Jason Sproul
@synposium.com
Systems engineer, servant-leader. My opinions only. We need "freedom from" as well as "freedom to".
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Jason Sproul
@synposium.com
· Oct 2
I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time
The real smash and grab crime wave was the Republicans we elected along the way.
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
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ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
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The immigration “judge” allegedly sua sponte — meaning without any request by a party, which is obviously a lie given the circumstances — “corrected” the 2019 order to fix a “scrivener’s error” and order Mr Abrego Garcia deported.
Not surprisingly, Judge Xinis blocked that. What a corrupt act.
Not surprisingly, Judge Xinis blocked that. What a corrupt act.
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The immigration “judge” allegedly sua sponte — meaning without any request by a party, which is obviously a lie given the circumstances — “corrected” the 2019 order to fix a “scrivener’s error” and order Mr Abrego Garcia deported.
Not surprisingly, Judge Xinis blocked that. What a corrupt act.
Not surprisingly, Judge Xinis blocked that. What a corrupt act.
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It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
Is "correcting" a previous order like this a real thing?
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
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See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
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🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
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The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?
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don't just kvetch; comment.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
www.federalregister.gov
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
don't just kvetch; comment.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
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My full write-up:
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
BREAKING: Judge Blocks ICE From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia
Sua Sponte and Nunc Pro Tunc In a dramatic series of overnight...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My full write-up:
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Republicans have made it very clear their healthcare preference is “fuck you and die.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Republicans have made it very clear their healthcare preference is “fuck you and die.”
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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Be careful who you dehumanize and what permission structures you create for bigotry. Because social media isn't a silo, and judges and attorneys read and internalize what people say.
It's impossible to dehumanize anyone without dehumanizing all of us.
It's impossible to dehumanize anyone without dehumanizing all of us.
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Be careful who you dehumanize and what permission structures you create for bigotry. Because social media isn't a silo, and judges and attorneys read and internalize what people say.
It's impossible to dehumanize anyone without dehumanizing all of us.
It's impossible to dehumanize anyone without dehumanizing all of us.
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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dead internet theory was just slightly ahead of its time
googled something and clicked a link to a website I'd never heard of that looked like a forum, read the discussion and realized the person asking a question and all of the answers were all LLM generated, the entire website was a fake forum pretending to be people asking/answering questions
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
dead internet theory was just slightly ahead of its time
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Every ironworker in the original photo was smarter, more industrious, and contributed more positively to the world than the losers on Time’s cover, which is an affront to real working people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_a...
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Every ironworker in the original photo was smarter, more industrious, and contributed more positively to the world than the losers on Time’s cover, which is an affront to real working people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_a...
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I don’t want to see “experts say Trump can’t pardon a state conviction.”
That’s like “experts say sun rises in east, and some scientists claim water is two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom.”
It’s just a fact.
He CANNOT do this.
And the media DAMN well better get their coverage right.
That’s like “experts say sun rises in east, and some scientists claim water is two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom.”
It’s just a fact.
He CANNOT do this.
And the media DAMN well better get their coverage right.
Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison
Trump has no jurisdiction over state-level cases to offer the pardon.
www.axios.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I don’t want to see “experts say Trump can’t pardon a state conviction.”
That’s like “experts say sun rises in east, and some scientists claim water is two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom.”
It’s just a fact.
He CANNOT do this.
And the media DAMN well better get their coverage right.
That’s like “experts say sun rises in east, and some scientists claim water is two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom.”
It’s just a fact.
He CANNOT do this.
And the media DAMN well better get their coverage right.
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
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Please remember to support real journalism.
The CBS News home page is featuring some high-quality content tonight
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Please remember to support real journalism.
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"Unless a media company owns itself, its independence is conditional."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and the Oligarchs Are Killing Corporate Media
The oligarchs only care about money. The dictator only cares about power. They can make that arrangement work.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"Unless a media company owns itself, its independence is conditional."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...