John Shumway
@shumway.bsky.social
Wannabe PNW hippie trying to figure out life. Former ASU professor and Xoogler. Obsessed with performing music.
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This is TERRIBLE news for Missouri. If you care about what your state lawmakers are doing and what they’re trying to get away with, now would be a really good time to subscribe and donate to the @missouriindependent.com. #MoLeg missouriindependent.com/donate/
New owner with checkered political past takes over newspaper serving Missouri’s capital • Missouri Independent
A trio of newspapers that cover Missouri’s capital city and surrounding communities will now be run by a polarizing figure in state politics.
missouriindependent.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is TERRIBLE news for Missouri. If you care about what your state lawmakers are doing and what they’re trying to get away with, now would be a really good time to subscribe and donate to the @missouriindependent.com. #MoLeg missouriindependent.com/donate/
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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“Aviation security should not be a place for partisan political talking points”
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
KCI refuses to air Kristi Noem’s TSA video blaming shutdown on Democrats
Kansas City International Airport’s denial comes as major airports across the country have also refused to play the video at security lines
www.kansascity.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“Aviation security should not be a place for partisan political talking points”
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.
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I have just learned that autistic people who ask questions because of curiosity and seeking clarification are viewed as antagonistic and argumentative and that explains so many interactions that have ended poorly in my life
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I have just learned that autistic people who ask questions because of curiosity and seeking clarification are viewed as antagonistic and argumentative and that explains so many interactions that have ended poorly in my life
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Hey, Sinclair... you forgot to shut down the internet in Seattle.
September 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Hey, Sinclair... you forgot to shut down the internet in Seattle.
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Horrible news about buyouts at Arizona's Gannett-owned paper of record, including one of the state's most venerable political reporters. Gannett owns the Statesman Journal and Register-Guard in Oregon's second and third largest cities.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/bloodbath-...
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/bloodbath-...
Bloodbath at the Republic
Please don't let us be next...
www.arizonaagenda.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Horrible news about buyouts at Arizona's Gannett-owned paper of record, including one of the state's most venerable political reporters. Gannett owns the Statesman Journal and Register-Guard in Oregon's second and third largest cities.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/bloodbath-...
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/bloodbath-...
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The worst part of America isn’t just the giddy cruelty of the fascists. It’s the quiet indifference of the apathetic masses.
July 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The worst part of America isn’t just the giddy cruelty of the fascists. It’s the quiet indifference of the apathetic masses.
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A terrifying sign at the Brown v Board of Education National Historical Park yesterday asking visitors to report any signs that are “negative about either past or living Americans” — like, say, the segregationists who tried to block children from attending school because of the color of their skin.
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A terrifying sign at the Brown v Board of Education National Historical Park yesterday asking visitors to report any signs that are “negative about either past or living Americans” — like, say, the segregationists who tried to block children from attending school because of the color of their skin.
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The mayor of Huntington Park had formally directed the police department to enforce laws against ICE concerning unmarked vehicles, visible license plates and required agency identification.
Huntington Park mayor directs police to enforce ICE agents’ self-identification
Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores released a statement Saturday, condemning what he called “masked abductions” amid immigration raids across Los Angeles County, and directing police to intervene …
ktla.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The mayor of Huntington Park had formally directed the police department to enforce laws against ICE concerning unmarked vehicles, visible license plates and required agency identification.
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Men will try to rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge to train their imaginary friend to be more racist rather than go to therapy.
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Men will try to rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge to train their imaginary friend to be more racist rather than go to therapy.
My former town! This is a big deal, that rural area is MAGA country. I’m so happy to see people supporting democracy and rule of law!
June 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My former town! This is a big deal, that rural area is MAGA country. I’m so happy to see people supporting democracy and rule of law!
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If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
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A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
June 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
If this doesn’t signal a state of autocracy, with a failure of all traditional checks and balances, I don’t know what does. We can still reclaim our constitutional republic, but we are not operating as one now.
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If this doesn’t signal a state of autocracy, with a failure of all traditional checks and balances, I don’t know what does. We can still reclaim our constitutional republic, but we are not operating as one now.
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The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.
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BREAKING: Seattle. Broad daylight. A peaceful crowd.
And then—boom. Cops descend like fucking jackals. No warning. No reason.
One officer struts up to a woman using a knocked-over trash can for cover and kicks it like it’s sport. This isn’t “protect and serve.” This is target and terrorize.
And then—boom. Cops descend like fucking jackals. No warning. No reason.
One officer struts up to a woman using a knocked-over trash can for cover and kicks it like it’s sport. This isn’t “protect and serve.” This is target and terrorize.
June 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
BREAKING: Seattle. Broad daylight. A peaceful crowd.
And then—boom. Cops descend like fucking jackals. No warning. No reason.
One officer struts up to a woman using a knocked-over trash can for cover and kicks it like it’s sport. This isn’t “protect and serve.” This is target and terrorize.
And then—boom. Cops descend like fucking jackals. No warning. No reason.
One officer struts up to a woman using a knocked-over trash can for cover and kicks it like it’s sport. This isn’t “protect and serve.” This is target and terrorize.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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Our country is big, and it can be easy to feel alone.
We get through this next part by fighting together. Do not be afraid. We are many, and we will protect ourselves and the democratic ideal we all deserve (even though it is messy as hell at the best of times).
We get through this next part by fighting together. Do not be afraid. We are many, and we will protect ourselves and the democratic ideal we all deserve (even though it is messy as hell at the best of times).
June 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our country is big, and it can be easy to feel alone.
We get through this next part by fighting together. Do not be afraid. We are many, and we will protect ourselves and the democratic ideal we all deserve (even though it is messy as hell at the best of times).
We get through this next part by fighting together. Do not be afraid. We are many, and we will protect ourselves and the democratic ideal we all deserve (even though it is messy as hell at the best of times).
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Shout out to all the bands on tour from now until the end of summer wondering “what city will we be playing the day martial law gets declared?”
I now believe that by the end of summer things will be so much worse than anyone expects
June 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Shout out to all the bands on tour from now until the end of summer wondering “what city will we be playing the day martial law gets declared?”
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The wildfire takeover of higher ed by AI maybe does have a solution: An end to grades. My wife and I both teach at an ivy college; we both attended @hampshirecollege.bsky.social in part because it wasted no time on grades. Grades for sides of beef, not humans.
June 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The wildfire takeover of higher ed by AI maybe does have a solution: An end to grades. My wife and I both teach at an ivy college; we both attended @hampshirecollege.bsky.social in part because it wasted no time on grades. Grades for sides of beef, not humans.
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Remembering trans man Albert Cashier for Pride, Union soldier during the civil war, was captured, marched a thousand miles without them figuring out his assigned sex at birth, escaped, and went right back to fighting them.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Remembering trans man Albert Cashier for Pride, Union soldier during the civil war, was captured, marched a thousand miles without them figuring out his assigned sex at birth, escaped, and went right back to fighting them.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
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I was stunned when I realized this was in Irkutsk. That's deep in Siberia, over 3,000 miles from Kyiv. Russians must be in shock at how deep Ukraine was able to penetrate into Russia to cripple the Russian bomber fleet.
#SlavaUkraini
#SlavaUkraini
Remarkable scenes at Belaya airfield in Irkutsk, Russia.
Ukraine has launched a devastating attack on Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers.
The base is over 4000 km from Ukraine, but $500 drones are currently wiping out $100 million planes.
Russia’s Pearl Harbor.
Ukraine has launched a devastating attack on Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers.
The base is over 4000 km from Ukraine, but $500 drones are currently wiping out $100 million planes.
Russia’s Pearl Harbor.
June 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I was stunned when I realized this was in Irkutsk. That's deep in Siberia, over 3,000 miles from Kyiv. Russians must be in shock at how deep Ukraine was able to penetrate into Russia to cripple the Russian bomber fleet.
#SlavaUkraini
#SlavaUkraini