Jay MacDonald
@cheakamus.bsky.social
Progressive minded boomer/genXer who enjoys #woodworking, playing #music, studying #history, #dogs, good #food and #drink, and acquiring #knowledge. Oh, and #naps. Naps are good.
No DMs. Unsolicited DM => Instablock. Same for MAGA and "Lonely women".
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Jay MacDonald
@cheakamus.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I frequently see people posting in BlueSky about their concern that someone will buy it and ruin it, like Elon Musk did to Twitter, with some even going so far as to say that there is already someone in the process of doing so.
This is patently untrue.
Let me explain. (1/13)
This is patently untrue.
Let me explain. (1/13)
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How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus?
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus?
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
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Maybe now the clueless idiots whining about Carney "not being elected" will finally STFU. #CanadianPolitics
May 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Maybe now the clueless idiots whining about Carney "not being elected" will finally STFU. #CanadianPolitics
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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Crusty Gnome... leader of the pack.
April 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Crusty Gnome... leader of the pack.
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This should be mandatory viewing for everyone right now in order to understand this bullshit time we’re in.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This should be mandatory viewing for everyone right now in order to understand this bullshit time we’re in.
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MSNBC just showed a montage of world leaders calling the USA idiotic, illogical, hostile, unhinged.... literally never seen anything like this. From the shining city on a hill to an object of global derision and contempt.
April 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
MSNBC just showed a montage of world leaders calling the USA idiotic, illogical, hostile, unhinged.... literally never seen anything like this. From the shining city on a hill to an object of global derision and contempt.
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Bait and Switch.
April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Bait and Switch.
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If I was a judge and a DOJ lawyer filed a brief saying "yes, we mistakenly shipped someone with a right to be here to a foreign gulag but you have no power to order us to bring him back" I'd put that lawyer in jail until that person was brought back.
April 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If I was a judge and a DOJ lawyer filed a brief saying "yes, we mistakenly shipped someone with a right to be here to a foreign gulag but you have no power to order us to bring him back" I'd put that lawyer in jail until that person was brought back.
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Slogan Boy Poilievre must be having a fit as the polls show the Liberals ahead. However, polls don’t vote, people do. Don’t sit the election out if you care about Canada.
April 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Slogan Boy Poilievre must be having a fit as the polls show the Liberals ahead. However, polls don’t vote, people do. Don’t sit the election out if you care about Canada.
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Sen. Booker remains on the Senate floor "disrupting business as usual" with his marathon Senate speech
WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Sen. Booker remains on the Senate floor "disrupting business as usual" with his marathon Senate speech
WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
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“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
March 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
And they are proud of it...
March 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And they are proud of it...
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We have to diversify our trade partnerships and build stronger trading relationships within our own country.
To do that, we’ll invest big in the infrastructure that gets Canadian goods to market — by air, rail, road, and sea.
To do that, we’ll invest big in the infrastructure that gets Canadian goods to market — by air, rail, road, and sea.
March 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We have to diversify our trade partnerships and build stronger trading relationships within our own country.
To do that, we’ll invest big in the infrastructure that gets Canadian goods to market — by air, rail, road, and sea.
To do that, we’ll invest big in the infrastructure that gets Canadian goods to market — by air, rail, road, and sea.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Finally! This needs to become normalised. Compassion and art are often joined at the hip.
Premier Kinew sings for Ashlee. I am not crying, you’re crying. 😢
March 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Finally! This needs to become normalised. Compassion and art are often joined at the hip.
So *that's* how he gets that crazy orange hue!!!
March 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
So *that's* how he gets that crazy orange hue!!!