John Q Public 🇨🇦
@freeintheforest.bsky.social
Watching the collapse of civilization from an off-grid paradise in the woods.
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Ontario, Canada
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Ontario, Canada
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"Every country has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre
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A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why?
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why?
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
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There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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Hey so trumprx actually went live and it's got the same cost savings as goodrx. Exactly the same. However it's worse because it doesn't include generics. Generic protonix is about $6.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Hey so trumprx actually went live and it's got the same cost savings as goodrx. Exactly the same. However it's worse because it doesn't include generics. Generic protonix is about $6.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
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And now they all love the taste of leather. Bootlicking shitbags, every one.
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
And now they all love the taste of leather. Bootlicking shitbags, every one.
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We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
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Dan McQuade, who sadly recently passed away from cancer, had a brilliant article about exactly this topic defector.com/the-myth-of-... He provides a lot of info on why this myth persists, and yeah, it’s maddening. RIP Dan
The Myth Of Cops Overdosing From Touching Fentanyl Persists For A Reason | Defector
Drugs are, for the press, a moral issue. The press generally believes using drugs besides alcohol is wrong, and reacts accordingly.
defector.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Dan McQuade, who sadly recently passed away from cancer, had a brilliant article about exactly this topic defector.com/the-myth-of-... He provides a lot of info on why this myth persists, and yeah, it’s maddening. RIP Dan
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I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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Add two more counts of murder to the future prosecutions. They tried to obscure the cargo area, but this freeze frame doesn’t show much in the hold.
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Add two more counts of murder to the future prosecutions. They tried to obscure the cargo area, but this freeze frame doesn’t show much in the hold.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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Related topics include how every Right Wing “warrior” is a boot licking sycophant, the desire to destroy feminist progress and create patriarchal dominance, the fucked up psychosexual nature of the Right, why fascists are never happy and hate themselves, and the Right’s reliance on drugs.
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Related topics include how every Right Wing “warrior” is a boot licking sycophant, the desire to destroy feminist progress and create patriarchal dominance, the fucked up psychosexual nature of the Right, why fascists are never happy and hate themselves, and the Right’s reliance on drugs.
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That cycle of abuse and wanting to hurt children is at the root of everything from getting rid of vaccine mandates to not stopping mass shootings to ending age of consent laws to the Epstein horrors.
You can dress it up however, but that’s what’s playing out in the rise of fascism.
You can dress it up however, but that’s what’s playing out in the rise of fascism.
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
That cycle of abuse and wanting to hurt children is at the root of everything from getting rid of vaccine mandates to not stopping mass shootings to ending age of consent laws to the Epstein horrors.
You can dress it up however, but that’s what’s playing out in the rise of fascism.
You can dress it up however, but that’s what’s playing out in the rise of fascism.
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Simply put, the Right unconsciously needs to make children suffer like they suffered, preferably even worse. They want to ensure they go through the same abuses and find power in moving from the role of abused to abuser.
That’s what’s underneath our fascist struggle.
That’s what’s underneath our fascist struggle.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Simply put, the Right unconsciously needs to make children suffer like they suffered, preferably even worse. They want to ensure they go through the same abuses and find power in moving from the role of abused to abuser.
That’s what’s underneath our fascist struggle.
That’s what’s underneath our fascist struggle.
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The psychology of Right Wing authoritarianism is rooted in backgrounds of being abused as children by authoritarians and then becoming abusers when they are adults.
That happens in families and it scales upwards to culture and politics. That’s what’s happening now.
That happens in families and it scales upwards to culture and politics. That’s what’s happening now.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The psychology of Right Wing authoritarianism is rooted in backgrounds of being abused as children by authoritarians and then becoming abusers when they are adults.
That happens in families and it scales upwards to culture and politics. That’s what’s happening now.
That happens in families and it scales upwards to culture and politics. That’s what’s happening now.
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Wyden has been on the Senate intel committee for many years. The letter signifies that he's been briefed on a major CIA covert action -- as is legally required -- and the briefing was alarming. He wouldn't do this unless he believed a great deal is at stake.
www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...
www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Wyden has been on the Senate intel committee for many years. The letter signifies that he's been briefed on a major CIA covert action -- as is legally required -- and the briefing was alarming. He wouldn't do this unless he believed a great deal is at stake.
www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...
www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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The kids are allright.
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The kids are allright.
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Journalists will hear this and then do credulous coverage about how ICE is engaging in immigration enforcement and not doing ethnic cleansing
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Journalists will hear this and then do credulous coverage about how ICE is engaging in immigration enforcement and not doing ethnic cleansing
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“Solar, wind power, and batteries are set to make life a misery for the liquefied natural gas market.”
Not great news for Carney’s plan to double down on LNG, but good news for the climate if the LNG projects he was pushing become uneconomical.
Not great news for Carney’s plan to double down on LNG, but good news for the climate if the LNG projects he was pushing become uneconomical.
LNG Glut Hits on Schedule as Shell, Mitsubishi Try to Withdraw from B.C. Megaproject www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-hit...
Shell, Mitsubishi Try to Withdraw from B.C. LNG
Shell and Mitsubishi are trying to sell off their shares in the $40-billion LNG Canada megaproject amid predictions of an oversupplied global market.
www.theenergymix.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“Solar, wind power, and batteries are set to make life a misery for the liquefied natural gas market.”
Not great news for Carney’s plan to double down on LNG, but good news for the climate if the LNG projects he was pushing become uneconomical.
Not great news for Carney’s plan to double down on LNG, but good news for the climate if the LNG projects he was pushing become uneconomical.
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Once power switches this should happen to Kavanaugh every damn day. Oh, another broken window, face full of pepper spray and two hours on the ground handcuffed? Must be Friday. Have a nice day citizen.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Once power switches this should happen to Kavanaugh every damn day. Oh, another broken window, face full of pepper spray and two hours on the ground handcuffed? Must be Friday. Have a nice day citizen.
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you:
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billionaires:
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billionaires:
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February 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
you:
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billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
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I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
Remember, the Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this in a minute. Actually it would only take a few of them. But no, they're either all in or cowards.
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.