James Rotering
@jamesrotering.bsky.social
Web developer and dad of several kids and cats. Trying to be my best self, build a better world, find joy while screwing around… that sort of thing.
There are specific reasons for this that most of us somewhat agree on. But I kind of wonder if those specifics are mainly circumstantial, and that humanity has some sort of Tower of Babel failsafe built into the system that just kicks in and knocks us back a few spaces when we get too dangerous.
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There are specific reasons for this that most of us somewhat agree on. But I kind of wonder if those specifics are mainly circumstantial, and that humanity has some sort of Tower of Babel failsafe built into the system that just kicks in and knocks us back a few spaces when we get too dangerous.
I am in an Airbnb and the TVs only have Roku remotes and motion smoothing is turned on and I have no way to turn it off. Please pray.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I am in an Airbnb and the TVs only have Roku remotes and motion smoothing is turned on and I have no way to turn it off. Please pray.
That was a Very Good Football Game. Five stars.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
That was a Very Good Football Game. Five stars.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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Duck season.
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Duck season.
This has an 80s movie feel to it. The beta bullies are lining up to give the freak his swirlies, per usual protocol, but the alpha bully has unexpectedly decided that the freak is cool now, and therefore off limits.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This has an 80s movie feel to it. The beta bullies are lining up to give the freak his swirlies, per usual protocol, but the alpha bully has unexpectedly decided that the freak is cool now, and therefore off limits.
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we used to play a bar game during trump 1 where we’d imagine what we could get him to agree to if we bumped into him at a urinal. I was pretty convinced I could get him to pass medicare for all in two minutes
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
we used to play a bar game during trump 1 where we’d imagine what we could get him to agree to if we bumped into him at a urinal. I was pretty convinced I could get him to pass medicare for all in two minutes
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
Our house is currently in the midst of a widespread cat shit related crime spree. I am so done.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Our house is currently in the midst of a widespread cat shit related crime spree. I am so done.
It’s Day One of my 2nd annual FB Marketplace physical media pop-up store in my garage… and I forgot how much white dudes of a certain age love to browse for 30 minutes to pick out 10 CDs for $20 (complimentary).
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s Day One of my 2nd annual FB Marketplace physical media pop-up store in my garage… and I forgot how much white dudes of a certain age love to browse for 30 minutes to pick out 10 CDs for $20 (complimentary).
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
Lolita and Epstein's emails
A good reminder that there are monsters among us.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
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What if national journalists had the courage to say this plainly.
"It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What if national journalists had the courage to say this plainly.
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RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
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just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
"All they could do to distract from the Schumer shutdown cover-up is leak Epstein emails ... What a sleazy leak."
Jesse Watters attacks Democrats for releasing Epstein emails
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
The thing is, getting busted about his cheap-ass tacky spray painted Home Depot decorations and lying about it… the whole process is theater that reinforces his base. They WANT to see his shitty Jedi mind trick act, and he knows this and he does this stuff to give his people their serotonin boost.
CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The thing is, getting busted about his cheap-ass tacky spray painted Home Depot decorations and lying about it… the whole process is theater that reinforces his base. They WANT to see his shitty Jedi mind trick act, and he knows this and he does this stuff to give his people their serotonin boost.
Packers-Eagles is in the third quarter, but it’s still halftime at this Belly concert.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Packers-Eagles is in the third quarter, but it’s still halftime at this Belly concert.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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If you think free buses that cost 0.6% of the city budget, rent freeze on city subsidized homes after a corrupt Adams hike, free childcare for employed people, and 5 city run grocery stores in grocery deserts is communism, you're in for a real surprise when you encounter actual communism.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you think free buses that cost 0.6% of the city budget, rent freeze on city subsidized homes after a corrupt Adams hike, free childcare for employed people, and 5 city run grocery stores in grocery deserts is communism, you're in for a real surprise when you encounter actual communism.
My brain just retrieved this 1992 Ice-T quote by the last 4 words:
“I have a sticker on my record that says `Parental Guidance Is Suggested.’ In my book, parental guidance is always suggested. If you need a sticker to tell you that you need to guide your child, you’re a dumb fuckin’ parent anyhow”
“I have a sticker on my record that says `Parental Guidance Is Suggested.’ In my book, parental guidance is always suggested. If you need a sticker to tell you that you need to guide your child, you’re a dumb fuckin’ parent anyhow”
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My brain just retrieved this 1992 Ice-T quote by the last 4 words:
“I have a sticker on my record that says `Parental Guidance Is Suggested.’ In my book, parental guidance is always suggested. If you need a sticker to tell you that you need to guide your child, you’re a dumb fuckin’ parent anyhow”
“I have a sticker on my record that says `Parental Guidance Is Suggested.’ In my book, parental guidance is always suggested. If you need a sticker to tell you that you need to guide your child, you’re a dumb fuckin’ parent anyhow”
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
New sign outside the Oval Office..
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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If I was a GOP strategist, I’d be pretty worried about diluting my safe +15 districts into a bunch of +5 gerrymandered districts after tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If I was a GOP strategist, I’d be pretty worried about diluting my safe +15 districts into a bunch of +5 gerrymandered districts after tonight.
Francesca Hong is already bringing Mamdani energy to the Wisconsin governor’s race.
Just to pre-empt the pundits, I absolutely believe you could run a Mamdani in middle America and win
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Francesca Hong is already bringing Mamdani energy to the Wisconsin governor’s race.
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One reliable law of US politics: if you find someone loudly complaining about the other party engaging in election fraud, it's a Republican; if you find someone *actually engaging in voter fraud*, it's ... also a Republican.
www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-ha...
www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-ha...
JD Vance’s MAGA Brother Facing Claims of Voter Fraud
It isn’t the first time the VP’s half-brother has been in legal hot water.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One reliable law of US politics: if you find someone loudly complaining about the other party engaging in election fraud, it's a Republican; if you find someone *actually engaging in voter fraud*, it's ... also a Republican.
www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-ha...
www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-ha...