James Hagarty
@jameshagarty.bsky.social
Story-seeker. Idea-smith. AuDHD alchemist. Career pedestrian.
Democracy needs help.
Progressives need help.
Boys and Men need help.
Not always in that order.
Democracy needs help.
Progressives need help.
Boys and Men need help.
Not always in that order.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Trump is driving the USA economy exactly the same way a 78 year-old dementia patient would be driving their Cadillac.
#25thammendment #poli #econ
#25thammendment #poli #econ
April 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Trump is driving the USA economy exactly the same way a 78 year-old dementia patient would be driving their Cadillac.
#25thammendment #poli #econ
#25thammendment #poli #econ
Forever repost this.
March 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Forever repost this.
How to know if a news source is reliable: Look at how they handle mistakes.
Do they post a correction?
Can you easily find the correction?
Do they edit the original content, and highlight the change?
Here's a great video on why that's so important.
youtu.be/rsqhnEGIgMw?...
Do they post a correction?
Can you easily find the correction?
Do they edit the original content, and highlight the change?
Here's a great video on why that's so important.
youtu.be/rsqhnEGIgMw?...
The Backlash Is Here: Trump Supporters Beg Right-Wing Hosts To Stop DOGE Firings
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
How to know if a news source is reliable: Look at how they handle mistakes.
Do they post a correction?
Can you easily find the correction?
Do they edit the original content, and highlight the change?
Here's a great video on why that's so important.
youtu.be/rsqhnEGIgMw?...
Do they post a correction?
Can you easily find the correction?
Do they edit the original content, and highlight the change?
Here's a great video on why that's so important.
youtu.be/rsqhnEGIgMw?...
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The next few years are going to be very hard. A reminder that it’s easy as hell to find good time friends who will drink and party with you and hard as hell to find friends who are there for the hard shit.
Please cherish the friends who show up and the friends who stay
Please cherish the friends who show up and the friends who stay
December 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM
The next few years are going to be very hard. A reminder that it’s easy as hell to find good time friends who will drink and party with you and hard as hell to find friends who are there for the hard shit.
Please cherish the friends who show up and the friends who stay
Please cherish the friends who show up and the friends who stay
It boggles the mind.
What happened to these people? Like, really? What happened to make them this way?
What happened to these people? Like, really? What happened to make them this way?
Nationalist 13 & the Toronto Fitness Club (a TO Active Club) got together to hold a ceremony and "awarded accolades" praising themselves for a protest last month.
I have been to dozens, maybe hundreds, of protests. Never heard of them giving out participation trophies before.
I have been to dozens, maybe hundreds, of protests. Never heard of them giving out participation trophies before.
December 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
It boggles the mind.
What happened to these people? Like, really? What happened to make them this way?
What happened to these people? Like, really? What happened to make them this way?
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The US Christian Far-Right is making inroads into Canada.
JD Vance has connections to Canada's Conservative Party via Jamil Jivani.
Jivani himself has a direct connection to Canada's Far-Right think-tank the Macdonald Laurier Institute.
MLI is pretty much Canada's Heritage Foundation.
JD Vance has connections to Canada's Conservative Party via Jamil Jivani.
Jivani himself has a direct connection to Canada's Far-Right think-tank the Macdonald Laurier Institute.
MLI is pretty much Canada's Heritage Foundation.
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The US Christian Far-Right is making inroads into Canada.
JD Vance has connections to Canada's Conservative Party via Jamil Jivani.
Jivani himself has a direct connection to Canada's Far-Right think-tank the Macdonald Laurier Institute.
MLI is pretty much Canada's Heritage Foundation.
JD Vance has connections to Canada's Conservative Party via Jamil Jivani.
Jivani himself has a direct connection to Canada's Far-Right think-tank the Macdonald Laurier Institute.
MLI is pretty much Canada's Heritage Foundation.
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I mean, I don't wish to present myself as a vision of saintly temperance. I was posting shitty subtweets 'til the day I left the former Twitter, and while I made the decision not to do that sort of thing here, I still have my occasional sharp elbow here and elsewhere. We are all a work in progress.
Also speaking only for myself, this is a struggle. I'm less prone to bring an asshole in the attempt to be clever than I once was, but I still fail at times.
As Frank Turner singd, "be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind."
As Frank Turner singd, "be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind."
Speaking for only for myself, I suspect that I had to valorize being clever for a while before it could sink in that being kind is a better way to go. I still occasionally forget, but I forget less and less as I go along.
December 11, 2024 at 1:49 AM
I mean, I don't wish to present myself as a vision of saintly temperance. I was posting shitty subtweets 'til the day I left the former Twitter, and while I made the decision not to do that sort of thing here, I still have my occasional sharp elbow here and elsewhere. We are all a work in progress.
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Watching Star Wars and rooting for the empire because it represents law and order
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Watching Star Wars and rooting for the empire because it represents law and order
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We need to make Good Trouble on Monday, Jan 20th, for Trump’s inauguration. I propose volunteer work, peaceful protesting and holding community space all while participating in a complete media blackout of the inauguration.
December 8, 2024 at 12:34 PM
We need to make Good Trouble on Monday, Jan 20th, for Trump’s inauguration. I propose volunteer work, peaceful protesting and holding community space all while participating in a complete media blackout of the inauguration.
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Our institutions don’t defend themselves, we do. Don't be distracted by Trump's chaotic appointee picks, focus because there's a long fight ahead.
December 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Our institutions don’t defend themselves, we do. Don't be distracted by Trump's chaotic appointee picks, focus because there's a long fight ahead.
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If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
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I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!
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There is a Black Friday sale on America this week and the billionaires are lining up at Mar-a-lago.
November 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM
There is a Black Friday sale on America this week and the billionaires are lining up at Mar-a-lago.
There is no such thing as NORMAL, or COMMON SENSE.
There are only the stories we've learned about the world, and our place in it.
Everybody's stories are different. What matters is WHETHER we choose to believe them, WHY we believe them, and how WELL those stories are serving us.
Start listening.
There are only the stories we've learned about the world, and our place in it.
Everybody's stories are different. What matters is WHETHER we choose to believe them, WHY we believe them, and how WELL those stories are serving us.
Start listening.
November 28, 2024 at 9:19 PM
There is no such thing as NORMAL, or COMMON SENSE.
There are only the stories we've learned about the world, and our place in it.
Everybody's stories are different. What matters is WHETHER we choose to believe them, WHY we believe them, and how WELL those stories are serving us.
Start listening.
There are only the stories we've learned about the world, and our place in it.
Everybody's stories are different. What matters is WHETHER we choose to believe them, WHY we believe them, and how WELL those stories are serving us.
Start listening.
Can has a Captain Canuck version pls?
November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Can has a Captain Canuck version pls?
Essential reading for these times.
My favourite rule: 13. Even dickheads love their dogs. Find a way to connect to those you disagree with... “You cannot allow anger and narrow your circle.”
My favourite rule: 13. Even dickheads love their dogs. Find a way to connect to those you disagree with... “You cannot allow anger and narrow your circle.”
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Essential reading for these times.
My favourite rule: 13. Even dickheads love their dogs. Find a way to connect to those you disagree with... “You cannot allow anger and narrow your circle.”
My favourite rule: 13. Even dickheads love their dogs. Find a way to connect to those you disagree with... “You cannot allow anger and narrow your circle.”