Jason McQuino
@thesecondjqm.bsky.social
Hypostatic union of queer flowers. he/they. Writing stories and telling tall tabletop tales.
Transgendered in theology, transplanted in Minneapolis
Transgendered in theology, transplanted in Minneapolis
I mean, technically everything white is purple - the goal is to visit every state and territory at least once, so far I'd say pretty good for 30ish years
tho I clearly need to visit more friends in the southeast 😅
tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
tho I clearly need to visit more friends in the southeast 😅
tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I mean, technically everything white is purple - the goal is to visit every state and territory at least once, so far I'd say pretty good for 30ish years
tho I clearly need to visit more friends in the southeast 😅
tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
tho I clearly need to visit more friends in the southeast 😅
tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
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Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
Earned sick and safe time (ESST) | Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Minnesota law requires employers to provide earned sick and safe time (ESST), a type of paid leave, to workers in the state. FAQs about earned sick and safe time Rulemaking: Earned sick and safe time...
www.dli.mn.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
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War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
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I work at a school 4 blocks from where a woman was killed today for 'not following directions.' These ICE agents would absolutely crumble against one teenager.
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I work at a school 4 blocks from where a woman was killed today for 'not following directions.' These ICE agents would absolutely crumble against one teenager.
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this is actually much more important video
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
this is actually much more important video
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With appropriate warnings but hey it turns out that ICE was lying and just likes murdering people.
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
With appropriate warnings but hey it turns out that ICE was lying and just likes murdering people.
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
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tell me you've never read one of the most famous works of 20th century catholic theology without telling me
(Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation)
(Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation)
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
tell me you've never read one of the most famous works of 20th century catholic theology without telling me
(Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation)
(Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation)
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"Ascendant"
Turns out art is way faster if you don't render anything.
Turns out art is way faster if you don't render anything.
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
"Ascendant"
Turns out art is way faster if you don't render anything.
Turns out art is way faster if you don't render anything.
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Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, said two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half-sunk, a shattered visage lies
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, left from the Grey Havens and sailed to the undying lands.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, past the sea of swirly, twirly gumdrops, and then, he walked through the Lincoln Tunnel!
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, said two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half-sunk, a shattered visage lies
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When they ask me what radicalized me
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When they ask me what radicalized me
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
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you simply cannot be mean to me, I get winded going up one flight of stairs 🥺
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
you simply cannot be mean to me, I get winded going up one flight of stairs 🥺
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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I suppose it's #artsummary time again 🖌️
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I suppose it's #artsummary time again 🖌️
Visiting Seattle for the holidays, and PNW reminding me how much it missed me
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Visiting Seattle for the holidays, and PNW reminding me how much it missed me
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the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life