jdm
@jdm0079.bsky.social
book editor. hobbyist gamemaker. gundam scholar. cat and bird enjoyer. my views are my own and not a representation of my employer, my god, or anyone related to me.
http://john.bombdotcom.net/
south salt lake, utah
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south salt lake, utah
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jdm
@jdm0079.bsky.social
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Zem by John D. Moore
Place blocks to help Zem make it to the exit!
jdmgames.itch.io
Just released my newest game: "Zem!"
It's an indirect-control puzzle game, loosely based on a 30-year-old series of ZZT games. 35 increasingly difficult stages, plus a level editor. Free download for Windows and macOS at @itch.io. #gamemaker #gamerelease #freegames #indiegames jdmgames.itch.io/zem
It's an indirect-control puzzle game, loosely based on a 30-year-old series of ZZT games. 35 increasingly difficult stages, plus a level editor. Free download for Windows and macOS at @itch.io. #gamemaker #gamerelease #freegames #indiegames jdmgames.itch.io/zem
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ICYMI this great piece from over the weekend by Moe Tkacik on how Stephen Miller is running the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the FBI, the remnants of the Department of Education, most of the Pentagon, and whatever's left of DOGE.
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
Impeach President Miller - The American Prospect
The mastermind of the Trump regime’s descent into gangsterism is arguably more dangerous than the Orange One himself.
prospect.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICYMI this great piece from over the weekend by Moe Tkacik on how Stephen Miller is running the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the FBI, the remnants of the Department of Education, most of the Pentagon, and whatever's left of DOGE.
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
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Oh come the fuck on
FYI, Kristi Noem’s full
initials are K.L.A.N.
initials are K.L.A.N.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Oh come the fuck on
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People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
Lots and lots of teargas and various other munitions. People yelling for medics. Ambulance came for one person already and there was a brutal arrest amidst all of this
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
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👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
Folks are dying from winter storms and the power has been out for a week but the government can spend big money on detention camps. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
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And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
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The priest at my church got beat up at an anti-ICE protest on the peninsula this week, and when he showed up for Mass today with a black eye all the church ladies swooned like they had seen a Backstreet Boy.
February 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The priest at my church got beat up at an anti-ICE protest on the peninsula this week, and when he showed up for Mass today with a black eye all the church ladies swooned like they had seen a Backstreet Boy.
"Get ready, I'm going to have some fun with you!"
the president, ladies and gentlemen
the president, ladies and gentlemen
Perfectly normal behavior for a sitting president. A big nothing burger. Nothing to see here.
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
"Get ready, I'm going to have some fun with you!"
the president, ladies and gentlemen
the president, ladies and gentlemen
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
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A reminder that Dachau and Bergen-Belsen were deadly because of disease. Anne Frank died of typhus. This is what concentration camps do.
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 AM
A reminder that Dachau and Bergen-Belsen were deadly because of disease. Anne Frank died of typhus. This is what concentration camps do.
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Recently released from University of Hawaii Press. Edited by Anne Sokolsky. A collection of mostly modern Japanese women writing on divorce. Translations and substantial introductions.
February 1, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Recently released from University of Hawaii Press. Edited by Anne Sokolsky. A collection of mostly modern Japanese women writing on divorce. Translations and substantial introductions.
that i, a proofreader, copyeditor, and book editor, make pretty egregious typos in almost every one of these posts is a good argument for why proofreaders and copyeditors really are necessary.
February 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
that i, a proofreader, copyeditor, and book editor, make pretty egregious typos in almost every one of these posts is a good argument for why proofreaders and copyeditors really are necessary.
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time to get Tough On Crime (abolish CBP)
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
time to get Tough On Crime (abolish CBP)
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
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Revoking TPS and abducting asylum seekers should be considered a violation of those same principles
Violating hospitality is one of the oldest proscriptions across so many cultures.
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Revoking TPS and abducting asylum seekers should be considered a violation of those same principles
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reminder that they're doing this because of one (1) singular House seat being given to Salt Lake City
one singular fucking representative for the only real city in the entire state is too much for these scumbags
one singular fucking representative for the only real city in the entire state is too much for these scumbags
The Utah governor just signed a bill to expand his state's supreme court by two seats.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
February 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
reminder that they're doing this because of one (1) singular House seat being given to Salt Lake City
one singular fucking representative for the only real city in the entire state is too much for these scumbags
one singular fucking representative for the only real city in the entire state is too much for these scumbags
our immigration system has inflicted a lot of cruel and unnecessary trauma on many over the decades
but i'm thinking a lot about the widespread generational trauma being done to young children of immigrants right now, when things have gotten so much worse
this pain is going to be with us forever
but i'm thinking a lot about the widespread generational trauma being done to young children of immigrants right now, when things have gotten so much worse
this pain is going to be with us forever
BREAKING... and Thank God...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
our immigration system has inflicted a lot of cruel and unnecessary trauma on many over the decades
but i'm thinking a lot about the widespread generational trauma being done to young children of immigrants right now, when things have gotten so much worse
this pain is going to be with us forever
but i'm thinking a lot about the widespread generational trauma being done to young children of immigrants right now, when things have gotten so much worse
this pain is going to be with us forever
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The pure cruelty of putting a five year old through all this for absolutely no benefit to anyone or anything
BREAKING... and Thank God...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The pure cruelty of putting a five year old through all this for absolutely no benefit to anyone or anything
decided i didn't wanna actually post this as a joke on a certain quote-tweet chain going around, but decided i'd just go ahead and post stains the dog anyway, in case you haven't seen stains the dog recently
February 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
decided i didn't wanna actually post this as a joke on a certain quote-tweet chain going around, but decided i'd just go ahead and post stains the dog anyway, in case you haven't seen stains the dog recently
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He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
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Bring all our stolen neighbors home
5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Bring all our stolen neighbors home
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We will NOT let this anti-Black administration take away our joy.
Happy Black History Month!
Happy Black History Month!
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
We will NOT let this anti-Black administration take away our joy.
Happy Black History Month!
Happy Black History Month!
ofc trump doesn't write all the congressional endorsements his accounts lobby hard for, and i wouldn't be surprised if he never knew at all
but still, can you imagine if biden had lobbied hard in an election where he candidate lost and he was like "what are you talking about? never heard of it"
but still, can you imagine if biden had lobbied hard in an election where he candidate lost and he was like "what are you talking about? never heard of it"
Reporter: A Democrat won a special election in Texas in an area that you won by 17 points
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ofc trump doesn't write all the congressional endorsements his accounts lobby hard for, and i wouldn't be surprised if he never knew at all
but still, can you imagine if biden had lobbied hard in an election where he candidate lost and he was like "what are you talking about? never heard of it"
but still, can you imagine if biden had lobbied hard in an election where he candidate lost and he was like "what are you talking about? never heard of it"
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The relevant facts about Anne Frank that made her story resonate with so many for so long is not her immigration status in the Netherlands.
And the Haitians in Ohio that the US govt is preparing to target for persecution have legal status. So even by that standard, the Anne Frank analogy works.
And the Haitians in Ohio that the US govt is preparing to target for persecution have legal status. So even by that standard, the Anne Frank analogy works.
Trump's antisemitism envoy: "It is utterly inappropriate to compare Anne Frank to children hiding from ICE. This demeans the experience of those who died in the Holocaust."
Actual Holocaust survivors in Florida: "This reminds us of Anne Frank."
Actual Holocaust survivors in Florida: "This reminds us of Anne Frank."
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The relevant facts about Anne Frank that made her story resonate with so many for so long is not her immigration status in the Netherlands.
And the Haitians in Ohio that the US govt is preparing to target for persecution have legal status. So even by that standard, the Anne Frank analogy works.
And the Haitians in Ohio that the US govt is preparing to target for persecution have legal status. So even by that standard, the Anne Frank analogy works.
good old victor davis "v. d." hanson
hey. hey.
wanna see the dumbest shit ever written?
wanna see the dumbest shit ever written?
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
good old victor davis "v. d." hanson