Jake Dolan
@jakedolan.bsky.social
Entrepreneur; Software developer; Political tech; Liberal; Montanan; Beer enthusiast; Dad; He/him
Workers over billionaires. Happy Labor Day!
September 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Workers over billionaires. Happy Labor Day!
In lieu of birthday gifts this year, be more kind my friends. Try to be more kind.
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In lieu of birthday gifts this year, be more kind my friends. Try to be more kind.
The neighbors sure like to invade my yard.
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The neighbors sure like to invade my yard.
It feels very 2025 that I am treating tendinitis in both of my middle fingers.
July 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It feels very 2025 that I am treating tendinitis in both of my middle fingers.
In lighter news today. First pick of the season.
July 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
In lighter news today. First pick of the season.
My daughter is in the middle of hour two of the second nap she has had on my shoulder today.
It’s been a great day.
It’s been a great day.
July 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My daughter is in the middle of hour two of the second nap she has had on my shoulder today.
It’s been a great day.
It’s been a great day.
I am spending the final afternoon of the leave with my daughter draped on my shoulder, asleep, and drooling.
If I could pause the universe for myself in this moment forever, I would.
If I could pause the universe for myself in this moment forever, I would.
I am returning to work tomorrow after having 14 weeks of paid paternity leave following the birth of my daughter. It has easily been the best and most transformative time of my life.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
June 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am spending the final afternoon of the leave with my daughter draped on my shoulder, asleep, and drooling.
If I could pause the universe for myself in this moment forever, I would.
If I could pause the universe for myself in this moment forever, I would.
I am returning to work tomorrow after having 14 weeks of paid paternity leave following the birth of my daughter. It has easily been the best and most transformative time of my life.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
June 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am returning to work tomorrow after having 14 weeks of paid paternity leave following the birth of my daughter. It has easily been the best and most transformative time of my life.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
Everyone should have at least this amount of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Everyone.
We’ve made a deliberate decision not to share photos or many personal details of our daughter on social media. It will be her decision to make at some future date.
That said, I realize I need to be talking more about fatherhood and my experience.
More men need to be talking about being parents.
That said, I realize I need to be talking more about fatherhood and my experience.
More men need to be talking about being parents.
June 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We’ve made a deliberate decision not to share photos or many personal details of our daughter on social media. It will be her decision to make at some future date.
That said, I realize I need to be talking more about fatherhood and my experience.
More men need to be talking about being parents.
That said, I realize I need to be talking more about fatherhood and my experience.
More men need to be talking about being parents.
Stay cool and hydrated, folks.
We had a high of 48° F today and planning to cover the flowers tonight due to potential frost.
We had a high of 48° F today and planning to cover the flowers tonight due to potential frost.
A relentless and intensifying heat wave is expanding across the central and eastern U.S. this week, bringing well-above-average heat to millions of people from the Midwest to the East Coast and prompting health advisories across several states.
Dangerous Heat Wave Expands Over Central and Eastern United States
A multiday heat wave is bringing high temperatures and health risks from the Midwest to the Northeast, prompting warnings and emergency measures.
trib.al
June 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Stay cool and hydrated, folks.
We had a high of 48° F today and planning to cover the flowers tonight due to potential frost.
We had a high of 48° F today and planning to cover the flowers tonight due to potential frost.
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info.
The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵
The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵
June 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info.
The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵
The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵
Alongside thousands of friends, family, and fellow patriots, I stand today in Montana to support #NoKings. In lieu of a sign, I will be carrying the American flag.
Preserving our democracy is the most critical step to continue the fight for a more perfect union.
Preserving our democracy is the most critical step to continue the fight for a more perfect union.
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Alongside thousands of friends, family, and fellow patriots, I stand today in Montana to support #NoKings. In lieu of a sign, I will be carrying the American flag.
Preserving our democracy is the most critical step to continue the fight for a more perfect union.
Preserving our democracy is the most critical step to continue the fight for a more perfect union.
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Hey Montana peeps- Sheehy and Daines are going to vote to sell public lands, just not MT lands until Steve secures 6 more years…. #MTPol #DumpDaines
June 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Hey Montana peeps- Sheehy and Daines are going to vote to sell public lands, just not MT lands until Steve secures 6 more years…. #MTPol #DumpDaines
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🧵You are likely familiar with Rebecca Solnit and her writing, but if not, go ahead and read this. This is a HIGH PROFILE writer whose FB page was shut down, & I both read & shared the post in question, because it was GOOD.
Get your friends onto BlueSky. Keep alternate contact lists.
Get your friends onto BlueSky. Keep alternate contact lists.
Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🧵You are likely familiar with Rebecca Solnit and her writing, but if not, go ahead and read this. This is a HIGH PROFILE writer whose FB page was shut down, & I both read & shared the post in question, because it was GOOD.
Get your friends onto BlueSky. Keep alternate contact lists.
Get your friends onto BlueSky. Keep alternate contact lists.
TFW you realize you left the pFriem bottles in the hotel fridge 200 miles behind you.
C’est la vie. Hope the cleaning staff enjoys them.
C’est la vie. Hope the cleaning staff enjoys them.
June 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
TFW you realize you left the pFriem bottles in the hotel fridge 200 miles behind you.
C’est la vie. Hope the cleaning staff enjoys them.
C’est la vie. Hope the cleaning staff enjoys them.
Always a good day to visit Powell’s City of Books in Portland.
June 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Always a good day to visit Powell’s City of Books in Portland.
Current background music. No particular reason. None whatsoever.
June 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Current background music. No particular reason. None whatsoever.
Happily blocking any account that says they are part of the Elon Musk team.
June 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happily blocking any account that says they are part of the Elon Musk team.
There is time for at least one more cup of coffee, read some poetry and watch the boats pass in the distance.
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There is time for at least one more cup of coffee, read some poetry and watch the boats pass in the distance.
Last evening and this morning from Lopez Island.
Not a bad place to sit for a bit.
Not a bad place to sit for a bit.
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Last evening and this morning from Lopez Island.
Not a bad place to sit for a bit.
Not a bad place to sit for a bit.
Well done, Missoula.
Note: Now that the Pride flag is an official city government flag, many schools and cities across the US with Pride flag bans can now fly it.
Many Pride flag bans have an exception for “city” or “government” flags.
And those exceptions do not specify that they are your local government flag.
Many Pride flag bans have an exception for “city” or “government” flags.
And those exceptions do not specify that they are your local government flag.
1. Missoula, Montana has cleverly voted to defy the Pride flag ban by making the it "an official city flag."
This comes after a law banned the flying of the flag but made an exception for "official flags."
Now, the Pride flag will fly defiantly in the state.
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This comes after a law banned the flying of the flag but made an exception for "official flags."
Now, the Pride flag will fly defiantly in the state.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
June 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Well done, Missoula.
One of my dad’s latest projects. These phone booths are finding homes across Montana.
Artist's sculpted phone booths send suicide prevention messages to rural Montana
Montana consistently ranks as having one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.Factors like social isolation and the lack of behavioral health services are
nbcmontana.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of my dad’s latest projects. These phone booths are finding homes across Montana.