Justin Vreeland
@jvreeland.bsky.social
Welcome to my world of typo's.
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It’s going to be some bullshit respectability from the center and some bullshit bleating about identity politics from the left and some bullshit religious forgiveness from the right.
I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.
I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.
It’s very very frustrating to know that there isn’t much chance of any accountability for this behavior after Trump
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s going to be some bullshit respectability from the center and some bullshit bleating about identity politics from the left and some bullshit religious forgiveness from the right.
I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.
I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.
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The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
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As soon as a 400-year running average comes up short on white men, we can start including them again.
@startribune.com finally stands up for the truly forgotten! White men! Can't make this shit up
www.startribune.com/2026-reading...
www.startribune.com/2026-reading...
Opinion | You can’t be diverse if you exclude white men
Those year-end book lists that claim to be all about diversity often seem to miss this one major demographic, Annie Holmquist writes.
www.startribune.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As soon as a 400-year running average comes up short on white men, we can start including them again.
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Guy sitting on a pile of gold: "im all for Universal Healthcare, but how do we make it happen? Be realistic."
December 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Guy sitting on a pile of gold: "im all for Universal Healthcare, but how do we make it happen? Be realistic."
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That there exist tiers of wealth beyond which it is literally impossible to ever make enough bad financial decisions to impoverish yourself no matter how puddingbrained you are is something we either have to eliminate or else make that the case for all people at all income levels.
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
That there exist tiers of wealth beyond which it is literally impossible to ever make enough bad financial decisions to impoverish yourself no matter how puddingbrained you are is something we either have to eliminate or else make that the case for all people at all income levels.
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Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
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Restoring Bivens rights: one bill "would allow citizens to sue for damages resulting from constitutional violations committed by federal officers," while the other "would create a cause of action against federal law enforcement agencies and police depts for constitutional violations."
These congressmen want to give you the right to sue federal law enforcement for violating your rights
The proposed bills aim to codify a 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed individuals to sue the feds for Fourth Amendment violations.
reason.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Restoring Bivens rights: one bill "would allow citizens to sue for damages resulting from constitutional violations committed by federal officers," while the other "would create a cause of action against federal law enforcement agencies and police depts for constitutional violations."
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we should do it
Examining what it would cost to end extreme poverty using direct income transfers finds an estimate of 0.3 percent of global GDP, from Roshni Sahoo, Joshua Blumenstock, Paul Niehaus, Leo Selker, and Stefan Wager www.nber.org/papers/w34583
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
we should do it
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Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
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Yes exactly. That’s the thing that’s always differentiated us, we’re the only “Christian nation.” Yup.
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yes exactly. That’s the thing that’s always differentiated us, we’re the only “Christian nation.” Yup.
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This isn't far off, and we saw the same thing during the NFT gaming craze.
Big publishers believe they need to say that they're investigating AI to keep investors happy.
Angel investors who invest in small companies are more interested in hitting the AI grand slam than they are in shipping a game.
Big publishers believe they need to say that they're investigating AI to keep investors happy.
Angel investors who invest in small companies are more interested in hitting the AI grand slam than they are in shipping a game.
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This isn't far off, and we saw the same thing during the NFT gaming craze.
Big publishers believe they need to say that they're investigating AI to keep investors happy.
Angel investors who invest in small companies are more interested in hitting the AI grand slam than they are in shipping a game.
Big publishers believe they need to say that they're investigating AI to keep investors happy.
Angel investors who invest in small companies are more interested in hitting the AI grand slam than they are in shipping a game.
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yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
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Funny how there's apparently no conflict for councilmembers who're landlords voting on tenant protections, or homeowners voting on new housing projects and rezoning actions.
Just for renters who want more homes.
Just for renters who want more homes.
In Santa Monica, the FPPC has disqualified pro-housing Councilmember Jesse Zwick from all future housing votes. They said that because he works for a housing non-profit, he’s “conflicted” and must recuse.
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
State regulators say Councilman Zwick is conflicted on housing votes
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has ruled that Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick must recuse himself from housing production decisions
www.smdp.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Funny how there's apparently no conflict for councilmembers who're landlords voting on tenant protections, or homeowners voting on new housing projects and rezoning actions.
Just for renters who want more homes.
Just for renters who want more homes.
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What would it cost to end extreme poverty?
"We estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% ... would cost $170B nominal per year."
"The results correspond to a cost of (approximately) ending extreme poverty of roughly 0.3% of global GDP."
"We estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% ... would cost $170B nominal per year."
"The results correspond to a cost of (approximately) ending extreme poverty of roughly 0.3% of global GDP."
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What would it cost to end extreme poverty?
"We estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% ... would cost $170B nominal per year."
"The results correspond to a cost of (approximately) ending extreme poverty of roughly 0.3% of global GDP."
"We estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% ... would cost $170B nominal per year."
"The results correspond to a cost of (approximately) ending extreme poverty of roughly 0.3% of global GDP."
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Incompetent courtiers being put in charge of key technical positions and then totally botching them was a recurring feature and major weakness of historical absolute monarchies and authoritarian regimes. Anyway, Bari Weiss,
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Incompetent courtiers being put in charge of key technical positions and then totally botching them was a recurring feature and major weakness of historical absolute monarchies and authoritarian regimes. Anyway, Bari Weiss,
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I do believe the USA is redeemable and I absolutely don’t think we’re doomed -
but nothing condemns our current system and our culture more than the fact we have *chosen* to elevate the nation’s most genuinely disgusting and worthless people to positions of supreme power
but nothing condemns our current system and our culture more than the fact we have *chosen* to elevate the nation’s most genuinely disgusting and worthless people to positions of supreme power
December 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I do believe the USA is redeemable and I absolutely don’t think we’re doomed -
but nothing condemns our current system and our culture more than the fact we have *chosen* to elevate the nation’s most genuinely disgusting and worthless people to positions of supreme power
but nothing condemns our current system and our culture more than the fact we have *chosen* to elevate the nation’s most genuinely disgusting and worthless people to positions of supreme power
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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Yes, but it’s not a “nuclear option.” It’s the most basic, obvious, conventional option available if you want to actually do something effective. The fact that they’re not immediately promising it en masse tells us something, and that something is not good.
WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yes, but it’s not a “nuclear option.” It’s the most basic, obvious, conventional option available if you want to actually do something effective. The fact that they’re not immediately promising it en masse tells us something, and that something is not good.
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The system that created Epstein, protected him, and let him thrive for decades, still exists. His market of powerful monsters still exists, and they're still being protected.
There is definitely, right now, someone serving the same role he did, being protected the same way by the same people.
There is definitely, right now, someone serving the same role he did, being protected the same way by the same people.
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The system that created Epstein, protected him, and let him thrive for decades, still exists. His market of powerful monsters still exists, and they're still being protected.
There is definitely, right now, someone serving the same role he did, being protected the same way by the same people.
There is definitely, right now, someone serving the same role he did, being protected the same way by the same people.
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It’s genuinely disheartening if you work in politics at any level to realize big picture-wise the only realistic plan forward is “waiting for people with the best healthcare known to man to die”
One thing I don't think people appreciate is that the political apparatus is so old that dozens of congress people and senators have weekly doctors visits and require non stop care just to stay alive and it 100% limits the potential for political action through the legislature.
December 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
It’s genuinely disheartening if you work in politics at any level to realize big picture-wise the only realistic plan forward is “waiting for people with the best healthcare known to man to die”
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One thing I don't think people appreciate is that the political apparatus is so old that dozens of congress people and senators have weekly doctors visits and require non stop care just to stay alive and it 100% limits the potential for political action through the legislature.
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
One thing I don't think people appreciate is that the political apparatus is so old that dozens of congress people and senators have weekly doctors visits and require non stop care just to stay alive and it 100% limits the potential for political action through the legislature.