Jonathan
@jononcinema.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Drone Pilot, ADSB feeder, OCATC, ITYSL, Minnesotan, former Iowan, #RochMN
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention
A Data-Driven Analysis of nearly 300 Federal Cases Reveals Judges Quoting Kafka and Warning of Democracy in Peril
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
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I’ll say this as many times as I have to.
No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.
No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.
May 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I’ll say this as many times as I have to.
No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.
No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
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Biden's farewell speech to the military: "Let me close with a final request. I say it not as your president or commander in chief. I say it as a man who spent 50 years of his life serving his country in a different way. Remember your oath."
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Biden's farewell speech to the military: "Let me close with a final request. I say it not as your president or commander in chief. I say it as a man who spent 50 years of his life serving his country in a different way. Remember your oath."
Whoa! I want this so bad!
Dropout Taskmaster Dream Cast People be like "Brennan as the Taskmaster and BDG as Alex!!"
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
January 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Whoa! I want this so bad!
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When talking about climate change I’ve started to incorporate a quick physical explanation on the basics before getting into it, like “CO2, a molecule that absorbs heat like a black t-shirt,…” or “carbon dioxide, which is opaque to infrared light,…”
November 23, 2024 at 4:58 AM
When talking about climate change I’ve started to incorporate a quick physical explanation on the basics before getting into it, like “CO2, a molecule that absorbs heat like a black t-shirt,…” or “carbon dioxide, which is opaque to infrared light,…”
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Paws up! Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel.
Police in southwest Japan installed cameras after nearly two dozen children’s shoes went missing from Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten in Fukuoka. The culprit? A weasel.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Reporter Shield Bill Passed Unanimously by House (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Bipartisan Press Freedom Bill
The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters’ records. It is now less likely the legislation will clear the Senate before the current sess...
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Reporter Shield Bill Passed Unanimously by House (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
Kitty playing fetch.
November 21, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Kitty playing fetch.
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In case you missed it: Bluesky runs on-prem. They migrated off of AWS months back.
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM
In case you missed it: Bluesky runs on-prem. They migrated off of AWS months back.
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
Info war website giving off HEI network vibes. Did @timheidecker.bsky.social write the landing page?
November 15, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Info war website giving off HEI network vibes. Did @timheidecker.bsky.social write the landing page?
The party that tells us "government doesn't work" is determined to make it so.
November 15, 2024 at 12:16 AM
The party that tells us "government doesn't work" is determined to make it so.
First Post. This is Kitty
November 14, 2024 at 7:29 AM
First Post. This is Kitty