James Hazen
@jameshazen.bsky.social
Treasurer for @tmonks4nc.bsky.social - Mechanical Engineer - Motorsport Nerd - Former Marine - I simp for @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social, @s1apsh0es.bsky.social, the SCCA, and affordable housing - #ncpol
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Thomas Monks, Candidate for NC House of Representatives District 73
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I'm treasurer for Thomas Monks (@tmonks4nc.bsky.social), who is running for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 73. Check out our campaign, and consider a donation! Help us break the GOP majority in NC and end the gerrymander!
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The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Look! It's possible to build frigates!
South Korean shipbuilder SK Oceanplant launched ROKS Jeonnam, the third FFX Batch-III frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy, on November 25, 2025 🇰🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
SK Oceanplant Launches Third FFX Batch-III Frigate ROKS Jeonnam - Naval News
South Korean shipbuilder SK Oceanplant launched ROKS Jeonnam, the third FFX Batch-III frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy, on November 25, 2025.
www.navalnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Look! It's possible to build frigates!
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Obviously I'll be writing about this imminently, as I've been ranting about Constellation for ages, but honestly it should not be this hard to buy some goshdarn FRIGATES
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Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social me...
news.usni.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Obviously I'll be writing about this imminently, as I've been ranting about Constellation for ages, but honestly it should not be this hard to buy some goshdarn FRIGATES
news.usni.org/2025/11/25/n...
news.usni.org/2025/11/25/n...
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This article makes really good points about the inability of most people to cut expenses without entirely losing the ability to participate in the economy. I get tired of people telling me to live cheaper by eliminating things that are necessary for modern life.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This article makes really good points about the inability of most people to cut expenses without entirely losing the ability to participate in the economy. I get tired of people telling me to live cheaper by eliminating things that are necessary for modern life.
10 part HBO miniseries based on Red Storm Rising. Yes I will make the Russians cartoonishly evil. Yes I will choose casting that SPECIFICALLY pisses off MAGA. Yes it's propaganda.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
10 part HBO miniseries based on Red Storm Rising. Yes I will make the Russians cartoonishly evil. Yes I will choose casting that SPECIFICALLY pisses off MAGA. Yes it's propaganda.
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You people WILL be getting a three season HBO series on the Peloponnesian War and you WILL like it or you’re going to the re-education camps.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You people WILL be getting a three season HBO series on the Peloponnesian War and you WILL like it or you’re going to the re-education camps.
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I’m Mexican and civilian on the four sides but he is one of the American generals that I admire the most.
Love this quote, applies to traitors in my country too.
Love this quote, applies to traitors in my country too.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’m Mexican and civilian on the four sides but he is one of the American generals that I admire the most.
Love this quote, applies to traitors in my country too.
Love this quote, applies to traitors in my country too.
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I am once again asking why your priorities as Secretary of Defense are the same as the priorities of an Army First Sergeant.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am once again asking why your priorities as Secretary of Defense are the same as the priorities of an Army First Sergeant.
Obamacare, but it's even more expensive.
(Have I said "fuck libertarians" here yet? Fuck libertarians)
(Have I said "fuck libertarians" here yet? Fuck libertarians)
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Obamacare, but it's even more expensive.
(Have I said "fuck libertarians" here yet? Fuck libertarians)
(Have I said "fuck libertarians" here yet? Fuck libertarians)
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1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
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Earn $50K? Pay FICA on 100% of income
Earn $250K Pay FICA on 67% of income
Earn $500K Pay FICA on 34% of income
Earn $1 Million Pay FICA on 17% of income!
Earn $250K Pay FICA on 67% of income
Earn $500K Pay FICA on 34% of income
Earn $1 Million Pay FICA on 17% of income!
September 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Earn $50K? Pay FICA on 100% of income
Earn $250K Pay FICA on 67% of income
Earn $500K Pay FICA on 34% of income
Earn $1 Million Pay FICA on 17% of income!
Earn $250K Pay FICA on 67% of income
Earn $500K Pay FICA on 34% of income
Earn $1 Million Pay FICA on 17% of income!
Caught the end of F1 Academy at Vegas, got to see Doriane Pin win the championship! Very cool. Also Chloe Chambers singing "Viva Las Vegas" on the radio, very fun.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Caught the end of F1 Academy at Vegas, got to see Doriane Pin win the championship! Very cool. Also Chloe Chambers singing "Viva Las Vegas" on the radio, very fun.
I'd love a racing game with a realistic career mode. One that starts with you as a 6 year old kid asking your parents for a go kart and 99 times out of 100 being told "no, we can't afford that shit." Instant game over, and you just have to keep restarting new games until they say yes.
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I'd love a racing game with a realistic career mode. One that starts with you as a 6 year old kid asking your parents for a go kart and 99 times out of 100 being told "no, we can't afford that shit." Instant game over, and you just have to keep restarting new games until they say yes.
I know there's nothing genetic about being a pedophile that would show up physically on a person, but jfc if I had to describe a pedophile to a sketch artist, it would look EXACTLY like this dude.
Have fun with this one! 🤥🙄🫤
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know there's nothing genetic about being a pedophile that would show up physically on a person, but jfc if I had to describe a pedophile to a sketch artist, it would look EXACTLY like this dude.
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If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
We were maybe half a block up the street from this, had to snatch up my daughter and sprint.
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City Confirms Shooting at Concord’s Tree Lighting Ceremony
Concord Mayor Bill Dusch and Mayor-Elect Steve Morris are both okay.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We were maybe half a block up the street from this, had to snatch up my daughter and sprint.
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Yes! Think about it like this. Zohran is so charming he got the world's most famous racist capitalist to slob the knob of a brown socialist for an hour in front of the press and if you don't think that matters to the country as a whole then I don't know what to say. Optics are everything to Trump.
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yes! Think about it like this. Zohran is so charming he got the world's most famous racist capitalist to slob the knob of a brown socialist for an hour in front of the press and if you don't think that matters to the country as a whole then I don't know what to say. Optics are everything to Trump.
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This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
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pretty clear what happened: Zohran converted Trump to the divine and immortal science of islamo-communism.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
pretty clear what happened: Zohran converted Trump to the divine and immortal science of islamo-communism.