gentleman johnny's party train
@fripperskitter.bsky.social
chicago / wisconsin - he / him - boring white dad & bureaucrat - incurable collector - irascible scamp - citizen of the world and the middle west - west coast expat - great lakes internationalist - geographer - philatelist - lifelong trail blazers fan
Pinned
the kind-hearted Capitalist told them not to be insolent, & spoke to them about honesty, & said if they were not careful he would have their faces battered in for them by the police or if necessary he would call out the military & have them shot down like dogs
www.worldsocialism.org/wsm/2020/11/...
www.worldsocialism.org/wsm/2020/11/...
Always thinking about him what a king
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Always thinking about him what a king
Sorry hosers mandate of heaven has spoken
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Sorry hosers mandate of heaven has spoken
this was the moment when i was like 'oh shiiiiit'
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
this was the moment when i was like 'oh shiiiiit'
i'm not smoking i'm breathing
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
i'm not smoking i'm breathing
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"The Post" by Hildreth Meiere (1937), Logan Square (a/k/a Roberto Clemente) Post Office, 2339 N. California, Chicago, Illinois
December 26, 2024 at 4:24 AM
"The Post" by Hildreth Meiere (1937), Logan Square (a/k/a Roberto Clemente) Post Office, 2339 N. California, Chicago, Illinois
probable cause? never heard of it
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
probable cause? never heard of it
we got the full shumway
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
we got the full shumway
Niall Ferguson? The Epstein associate?
Niall Ferguson doubles down, indicting the “haters” for their stubborn refusal to consider that the hated Trump could do something good.
But that’s simply not the case. He just rarely ever *does* do anything good.
But that’s simply not the case. He just rarely ever *does* do anything good.
How Niall Ferguson Learned to Love Trump
… and snagged a pundit slot at CBS News in the Bari Weiss makeover.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Niall Ferguson? The Epstein associate?
I would be shocked if there's not a connecting thread here somewhere
The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking
At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism?
@centralbylines.co.uk
At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism?
@centralbylines.co.uk
The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking
At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being refered to the National Referral Mechanism?
centralbylines.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I would be shocked if there's not a connecting thread here somewhere
NIMBYs rise up, your local zoning board needs to hear from YOU
THIS is the moment you've been TRAINING for
THIS is the moment you've been TRAINING for
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
NIMBYs rise up, your local zoning board needs to hear from YOU
THIS is the moment you've been TRAINING for
THIS is the moment you've been TRAINING for
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🤔 In 2021, Kip Mock of Moscow ID accidentally set his pal, Elijah Froh, on fire by pouring diesel on a fire. Mock & Froh were later were hired by Valar Atomics—founded by their pal, Isaiah Taylor, a high school dropout from Moscow, ID who somehow landed a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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fuckin jargon man
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
fuckin jargon man
tears, tears down my face
YES!!!! I have a slide saying exactly this. 70-80% of project time will be spent on data wrangling/management
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
tears, tears down my face
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When you do business with Uline, you're helping fund fascism.
A resignation and call to conscience at company owned by Maga billionaires
Uline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped ‘America descend into fascism’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
When you do business with Uline, you're helping fund fascism.
some pretty evil geospatial tech here
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
some pretty evil geospatial tech here
There's that 'about 30%' number again weird
What’s happening here is: Labour, the Tories and Reform are all fighting for control of the Thatcherite Reactionary Crackdowns bloc of the electorate - about 30% - because those are the voters you need, if you want to govern via reactionary Thatcherite crackdowns. The only tolerable governance.
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
There's that 'about 30%' number again weird
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Canada must steal the U.S. regional air travel market. Millions must be subjected to the Air Canada Standard.
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Canada must steal the U.S. regional air travel market. Millions must be subjected to the Air Canada Standard.
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In my opinion, the Religious Right is trying to heal its coalition, which has fractured over antisemitism (& perhaps to an extent over ICE tactics), by focusing on a common goal: making same-sex marriage illegal in as many states as possible. ⬇️
The Religious Right has launched a new effort to pressure SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell. The coalition includes Evangelicals (eg, Al Mohler, Tony Perkins, Dusty Deevers), Catholics (eg Leonard Leo’s pal Robert George), Jews (Josh Hammer), FRC, members of FRC’s “State Policy Council” network, etc. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
In my opinion, the Religious Right is trying to heal its coalition, which has fractured over antisemitism (& perhaps to an extent over ICE tactics), by focusing on a common goal: making same-sex marriage illegal in as many states as possible. ⬇️
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“Once the Border Patrol operated primarily in the shadows of the borderlands,” Reece Jones writes. “After watching neighbors tear gassed, pepper-sprayed and beaten while exercising their right to observe police activity, it is impossible to look away.”
Opinion | The Border Patrol Was Always Out of Control
A Wild West frontier ethos has persisted to this day.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“Once the Border Patrol operated primarily in the shadows of the borderlands,” Reece Jones writes. “After watching neighbors tear gassed, pepper-sprayed and beaten while exercising their right to observe police activity, it is impossible to look away.”