John Stracke
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John Stracke
@thibault.org
· Dec 23
Well, I'm just a shill.
Yes, I'm only a shill.
And I'll keep on doing Donald Trump's will,
Until I die still in office, killing democracy,
'Cause the Founders never realized how our longevity
Would enable corruption in this new century.
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Yes, I'm only a shill.
And I'll keep on doing Donald Trump's will,
Until I die still in office, killing democracy,
'Cause the Founders never realized how our longevity
Would enable corruption in this new century.
1/2
"Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise."—Precise, maybe, but not accurate. Like saying the Earth weighs 1.23456789 kilos.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise."—Precise, maybe, but not accurate. Like saying the Earth weighs 1.23456789 kilos.
But yield who will to their separating,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Robert Frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Robert Frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
But yield who will to their separating,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Robert Frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Robert Frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
When announcing his order to cut fuel efficiency standards, Trump also said he'd given an order to legalize kei trucks (small trucks from Japan). He compared them to the Volkswagen Beetle.
Do you think he knows the Beetle was promoted by Hitler?
www.theverge.com/news/838563/...
Do you think he knows the Beetle was promoted by Hitler?
www.theverge.com/news/838563/...
Trump invites ‘cute’ Japanese kei trucks to come to America
Kei trucks have a new fan.
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When announcing his order to cut fuel efficiency standards, Trump also said he'd given an order to legalize kei trucks (small trucks from Japan). He compared them to the Volkswagen Beetle.
Do you think he knows the Beetle was promoted by Hitler?
www.theverge.com/news/838563/...
Do you think he knows the Beetle was promoted by Hitler?
www.theverge.com/news/838563/...
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I wish I could be the slightest bit surprised by this one, but I'm not: https://electrek.co/2025/08/25/scientist-exposes-anti-wind-groups-as-oil-funded-now-they-want-to-silence-him/
tl;dr -- a collection of right-wing lawyers and front organizations are trying to silence the researcher who has […]
tl;dr -- a collection of right-wing lawyers and front organizations are trying to silence the researcher who has […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I wish I could be the slightest bit surprised by this one, but I'm not: https://electrek.co/2025/08/25/scientist-exposes-anti-wind-groups-as-oil-funded-now-they-want-to-silence-him/
tl;dr -- a collection of right-wing lawyers and front organizations are trying to silence the researcher who has […]
tl;dr -- a collection of right-wing lawyers and front organizations are trying to silence the researcher who has […]
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Who deserves the credit, and who deserves the blame?
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Who deserves the credit, and who deserves the blame?
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July 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I just published my first #pico-8 game, Time Twister. You can play it at www.thibault.org/time-twister/
July 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I just published my first #pico-8 game, Time Twister. You can play it at www.thibault.org/time-twister/
I wish to speak for a moment to my femme-presenting people. Do you like skirts and dresses? Do you enjoy the swish? Do you sometimes think "gosh this skirt is perfect except for its limited potential as a smuggling vessel?"
Well, do I have the shop for you.
Well, do I have the shop for you.
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
translifeline.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
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The port of Seattle has no ships today.
April 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The port of Seattle has no ships today.
Reading @scalzi.com’s _The Ghost Brigades_, which mentions the Frankenstein complex, it occurred to me that people pushing for AGI must not have that complex. We might be better off if they did.
April 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reading @scalzi.com’s _The Ghost Brigades_, which mentions the Frankenstein complex, it occurred to me that people pushing for AGI must not have that complex. We might be better off if they did.
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This seems very plausible (even likely) to me: only ray of hope is that it's still 13 days away and things are going sideways FAST at the moment:
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This seems very plausible (even likely) to me: only ray of hope is that it's still 13 days away and things are going sideways FAST at the moment:
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
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When you read this it becomes apparent that Elon Musk is a showman, nothing more. He's not an engineer. The whole thing is an act.
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When you read this it becomes apparent that Elon Musk is a showman, nothing more. He's not an engineer. The whole thing is an act.
Dragonfly in my front yard
February 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dragonfly in my front yard
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🚨 🚨
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
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NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
February 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 🚨
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
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Please get whatever vaccines you can or need updated NOW
February 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Please get whatever vaccines you can or need updated NOW
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I'm trying to rally Mainers to call Susan Collins and tell her to temporarily caucus with Dems to block everything until this DOGE insanity is ended. She's one of the very few who might be swayed to take action. Not likely, but doing nothing is guaranteed failure. We have to try.
207-622-8414
207-622-8414
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'm trying to rally Mainers to call Susan Collins and tell her to temporarily caucus with Dems to block everything until this DOGE insanity is ended. She's one of the very few who might be swayed to take action. Not likely, but doing nothing is guaranteed failure. We have to try.
207-622-8414
207-622-8414
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At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks:
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
February 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks:
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
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Every historian and expert on fascism: “It was a Nazi salute.”
The organization responsible for protecting us from Nazis:
The organization responsible for protecting us from Nazis:
January 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Every historian and expert on fascism: “It was a Nazi salute.”
The organization responsible for protecting us from Nazis:
The organization responsible for protecting us from Nazis:
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MAGA doesn't give a fuck about anyone but billionaires.
January 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
MAGA doesn't give a fuck about anyone but billionaires.