Jamie
@chapelofthechimes.bsky.social
Thirty-something. Disabled queer enby (they/she). Socialist feminist. Ailurophile. California resident, but always a Michigander at heart. https://letterboxd.com/tosleepanddream/
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Unlike a lot of agriculture which is regionally concentrated, (e.g. fresh fruits are overwhelmingly produced in California) dairies are geographically dispersed so there's a contingent of dairy farmers in all 50 states, making them a formidable lobbying group
The US produces way way way too much dairy and a big reason it's in our schools is because it subsidizes the industry. You can copy and paste that to all kinds of agribusiness in the US. That who portion of the economy exists on government handouts.
lots of good theories going around about the weird whole milk advertising going on right now, but my personal one is the milk industrial complex is worried and mad about the growth of milk alternatives like soy or oat milk and want to reclaim previous cultural dominance
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Unlike a lot of agriculture which is regionally concentrated, (e.g. fresh fruits are overwhelmingly produced in California) dairies are geographically dispersed so there's a contingent of dairy farmers in all 50 states, making them a formidable lobbying group
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True, but there has never not been an off-ramp.
I mean, lots of the people that oppose Trump today, supported him before. Seriously. It's not even an issue.🤷🏿♂️
The issue is when people still want to hold onto the hate that lead them to support him, but want sympathy because they got burned too.
I mean, lots of the people that oppose Trump today, supported him before. Seriously. It's not even an issue.🤷🏿♂️
The issue is when people still want to hold onto the hate that lead them to support him, but want sympathy because they got burned too.
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
True, but there has never not been an off-ramp.
I mean, lots of the people that oppose Trump today, supported him before. Seriously. It's not even an issue.🤷🏿♂️
The issue is when people still want to hold onto the hate that lead them to support him, but want sympathy because they got burned too.
I mean, lots of the people that oppose Trump today, supported him before. Seriously. It's not even an issue.🤷🏿♂️
The issue is when people still want to hold onto the hate that lead them to support him, but want sympathy because they got burned too.
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Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
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even moderate members of congress are finally realizing that the BS they've been sold about centrism from the democratic consultant industrial complex fails to account for uncertainty or shifting public opinion, and thus has zero external validity here in the real world. let me just say: welcome!
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
even moderate members of congress are finally realizing that the BS they've been sold about centrism from the democratic consultant industrial complex fails to account for uncertainty or shifting public opinion, and thus has zero external validity here in the real world. let me just say: welcome!
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If little boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice, our resident expert has informed us that little nonbinaries are made of pineapple, cats, and demon rats.
a cat with its paws up in front of a purple background that says the more you know
Alt: a cat with its paws up in front of a purple background that says the more you know
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
If little boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice, our resident expert has informed us that little nonbinaries are made of pineapple, cats, and demon rats.
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
theonion.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
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This is an occupation.
NOEM IS LYING. I have seen people get taken! It was the same each time: armed men racing out of a blacked-out SUV, seizing a screaming or fleeing pedestrian, and pulling them into the car without any attempt to even learn their identity. Always a person alone on the street. Always a person of color.
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This is an occupation.
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i like unlocking ONE (1) of my daily sketchbook comic posts a week. Here's the one people liked the most from the past week www.patreon.com/posts/147975...
January 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
i like unlocking ONE (1) of my daily sketchbook comic posts a week. Here's the one people liked the most from the past week www.patreon.com/posts/147975...
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“First Amendment Zones” are Orwellian nonsense of the same vintage as “homeland security”
BRENNAN: Noem called on your to set up a safe zone where protest would be contained. Is that something you're looking at?
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“First Amendment Zones” are Orwellian nonsense of the same vintage as “homeland security”
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I don't think it's an accident that, as a Claremont/Lobdell/X-Men TAS kid myself, I find that @gailsimone.bsky.social's philosophy on why the X-Men matter is one I share. The strongest communities are formed by fighting for a collective future free from fear. (From Uncanny X-Men #5, 2024k)
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I don't think it's an accident that, as a Claremont/Lobdell/X-Men TAS kid myself, I find that @gailsimone.bsky.social's philosophy on why the X-Men matter is one I share. The strongest communities are formed by fighting for a collective future free from fear. (From Uncanny X-Men #5, 2024k)
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when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
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THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
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Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
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SUNDAY MOOD
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
SUNDAY MOOD
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PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it
January 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it
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What other conclusion can we draw than that these politicians do not oppose what Trump is doing but want to appear as though they do?
January 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What other conclusion can we draw than that these politicians do not oppose what Trump is doing but want to appear as though they do?
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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
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Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
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I just think this is such a neat functionality for a tamagotchi.
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 AM
I just think this is such a neat functionality for a tamagotchi.
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“don’t give them an excuse, they’re waiting for a reason to invoke martial law” too often sounds like “dont make too much trouble or they’ll do to the rest of us what they’re currently doing to brown folks”
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
“don’t give them an excuse, they’re waiting for a reason to invoke martial law” too often sounds like “dont make too much trouble or they’ll do to the rest of us what they’re currently doing to brown folks”
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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these people got annoyed by some grad students on the internet in 2020 and projected it on to joe biden for some reason. bizarre behavior.
what the hell is this revisionist nonsense? This *did not happen*—except in the minds of the far-right. You're buying their bad faith bullshit. MAGA called for and now is building a white ethnostate b/c *they are white nationalists*. That's what they do. FFS
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
these people got annoyed by some grad students on the internet in 2020 and projected it on to joe biden for some reason. bizarre behavior.