Julie Hansen
@iommismom.bsky.social
Dog rescuer, liberal, voter, IATSE member
Reposted by Julie Hansen
@russ41.bsky.social just posted an update: Responses to his campaign below means he's already committed ≈$2,000 for Bolts since yesterday!
And he's open to keep going — so let's take him at his word!
You can repost or follow to unlock $2. And if you make a donation, let him know: he'll match it!
And he's open to keep going — so let's take him at his word!
You can repost or follow to unlock $2. And if you make a donation, let him know: he'll match it!
You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how:
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
Support Bolts
We are a nonprofit publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change, from the local up, and we need reader support to build our journalism.
boltsmag.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@russ41.bsky.social just posted an update: Responses to his campaign below means he's already committed ≈$2,000 for Bolts since yesterday!
And he's open to keep going — so let's take him at his word!
You can repost or follow to unlock $2. And if you make a donation, let him know: he'll match it!
And he's open to keep going — so let's take him at his word!
You can repost or follow to unlock $2. And if you make a donation, let him know: he'll match it!
Not great, but situation sorted. Lol
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not great, but situation sorted. Lol
Reposted by Julie Hansen
"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
YouTuber Drops Camera in Ocean and Films an Unknown Deep-Sea Species
'So what species is this one? The answer is we have no idea.'
petapixel.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Reposted by Julie Hansen
This defense of trans women in sports was so brilliant it took my breath away.
Need help answering tough questions at the Thanksgiving dinner table this year? Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and editor Robin Rauzi role play how you might respond and channel your inner Kathryn. Fr...
TikTok video by Kathryn & Robin
www.tiktok.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This defense of trans women in sports was so brilliant it took my breath away.
Reposted by Julie Hansen
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
Reposted by Julie Hansen
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Reposted by Julie Hansen
They literally say he violated terms of service by committing suicide.
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They literally say he violated terms of service by committing suicide.
Thinking my top 3 pope songs would be War Pigs, What's Going On, and Sweet Child 'O Mine. Plus 500 Miles as an encore bonus! Heh, that'd be so cool. The song possibilities are endless...
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thinking my top 3 pope songs would be War Pigs, What's Going On, and Sweet Child 'O Mine. Plus 500 Miles as an encore bonus! Heh, that'd be so cool. The song possibilities are endless...
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Reposted by Julie Hansen
charisma is the one thing all the angry little nerds can’t build and can’t buy no matter how rich they get or how much of society they destroy and I just think that’s beautiful
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
charisma is the one thing all the angry little nerds can’t build and can’t buy no matter how rich they get or how much of society they destroy and I just think that’s beautiful
Reposted by Julie Hansen
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Calling them "frameworks" isn't better than calling them "deals" or "agreements." The news is that this is wildly illegal under both US domestic law & multiple international treaties. Not reporting that in the headlines & ledes is a choice. Others remain readily available.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The Trump administration has agreed frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador that will remove or reduce tariffs on selected goods on.ft.com/4r09cVS
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Calling them "frameworks" isn't better than calling them "deals" or "agreements." The news is that this is wildly illegal under both US domestic law & multiple international treaties. Not reporting that in the headlines & ledes is a choice. Others remain readily available.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Reposted by Julie Hansen
There's a word for people who try to criminalize antifascists. What could that word be.....
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist threats
State department claims groups in Germany, Italy and Greece ‘conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There's a word for people who try to criminalize antifascists. What could that word be.....
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Julie Hansen
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
Reposted by Julie Hansen
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Same that there’s no such thing as “having sex with a child” - it’s called RAPE
Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Same that there’s no such thing as “having sex with a child” - it’s called RAPE
I respect religious people and organizations that "walk their talk" re: protecting and supporting immigrants yet am disappointed and judgemental toward those who don't walk that talk re: trans people. 🤷♀️ Incongruous at best.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I respect religious people and organizations that "walk their talk" re: protecting and supporting immigrants yet am disappointed and judgemental toward those who don't walk that talk re: trans people. 🤷♀️ Incongruous at best.
Reposted by Julie Hansen
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Reposted by Julie Hansen
after we find out exactly what he did, i want to know the names of everybody who helped cover up what he did.
everybody.
everybody.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
after we find out exactly what he did, i want to know the names of everybody who helped cover up what he did.
everybody.
everybody.
Reposted by Julie Hansen
This is of course a made-up number, and there'd be *fewer* homes/apartments with a construction worker shortages caused by Trump policies, and a million other problems, but
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is of course a made-up number, and there'd be *fewer* homes/apartments with a construction worker shortages caused by Trump policies, and a million other problems, but
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
Reposted by Julie Hansen
This shit is deadly serious
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This shit is deadly serious
Reposted by Julie Hansen
you know what mia I'm glad you were a beagle. it's actually better for everybody that you were a beagle
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
you know what mia I'm glad you were a beagle. it's actually better for everybody that you were a beagle