John P
@johnpalkovic.bsky.social
Scientist, cook, math nerd, fitness, bikes and infrastructure. PhD, physics & mathematics. Emoji-free bio. Never had a nazi phase FFS. English and German spoken. Aquila non capit muscās. Skeets auto-expired by python.
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Dealing with @british-airways.bsky.social baggage tracing is a Kafkaesque nightmare. My bag is at O'Hare, and I know it's there, because it has an AirTag. Yet I have been unable to open a baggage tracing report with them for 7 days now. It's preposterous. Is anyone from BA on this app?
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Dealing with @british-airways.bsky.social baggage tracing is a Kafkaesque nightmare. My bag is at O'Hare, and I know it's there, because it has an AirTag. Yet I have been unable to open a baggage tracing report with them for 7 days now. It's preposterous. Is anyone from BA on this app?
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Following a white man to war because you disliked the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the dumbest acts of self-sabotage ever.
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Following a white man to war because you disliked the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the dumbest acts of self-sabotage ever.
Does this mean the FIFA Peace Prize will be rescinded?
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Does this mean the FIFA Peace Prize will be rescinded?
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L'État, c'est moi
RUBIO: He is a fugitive of American justice with a $50 million award. I guess we saved $50 million.
TRUMP: We should make sure. Don't let anybody claim it. Nobody deserves it but us.
TRUMP: We should make sure. Don't let anybody claim it. Nobody deserves it but us.
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
L'État, c'est moi
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Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
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I concur. As a nurse and a person who always got the flu vaccine, this years vaccine came up short because of the leader of HHS. First time I got the flu since I started getting the shot and it is no joke this strain. We are in for an assault on our health because of this adm. policy’s
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December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I concur. As a nurse and a person who always got the flu vaccine, this years vaccine came up short because of the leader of HHS. First time I got the flu since I started getting the shot and it is no joke this strain. We are in for an assault on our health because of this adm. policy’s
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He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent.
This isn’t complicated.
This isn’t complicated.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent.
This isn’t complicated.
This isn’t complicated.
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
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The hate for Bari Weiss is 95% her ineptitude and venality, 5% her shitty politics on Israel, 0% that she’s Jewish.
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The hate for Bari Weiss is 95% her ineptitude and venality, 5% her shitty politics on Israel, 0% that she’s Jewish.
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Very rich people who live in big, cosmopolitan metro areas live there because of cosmopolitan metro area stuff.
If they wanted to live somewhere else, they would’ve moved already.
The people least troubled by cost of living will upend their life for marginal increases in cost of living? Come on.
If they wanted to live somewhere else, they would’ve moved already.
The people least troubled by cost of living will upend their life for marginal increases in cost of living? Come on.
December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Very rich people who live in big, cosmopolitan metro areas live there because of cosmopolitan metro area stuff.
If they wanted to live somewhere else, they would’ve moved already.
The people least troubled by cost of living will upend their life for marginal increases in cost of living? Come on.
If they wanted to live somewhere else, they would’ve moved already.
The people least troubled by cost of living will upend their life for marginal increases in cost of living? Come on.
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The anti-birthright citizenship element in the legal academy has all the hallmarks of a high school debate club and none of actual scholarship.
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The anti-birthright citizenship element in the legal academy has all the hallmarks of a high school debate club and none of actual scholarship.
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Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Its worse than that. A person has to carry sufficient documentation and the law enforcement person has to agree it’s sufficient. Literally the reason for the fourth amendment.
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Its worse than that. A person has to carry sufficient documentation and the law enforcement person has to agree it’s sufficient. Literally the reason for the fourth amendment.
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You know, we really are gonna have to do a damnatio memoriae and scrub this motherfucker's name off everything he's defiled with it.
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Kennedy Center to be renamed ‘Trump-Kennedy Center,' Karoline Leavitt says
The Kennedy Center will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday on social media.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You know, we really are gonna have to do a damnatio memoriae and scrub this motherfucker's name off everything he's defiled with it.
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You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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The Trump energy crisis is self-inflicted.
The projects canceled or delayed since Trump’s election would have produced enough electricity to power over 13 million homes.
Now, factories are closing, utility costs are skyrocketing, and 165,000+ jobs are lost.
The projects canceled or delayed since Trump’s election would have produced enough electricity to power over 13 million homes.
Now, factories are closing, utility costs are skyrocketing, and 165,000+ jobs are lost.
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Trump energy crisis is self-inflicted.
The projects canceled or delayed since Trump’s election would have produced enough electricity to power over 13 million homes.
Now, factories are closing, utility costs are skyrocketing, and 165,000+ jobs are lost.
The projects canceled or delayed since Trump’s election would have produced enough electricity to power over 13 million homes.
Now, factories are closing, utility costs are skyrocketing, and 165,000+ jobs are lost.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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Trumpers--you elected a mob boss as President. Hope you're proud.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trumpers--you elected a mob boss as President. Hope you're proud.
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Such a difficult decision for Trump’s Pentagon: kill those on the boats, or send them off to be tortured. What to do, what to do???
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Such a difficult decision for Trump’s Pentagon: kill those on the boats, or send them off to be tortured. What to do, what to do???
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Senate passes border bill in early 2024. Trump tells Johnson to kill it so he can campaign on it.
NYT: immigration is Biden’s fault
NYT: immigration is Biden’s fault
Mike Johnson Finally Admits Why He’s Killing the Border Deal
Republicans have a shot to address the so-called border crisis they keep railing about—and they’re throwing it all away.
newrepublic.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Senate passes border bill in early 2024. Trump tells Johnson to kill it so he can campaign on it.
NYT: immigration is Biden’s fault
NYT: immigration is Biden’s fault
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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However, it fundamentally fails to find evidence that there is a markedly increased risk of death following mRNA vaccination, which some people try to insist happened despite the fact that it clearly didn't.
But there is a more interesting aspect to this point. I think it's premature to say...
But there is a more interesting aspect to this point. I think it's premature to say...
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
However, it fundamentally fails to find evidence that there is a markedly increased risk of death following mRNA vaccination, which some people try to insist happened despite the fact that it clearly didn't.
But there is a more interesting aspect to this point. I think it's premature to say...
But there is a more interesting aspect to this point. I think it's premature to say...