"...
Well. I say "mourn"...
PATTON OSWALT: These people are scared. They're being targeted. We're watching them be targeted right now. We're watching transgender people be targeted in a very aggressive way, so—
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
On today's trans day of remembrance, we mourn the loss of Bill Maher, who was transformed directly into a corncob by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social.
Well. I say "mourn"...
Well. I say "mourn"...
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trans day of remembrance sucks because we’re the only ones who ever give a shit about it. if cis people took it as a day to go “wow through our callous disregard for the safety of trans people we sure did kill a lot of trannies” every year that might be worth something but we don’t even get that
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
trans day of remembrance sucks because we’re the only ones who ever give a shit about it. if cis people took it as a day to go “wow through our callous disregard for the safety of trans people we sure did kill a lot of trannies” every year that might be worth something but we don’t even get that