jude.btc
@judecnelson.bsky.social
Research scientist at the Stacks Foundation. CS PhD, distributed systems hacker, UNIX nerd. He/him. PGP F63E0F41A18CACB4AA5.
Previously @judecnelson on that other site
Previously @judecnelson on that other site
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REMEMBER:
Schumer said that he couldn't risk a government shutdown, because, if the government shut down, Trump and Musk could fire whomever they wanted.
Now the government is open and Trump and Musk are firing whomever they want.
Schumer said that he couldn't risk a government shutdown, because, if the government shut down, Trump and Musk could fire whomever they wanted.
Now the government is open and Trump and Musk are firing whomever they want.
BREAKING — The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is being eliminated entirely via Reduction in Force (RIF), an agency source tells me. Staff have not been given reassignment options. Functions of the office will supposedly be assigned to other offices.
March 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
REMEMBER:
Schumer said that he couldn't risk a government shutdown, because, if the government shut down, Trump and Musk could fire whomever they wanted.
Now the government is open and Trump and Musk are firing whomever they want.
Schumer said that he couldn't risk a government shutdown, because, if the government shut down, Trump and Musk could fire whomever they wanted.
Now the government is open and Trump and Musk are firing whomever they want.
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If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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These billionaires don’t think democracy should exist. So it’s one or the other.
Hey so FYI this is why a lot of us believe billionaires should not exist. Because no one should be rich enough to topple a government
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
These billionaires don’t think democracy should exist. So it’s one or the other.
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I’ve written ab the importance of social media as a tool of power for American politicians for 10yrs. Post 2020 I still got pushback ab whether MSM was actually more important.
Notice who’s sitting in this row, and who isn’t. It only took 4 yrs. Pretty conclusive what *they* think matters more.
Notice who’s sitting in this row, and who isn’t. It only took 4 yrs. Pretty conclusive what *they* think matters more.
January 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’ve written ab the importance of social media as a tool of power for American politicians for 10yrs. Post 2020 I still got pushback ab whether MSM was actually more important.
Notice who’s sitting in this row, and who isn’t. It only took 4 yrs. Pretty conclusive what *they* think matters more.
Notice who’s sitting in this row, and who isn’t. It only took 4 yrs. Pretty conclusive what *they* think matters more.
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Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
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Elon Musk did the Hitler salute twice during his speech today. But it isn’t clear what this gesture might have meant.
January 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon Musk did the Hitler salute twice during his speech today. But it isn’t clear what this gesture might have meant.
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AUTHORITARIAN KRYPTONITE IS NONCOMPLIANCE
the only thing they have is people choosing to go along with the ruse.
The minute alllllll the people busy propping up the evil say: Nah, not today, they are out of business.
Decide how you’re gonna help gum up the works of harm.
the only thing they have is people choosing to go along with the ruse.
The minute alllllll the people busy propping up the evil say: Nah, not today, they are out of business.
Decide how you’re gonna help gum up the works of harm.
Even if he does it is worth resisting! I find all the talk of whether Trump’s power is legitimate baffling, honestly. He’s a straightforward authoritarian! The main reason to push back is all of the stuff he is going to do, not how his vote total stacks up to previous presidents.
Trump does not have a mandate.
January 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
AUTHORITARIAN KRYPTONITE IS NONCOMPLIANCE
the only thing they have is people choosing to go along with the ruse.
The minute alllllll the people busy propping up the evil say: Nah, not today, they are out of business.
Decide how you’re gonna help gum up the works of harm.
the only thing they have is people choosing to go along with the ruse.
The minute alllllll the people busy propping up the evil say: Nah, not today, they are out of business.
Decide how you’re gonna help gum up the works of harm.
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I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
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The billionaires all came out of their Nazi closets today. They don’t mind consorting with rapists. The American Oligarchy has begun.
January 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The billionaires all came out of their Nazi closets today. They don’t mind consorting with rapists. The American Oligarchy has begun.
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Donold just pardoned roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 criminals. Which means it’s now okay to attack the Capitol now as long as your side wins in the future??
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Donold just pardoned roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 criminals. Which means it’s now okay to attack the Capitol now as long as your side wins in the future??
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"President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol in his name on Jan. 6, 2021... The sweeping grant of clemency includes 'full, complete and unconditional' pardons for some of the most notorious participants in the attack, including hundreds convicted of assaulting police"
Trump issues sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
The action laid waste to the Justice Department’s four-year drive to punish the first disruption of the transfer of power in American history.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol in his name on Jan. 6, 2021... The sweeping grant of clemency includes 'full, complete and unconditional' pardons for some of the most notorious participants in the attack, including hundreds convicted of assaulting police"
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I have to admit, were I a democratic congressperson, I'd look at rebasing my home and as much of my operations out of D.C. and into Maryland, so that any assaults or breakins become state crimes that cannot be pardoned by the president.
January 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I have to admit, were I a democratic congressperson, I'd look at rebasing my home and as much of my operations out of D.C. and into Maryland, so that any assaults or breakins become state crimes that cannot be pardoned by the president.
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Everyone who spent the past four years swaddling Trump's open, explicit endorsements of political violence in obfuscatory euphemisms fully owns what's happening right now.
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Everyone who spent the past four years swaddling Trump's open, explicit endorsements of political violence in obfuscatory euphemisms fully owns what's happening right now.
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Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
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Today Trump pardoned neo-Nazis and Elon musk gave two Nazi salutes. Not a single media outlet has pointed it out. This is how fascism thrives.
January 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Today Trump pardoned neo-Nazis and Elon musk gave two Nazi salutes. Not a single media outlet has pointed it out. This is how fascism thrives.
Really speaks to the utter contempt that tech c-suites have for the world
Corporations worldwide are spending untold billions to make this technology the frontal experience of every user interface, for some fuckin reason.
January 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Really speaks to the utter contempt that tech c-suites have for the world
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The ERA is in uncharted territory. The archivist? The time-out? Nobody fucking knows, people. That's the point. If, instead of rolling our eyes and saying this is meaningless, we locked in and said "this is real," it becomes real *until they take it away*
DON'T DO THEIR FUCKING WORK FOR THEM!
DON'T DO THEIR FUCKING WORK FOR THEM!
TIRED: "well obviously this thing Biden did on his way out will be overturned immediately, so it means nothing"
WIRED in a way that's *useful*: "Biden says the ERA is ratified, and if [when] SCOTUS says it's not, they're illegitimately taking rights away from women and we need to demand them back"
WIRED in a way that's *useful*: "Biden says the ERA is ratified, and if [when] SCOTUS says it's not, they're illegitimately taking rights away from women and we need to demand them back"
January 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The ERA is in uncharted territory. The archivist? The time-out? Nobody fucking knows, people. That's the point. If, instead of rolling our eyes and saying this is meaningless, we locked in and said "this is real," it becomes real *until they take it away*
DON'T DO THEIR FUCKING WORK FOR THEM!
DON'T DO THEIR FUCKING WORK FOR THEM!
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It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
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If Pete Hegseth was a good guy there's almost no chance that Senate Republicans would confirm him.
If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...
If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...
Vice Is a Moat
If Pete Hegseth is confirmed, it won’t be in spite of his personal failings. It’ll be because of them.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If Pete Hegseth was a good guy there's almost no chance that Senate Republicans would confirm him.
If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...
If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...
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Democrats have a terrible habit of panicking during moments of right-wing ascendancy and signing on to destructive laws that eventually shame them
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
January 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Democrats have a terrible habit of panicking during moments of right-wing ascendancy and signing on to destructive laws that eventually shame them
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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Hows that Diet Murdoch 5 year plan going guys
Washington Post's traffic has gone from 22.5 million daily active users in 2021 to about 3 million in 2024, per Semafor.
damn lol
damn lol
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hows that Diet Murdoch 5 year plan going guys
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Everybody should be on encrypted comms now, folks. Preferably Signal.
"Reporters and editors at national newspapers are increasing their reliance on encrypted communications to help shield themselves and their sources from potential federal leak investigations and subpoenas." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
News Outlets Batten Down the Hatches for Trump’s Return
Media organizations are taking unusual steps to prepare for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Everybody should be on encrypted comms now, folks. Preferably Signal.
This man wants to start a civil war
“The Trump transition team has waged an intense, and in many ways unprecedented, behind-the-scenes campaign ahead of the hearing to intimidate and silence potential witnesses, aimed at keeping Republican senators in line and in the dark.”
Jane Mayer with the late-night bombshell:
Jane Mayer with the late-night bombshell:
The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary
Supporters of Donald Trump’s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.
www.newyorker.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This man wants to start a civil war