James O'Keefe
@jokeefe.bsky.social
Captain & co-founder of Massachusetts Pirate Party. I show people how to protect their privacy and run for office. Occasional photographer. Not a Special Circumstances agent. Primarily at jamesokeefe.org / masspirates.org. Should be posting my photos.
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James O'Keefe
@jokeefe.bsky.social
· Oct 6
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Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau by John Singer Sargent, 1884 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Photograph is CC B-SA 4.0
www.flickr.com/photos/94681...
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau by John Singer Sargent, 1884 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Photograph is CC B-SA 4.0
www.flickr.com/photos/94681...
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I saw a traveling group once that did selected scenes. They did the end of Pyramus & Thisbe, & everyone was laughing at Thisbe, but when she lifted her head back up, it was Lear over Cordelia. Just turned on a dime.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I saw a traveling group once that did selected scenes. They did the end of Pyramus & Thisbe, & everyone was laughing at Thisbe, but when she lifted her head back up, it was Lear over Cordelia. Just turned on a dime.
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Reminds me of a RSC version of King Lear I saw in London in 1976 or 1977. The last scene, when Lear discovers Cornelia dead, the designer collapsed all the side and back scenery so that the actors walked on top of the haphazard flats, surrounded by nothingness. Disorder, chaos, collapse.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reminds me of a RSC version of King Lear I saw in London in 1976 or 1977. The last scene, when Lear discovers Cornelia dead, the designer collapsed all the side and back scenery so that the actors walked on top of the haphazard flats, surrounded by nothingness. Disorder, chaos, collapse.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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This is complete horse shit.
Prasad is an anti-vaxxer.
Prasad is an anti-vaxxer.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is complete horse shit.
Prasad is an anti-vaxxer.
Prasad is an anti-vaxxer.
How tf did K-12 teachers go from, "you cannot cite @wikipedia.org", to "citing tech-bro's environment-destroying hallucination machine is valid"?
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How tf did K-12 teachers go from, "you cannot cite @wikipedia.org", to "citing tech-bro's environment-destroying hallucination machine is valid"?
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Apologize to Her
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Apologize to Her
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good luck and godspeed Bong Joon Ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
good luck and godspeed Bong Joon Ho
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Should have been doing this since W's invasion of Iraq and the 2008 financial crisis, but no time like the present.
The aim should be for individual, not institutional, accountability.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Should have been doing this since W's invasion of Iraq and the 2008 financial crisis, but no time like the present.
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A significant part of recovering from Trump 2.0 is going to be prosecuting its lawbreaking and the non-administration officials who aided it.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A significant part of recovering from Trump 2.0 is going to be prosecuting its lawbreaking and the non-administration officials who aided it.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
I'm not a lawyer but the 'Conspiracy against rights' statute (18USC241) seems like it could be a vehicle for pursuing non-state actors in this regard.
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They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
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Happy “an email from every company you’ve ever bought something from” day to all who celebrate
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy “an email from every company you’ve ever bought something from” day to all who celebrate
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I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
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I see Azeen Ghorayshi isn’t in a rush to cover this story
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I see Azeen Ghorayshi isn’t in a rush to cover this story
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Where’s the assistant loudly whispering into Miller’s ears that he’s talking about his own ancestors
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Where’s the assistant loudly whispering into Miller’s ears that he’s talking about his own ancestors
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The Supreme Court needs a binding ethics code. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Supreme Court needs a binding ethics code. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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Dear Those In The Back,
This is not a bug of the system; the system is functioning as designed because the system is born of and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yours in abolition,
Emma
P.S. Abolish ICE
This is not a bug of the system; the system is functioning as designed because the system is born of and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yours in abolition,
Emma
P.S. Abolish ICE
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Dear Those In The Back,
This is not a bug of the system; the system is functioning as designed because the system is born of and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yours in abolition,
Emma
P.S. Abolish ICE
This is not a bug of the system; the system is functioning as designed because the system is born of and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yours in abolition,
Emma
P.S. Abolish ICE
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Getting my “swagger” back by murdering millions of seniors
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Getting my “swagger” back by murdering millions of seniors
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"Actually, you harmed us by using our chatbot in a way that made us look bad" is straight out of the abuser's handbook
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Actually, you harmed us by using our chatbot in a way that made us look bad" is straight out of the abuser's handbook
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This is the EXACT reason why "ironic quotation marks", kOoKy CaPiTaLiZaTiOn, and especially tone indicators are vital when you're trying to be ironic or facetious online.
Tone indicators also helps those of us who are neurodivergent and might not have otherwise picked up on a hyperbole
Tone indicators also helps those of us who are neurodivergent and might not have otherwise picked up on a hyperbole
September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is the EXACT reason why "ironic quotation marks", kOoKy CaPiTaLiZaTiOn, and especially tone indicators are vital when you're trying to be ironic or facetious online.
Tone indicators also helps those of us who are neurodivergent and might not have otherwise picked up on a hyperbole
Tone indicators also helps those of us who are neurodivergent and might not have otherwise picked up on a hyperbole
There has to be a child custody dispute here
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There has to be a child custody dispute here
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I'll start dressing like they did in the 50's when airlines offer the cabin space they had in the 50's.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'll start dressing like they did in the 50's when airlines offer the cabin space they had in the 50's.