Jezza Riddell
@jezzariddell.bsky.social
I just like the butterfly. Maybe I'll think of more later.
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the only thing musk should be remembered for
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the only thing musk should be remembered for
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Despite everything, it’s still me.
accidentally smudged this drawing but i feel like it actually works better this way!! some mistakes turn out for the better
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Despite everything, it’s still me.
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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It was a busy Saturday… 😹😴😽🫶
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It was a busy Saturday… 😹😴😽🫶
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@linkara.bsky.social @caseyexplosion.bsky.social mind giving my girl Nyssa another boost? She's apparently out of food again and dealing with other probelms as well. She needs $590 ASAP. If anyone can help or donate it would mean a lot.
Please I'm so sorry but we've been out of food and haven't had a full meal in 3 weeks and still need $590 for groceries and a couple expenses please if you can help or signal boost
Cashapp/Venmo
AkiDoughNa
PayPal
Comicartofmh@gmail.com
Cashapp/Venmo
AkiDoughNa
PayPal
Comicartofmh@gmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@linkara.bsky.social @caseyexplosion.bsky.social mind giving my girl Nyssa another boost? She's apparently out of food again and dealing with other probelms as well. She needs $590 ASAP. If anyone can help or donate it would mean a lot.
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Mamdani meets with Trump to get stuff for his constituents and Bluesky jizzes all over him as a political genius.
Gretchen Whitmer did the same thing and everyone hated her.
Gretchen Whitmer did the same thing and everyone hated her.
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Mamdani meets with Trump to get stuff for his constituents and Bluesky jizzes all over him as a political genius.
Gretchen Whitmer did the same thing and everyone hated her.
Gretchen Whitmer did the same thing and everyone hated her.
"She was sort of a modern-day political version of Hunter S. Thompson (gonza?)" GONZO. Gonzo journalism. It was bad when it was in style, but can you at LEAST check to see if you know what you're talking about, Christ.
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"She was sort of a modern-day political version of Hunter S. Thompson (gonza?)" GONZO. Gonzo journalism. It was bad when it was in style, but can you at LEAST check to see if you know what you're talking about, Christ.
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Just a little FYI from @jaywillis.net
Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire
The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity. He might not have made the Supreme Court without it.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Just a little FYI from @jaywillis.net
I know people who have, essentially, two person news rooms because private equity gutted their companies, and volunteers who put out papers because rural news doesn't sell. The largesse in so much mainstream media is sickening.
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I know people who have, essentially, two person news rooms because private equity gutted their companies, and volunteers who put out papers because rural news doesn't sell. The largesse in so much mainstream media is sickening.
This is hopefully the last thing I'm going to move along about Olivia Nuzzi. What a depressing chain of events for reporting.
“We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers.”
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is hopefully the last thing I'm going to move along about Olivia Nuzzi. What a depressing chain of events for reporting.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
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In a profession where the most prominent journalists are increasingly jockeying for position on the best-seller lists and talk show circuits, you'd think one of them would've figured out that punching the bully back would be the most effective way to distance themselves from the pack.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a profession where the most prominent journalists are increasingly jockeying for position on the best-seller lists and talk show circuits, you'd think one of them would've figured out that punching the bully back would be the most effective way to distance themselves from the pack.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Chabria: 'Quiet, piggy' wasn't a joke. It's a dangerous invitation to violence
Commentary: 'Quiet, piggy' wasn't a joke. It's a dangerous invitation to violence
'Hostile sexism' has long been linked to political violence, and no president has been more willing to publicly wield it than Donald Trump.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Chabria: 'Quiet, piggy' wasn't a joke. It's a dangerous invitation to violence
I like the organization but I am so tired, and this is so shit, so stressful, and honestly, I could be working with other people that actually appreciate how I write. The only reason I haven't quit is because we aren't close to formal Board requests.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I like the organization but I am so tired, and this is so shit, so stressful, and honestly, I could be working with other people that actually appreciate how I write. The only reason I haven't quit is because we aren't close to formal Board requests.
Trying to work with a non-profit, and getting my head chewed off for a suggestion, and then finding out I was going to have to submit an article I didn't write?
kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up holding a cell phone
ALT: kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up holding a cell phone
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trying to work with a non-profit, and getting my head chewed off for a suggestion, and then finding out I was going to have to submit an article I didn't write?
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It's Angry Gato!! I painted thislil menace this week.
Got lots of weird cat stuff up on my website www.angrygatodesigns.com and of course you can check out my upcoming Ask the Cats oracle at www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter
Love the Thursday cat show 😍
Got lots of weird cat stuff up on my website www.angrygatodesigns.com and of course you can check out my upcoming Ask the Cats oracle at www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter
Love the Thursday cat show 😍
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's Angry Gato!! I painted thislil menace this week.
Got lots of weird cat stuff up on my website www.angrygatodesigns.com and of course you can check out my upcoming Ask the Cats oracle at www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter
Love the Thursday cat show 😍
Got lots of weird cat stuff up on my website www.angrygatodesigns.com and of course you can check out my upcoming Ask the Cats oracle at www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter
Love the Thursday cat show 😍
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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A stack of rats - Eris, Ceres and Sedna. :-)
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A stack of rats - Eris, Ceres and Sedna. :-)
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If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
(KRON) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it has settled claims of hazardous waste violations at an Apple microchip factory in Santa Clara. In August 2023 and January 2024, federal regulators inspected Apple’s facility at 3250 Scott Boulevard after receiving a tip from the public. The inspections, according to the EPA, [...]
www.kron4.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.