Jaime Garmendia
@garmendia.bsky.social
He/him. Public servant, convention and conference planner.
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I need
BONES
for explosives
BONES
for explosives
November 5, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I need
BONES
for explosives
BONES
for explosives
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the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
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Trying (and only somewhat succeeding) not to go through the answers and nitpick.
Anyway, the best one will always be Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
Anyway, the best one will always be Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
What are some of your favorite portrayals of strictly platonic male-female friendships on TV or movies? Not a "will they or won't they?" Just platonic.
December 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trying (and only somewhat succeeding) not to go through the answers and nitpick.
Anyway, the best one will always be Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
Anyway, the best one will always be Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
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DOJ files released today show prosecutors in 2019 discussing 10 Epstein co-conspirators, interviews with 25 victims, and subpoenas across multiple states.
Yet FBI Director Kash Patel swore under oath there was “no credible information” Epstein trafficked victims to others.
WTF?
Yet FBI Director Kash Patel swore under oath there was “no credible information” Epstein trafficked victims to others.
WTF?
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
DOJ files released today show prosecutors in 2019 discussing 10 Epstein co-conspirators, interviews with 25 victims, and subpoenas across multiple states.
Yet FBI Director Kash Patel swore under oath there was “no credible information” Epstein trafficked victims to others.
WTF?
Yet FBI Director Kash Patel swore under oath there was “no credible information” Epstein trafficked victims to others.
WTF?
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And Amtrak’s “was it our sagging wire or NJT’s pantograph, who can tell?” charade is total nonsense. Metro-North and ConnDOT upgraded the famously slow New Haven Line to constant tensioned wiring to stop pantograph tangles. It cut them by ~80%. Amtrak *refuses* to do it in NJ. This is on Amtrak.
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And Amtrak’s “was it our sagging wire or NJT’s pantograph, who can tell?” charade is total nonsense. Metro-North and ConnDOT upgraded the famously slow New Haven Line to constant tensioned wiring to stop pantograph tangles. It cut them by ~80%. Amtrak *refuses* to do it in NJ. This is on Amtrak.
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One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
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20,000 SF customers still lack power due to PG&E’s meltdown.
The private utility model is broken. PG&E is a monopoly fighting to stay a monopoly & not paid based on its performance.
It’s why I authored legislation to make PG&E publicly owned. Utilities must serve the public, not shareholders.🧵
The private utility model is broken. PG&E is a monopoly fighting to stay a monopoly & not paid based on its performance.
It’s why I authored legislation to make PG&E publicly owned. Utilities must serve the public, not shareholders.🧵
California utilities will keep almost all profits as regulators ease up. They’re still upset
Utilities will suffer small reductions to profits as state regulators ease up on recommended cuts and electric bills remain high
calmatters.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
20,000 SF customers still lack power due to PG&E’s meltdown.
The private utility model is broken. PG&E is a monopoly fighting to stay a monopoly & not paid based on its performance.
It’s why I authored legislation to make PG&E publicly owned. Utilities must serve the public, not shareholders.🧵
The private utility model is broken. PG&E is a monopoly fighting to stay a monopoly & not paid based on its performance.
It’s why I authored legislation to make PG&E publicly owned. Utilities must serve the public, not shareholders.🧵
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This is one of the most important yet easiest things you can do today. This man is responsible for thousands if not millions of deaths, and is aiming for more.
GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE. It takes 5 min to call or email your congressperson to ask them to impeach RFK Jr.
GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE. It takes 5 min to call or email your congressperson to ask them to impeach RFK Jr.
Our Articles of impeachment against RFK jr. are sitting in the House of Representatives RIGHT NOW. With only two co-sponsors…CALL YOUR REPS. RAISE HELL.
standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
@standupforscience.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is one of the most important yet easiest things you can do today. This man is responsible for thousands if not millions of deaths, and is aiming for more.
GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE. It takes 5 min to call or email your congressperson to ask them to impeach RFK Jr.
GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE. It takes 5 min to call or email your congressperson to ask them to impeach RFK Jr.
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Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
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More news companies doing this nonsense. Have a look at the first two paragraphs of ProPublica’s mission statement. How is a genAI app going to do *investigative journalism* when it can only access what is already available on the web? When it can’t be relied upon to check sources? It’s ridiculous.
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
More news companies doing this nonsense. Have a look at the first two paragraphs of ProPublica’s mission statement. How is a genAI app going to do *investigative journalism* when it can only access what is already available on the web? When it can’t be relied upon to check sources? It’s ridiculous.
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once you realize many electeds come into office with a) the genuine desire to do good but b) not a ton of policy experience across the breadth of their portfolio and c) a degraded institutional structure, it becomes clear how this creates an opening for the advocate with a white paper and a smile
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
once you realize many electeds come into office with a) the genuine desire to do good but b) not a ton of policy experience across the breadth of their portfolio and c) a degraded institutional structure, it becomes clear how this creates an opening for the advocate with a white paper and a smile
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One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
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For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
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Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Great news: Gov Hochul has reportedly decided to veto a bill requiring two-person train operation.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
Gov Hochul will veto a bill to require both a conductor and a driver on every subway train, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Story to follow. Details on the bill here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great news: Gov Hochul has reportedly decided to veto a bill requiring two-person train operation.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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In case you need a reminder: there is no amount of capitulating to technocratic chicanery that will fix publishing. It has already made things worse and will continue to make things worse for everyone involved.
Orgs like PW should have learned this lesson eons ago but today's as good as day as any.
Orgs like PW should have learned this lesson eons ago but today's as good as day as any.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In case you need a reminder: there is no amount of capitulating to technocratic chicanery that will fix publishing. It has already made things worse and will continue to make things worse for everyone involved.
Orgs like PW should have learned this lesson eons ago but today's as good as day as any.
Orgs like PW should have learned this lesson eons ago but today's as good as day as any.
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If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.