JJ
@jesstho.bsky.social
business owner, nature lover, supporter of women. ma in intl relations.
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Nothing to see here, folks! (No really, there’s literally nothing to see.)
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nothing to see here, folks! (No really, there’s literally nothing to see.)
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Hard to witness to the enshittification of America.
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Hard to witness to the enshittification of America.
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Forgot about Epstein's Island. Epstein's home was 1.6 miles away from Mar A Lago. Seriously stupid people.
July 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Forgot about Epstein's Island. Epstein's home was 1.6 miles away from Mar A Lago. Seriously stupid people.
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I do seem to remember that, yeah.
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I do seem to remember that, yeah.
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Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.
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This looks like an occupied, wartorn country, not the U.S.
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.
UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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July 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This looks like an occupied, wartorn country, not the U.S.
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Trump's Big Ugly Bill also...
-Gives huge tax breaks to Big Oil and private jet owners
-Limits Medicare drug-pricing negotiations
-Undermines the IRS' free tax filing program
-Delays minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
An ugly nightmare from top to bottom.
-Gives huge tax breaks to Big Oil and private jet owners
-Limits Medicare drug-pricing negotiations
-Undermines the IRS' free tax filing program
-Delays minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
An ugly nightmare from top to bottom.
July 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump's Big Ugly Bill also...
-Gives huge tax breaks to Big Oil and private jet owners
-Limits Medicare drug-pricing negotiations
-Undermines the IRS' free tax filing program
-Delays minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
An ugly nightmare from top to bottom.
-Gives huge tax breaks to Big Oil and private jet owners
-Limits Medicare drug-pricing negotiations
-Undermines the IRS' free tax filing program
-Delays minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
An ugly nightmare from top to bottom.
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THANK YOU, MEXICO.
On Sunday, Mexico sent rescue personnel to search for Texas flood victims.
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinba...
On Sunday, Mexico sent rescue personnel to search for Texas flood victims.
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinba...
Mexico aids 30 citizens, celebrates heroic counselors following deadly Texas floods
President Sheinbaum recognized the work of two young Mexican camp counselors and announced that the Foreign Affairs Ministry is supporting at least 30 Mexican citizens who survived the recent flooding...
mexiconewsdaily.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
THANK YOU, MEXICO.
On Sunday, Mexico sent rescue personnel to search for Texas flood victims.
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinba...
On Sunday, Mexico sent rescue personnel to search for Texas flood victims.
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinba...
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Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in t
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
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In March, 48 people were arrested in New Mexico, according to an ICE press release. Why is nothing known about who was arrested or their whereabouts?
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
www.newyorker.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In March, 48 people were arrested in New Mexico, according to an ICE press release. Why is nothing known about who was arrested or their whereabouts?
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
ATTENTION, measles and elders:
The widening measles outbreak is a threat to anyone without vaccination and in particular our elders whose vaccinations may have lapsed. Anybody vaccinated before 1968 should go get a live attenuated vaccine for measles at this time. Check in with your parents.
The widening measles outbreak is a threat to anyone without vaccination and in particular our elders whose vaccinations may have lapsed. Anybody vaccinated before 1968 should go get a live attenuated vaccine for measles at this time. Check in with your parents.
Measles Frequently Asked Questions
Sansum Clinic has answers to frequently asked questions about measles.
www.sansumclinic.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
ATTENTION, measles and elders:
The widening measles outbreak is a threat to anyone without vaccination and in particular our elders whose vaccinations may have lapsed. Anybody vaccinated before 1968 should go get a live attenuated vaccine for measles at this time. Check in with your parents.
The widening measles outbreak is a threat to anyone without vaccination and in particular our elders whose vaccinations may have lapsed. Anybody vaccinated before 1968 should go get a live attenuated vaccine for measles at this time. Check in with your parents.
I try not to think about the literal blood sweat and tears of American workers, and their sacrifice, to earn the dollars, the colossal amount of dollars, that this administration is squandering
Reconcile this with the White House’s own admission that illegal border crossings have “plummeted”.
🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Sending 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with Trump’s executive order.
🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Sending 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with Trump’s executive order.
March 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I try not to think about the literal blood sweat and tears of American workers, and their sacrifice, to earn the dollars, the colossal amount of dollars, that this administration is squandering
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Seems like a pretty important detail
March 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seems like a pretty important detail
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I have exceeded my Berkeley quota for the day and will be abstaining from further Berkeley until tomorrow.
March 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Please stop mocking people for talking about elections like “oh isn’t it cute you think there’ll be another election.” You’re discouraging people from voting. Which is exactly what Trump wants you to do.
March 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Please stop mocking people for talking about elections like “oh isn’t it cute you think there’ll be another election.” You’re discouraging people from voting. Which is exactly what Trump wants you to do.
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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
what about destroying our weather service and ability to predict natural disasters is supposed to make life easier for large businesses investors and people who create infrastructure and shipping and transportation? Agriculture? How is this efficient?
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
what about destroying our weather service and ability to predict natural disasters is supposed to make life easier for large businesses investors and people who create infrastructure and shipping and transportation? Agriculture? How is this efficient?
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The party line by the IRS has been that it is illegal to share IRS data. There isn't a "to help deport" people exception in the Privacy Act.
**Major** update to this story, and something I'll continue reporting on through the weekend:
🚨 The new acting IRS commissioner has indicated she plans to comply with DHS's request for the addresses of 700,000 suspected undocumented immigrants. 🚨
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
🚨 The new acting IRS commissioner has indicated she plans to comply with DHS's request for the addresses of 700,000 suspected undocumented immigrants. 🚨
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
March 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The party line by the IRS has been that it is illegal to share IRS data. There isn't a "to help deport" people exception in the Privacy Act.
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It's genocide & eugenics. There's no other explanation except they want the elderly, young children & those with disabilities to die.
March 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's genocide & eugenics. There's no other explanation except they want the elderly, young children & those with disabilities to die.