JD Downs
@bluejdowns.bsky.social
Was a civic technologist. Might still be. 💻 In school for public administration. 🧑🎓 Dog mom. 🐕 Down to earth intuitive tarot reader. 🔮 Adorably dark stand up comedy. 🎙️ Sad happy music. 🦜 Probably taking a photo of a bird right now. 📸
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Favorite sign so far
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Favorite sign so far
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Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
More birbs. #addbirder
House finches on a wire in the cold cold snow.
House finches on a wire in the cold cold snow.
January 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
More birbs. #addbirder
House finches on a wire in the cold cold snow.
House finches on a wire in the cold cold snow.
There is this, but there is also guilt and disgust that this art that helped shape you was written by a monster. And if it so deeply shaped you, are you a monster, too?
Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
January 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There is this, but there is also guilt and disgust that this art that helped shape you was written by a monster. And if it so deeply shaped you, are you a monster, too?
Yep. Like guys who always have one woman in the band… they make you feel safe that way, and they attract more women to the shows.
Someone once casually dropped “Abusers groom allies too” into a conversation and my entire worldview shifted in that instant.
January 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yep. Like guys who always have one woman in the band… they make you feel safe that way, and they attract more women to the shows.
It feels weird to just dive in and start talking here. When I first started on the bird site, I had a band to promote and my tech career had barely started. Now I’m in school, might work in tech again one day, my bands have all broken up, I read tarot, and I have three dogs who need their breakfast!
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
It feels weird to just dive in and start talking here. When I first started on the bird site, I had a band to promote and my tech career had barely started. Now I’m in school, might work in tech again one day, my bands have all broken up, I read tarot, and I have three dogs who need their breakfast!
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Meet James, who loves being a dog. #dogsofbluesky
When I’m done with school, I’m hoping to train him as a therapy dog.
When I’m done with school, I’m hoping to train him as a therapy dog.
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Meet James, who loves being a dog. #dogsofbluesky
When I’m done with school, I’m hoping to train him as a therapy dog.
When I’m done with school, I’m hoping to train him as a therapy dog.