alex j
@alxjms.bsky.social
Reposted by alex j
American idioms can be confusing for outsiders.
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM
American idioms can be confusing for outsiders.
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Reposted by alex j
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
Amy Grant - "The 6th Of January (Yasgur's Farm)" - Lyric Video
YouTube video by AmyGrantOfficial
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by alex j
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
Reposted by alex j
To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Sometimes my brain does wacky things with headlines. I first read this as ”drones trailing blood to be carried in Wales”
What?
What?
Drones carrying blood to be trialled in Wales
Drones carrying blood to be trialled in Wales
It is hoped the project could lead to drones delivering life-saving help to the scenes of accidents.
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Sometimes my brain does wacky things with headlines. I first read this as ”drones trailing blood to be carried in Wales”
What?
What?
Don't let them bury this...
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. " - Jack Smith
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. " - Jack Smith
January 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Don't let them bury this...
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. " - Jack Smith
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. " - Jack Smith
Reposted by alex j
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
Reposted by alex j
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by alex j
Stephen Miller’s unhinged rage goes straight back to the utter impossibility of his goal: making America white.
It can’t be done. So he lashes out with sadistic attacks on Los Angeles and, of course, innocent immigrants.
www.salon.com/2025/06/11/s...
It can’t be done. So he lashes out with sadistic attacks on Los Angeles and, of course, innocent immigrants.
www.salon.com/2025/06/11/s...
Stephen Miller can't make America white. LA is paying for his impotent rage.
Mass deportations were never going to work, so Trump and Miller resort to authoritarian theater
www.salon.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Stephen Miller’s unhinged rage goes straight back to the utter impossibility of his goal: making America white.
It can’t be done. So he lashes out with sadistic attacks on Los Angeles and, of course, innocent immigrants.
www.salon.com/2025/06/11/s...
It can’t be done. So he lashes out with sadistic attacks on Los Angeles and, of course, innocent immigrants.
www.salon.com/2025/06/11/s...
Reposted by alex j
The Dems need to start realizing that if they want people to support them, they have to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because it polls well or whatever
June 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Dems need to start realizing that if they want people to support them, they have to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because it polls well or whatever
Reposted by alex j
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
Reposted by alex j
I’m just going to get this out now, since I know it’s coming, and I can just link to it.
DO NOT FETISHIZE NON-VIOLENCE.
It is a PRACTICE and a DISCIPLINE. The people who employed it successfully trained RIGOROUSLY. It’s not just a decision, because it goes against basic human instincts. 1/x
DO NOT FETISHIZE NON-VIOLENCE.
It is a PRACTICE and a DISCIPLINE. The people who employed it successfully trained RIGOROUSLY. It’s not just a decision, because it goes against basic human instincts. 1/x
June 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m just going to get this out now, since I know it’s coming, and I can just link to it.
DO NOT FETISHIZE NON-VIOLENCE.
It is a PRACTICE and a DISCIPLINE. The people who employed it successfully trained RIGOROUSLY. It’s not just a decision, because it goes against basic human instincts. 1/x
DO NOT FETISHIZE NON-VIOLENCE.
It is a PRACTICE and a DISCIPLINE. The people who employed it successfully trained RIGOROUSLY. It’s not just a decision, because it goes against basic human instincts. 1/x
Reposted by alex j
I don't normally click on substack links (b/c nazi platform)
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don't normally click on substack links (b/c nazi platform)
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
Reposted by alex j
This period under Musk/Trump feels like early February in 2020—when a terrible thing was happening with breakneck speed, and the people paying close attention were hair-on-fire about it while the rest of the country carried on as normal.
February 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This period under Musk/Trump feels like early February in 2020—when a terrible thing was happening with breakneck speed, and the people paying close attention were hair-on-fire about it while the rest of the country carried on as normal.
Reposted by alex j
Everyone who pays alot of attention to politics right now is losing their mind because it’s really difficult to understand how the majority of people are just like “yep living my life, oh a program to hire more women? Idk sounds good to me, I voted Trump to lower inflation hopefully he’s doing that”
Favorability of DEI Programs:
Favorable: 45%
Unfavorable: 36%
Net: +9%
YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595
Favorable: 45%
Unfavorable: 36%
Net: +9%
YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595
February 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Everyone who pays alot of attention to politics right now is losing their mind because it’s really difficult to understand how the majority of people are just like “yep living my life, oh a program to hire more women? Idk sounds good to me, I voted Trump to lower inflation hopefully he’s doing that”
Reposted by alex j
Apropos of absolutely everything: How to Get Off Social Media and Still Keep in Touch With Your Friends, a zine about connection
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
January 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Apropos of absolutely everything: How to Get Off Social Media and Still Keep in Touch With Your Friends, a zine about connection
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
Reposted by alex j
Reposted by alex j
A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.
February 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.
Thinking about the electoral college and I checked: Biden was the first presidential election where my vote was counted. Been living in red states most of my life but even my first election Bush Sr beat Dukakis in New Jersey.
January 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Thinking about the electoral college and I checked: Biden was the first presidential election where my vote was counted. Been living in red states most of my life but even my first election Bush Sr beat Dukakis in New Jersey.