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Stefan E. Jones

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Post-employed/Self-employed. Generation Jones. TTRPG author, maker, rocketeer, tech geek, political volunteer. @[email protected] #MakeGoodTrouble

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · Oct 26

Enough with the portentous Death of Democracy whinging.

Enough with filling out your Autocracy Bingo Cards.

Enough with mournfully quoting Hanna Arendt.

Get together, get active, organize, #MakeGoodTrouble, fundraise, lobby, litigate, protest and fight back.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 5h

Why shouldn't it work elsewhere? Can't hurt to try!

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 5h

There's a whole book on using mockery to defeat autocrats:

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Free download: d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...

Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Srdja Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen | eBook | Cornell University Press

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations....

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 8h

A local news station is running a 24 hour news feed from across the street from the ICE facility.

For most of the day, it is maybe half a dozen protesters, and people driving honking approval.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWL...

24 Hours Outside ICE | 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Live look at Portland, Oregon ICE Facility for full day

YouTube video by KATU News

www.youtube.com

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 9h

Came here to post that link!

Since I'm here:

The Orange Alternative was a surrealist Polish performance art / resistance group that mocked the communist government's military rule in the 80s.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_...

Orange Alternative - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 9h

Give them hell, Letitia!

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 10h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 12h

Live feed from the besieged ICE facility in War-Ravaged Portland, OR.

Wow, just look at those teeming hordes of Antifa terrorists.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMVn...

24 Hours Outside ICE | 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Live look at Portland, Oregon ICE Facility for full day

YouTube video by KATU News

www.youtube.com

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 12h

Gahhh.

While getting out publicity for the fundraiser, I realized it was on SATURDAY.

I have all day tomorrow to prepare the and chill the cakes. Whew.

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 16h

Article about a family of local rocketeers.

The launch mentioned in the article has been postponed a week . . . poor weather out in the high desert.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Model rockets soar thousands of feet in Oregon’s high desert

In the vast desert of Eastern Oregon, the Leibowitz family and their fellow rocketry enthusiasts gather to launch their creations into the sky. It’s a celebration of curiosity, teamwork and a bit of p...

www.opb.org

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 17h

Today I make the "for real" fundraiser cakes.

Tight schedule. They have to be chilled and ready by 3:30 pm Friday.

Cleaned off the counters, vacuumed the floor, washed the bowls and cups and spoons.

Measuring out ingredients soon.

I make the chocolate buttercream frosting tomorrow morning.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard general says his troops would be protecting protesters and Oregonians at the ICE facility if they were to be deployed.

#PortlandStrong @ordems.bsky.social @deschutesdemocrats.org @democratrolodex.org @multdems.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @demsabroad.bsky.social

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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James Kochalka Superstar @kochalka.bsky.social · 18h

wow!

Old comics are so cool.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19h

Cover by Russ Heath.

Marvel Tales #130 (1955). The cover is an image of a giant, clawed hand over a city, holding a group of people while a few are falling out and some are barely hanging on. "The Strange Tale of...'THE GIANT KILLER!'"

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

There is a playbook for what they're doing:

"Pranksters vs. Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism"

About the book: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Free download: d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...

d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Doomscrolling break.

Geek cripes, "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free" is one totally-not-fucking-around lyric.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b5d...

Battle Hymn of the Republic

YouTube video by Release - Topic

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Made a cheesecake yesterday. Added a can of cherry glop this afternoon.

As soon as I get back from walking Daphne I'm having a slice.

Last year's version:

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

tl;dl:

isportlandburning.com

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Is Portland "burning to the ground?" A new website has the answer.

Want to know if Portland is 'burning to the ground'? There's a website for that

Is Portland "burning to the ground?" A new website has the answer.

www.oregonlive.com

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw GFM update.

Hope you can get home soon and start treatments in earnest.

#FuckCancer

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Every Portland school has a carefully guarded window with glass in it that teachers use to show children who grew up in a world of plywood what the before-times were like.

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

(hat tip @kokomojoe.bsky.social)

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Please.

If you can manage it physically, make plans to attend a No Kings rally on October 18th.

Even if it is you and a few friends standing on the corners of a local intersection, waving protest signs.

Poster for the No Kings protests.

Symbol of a crown with red slashes over it.

Next:

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE

NO KINGS. OCTOBER 18

NOKINGS.ORG

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

They give bags of hammers someone to look down on.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

"One of the founders of antifa."

So, like, someone who fought in the Spanish Civil War?

You have to give them credit, these dumbfucks are really committed to their bit.

Screenshot of a social media post by @Acyn, with a video frame of a press conference with Donald Trump and Kristi Noem.

Text:

"Noem: One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of
one of the founders of antifa and we’re hoping as we go after her and
prosecute her, we'll get more and more information about the network
and how we can root them out and eliminate them from the existence of
American society."

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C Stuart Hardwick @cstuarthardwick.com · 1d

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