Jim
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Happily married old man, runner, dog dad. And I love Bluesky's block feature. #slavaukraini he/him/his
Whole thread is good
It's totally understandable if you're dooming about any facet of the American experiment right now. So your feelings are "valid" in the sense that they represent real anxiety, and I get that. But to vent that anxiety in other people's spaces is wrong for three reasons.
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Whole thread is good
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11. Dennis Goris
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
11. Dennis Goris
The video is disturbing to say the least, fair warning if you watch it. She was not running over someone, or whatever bullshit ICE / 47 is trying to spin. She was murdered leaving the scene
Her mother also directly contradicted the president, who said she was a professional agitator. An earlier comment from a person who said she was her wife suggest that they had simply stopped to videotape an ICE raid and that Good was murdered as a result www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The video is disturbing to say the least, fair warning if you watch it. She was not running over someone, or whatever bullshit ICE / 47 is trying to spin. She was murdered leaving the scene
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This year, instead of lowering costs for you, Donald Trump has worked hard to make himself, his family, and his billionaire buddies even richer.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This year, instead of lowering costs for you, Donald Trump has worked hard to make himself, his family, and his billionaire buddies even richer.
Excellent thread that matches what I'm seeing / hearing
🇺🇦🧵 After Trump's "Putin wants Ukraine to succeed", we are now getting Lavrov's "We will reconsider our positions in negociations because Ukraine tried to kill Putin".
Zelensky freshly returned from Florida swiftly denied the accusations & said they're a pretext for Russia to hinder negociations
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Zelensky freshly returned from Florida swiftly denied the accusations & said they're a pretext for Russia to hinder negociations
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December 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Excellent thread that matches what I'm seeing / hearing
Dear @netflix.com this is not preseason, please show the game, not special guests.
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear @netflix.com this is not preseason, please show the game, not special guests.
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Every pro athlete should get one free pass to assault a fan. I think society would benefit overall.
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Every pro athlete should get one free pass to assault a fan. I think society would benefit overall.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
The ads write themselves
You have to be fucking kidding me with this shit!
“Americans don’t realize how good they have it.” ~ Scott Bessent on affordability
“Americans don’t realize how good they have it.” ~ Scott Bessent on affordability
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The ads write themselves
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Sviatyi Mykolai (Saint Nicholas) walks through wounded Ukrainian cities and villages — and still brings hope. War changes many things, but not the power of a small kindness. And sometimes, it’s these small, almost invisible kindnesses that keep the soul from breaking.
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Sviatyi Mykolai (Saint Nicholas) walks through wounded Ukrainian cities and villages — and still brings hope. War changes many things, but not the power of a small kindness. And sometimes, it’s these small, almost invisible kindnesses that keep the soul from breaking.
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It's giving
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's giving
I'm shocked. SHOCKED... I'm not that shocked. "Internet of Things" are almost unsecure
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I'm shocked. SHOCKED... I'm not that shocked. "Internet of Things" are almost unsecure
Plus it's not something employers are supposed to ask (not that following the rules in the admin mean anything): www.eeoc.gov/employers/sm...
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Plus it's not something employers are supposed to ask (not that following the rules in the admin mean anything): www.eeoc.gov/employers/sm...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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you definitely know a Dad (laudatory, gender neutral, may not have children) with a 3D printer who is extremely excited about making several thousand whistles for justice
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
you definitely know a Dad (laudatory, gender neutral, may not have children) with a 3D printer who is extremely excited about making several thousand whistles for justice
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Read the whole thread, I fear that I too am becoming like this (and like they said, that isn't a good thing)
With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Read the whole thread, I fear that I too am becoming like this (and like they said, that isn't a good thing)
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Starbucks' CEO is paid $95.8 MILLION.
The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year.
Instead of recognizing its worker union, Starbucks writes off its union-busting expenses on its taxes.
That's why Starbucks workers are striking today.
I won't cross the picket line.
The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year.
Instead of recognizing its worker union, Starbucks writes off its union-busting expenses on its taxes.
That's why Starbucks workers are striking today.
I won't cross the picket line.
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Starbucks' CEO is paid $95.8 MILLION.
The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year.
Instead of recognizing its worker union, Starbucks writes off its union-busting expenses on its taxes.
That's why Starbucks workers are striking today.
I won't cross the picket line.
The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year.
Instead of recognizing its worker union, Starbucks writes off its union-busting expenses on its taxes.
That's why Starbucks workers are striking today.
I won't cross the picket line.
Not sure legality but hell of an interesting idea
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Not sure legality but hell of an interesting idea
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯