John G.
@johngaeddert.bsky.social
Public health, anthropology, D&D, Star Wars, Jediism, stuff with swords … not necessarily in that order.
I’m sure I won’t agree with Kinzinger on everything, but he nailed this point spot-on.
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I’m sure I won’t agree with Kinzinger on everything, but he nailed this point spot-on.
Help where you can, how you can.
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Help where you can, how you can.
Cruelty and greed, folks.
This is being driven by cruelty and greed.
This is being driven by cruelty and greed.
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
March 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cruelty and greed, folks.
This is being driven by cruelty and greed.
This is being driven by cruelty and greed.
It’s emotionally draining, but worth reading it through.
Remember: The reasons behind this are cruelty and greed.
Remember: The reasons behind this are cruelty and greed.
Important to read to the end.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s emotionally draining, but worth reading it through.
Remember: The reasons behind this are cruelty and greed.
Remember: The reasons behind this are cruelty and greed.
This. So very much this.
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This. So very much this.
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When Elon Musk’s Son Wants A Hug
February 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
When Elon Musk’s Son Wants A Hug
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Scary thing is - it’s hard to know if it’s true or not, because the media is lagging behind and lawmakers are scratching their heads when they should be calling for arrests.
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Scary thing is - it’s hard to know if it’s true or not, because the media is lagging behind and lawmakers are scratching their heads when they should be calling for arrests.
Now we’re talking.
Every single fucking state government run by a Democrat should do this. Fight the fuck back already.
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
January 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Now we’re talking.
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
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www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
These are the sort of insights that we need to keep pressing on.
This shit was never about eggs.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
This ain’t about eggs.
I have a question for Ma & Pa MAGA.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
These are the sort of insights that we need to keep pressing on.
If you love your kids… or your elderly relatives… or, hell, ANYONE- why would you ever vote for this bunch?
The impact of such of step would be a catastrophe for public health in the U.S. This is not hyperbole. Infants will die. Children will die. And the target of blame will be obvious. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
RFK Jr.’s allies have a plan to upend childhood vaccination
Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. advisers are sparring over how far he should go on vaccines as health secretary.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you love your kids… or your elderly relatives… or, hell, ANYONE- why would you ever vote for this bunch?
See, THIS sort of content is why I came to BlueSky.
It’s wholesome, it’s patriotic, it’s actionable, and it’s good for your mental health.
It’s wholesome, it’s patriotic, it’s actionable, and it’s good for your mental health.
Ok, if you think that @bsky.app is the way to grow the resistance, then amplify this so we can spread the word👇
January 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
See, THIS sort of content is why I came to BlueSky.
It’s wholesome, it’s patriotic, it’s actionable, and it’s good for your mental health.
It’s wholesome, it’s patriotic, it’s actionable, and it’s good for your mental health.
Let’s be clear, though: Musk endorses the far-right AfD, let’s not pretend we don’t know what he’s going for.
The opposition is global. Guerrilla art in Berlin.
Newsweek
"Two left-wing activist groups, Led By Donkeys from the United Kingdom and Germany's Center for Political Beauty, claimed responsibility
Newsweek
"Two left-wing activist groups, Led By Donkeys from the United Kingdom and Germany's Center for Political Beauty, claimed responsibility
Elon Musk controversial salute image beamed on Tesla factory in Berlin
The large image shows Musk giving the salute with the words "Heil Tesla" beamed above him.
www.newsweek.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Let’s be clear, though: Musk endorses the far-right AfD, let’s not pretend we don’t know what he’s going for.
This. So very much this. Whether it’s Democrats (don’t have a lot of faith there honestly) or third parties.
"Donald Trump caused the market to tank."
"Donald Trump took away your healthcare."
"Donald Trump cost you your job and made your old boss richer."
Not for days, or months, but years. When anyone pushes back, just say "sure, but what about <next thing, same format>?"
Message discipline.
"Donald Trump took away your healthcare."
"Donald Trump cost you your job and made your old boss richer."
Not for days, or months, but years. When anyone pushes back, just say "sure, but what about <next thing, same format>?"
Message discipline.
January 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This. So very much this. Whether it’s Democrats (don’t have a lot of faith there honestly) or third parties.
This is horrible- when the next pandemic hits (it’s always a “when” not an if) healthcare workers will need the best information available.
Also, whose idea was this? The Orange One wouldn’t think this up himself.
Also, whose idea was this? The Orange One wouldn’t think this up himself.
NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
Gift 🎁 link:
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Gift 🎁 link:
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is horrible- when the next pandemic hits (it’s always a “when” not an if) healthcare workers will need the best information available.
Also, whose idea was this? The Orange One wouldn’t think this up himself.
Also, whose idea was this? The Orange One wouldn’t think this up himself.
Scathing but beautiful, I really like this writing style.
Now if only these Tech CEOs didn’t have so much power over the rest of us…
Now if only these Tech CEOs didn’t have so much power over the rest of us…
I wrote this on eternal life and ceaseless cringe. And how I've no interest in living forever if it's in a world ruled by the weird, brittle freaks we call tech CEOs.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: The world is an objectively worse place because of tech-bro oligarchs
As Zuckerberg pontificates about masculinity and traditional values, he does so in soundbites as lifeless as his former paeans to gender and racial equality
www.irishexaminer.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Scathing but beautiful, I really like this writing style.
Now if only these Tech CEOs didn’t have so much power over the rest of us…
Now if only these Tech CEOs didn’t have so much power over the rest of us…
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It's Friday. And on Friday... DANCE, we must? 😩
a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back
ALT: a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Scathing and spot-on.
Move fast, break things – sprint to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby | Marina Hyde
Move fast, break things – sprint to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby | Marina Hyde
Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos are falling over themselves to suck up to the incoming president. And he’s just as keen to let them
Over the past month, we’ve learned that Donald Trump’s inauguration fund has received million-dollar donations from, among…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Scathing and spot-on.
Remember: both Bannon and Musk are utterly horrible people.
I’m good with them tearing each other down, but don’t ever assume that either of them is “on your side.”
I’m good with them tearing each other down, but don’t ever assume that either of them is “on your side.”
January 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Remember: both Bannon and Musk are utterly horrible people.
I’m good with them tearing each other down, but don’t ever assume that either of them is “on your side.”
I’m good with them tearing each other down, but don’t ever assume that either of them is “on your side.”
Damn, I wish I had thought of that.
(And I really wish it was only satire.)
(And I really wish it was only satire.)
Agreed with @NormOrnstein - definitely do NOT share this image!!! Lol bluevirginia.us/2025/01/satu...
January 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Damn, I wish I had thought of that.
(And I really wish it was only satire.)
(And I really wish it was only satire.)
Well, THAT was spot-on.
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January 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well, THAT was spot-on.
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