jdm
@jdm0079.bsky.social
editor of books in archaeology and anthropology. hobbyist gamemaker. gundam scholar. cat and bird enjoyer. my views are my own and not a representation of my employer or anyone related to me.
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@jdm0079.bsky.social
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i'm john d. moore. i'm an acquiring editor of scholarly books and a freelance copyeditor. also a hobbyist solo game developer with 100+ released games. have also made movies and comics. i like gundam and taking pictures of birds. cat enjoyer. i live in utah. i post about politics too much.
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They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
only good take on 6 7
“Six seven” wouldn’t exist without marketing, virality, and brain rot—but it’s not reducible to those things, Joshua Rothman writes. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/is-six-seven-really-brain-rot
Is “Six Seven” Really Brain Rot?
The viral phrase is easy to dismiss, but its ubiquity suggests something crucial about human nature.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
only good take on 6 7
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i said to the doctor, when do i get to stage five. and he said nobody does. but i think i'll be able to get to stage five, don't you, folks? [scattered applause and hollers] i'm the only guy who could do it, they say, other people say, and i believe them bsky.app/profile/jdm0...
nonzero chance they’ve tried to tell him and he’s like “stage 4? that’s the best stage. no one’s even heard of a stage that high. you’ve never seen anything like it”
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
i said to the doctor, when do i get to stage five. and he said nobody does. but i think i'll be able to get to stage five, don't you, folks? [scattered applause and hollers] i'm the only guy who could do it, they say, other people say, and i believe them bsky.app/profile/jdm0...
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What if the very funny thing happens on Thanksgiving. Then we all have to talk about it with our families
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
What if the very funny thing happens on Thanksgiving. Then we all have to talk about it with our families
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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YOU HAVE TURNED MY FATHER'S HOUSE INTO A DEN OF THIEVES
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
YOU HAVE TURNED MY FATHER'S HOUSE INTO A DEN OF THIEVES
“mass deportation” trauma from this era is going to be a scar that’s with us for a long time
“With immigration agents under intense pressure to deport thousands of people each day, Ms. Lopez was pushed through the system swiftly and was deported within four days of the factory raid.
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“mass deportation” trauma from this era is going to be a scar that’s with us for a long time
christians need to find jesus
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
christians need to find jesus
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Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
one reason you don’t want people to know they’re the target of a federal criminal investigation is that in trump’s america, that likely entitles you to $50 million (depending on who you vote for)
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
one reason you don’t want people to know they’re the target of a federal criminal investigation is that in trump’s america, that likely entitles you to $50 million (depending on who you vote for)
“president trump ordered action—and the department of war is delivering” sounds like trump just asked pete to start a war and start killing people somewhere for the sake of starting war
Pete Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“president trump ordered action—and the department of war is delivering” sounds like trump just asked pete to start a war and start killing people somewhere for the sake of starting war
there was an old lady who swallowed a fly…
Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
there was an old lady who swallowed a fly…
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I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
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A huge part of our current problem is that the wealthy and powerful in America believe that they can do whatever they want and never face legal consequences.
And they believe this because of the decades of evidence proving it accurate!
And they believe this because of the decades of evidence proving it accurate!
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A huge part of our current problem is that the wealthy and powerful in America believe that they can do whatever they want and never face legal consequences.
And they believe this because of the decades of evidence proving it accurate!
And they believe this because of the decades of evidence proving it accurate!
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Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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darkly funny to consider the extent to which Cheryl Hines—once a minor Hollywood star with a superficial environmental bent and a dream role on a beloved sitcom—has transformed into a self-promoting Trumpworld grifter
Cheryl Hines—who has mostly steered clear of RFK’s antivaxx world—headlined a weekend gala for Children’s Health Defense. At the private party, which I watched from the back of the room, she praised CHD and hawked her book— proceeds which were promised to CHD. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Does Cheryl Hines share husband RFK Jr.’s vaccine views? Now we know the answer.
The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
darkly funny to consider the extent to which Cheryl Hines—once a minor Hollywood star with a superficial environmental bent and a dream role on a beloved sitcom—has transformed into a self-promoting Trumpworld grifter
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guys guys, you have to stay focused. they only put a stupid side kick character on metroid prime 4 to distract from the epstein files
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
guys guys, you have to stay focused. they only put a stupid side kick character on metroid prime 4 to distract from the epstein files
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The assault on the university system in Texas will go down as one of the state's great errors.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The assault on the university system in Texas will go down as one of the state's great errors.
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yeah I really have been sold on a zero-tolerance moderation approach to certain cute linguistic loopholes after watching the right wing pull this shit on social media for 15+ years
I feel like a whole lot of people in this thread have not been on the receiving end of the linguistic loopholes the far right employs to publicly harass and threaten trans kids, teachers, Jewish people, ethnic minorities, etc and are like “hey we should get to be clever like that too”
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
yeah I really have been sold on a zero-tolerance moderation approach to certain cute linguistic loopholes after watching the right wing pull this shit on social media for 15+ years
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I can't get over how much these guys hate each other. Here, writer Jesse Kornbluth asks publicist Peggy Siegal questions about Epstein, saying he assumes the conversation will stay between them and that he cares about her. She forwards the convo to Epstein, calls Kornbluth a broke loser.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can't get over how much these guys hate each other. Here, writer Jesse Kornbluth asks publicist Peggy Siegal questions about Epstein, saying he assumes the conversation will stay between them and that he cares about her. She forwards the convo to Epstein, calls Kornbluth a broke loser.
“preserving the light of consciousness” means musk would kill every person on this planet right now if it meant his brain could live on a jar with grok on mars for eternity
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“preserving the light of consciousness” means musk would kill every person on this planet right now if it meant his brain could live on a jar with grok on mars for eternity
we just get demonstration after demonstration that “moral” criticisms from the right are typically bad faith, cynical exploitation of people dumb enough to have principles or concern for others
The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
we just get demonstration after demonstration that “moral” criticisms from the right are typically bad faith, cynical exploitation of people dumb enough to have principles or concern for others
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
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Prisons shouldn't be abolished, but they should be used to rehabilitate people unlikely to reoffend (with short sentences) and only to warehouse the sociopaths among us (irrespective of whether it's violent or non-violent crime).
The system we have is just a way to cage minorities and poor people.
The system we have is just a way to cage minorities and poor people.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Prisons shouldn't be abolished, but they should be used to rehabilitate people unlikely to reoffend (with short sentences) and only to warehouse the sociopaths among us (irrespective of whether it's violent or non-violent crime).
The system we have is just a way to cage minorities and poor people.
The system we have is just a way to cage minorities and poor people.