Joe Longtin
@extradog.bsky.social
What would Keanu Reeves do? Try that. Science. Math. History. Literature. Film and stage. Happy in any environment where people are reasonable and compassionate. Merciless to those who punch downward. Working on being a better person (eventually). No bots.
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Joe Longtin
@extradog.bsky.social
· Aug 7
The most frequently recurring mistake I have made in my life is being afraid to risk discomfort or rejection for the sake of loving and helping other people. And for the sake of learning and growing.
I still screw up, but I blame no one for my choices. And I gratefully share credit for the wins.
I still screw up, but I blame no one for my choices. And I gratefully share credit for the wins.
@democrats.org Minnesota residents of ALL citizenship statuses, all walks of life, ALL AGES are being terrorized, kidnapped, assaulted, and beaten by ICE.
What is the party doing to centrally message the crimes being committed to cover the violent Criminal in Chief from the Epstein files fallout?
What is the party doing to centrally message the crimes being committed to cover the violent Criminal in Chief from the Epstein files fallout?
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
@democrats.org Minnesota residents of ALL citizenship statuses, all walks of life, ALL AGES are being terrorized, kidnapped, assaulted, and beaten by ICE.
What is the party doing to centrally message the crimes being committed to cover the violent Criminal in Chief from the Epstein files fallout?
What is the party doing to centrally message the crimes being committed to cover the violent Criminal in Chief from the Epstein files fallout?
If the #Democrats want to effect change, instead of siloed campaign ads per state and district, they need to work together to combat the tide of misinformation and distortions perpetuated daily by far right media. Progressives do not have equivalent REACH to Faux News Channel, ONN, Newsmax, etc.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
If the #Democrats want to effect change, instead of siloed campaign ads per state and district, they need to work together to combat the tide of misinformation and distortions perpetuated daily by far right media. Progressives do not have equivalent REACH to Faux News Channel, ONN, Newsmax, etc.
ICE aka American ISIS are in our neighborhood.
These violent bullies are blocking SCHOOL BUSES with their vehicle checks.
This is not making ANYONE safer. It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars with zero benefit. This is hurting our country. Most of my kids’ friends are minority.
These violent bullies are blocking SCHOOL BUSES with their vehicle checks.
This is not making ANYONE safer. It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars with zero benefit. This is hurting our country. Most of my kids’ friends are minority.
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
ICE aka American ISIS are in our neighborhood.
These violent bullies are blocking SCHOOL BUSES with their vehicle checks.
This is not making ANYONE safer. It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars with zero benefit. This is hurting our country. Most of my kids’ friends are minority.
These violent bullies are blocking SCHOOL BUSES with their vehicle checks.
This is not making ANYONE safer. It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars with zero benefit. This is hurting our country. Most of my kids’ friends are minority.
Noem has instructed ICE to violate the Constitution in so many ways and she is responsible for almost every death at the hands of ICE since she was appointed.
If both houses don’t fire her now, we hold out until January 2027.
If both houses don’t fire her now, we hold out until January 2027.
January 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Noem has instructed ICE to violate the Constitution in so many ways and she is responsible for almost every death at the hands of ICE since she was appointed.
If both houses don’t fire her now, we hold out until January 2027.
If both houses don’t fire her now, we hold out until January 2027.
ALL detentions without probable cause and/or due process are illegal.
Quotas make this even worse. Race, ethnicity, language, and country of origin are not probable cause.
The 14th specifically says no person within our borders shall be deprived of liberty without due process. Not “citizen.”
Quotas make this even worse. Race, ethnicity, language, and country of origin are not probable cause.
The 14th specifically says no person within our borders shall be deprived of liberty without due process. Not “citizen.”
This last week was extremely hard.
A challenge many Americans face is lacking the vocabulary for what is happening on our streets.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social breaks down how ICE has been turned into a paramilitary force to terrorize citizens.
A challenge many Americans face is lacking the vocabulary for what is happening on our streets.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social breaks down how ICE has been turned into a paramilitary force to terrorize citizens.
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
ALL detentions without probable cause and/or due process are illegal.
Quotas make this even worse. Race, ethnicity, language, and country of origin are not probable cause.
The 14th specifically says no person within our borders shall be deprived of liberty without due process. Not “citizen.”
Quotas make this even worse. Race, ethnicity, language, and country of origin are not probable cause.
The 14th specifically says no person within our borders shall be deprived of liberty without due process. Not “citizen.”
The rulers and ruling class only thrive while we all consent.
President, monarch, upper class, council, cult, parliament, or military junta.
You all rule at the pleasure of the people.
This is also true of the courts and law enforcement.
When you abuse trust enough times, our deal is void.
President, monarch, upper class, council, cult, parliament, or military junta.
You all rule at the pleasure of the people.
This is also true of the courts and law enforcement.
When you abuse trust enough times, our deal is void.
January 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The rulers and ruling class only thrive while we all consent.
President, monarch, upper class, council, cult, parliament, or military junta.
You all rule at the pleasure of the people.
This is also true of the courts and law enforcement.
When you abuse trust enough times, our deal is void.
President, monarch, upper class, council, cult, parliament, or military junta.
You all rule at the pleasure of the people.
This is also true of the courts and law enforcement.
When you abuse trust enough times, our deal is void.
These willfully stupid hosts. Give this woman the bullhorn all the time.
“What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.” - Speech, 1933 (widely cited in contemporary records)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
These willfully stupid hosts. Give this woman the bullhorn all the time.
The last recourse that we have for holding Jonathan E. Ross accountable for murdering an unarmed civilian for his incel pleasure is to convene Congressional hearings, then grill DHS including the murderer himself.
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The last recourse that we have for holding Jonathan E. Ross accountable for murdering an unarmed civilian for his incel pleasure is to convene Congressional hearings, then grill DHS including the murderer himself.
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Anyone who calls this woman a terrorist is a fly-ridden sack of pig vomit. No amount of cosmetic procedures can correct your true faces.
Good was a mother of three and had dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered a group of ICE agents, according to her ex-husband.
Who Was Renee Nicole Good—The Woman Shot By ICE Agent In Minneapolis
Good was a mother of three and had dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered a group of ICE agents, according to her ex-husband.
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Anyone who calls this woman a terrorist is a fly-ridden sack of pig vomit. No amount of cosmetic procedures can correct your true faces.
These “alt” bands spanning generations - Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Echo et al., Pixies, New Order, etc. are so damn good and easy to listen to. It’s like my “wall of sound” and emotional glue that get me through days sometimes.
My church is my music.
My church is my music.
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
These “alt” bands spanning generations - Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Echo et al., Pixies, New Order, etc. are so damn good and easy to listen to. It’s like my “wall of sound” and emotional glue that get me through days sometimes.
My church is my music.
My church is my music.
My vice right now is watching Physical Asia: Welcome to Mongolia. I’m a sucker for the physical challenge series on Netflix. So to see some of the favorite competitors from the series coming together as friends is amazing. Language barriers don’t matter. You can feel the kindness and generosity.
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
My vice right now is watching Physical Asia: Welcome to Mongolia. I’m a sucker for the physical challenge series on Netflix. So to see some of the favorite competitors from the series coming together as friends is amazing. Language barriers don’t matter. You can feel the kindness and generosity.
Justified homicide? Terrorist act?
Don’t terrorists usually have guns and bombs and drive straight at their target?
Or was this a trigger happy neck beard Nazi dying to just own the libs?
Don’t terrorists usually have guns and bombs and drive straight at their target?
Or was this a trigger happy neck beard Nazi dying to just own the libs?
Three video angles of the ICE goons shooting a woman in Minneapolis, all slowed down and zoomed in. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer acted in "self-defense".
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Justified homicide? Terrorist act?
Don’t terrorists usually have guns and bombs and drive straight at their target?
Or was this a trigger happy neck beard Nazi dying to just own the libs?
Don’t terrorists usually have guns and bombs and drive straight at their target?
Or was this a trigger happy neck beard Nazi dying to just own the libs?
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Three video angles of the ICE goons shooting a woman in Minneapolis, all slowed down and zoomed in. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer acted in "self-defense".
January 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
#ICE is now just shooting people in broad daylight who make them angry.
I want these thugs behind bars. In Minnesota, millions of us exercise our Second Amendment rights and we know how to organize.
We will defend ourselves against lawlessness. We put murderous cops in prison.
I want these thugs behind bars. In Minnesota, millions of us exercise our Second Amendment rights and we know how to organize.
We will defend ourselves against lawlessness. We put murderous cops in prison.
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#ICE is now just shooting people in broad daylight who make them angry.
I want these thugs behind bars. In Minnesota, millions of us exercise our Second Amendment rights and we know how to organize.
We will defend ourselves against lawlessness. We put murderous cops in prison.
I want these thugs behind bars. In Minnesota, millions of us exercise our Second Amendment rights and we know how to organize.
We will defend ourselves against lawlessness. We put murderous cops in prison.
I can’t wait until we start enforcing international law in Iran, Russia, Myanmar, North Korea, China, Belarus, Hungary, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Somalia, DRC, I’m getting tired of typing here but you get the idea.
Or maybe this was purely about wagging the dog, not the law?
Or maybe this was purely about wagging the dog, not the law?
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I can’t wait until we start enforcing international law in Iran, Russia, Myanmar, North Korea, China, Belarus, Hungary, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Somalia, DRC, I’m getting tired of typing here but you get the idea.
Or maybe this was purely about wagging the dog, not the law?
Or maybe this was purely about wagging the dog, not the law?
Can we all agree that this senile self-styled emperor is out of control and needs to be impeached now?
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Can we all agree that this senile self-styled emperor is out of control and needs to be impeached now?
I compliment Sir Mick Jagger on an excellent theme song. And Sir Gary Oldman for his acting. Jackson Lamb is his magnum opus.
If you haven’t watched #SlowHorses on Apple TV, I suggest you give it a whirl. Watch one season and it will grow on you like a mysterious rash and a pack a day habit.
If you haven’t watched #SlowHorses on Apple TV, I suggest you give it a whirl. Watch one season and it will grow on you like a mysterious rash and a pack a day habit.
January 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I compliment Sir Mick Jagger on an excellent theme song. And Sir Gary Oldman for his acting. Jackson Lamb is his magnum opus.
If you haven’t watched #SlowHorses on Apple TV, I suggest you give it a whirl. Watch one season and it will grow on you like a mysterious rash and a pack a day habit.
If you haven’t watched #SlowHorses on Apple TV, I suggest you give it a whirl. Watch one season and it will grow on you like a mysterious rash and a pack a day habit.
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94% of Americans will pay into Social Security the entire year.
Here’s when the wealthiest Americans will stop paying into it on Jan 1st:
Musk - 12:00:28am
Ellison - 12:00:29am
Page - 12:00:58am
Brin - 12:01:05am
Bezos - 12:01:45am
Dell - 12:02:09am
Huang - 12:02:18am
Scrap the cap.
Here’s when the wealthiest Americans will stop paying into it on Jan 1st:
Musk - 12:00:28am
Ellison - 12:00:29am
Page - 12:00:58am
Brin - 12:01:05am
Bezos - 12:01:45am
Dell - 12:02:09am
Huang - 12:02:18am
Scrap the cap.
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
94% of Americans will pay into Social Security the entire year.
Here’s when the wealthiest Americans will stop paying into it on Jan 1st:
Musk - 12:00:28am
Ellison - 12:00:29am
Page - 12:00:58am
Brin - 12:01:05am
Bezos - 12:01:45am
Dell - 12:02:09am
Huang - 12:02:18am
Scrap the cap.
Here’s when the wealthiest Americans will stop paying into it on Jan 1st:
Musk - 12:00:28am
Ellison - 12:00:29am
Page - 12:00:58am
Brin - 12:01:05am
Bezos - 12:01:45am
Dell - 12:02:09am
Huang - 12:02:18am
Scrap the cap.
“We can’t afford Social Security” is a steaming cartload of manure.
Of course we can. We would have a surplus if we did 2 simple things.
Remove the earnings cap on contributions. The rich should not be exempt.
Prohibit Congress from borrowing from the trust, so that it can actually grow.
Of course we can. We would have a surplus if we did 2 simple things.
Remove the earnings cap on contributions. The rich should not be exempt.
Prohibit Congress from borrowing from the trust, so that it can actually grow.
Ben is basically a libertarian and I can’t agree that retirement itself is stupid.
But he’s right that 65 is too young to get social security. We can’t afford it anymore.
Medicare though needs a different solution. Raising the retirement age won’t fix why it’s expensive.
But he’s right that 65 is too young to get social security. We can’t afford it anymore.
Medicare though needs a different solution. Raising the retirement age won’t fix why it’s expensive.
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“We can’t afford Social Security” is a steaming cartload of manure.
Of course we can. We would have a surplus if we did 2 simple things.
Remove the earnings cap on contributions. The rich should not be exempt.
Prohibit Congress from borrowing from the trust, so that it can actually grow.
Of course we can. We would have a surplus if we did 2 simple things.
Remove the earnings cap on contributions. The rich should not be exempt.
Prohibit Congress from borrowing from the trust, so that it can actually grow.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Sunday morning omelet ruined
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sunday morning omelet ruined
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December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🌊 🐟🦭🐋🐧 I have a PhD position available (4 years, start Mid-2026) at NRM Stockholm to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming.
Apply here:
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
#PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics
Apply here:
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
#PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics
On the 4th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
A 4 toed amphibian track!
Batrachichnus is from the Carboniferous Mansfield Formation of southern Indiana. This is the name of the trace fossil because it's unknown exactly what animal produced it. The print is ~2cm long.
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A 4 toed amphibian track!
Batrachichnus is from the Carboniferous Mansfield Formation of southern Indiana. This is the name of the trace fossil because it's unknown exactly what animal produced it. The print is ~2cm long.
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#12DaysofFossils
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM