Tucker Jones
@tuckerjones.bsky.social
Formerly in international development and in local government. Now in Bonn, Germany. Learning German, also following news from Europe and especially the Balkans in BCMS, Turkish, English.
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Tucker Jones
@tuckerjones.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I'm moving to Bonn, Germany in a few weeks! My wife got into a master's program there, and I'll focus on intensive study of the German language for the first year. If you are in the area or know anyone I should meet there, please let me know!
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Tinker Swift, Taylor Swift, Soldier Swift, Spy Swift
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tinker Swift, Taylor Swift, Soldier Swift, Spy Swift
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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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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The fact that we have super wealthy and extremely stupid people trying to set themselves up as new nobles has made historical nobility, which I only know from books, far more real to me. These people were not smart, they did not rule well, and rigid hierarchies of domination are very bad.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The fact that we have super wealthy and extremely stupid people trying to set themselves up as new nobles has made historical nobility, which I only know from books, far more real to me. These people were not smart, they did not rule well, and rigid hierarchies of domination are very bad.
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Notably, in her last primary election, CM Bonds squeaked out the win with only 36% of the vote against a divided field. With RCV she might never have had this term at all.
Her refusal to accept the people's will here is unsurprising but still disappointing.
Her refusal to accept the people's will here is unsurprising but still disappointing.
NEWS: At-Large Councilember Anita Bonds will try to delay ranked-choice voting's rollout at next Tuesday's D.C. Council session. She has an emergency bill that would push RCV to 2027, instead of it being used next year. She says there isn't enough time for outreach and education.
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Notably, in her last primary election, CM Bonds squeaked out the win with only 36% of the vote against a divided field. With RCV she might never have had this term at all.
Her refusal to accept the people's will here is unsurprising but still disappointing.
Her refusal to accept the people's will here is unsurprising but still disappointing.
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Bot hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bot hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
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In #Serbien finden seit Tagen in Uni-Städten Proteste statt, weil sich die Blockaden der Fakultäten jähren. Hier liefen Student*innen in Belgrad zum Gericht, wo der Prozess gegen ihre Kommiliton*innen beginnen sollte. Mag sehr diese Szene, wo junge Menschen am Kindergartenzaun „Pumpaj!“ skandieren.🫶🏻
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In #Serbien finden seit Tagen in Uni-Städten Proteste statt, weil sich die Blockaden der Fakultäten jähren. Hier liefen Student*innen in Belgrad zum Gericht, wo der Prozess gegen ihre Kommiliton*innen beginnen sollte. Mag sehr diese Szene, wo junge Menschen am Kindergartenzaun „Pumpaj!“ skandieren.🫶🏻
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A pedestrian crash is when I, like, bump into someone and one of us falls over. In this case, a person with *40* traffic tickets slammed into a guy with her car (after also hitting a telephone pole).
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A pedestrian crash is when I, like, bump into someone and one of us falls over. In this case, a person with *40* traffic tickets slammed into a guy with her car (after also hitting a telephone pole).
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There is actually an example of a middle-income nation that was dragged into civil war by a bunch of geriatrics and neckbeards. That country was called Yugoslavia and people murdered their neighbors with axes.
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is actually an example of a middle-income nation that was dragged into civil war by a bunch of geriatrics and neckbeards. That country was called Yugoslavia and people murdered their neighbors with axes.
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"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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"The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turning vehicles are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions ... If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years."
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Will CM @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social demand that DC Police turn over footage from their raid on USIP at the behest of DOGE? She chairs DC Council's Committee on Public Safety, which oversees MPD.
If Pinto won't defend DC from Trump while she's on Council, why would she as DC's Delegate to Congress?
If Pinto won't defend DC from Trump while she's on Council, why would she as DC's Delegate to Congress?
NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Will CM @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social demand that DC Police turn over footage from their raid on USIP at the behest of DOGE? She chairs DC Council's Committee on Public Safety, which oversees MPD.
If Pinto won't defend DC from Trump while she's on Council, why would she as DC's Delegate to Congress?
If Pinto won't defend DC from Trump while she's on Council, why would she as DC's Delegate to Congress?
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AMAZING NEWS. Huge shoutout to the incredible attorneys at ACLU-DC, Amica, NIPNLG, CASA, and WLC litigating this case!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause
Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
AMAZING NEWS. Huge shoutout to the incredible attorneys at ACLU-DC, Amica, NIPNLG, CASA, and WLC litigating this case!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the chair of the DC Council's committee on public safety doing to make our 911 system work properly? @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social could you or your office comment on why the Mayor's 911 system is allowing our neighbors to die needlessly?
NEW: DC911/OUC fails to answer the radio during a confirmed cardiac arrest call today. Critical information wasn't promptly relayed to firefighters and medics. Read and listen here- statter911.com/2025/12/02/d... #911fail #firefighters #EMS
DC911 melts down on confirmed cardiac arrest call - Statter911
DC911 dispatchers failed to respond to seven radio messages over four minutes during a cardiac arrest call and withheld critical information
statter911.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What is the chair of the DC Council's committee on public safety doing to make our 911 system work properly? @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social could you or your office comment on why the Mayor's 911 system is allowing our neighbors to die needlessly?
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NEW: DC911/OUC fails to answer the radio during a confirmed cardiac arrest call today. Critical information wasn't promptly relayed to firefighters and medics. Read and listen here- statter911.com/2025/12/02/d... #911fail #firefighters #EMS
DC911 melts down on confirmed cardiac arrest call - Statter911
DC911 dispatchers failed to respond to seven radio messages over four minutes during a cardiac arrest call and withheld critical information
statter911.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: DC911/OUC fails to answer the radio during a confirmed cardiac arrest call today. Critical information wasn't promptly relayed to firefighters and medics. Read and listen here- statter911.com/2025/12/02/d... #911fail #firefighters #EMS
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As someone of Serbian descent, I'm thoroughly enjoying all the Falklands discourse going around on this site because seeing others crash out about a tiny rock in the middle the ocean makes our own irredentism feel a little less stupid.
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As someone of Serbian descent, I'm thoroughly enjoying all the Falklands discourse going around on this site because seeing others crash out about a tiny rock in the middle the ocean makes our own irredentism feel a little less stupid.
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DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
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jesus christ; he didn't have "reasonable concerns." He was literally impeached for trying to get Ukraine to smear Biden! what the fucking fuck?!
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
jesus christ; he didn't have "reasonable concerns." He was literally impeached for trying to get Ukraine to smear Biden! what the fucking fuck?!
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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Nepokoreni grad protiv fašizma
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Nepokoreni grad protiv fašizma
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet