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
remember how Eric Schmitt is basically an open white supremacist who gave a shockingly white nationalist speech 5 months ago and also hired a guy who was too Nazi for Ron DeSantis last summer?
I don’t like it when Nazis threaten to kill Americans, tbh
I don’t like it when Nazis threaten to kill Americans, tbh
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "Through their rhetoric we're already seen tragedies. We're gonna see more of them unless they pump the brakes on this stuff."
February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
remember how Eric Schmitt is basically an open white supremacist who gave a shockingly white nationalist speech 5 months ago and also hired a guy who was too Nazi for Ron DeSantis last summer?
I don’t like it when Nazis threaten to kill Americans, tbh
I don’t like it when Nazis threaten to kill Americans, tbh
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Stop calling us names or we'll keep killing you.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "Through their rhetoric we're already seen tragedies. We're gonna see more of them unless they pump the brakes on this stuff."
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Stop calling us names or we'll keep killing you.
remember how for years Trump promised he’d release his tax returns as soon as some technical business with them was finished? pretty funny stuff.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How do you respond to people who say it's a conflict of interest for the president to be seeking funds from those who he's administering?
BLANCHE: We're looking at how to handle that. He's not wrong that what happened there was horrible, the fact his tax returns were leaked.
BLANCHE: We're looking at how to handle that. He's not wrong that what happened there was horrible, the fact his tax returns were leaked.
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
remember how for years Trump promised he’d release his tax returns as soon as some technical business with them was finished? pretty funny stuff.
somebody call all the ‘new world order’ paranoiacs. we found your guys.
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
somebody call all the ‘new world order’ paranoiacs. we found your guys.
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I am in a blind fury
That could be my daughter
That could be my daughter
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I am in a blind fury
That could be my daughter
That could be my daughter
it’d be really rad if the GOP became so toxic that a new batch of conservatives had to run with their states’ weird local third parties and had to explicitly declaim the racism and corruption of the GOP
I've been disappointed before but every indicator under the sun is pointing to an extinction event for the GOP come November
February 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM
it’d be really rad if the GOP became so toxic that a new batch of conservatives had to run with their states’ weird local third parties and had to explicitly declaim the racism and corruption of the GOP
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Liberalism and pluralism are the cheat codes for human prosperity
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Liberalism and pluralism are the cheat codes for human prosperity
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*slaps roof of America*
This baby can fit so many new Americans in it
This baby can fit so many new Americans in it
We’re gonna open our doors to so many immigrants.
We’re going to welcome so many tired, poor, huddled masses.
We’re going to hand out citizenship like it’s Halloween candy.
We’re going to welcome so many tired, poor, huddled masses.
We’re going to hand out citizenship like it’s Halloween candy.
Stephen Miller, terrified of the California that Prop 187 made, has now Prop 187ed the entire country in a dipshit attempt to ethnically purge his home state (and the country as a whole).
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 AM
*slaps roof of America*
This baby can fit so many new Americans in it
This baby can fit so many new Americans in it
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british constituencies are basically a series of rectangles because we passed laws against gerrymandering a century or so ago but we must understand that our American cousins are not an advanced democracy
Also: The special election runoff for Congress — Texas-18 — has been called for Christian Menefee. (This is the Dem seat that was held by Sylvester Turner.)
Texas Tribune article: www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/c...
Texas Tribune article: www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/c...
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
british constituencies are basically a series of rectangles because we passed laws against gerrymandering a century or so ago but we must understand that our American cousins are not an advanced democracy
I don’t know what you do about it but sometimes a system where a whole lot of the country can have almost instant presidential buyer’s remorse but we all know you can’t really do anything about it because the guy who won gets 4 years to do whatever the hell he wants doesn’t seem all that smart
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I don’t know what you do about it but sometimes a system where a whole lot of the country can have almost instant presidential buyer’s remorse but we all know you can’t really do anything about it because the guy who won gets 4 years to do whatever the hell he wants doesn’t seem all that smart
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For those of us who believe in the theory that Trump is the political and electoral glue that holds the normally fissiparous far right together, his seriously declining health presages an even greater collapse.
Which may get very ugly, given these people have already attempted one coup.
Which may get very ugly, given these people have already attempted one coup.
Looking at the precinct results in TX's 9th Senate district election and the shift is a consistent ~40 points on margin vs 2022 in the outlying areas, matching the pattern of persuasion and Republican dropoff we've seen in special elections for the 2025-26 election cycle.
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
For those of us who believe in the theory that Trump is the political and electoral glue that holds the normally fissiparous far right together, his seriously declining health presages an even greater collapse.
Which may get very ugly, given these people have already attempted one coup.
Which may get very ugly, given these people have already attempted one coup.
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the whole point of the liberal consensus is that we don't kill each other when we don't get our way
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 AM
the whole point of the liberal consensus is that we don't kill each other when we don't get our way
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
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Shooting the windows of random people seems like a great way to make it clear that not even being an uninvolved bystander is good enough to protect you from ICE—your general existence in a “blue city” is a threat to them and that means they are a threat to everyone.
February 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Shooting the windows of random people seems like a great way to make it clear that not even being an uninvolved bystander is good enough to protect you from ICE—your general existence in a “blue city” is a threat to them and that means they are a threat to everyone.
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the Eugene Police Department narrative that protesters broke a window and attempted to enter the federal building is a lie. The entire basis on which they declared a riot and CBP justified its later escalation was a lie.
and WOULDJA LOOK AT THAT
February 1, 2026 at 7:03 AM
the Eugene Police Department narrative that protesters broke a window and attempted to enter the federal building is a lie. The entire basis on which they declared a riot and CBP justified its later escalation was a lie.
‘no other choice’ is a hell of a movie
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 AM
‘no other choice’ is a hell of a movie
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Updates from the front
February 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Updates from the front
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
I can’t think of any federal crimes I’ve been wanting to commit, but if you do, this summer would probably be a great time to go for it
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I can’t think of any federal crimes I’ve been wanting to commit, but if you do, this summer would probably be a great time to go for it
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the civil rights movement did not win by awakening the secret virtue of Southern whites by appealing to their better nature. it won by producing a demonstration of their brutality Northerners could not ignore
February 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
the civil rights movement did not win by awakening the secret virtue of Southern whites by appealing to their better nature. it won by producing a demonstration of their brutality Northerners could not ignore
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"Accept the toxicity that is us."
Good fucking lord. Just internalize the misogyny and loathe thyself if you're a white woman, I guess.
Good fucking lord. Just internalize the misogyny and loathe thyself if you're a white woman, I guess.
Dear white women, stop being offended when someone points out a well known truth about us. You all know we were groomed to be horrible to other women. Passive-aggressive is our freaking love language. This has nothing to do with our voting record. Grow tf up and accept the toxicity that is us.
Don’t ever want to hear another word again from white women about misogyny. I mean ever. You all have let men run over you for years. Black women look at you with disdain because you’re cowards. You’d rather live under the boot of a man than stand with them.
February 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
"Accept the toxicity that is us."
Good fucking lord. Just internalize the misogyny and loathe thyself if you're a white woman, I guess.
Good fucking lord. Just internalize the misogyny and loathe thyself if you're a white woman, I guess.
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They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney
i'm really annoyed at that fake post where elon's like "girls FTW!" because it's taken off and having to clarify that it's fake will just make people think more of this very real shit is fake
February 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
i'm really annoyed at that fake post where elon's like "girls FTW!" because it's taken off and having to clarify that it's fake will just make people think more of this very real shit is fake
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for some bizarre reason the NYT cannot accurately describe what “based” means or where it comes from, it’s happened multiple times now
February 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
for some bizarre reason the NYT cannot accurately describe what “based” means or where it comes from, it’s happened multiple times now
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...