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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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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we do, in fact, owe each other things. one of those things is accountability for the results of our actions.
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 PM
we do, in fact, owe each other things. one of those things is accountability for the results of our actions.
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ICE dining at a restaraunt and then arrsting people working there isn't just cruel and racist, it also invokes power and a master-slave dynamic: being served by those over whom you exert power to abuse, brutaluze, and destroy symbolically harkens back to slavery and conquest.
New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
'Abolish ICE' is imperative
It's also better politics than you might think.
www.publicnotice.co
January 29, 2026 at 7:58 PM
ICE dining at a restaraunt and then arrsting people working there isn't just cruel and racist, it also invokes power and a master-slave dynamic: being served by those over whom you exert power to abuse, brutaluze, and destroy symbolically harkens back to slavery and conquest.
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Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
DHS Unlawfully Ended Venezuelan Migrant Status, Ninth Cir. Says
The Trump administration’s termination of humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, a federal appeals court ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
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I mean, "men consider themselves cowboys even if they live in a dense urban area and work on a laptop" is like, the single most important reason we are where we are as a society
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I mean, "men consider themselves cowboys even if they live in a dense urban area and work on a laptop" is like, the single most important reason we are where we are as a society
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To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Clarence Thomas is apparently one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and famously knows the name of every single employee at the Supreme Court, down to the night janitors. His character is still bad! Not sure what “Alito is a kind in interpersonal situations” has to do with this.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
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"Nothing better exemplifies the MAGA mindset than a half dozen heavily armed thugs beating and murdering a completely helpless civilian who is restrained on the ground, and then crying about how they’re the victim." prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Nothing better exemplifies the MAGA mindset than a half dozen heavily armed thugs beating and murdering a completely helpless civilian who is restrained on the ground, and then crying about how they’re the victim." prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
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shooting people in the face because of their rhetoric is unconstitutional champ
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
shooting people in the face because of their rhetoric is unconstitutional champ
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9-9-6 was a Chinese term invented mostly to show how depressing and lifeless work culture was; watching softbrained AI guys adopt it as an ideal is ... well, entirely predictable
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 AM
9-9-6 was a Chinese term invented mostly to show how depressing and lifeless work culture was; watching softbrained AI guys adopt it as an ideal is ... well, entirely predictable
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i hate this type of vague tease-y headline. he sucks the bone marrow out of three child corpses every morning. there, saved you a click
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his secret breakfast indulgence to CBS News' Kelly O'Grady — and he made her promise not to tell Human and Health Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
i hate this type of vague tease-y headline. he sucks the bone marrow out of three child corpses every morning. there, saved you a click
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the way his numbers drop further will not be a direct reaction to anything his admin does it’ll by people who fucking hate what this admin is doing increasingly applying social sanctions to his supporters in their day to day lives imo
It seems to me from the polling it essential to keep hammering that Trump is lying about his immigration goals and we have copious receipts from what his agencies are doing on the ground to prove it. The parts people don't like ARE because the actual goal is ethnic cleansing, not because of mistakes
i just don't think it's a secret! trump's approval among independents is 28%! he has been sharply underwater on immigration since July of last year!
moderation is not the halfway point on every issue. concentration of measure means there are no voters there.
moderation is not the halfway point on every issue. concentration of measure means there are no voters there.
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
the way his numbers drop further will not be a direct reaction to anything his admin does it’ll by people who fucking hate what this admin is doing increasingly applying social sanctions to his supporters in their day to day lives imo
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The only people who have died have been people exercising their constitutional rights while masked, armed federal paramilitaries have violently invaded an entire state to do a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The only people who have died have been people exercising their constitutional rights while masked, armed federal paramilitaries have violently invaded an entire state to do a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign.
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They live in an imaginary doomscape. This is insane.
Melania Trump: "He would like to have a country where all of the people can walk down the street and not be harassed or murdered or women raped"
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
They live in an imaginary doomscape. This is insane.
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as a person who gets things wrong a lot, and who used to keep an entire thread of everything i was wrong about, eating shit and admitting you were wrong sucks, it feels bad, and it’s better for you than you think
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 AM
as a person who gets things wrong a lot, and who used to keep an entire thread of everything i was wrong about, eating shit and admitting you were wrong sucks, it feels bad, and it’s better for you than you think
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"he has queer kids" and "he attacked a left-wing congresswoman" does not seem like a fact pattern I would want to draw attention to as a conservative
The right never misses a chance to smear queer kids for something they have nothing to do with. It’s basically a provocation to violence.
And in reality the guy who assaulted Omar was a pro Trump nut
And in reality the guy who assaulted Omar was a pro Trump nut
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"he has queer kids" and "he attacked a left-wing congresswoman" does not seem like a fact pattern I would want to draw attention to as a conservative
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The next Democratic president/Congress should offer to fly back every person deported after having TPS revoked, generously compensate them, and offer them citizenship. Let MAGA whine about replacement theory all they want. What they’re doing is reprehensible. We should make it right.
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The next Democratic president/Congress should offer to fly back every person deported after having TPS revoked, generously compensate them, and offer them citizenship. Let MAGA whine about replacement theory all they want. What they’re doing is reprehensible. We should make it right.
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Absolutely wild
Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Absolutely wild
they want to be the priest class before the likes of tyndale and gutenberg. only they have unrestricted access to the bible, and we lowly serfs are dependent on their interpretations.
the venn diagram of people who disparage the humanities and people who squawk about "western culture" and "the classics" is almost a circle
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
I agree that it’s high fucking time that we stopped acting like we need to grovel and constantly justify the existence of some of our most incredibly elemental and ancient human pursuits.
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
they want to be the priest class before the likes of tyndale and gutenberg. only they have unrestricted access to the bible, and we lowly serfs are dependent on their interpretations.
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the venn diagram of people who disparage the humanities and people who squawk about "western culture" and "the classics" is almost a circle
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
I agree that it’s high fucking time that we stopped acting like we need to grovel and constantly justify the existence of some of our most incredibly elemental and ancient human pursuits.
Are the humanities the only disciplines whose classes begin with modules speaking to the importance of studying the humanities? "Why study the humanities?" and "Why the humanities are important" must be cliches.
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
the venn diagram of people who disparage the humanities and people who squawk about "western culture" and "the classics" is almost a circle
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
and to square that circle: they believe the humanities should be a prestige hobby for ivory tower dilettantes while the rest of us toil as slaves or worse
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It's not just people with humanities degrees. Liberals as a whole are constantly on a defensive crouch. About GOOD things that we should be PROUD of and defend with our full chest. Immigrants. Cities. California. Pronouns. (What else?)
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It's not just people with humanities degrees. Liberals as a whole are constantly on a defensive crouch. About GOOD things that we should be PROUD of and defend with our full chest. Immigrants. Cities. California. Pronouns. (What else?)
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Monsters
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Monsters
genuinely, nothing is sacred to this ghoulish administration, and they think you're a fucking sap if you think anything is sacred.
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
genuinely, nothing is sacred to this ghoulish administration, and they think you're a fucking sap if you think anything is sacred.