BootlegJedi
@bootlegjedi.bsky.social
Bringing some positive vibes, talking about things I enjoy
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"If that was Black Lives Matter, they'd have tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue! But they let these fucking crackers take over the Capitol!"
Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"If that was Black Lives Matter, they'd have tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue! But they let these fucking crackers take over the Capitol!"
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Today is an excellent day to donate an eSIM!!!!! If it seems daunting you can donate to this fund. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/25/c...
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Donate here: 中文 Simplified and Traditional Chinese version En Español 한국어 En français FYI: Plain language version of “Crips for eSims for Gaza: A Donation Guide” by Noemí Martíne…
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Today is an excellent day to donate an eSIM!!!!! If it seems daunting you can donate to this fund. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/25/c...
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New in PN: The sordid origin of 'America First,' explained by a historian
“Mainstream opinion in the '30s wasn't pro-Nazi but it wasn't anti-Nazi in any meaningful way either. People would say, ‘Germany for the Germans — what’s offensive about that?’ Nationalism has a certain accepted sensibility."
“Mainstream opinion in the '30s wasn't pro-Nazi but it wasn't anti-Nazi in any meaningful way either. People would say, ‘Germany for the Germans — what’s offensive about that?’ Nationalism has a certain accepted sensibility."
The sordid origin of 'America First,' explained by a historian
"They were not keen on fighting Nazis."
www.publicnotice.co
August 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New in PN: The sordid origin of 'America First,' explained by a historian
“Mainstream opinion in the '30s wasn't pro-Nazi but it wasn't anti-Nazi in any meaningful way either. People would say, ‘Germany for the Germans — what’s offensive about that?’ Nationalism has a certain accepted sensibility."
“Mainstream opinion in the '30s wasn't pro-Nazi but it wasn't anti-Nazi in any meaningful way either. People would say, ‘Germany for the Germans — what’s offensive about that?’ Nationalism has a certain accepted sensibility."
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71 years ago today, the Chuck Jones/Bugs Bunny masterpiece, Long-Haired Hare, premiered.
Leopold! Leopold! 😂
Leopold! Leopold! 😂
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
71 years ago today, the Chuck Jones/Bugs Bunny masterpiece, Long-Haired Hare, premiered.
Leopold! Leopold! 😂
Leopold! Leopold! 😂
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Corporate America, Democrats, feckless media institutions, law firms and others --- MAGA isn't that popular. Stop bending the knee, conceding, being cowed, and assuming they are a massive force.
Meanwhile, check out #NoKingsProtest all across the country.
Meanwhile, check out #NoKingsProtest all across the country.
June 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Corporate America, Democrats, feckless media institutions, law firms and others --- MAGA isn't that popular. Stop bending the knee, conceding, being cowed, and assuming they are a massive force.
Meanwhile, check out #NoKingsProtest all across the country.
Meanwhile, check out #NoKingsProtest all across the country.
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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"Few prominent figures talk more often about urban crime than the president himself, whose view of the city he grew up in seems frozen in the New York of Charles Bronson’s 1970s 'Death Wish' movies, in which an angry white man goes around the city blasting away at black and brown toughs."
Trump's war on cities
First he tells us they're hellholes, then he tries to make them worse.
www.publicnotice.co
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Few prominent figures talk more often about urban crime than the president himself, whose view of the city he grew up in seems frozen in the New York of Charles Bronson’s 1970s 'Death Wish' movies, in which an angry white man goes around the city blasting away at black and brown toughs."
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Screenshots here of an amazing exchange on X. Axios reporter Alex Thompson's new book on Biden claims (with no sources) that Biden shook DNC chair Jaime Harrison's hand without recognizing him. Harrison posts "it never happened". Then Axios editor Jake Wilkins - wow - tells Harrison he's wrong! 1/
May 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Screenshots here of an amazing exchange on X. Axios reporter Alex Thompson's new book on Biden claims (with no sources) that Biden shook DNC chair Jaime Harrison's hand without recognizing him. Harrison posts "it never happened". Then Axios editor Jake Wilkins - wow - tells Harrison he's wrong! 1/
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RIP to a hero who leapt into the breach not with a sword but with his intellect, his education and with singular purpose - we will bring them home.
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RIP to a hero who leapt into the breach not with a sword but with his intellect, his education and with singular purpose - we will bring them home.
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Every time a new scandal is reported from the Trump admin, which is every few hours, their first reaction is to call the story fake news, their second reaction is to vow to hunt down and jail the leakers, and their third reaction is to threaten the media company who published it.
May 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Every time a new scandal is reported from the Trump admin, which is every few hours, their first reaction is to call the story fake news, their second reaction is to vow to hunt down and jail the leakers, and their third reaction is to threaten the media company who published it.
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“The Day of German Literature” took place 92 years ago today.
Nazi students & right-wing groups staged book burnings targeting works by Jewish, leftist and other non-conforming authors.
These burnings were a deliberate attempt to control thought and limit access to diverse perspectives.
Nazi students & right-wing groups staged book burnings targeting works by Jewish, leftist and other non-conforming authors.
These burnings were a deliberate attempt to control thought and limit access to diverse perspectives.
May 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“The Day of German Literature” took place 92 years ago today.
Nazi students & right-wing groups staged book burnings targeting works by Jewish, leftist and other non-conforming authors.
These burnings were a deliberate attempt to control thought and limit access to diverse perspectives.
Nazi students & right-wing groups staged book burnings targeting works by Jewish, leftist and other non-conforming authors.
These burnings were a deliberate attempt to control thought and limit access to diverse perspectives.
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1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.3 billion in this fiscal year’s second quarter mainly due to “significant challenges out of our control,” including workers’ compensation costs, Luke Grossmann, USPS chief financial officer, said at the open session of the governing board meeting
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier
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Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.
May 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.
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Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, I went down to Powell's Books here in Portland!
Found this AMAZING H.P. Lovecraft hardcover book and 2 books that have been on my list for a WHILE.
Got some books for fun and some books for growth😁
I always forget how BIG Powell's actually is!
Found this AMAZING H.P. Lovecraft hardcover book and 2 books that have been on my list for a WHILE.
Got some books for fun and some books for growth😁
I always forget how BIG Powell's actually is!
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, I went down to Powell's Books here in Portland!
Found this AMAZING H.P. Lovecraft hardcover book and 2 books that have been on my list for a WHILE.
Got some books for fun and some books for growth😁
I always forget how BIG Powell's actually is!
Found this AMAZING H.P. Lovecraft hardcover book and 2 books that have been on my list for a WHILE.
Got some books for fun and some books for growth😁
I always forget how BIG Powell's actually is!
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The great @hcrichardson.bsky.social from her speech on the 250th anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church. Read this excerpt to the end and you will be rewarded. Read it aloud and it gets better. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2...
April 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The great @hcrichardson.bsky.social from her speech on the 250th anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church. Read this excerpt to the end and you will be rewarded. Read it aloud and it gets better. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2...
Giant globe in Salem, Oregon
February 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Giant globe in Salem, Oregon
Timelapse on a rainy day with a riverboat on the river in Salem
February 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Timelapse on a rainy day with a riverboat on the river in Salem
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We shall fight them in the comments.
We shall fight them on the subreddits.
We shall fight them on Substack and on Bluesky.
WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!
We shall fight them on the subreddits.
We shall fight them on Substack and on Bluesky.
WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!
Thou Shalt Not Tolerate Nazis
We shall never surrender!
www.thegodpodcast.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We shall fight them in the comments.
We shall fight them on the subreddits.
We shall fight them on Substack and on Bluesky.
WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!
We shall fight them on the subreddits.
We shall fight them on Substack and on Bluesky.
WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!
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Canada and the European Commission need to suspend X operations and investigate whether or not these allegations can be corroborated, if yes, lawsuits, sanctions, and an Interpol red and silver notice are necessary against X Corp, Elon Musk, and his collaborators.
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.
"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."
theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."
theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Canada and the European Commission need to suspend X operations and investigate whether or not these allegations can be corroborated, if yes, lawsuits, sanctions, and an Interpol red and silver notice are necessary against X Corp, Elon Musk, and his collaborators.
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My take aways from the FB video chat by @hcrichardson.bsky.social today that I needed:
The incoming admin is unstable and not equipped to deal within a system that, by itself, has not been updated regularly.
Don't watch/react to the Trump "show". 1/
The incoming admin is unstable and not equipped to deal within a system that, by itself, has not been updated regularly.
Don't watch/react to the Trump "show". 1/
January 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My take aways from the FB video chat by @hcrichardson.bsky.social today that I needed:
The incoming admin is unstable and not equipped to deal within a system that, by itself, has not been updated regularly.
Don't watch/react to the Trump "show". 1/
The incoming admin is unstable and not equipped to deal within a system that, by itself, has not been updated regularly.
Don't watch/react to the Trump "show". 1/
And so it begins...
An update on the TikTok situation from our monitoring on Reddit. Now you get TOS'ed for saying negative comments about meta and Zuckerberg, left-wing politics get flagged as misinformation, and you can't tag #fucktrump #fuckelon or #fuckmeta but you CAN tag #fuckbiden and #fuckkamala
January 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And so it begins...