Jamie Biver
@jamiebiver.bsky.social
He/Him
We ALL matter, or none of us do.
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We ALL matter, or none of us do.
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What the absolute hell?
We’re paying more than apartment rental rates for tent parking spaces? And to make it worse, they cut the capacity in half and still paid the full rate? We are funneling money into a black hole with no plans for solutions.
laist.com/news/housing...
We’re paying more than apartment rental rates for tent parking spaces? And to make it worse, they cut the capacity in half and still paid the full rate? We are funneling money into a black hole with no plans for solutions.
laist.com/news/housing...
Judge blasts city of LA for 'fraud’ over safe sleep site funding and capacity numbers
The site in South L.A. was paid $2.3 million to provide space for up to 88 unhoused residents last fiscal year. But two observers found the site was operating at half capacity.
laist.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What the absolute hell?
We’re paying more than apartment rental rates for tent parking spaces? And to make it worse, they cut the capacity in half and still paid the full rate? We are funneling money into a black hole with no plans for solutions.
laist.com/news/housing...
We’re paying more than apartment rental rates for tent parking spaces? And to make it worse, they cut the capacity in half and still paid the full rate? We are funneling money into a black hole with no plans for solutions.
laist.com/news/housing...
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Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
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The greatest indignity of all is tomorrow I have to record Content about this, because that’s literally what having an account with this reach is for
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The greatest indignity of all is tomorrow I have to record Content about this, because that’s literally what having an account with this reach is for
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The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
It’s my courageous queer friends that remind me to be courageous. I am stronger because I see their strength and compassion.
The way that the LGBTQ+ community is often closer to the kind of world I want to us all to have, makes all of us better.
We ALL matter, or none of us do.
The way that the LGBTQ+ community is often closer to the kind of world I want to us all to have, makes all of us better.
We ALL matter, or none of us do.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It’s my courageous queer friends that remind me to be courageous. I am stronger because I see their strength and compassion.
The way that the LGBTQ+ community is often closer to the kind of world I want to us all to have, makes all of us better.
We ALL matter, or none of us do.
The way that the LGBTQ+ community is often closer to the kind of world I want to us all to have, makes all of us better.
We ALL matter, or none of us do.
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Jeffrey Epstein knew Trump was an evil scumbag and tried to out him for the good of the country. We are at a place where a convicted child rapist and fraudster was doing more to protect the American people and democracy than any republican other than Cheney and Kinzinger.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Jeffrey Epstein knew Trump was an evil scumbag and tried to out him for the good of the country. We are at a place where a convicted child rapist and fraudster was doing more to protect the American people and democracy than any republican other than Cheney and Kinzinger.
Once you are no longer “productive” in capitalism, your only value is as part of a larger faceless group.
A problem that can be serviced at a cost, but never solved. That ensures that even your corpse can be fuel for the machine.
A problem that can be serviced at a cost, but never solved. That ensures that even your corpse can be fuel for the machine.
I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/13/r...
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Once you are no longer “productive” in capitalism, your only value is as part of a larger faceless group.
A problem that can be serviced at a cost, but never solved. That ensures that even your corpse can be fuel for the machine.
A problem that can be serviced at a cost, but never solved. That ensures that even your corpse can be fuel for the machine.
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I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/13/r...
FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls • Ohio Capital Journal
The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.
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Society doesn't take your trauma as an indicator you could use some care. Hell no. Society takes your trauma, if it's the big bad boy trauma, as a mark on you that makes you a freak.
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Society doesn't take your trauma as an indicator you could use some care. Hell no. Society takes your trauma, if it's the big bad boy trauma, as a mark on you that makes you a freak.
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I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
As soon as you have been exploited to the point that you can no longer afford housing, you are discarded.
The unhoused are often not seen as fully human. They are no longer individuals, but a concept. A problem that can be serviced, but not solved.
The unhoused are often not seen as fully human. They are no longer individuals, but a concept. A problem that can be serviced, but not solved.
Poverty IS a choice.
Not by the individual, but by our society.
Every single step of the way, someone is trying to make sure you do not get access to something you need to survive.
You soon learn that they’d rather pay to keep you poor than help you live.
Not by the individual, but by our society.
Every single step of the way, someone is trying to make sure you do not get access to something you need to survive.
You soon learn that they’d rather pay to keep you poor than help you live.
How It Happens:
Disability & Poverty 🧵
1. You get sick &/ injured & cannot work. You don’t qualify for WSIB, so you go on STD, if you have it, & start pursuing treatment &/ rehab options as soon as you’re physically & mentally able to do so.
Disability & Poverty 🧵
1. You get sick &/ injured & cannot work. You don’t qualify for WSIB, so you go on STD, if you have it, & start pursuing treatment &/ rehab options as soon as you’re physically & mentally able to do so.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
As soon as you have been exploited to the point that you can no longer afford housing, you are discarded.
The unhoused are often not seen as fully human. They are no longer individuals, but a concept. A problem that can be serviced, but not solved.
The unhoused are often not seen as fully human. They are no longer individuals, but a concept. A problem that can be serviced, but not solved.
Hadn’t considered, but yeah if you can be held accountable as an adult then those choices should matter elsewhere too.
Unpopular opinion: The voting age in each state should be set to the youngest age someone has been tried as an adult there.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hadn’t considered, but yeah if you can be held accountable as an adult then those choices should matter elsewhere too.
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Yes. My next book writes against this. I hate it.
I find the premise that science should serve capital really troublesome to begin with
The UK government says it wants to make Britain one of the top three places in the world to create, invest in and scale-up a fast-growing technology business
go.nature.com/4ifRp9n
go.nature.com/4ifRp9n
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yes. My next book writes against this. I hate it.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Caught me!
Thanks Max
Thanks Max
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Caught me!
Thanks Max
Thanks Max
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Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Max loves you.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Max loves you.
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Schumer out now
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Schumer out now
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No, no, no, by bailing Trump out, Senate Democrats won the major victory of a pinky promise to hold a meaningless vote on the ACA subsidies which -- hang on now, this is the good part -- will *shame* Republicans when they vote against it.
Wait, Dick Durbin has some charts that'll blow you away.
Wait, Dick Durbin has some charts that'll blow you away.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
No, no, no, by bailing Trump out, Senate Democrats won the major victory of a pinky promise to hold a meaningless vote on the ACA subsidies which -- hang on now, this is the good part -- will *shame* Republicans when they vote against it.
Wait, Dick Durbin has some charts that'll blow you away.
Wait, Dick Durbin has some charts that'll blow you away.
I want to believe that there will be a moment of reflection, just a hesitation to consider if he’s truly on the right side of how this will go down in history. I’m not sure that any of them are really capable of making that leap. They really believe that they are the good guys somehow.
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I want to believe that there will be a moment of reflection, just a hesitation to consider if he’s truly on the right side of how this will go down in history. I’m not sure that any of them are really capable of making that leap. They really believe that they are the good guys somehow.
All that!
He’s also so much closer to a person we all might know.
He’s approachable and relatable in a way that makes it believable that he wants the best for everyone rather than the distant or condescending energy of the establishment.
I hope it’s true!
He’s also so much closer to a person we all might know.
He’s approachable and relatable in a way that makes it believable that he wants the best for everyone rather than the distant or condescending energy of the establishment.
I hope it’s true!
Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
All that!
He’s also so much closer to a person we all might know.
He’s approachable and relatable in a way that makes it believable that he wants the best for everyone rather than the distant or condescending energy of the establishment.
I hope it’s true!
He’s also so much closer to a person we all might know.
He’s approachable and relatable in a way that makes it believable that he wants the best for everyone rather than the distant or condescending energy of the establishment.
I hope it’s true!
Yeah, decent human being seems like the absolute minimum requirement for a leader.
Why do we only get narcissistic sociopaths?
Wait, it’s the money and the legacies that are perpetuated by it. Then that whole political institution that is wash, rinse, repeat.
Why do we only get narcissistic sociopaths?
Wait, it’s the money and the legacies that are perpetuated by it. Then that whole political institution that is wash, rinse, repeat.
“Likable person who isn’t 1000 years old and generally does things you like” isn’t unicorn fantasy land bullshit it’s the bare minimum you deserve as a human being
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Yeah, decent human being seems like the absolute minimum requirement for a leader.
Why do we only get narcissistic sociopaths?
Wait, it’s the money and the legacies that are perpetuated by it. Then that whole political institution that is wash, rinse, repeat.
Why do we only get narcissistic sociopaths?
Wait, it’s the money and the legacies that are perpetuated by it. Then that whole political institution that is wash, rinse, repeat.
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I actually won’t be voting for democrats in any election going forward until they remove everyone of the members of the party that are fascist sympathizers and collaborators. At any level.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I actually won’t be voting for democrats in any election going forward until they remove everyone of the members of the party that are fascist sympathizers and collaborators. At any level.
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Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...