Just So Gina
@justsogina.bsky.social
I paint stuff and gab too much. My mini bernadoodle is now my personality.
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like so much of what Silicon Valley is up to these days, it's almost impossible to figure out how much of this "Network State" stuff is serious efforts at techno-fascism, and how much is just grifting a childish elite with gobs of cash and a child's understanding of politics
I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
like so much of what Silicon Valley is up to these days, it's almost impossible to figure out how much of this "Network State" stuff is serious efforts at techno-fascism, and how much is just grifting a childish elite with gobs of cash and a child's understanding of politics
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Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
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What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
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The overriding goal of too many journalists is to provide “balanced” coverage from a “neutral” position in equidistance to both sides. That framework is much easier to justify if you pretend to be dealing with “normal” politicians – as opposed to committed ideologues pursuing an extreme project.
October 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The overriding goal of too many journalists is to provide “balanced” coverage from a “neutral” position in equidistance to both sides. That framework is much easier to justify if you pretend to be dealing with “normal” politicians – as opposed to committed ideologues pursuing an extreme project.
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"They are stripping down the United States and selling it for parts and trying to convince ordinary Americans that it was their own idea."
THEY KNEW (2022)
THEY KNEW (2022)
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 PM
"They are stripping down the United States and selling it for parts and trying to convince ordinary Americans that it was their own idea."
THEY KNEW (2022)
THEY KNEW (2022)
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My painting SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
September 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My painting SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
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At the end of the day it’s pretty simple - A large proportion of the traditional media are writing what they want the truth to be rather than what it is.
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
At the end of the day it’s pretty simple - A large proportion of the traditional media are writing what they want the truth to be rather than what it is.
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We seriously need a crowdfunding campaign to put a billboard up like this everywhere
July 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We seriously need a crowdfunding campaign to put a billboard up like this everywhere
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Just when you forget about him, Lindsey Graham reminds you what a loathsome and dishonest politician he is.
June 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just when you forget about him, Lindsey Graham reminds you what a loathsome and dishonest politician he is.
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thiel should be considered a masterclass on reminding people that billionaires are not, by and large, any more intelligent or imaginative than the rest of us - and are in fact more often than not complete fucking dingbats who simply happened to be on the ground floor of the right startups
June 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
thiel should be considered a masterclass on reminding people that billionaires are not, by and large, any more intelligent or imaginative than the rest of us - and are in fact more often than not complete fucking dingbats who simply happened to be on the ground floor of the right startups
The energy in OKC has been so amazing and I’m just so dang happy for our team.
💙🧡💙
💙🧡💙
June 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The energy in OKC has been so amazing and I’m just so dang happy for our team.
💙🧡💙
💙🧡💙
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Every journalist should have a sign in their cubicle that says, "Don't punch down." If you find yourself writing something that blames a victim or portrays an unfair fight as an equal battle, think about who is invested in that framing and why you're helping them. Hold the powerful side accountable.
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every journalist should have a sign in their cubicle that says, "Don't punch down." If you find yourself writing something that blames a victim or portrays an unfair fight as an equal battle, think about who is invested in that framing and why you're helping them. Hold the powerful side accountable.
This storm made me get out of bed. I have a theory that if I have shoes on and I’m dressed decently enough to not be horrified if they catch me on camera getting pulled out of the rubble of my home, I don’t have to worry about getting hit by a tornado.
June 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This storm made me get out of bed. I have a theory that if I have shoes on and I’m dressed decently enough to not be horrified if they catch me on camera getting pulled out of the rubble of my home, I don’t have to worry about getting hit by a tornado.
Behold the cutest messy dog ever.
June 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Behold the cutest messy dog ever.
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hahah it's 6 am and i'm already furious
June 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
hahah it's 6 am and i'm already furious
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Among other things I'm exhausted by legacy media's weaselly tendency to use "controversial" in place of "destructive" or "oppressive."
May 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Among other things I'm exhausted by legacy media's weaselly tendency to use "controversial" in place of "destructive" or "oppressive."
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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It's a Karl Rove linguistic framing trick to minimize the issue. It's designed to get everyone focused on a triviality for girls (who don't count in our society), not on hard-working families and small business owners losing their incomes and homes.
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It's a Karl Rove linguistic framing trick to minimize the issue. It's designed to get everyone focused on a triviality for girls (who don't count in our society), not on hard-working families and small business owners losing their incomes and homes.
Your chances of getting killed by a mini-bernadoodle are low,
but not zero.
but not zero.
May 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Your chances of getting killed by a mini-bernadoodle are low,
but not zero.
but not zero.
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Don’t forget to join my Zumba class early every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday before we head out to the fields!
May 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Don’t forget to join my Zumba class early every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday before we head out to the fields!
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This is the weaselly difference between budget and spending. Johnson (as in hard-on) can say the budget has not been cut, but wilfully omit that the administration has stopped spending the budgeted monies. Then Trump can say that they can cut the budget because they didn't have spend all that $$.
April 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is the weaselly difference between budget and spending. Johnson (as in hard-on) can say the budget has not been cut, but wilfully omit that the administration has stopped spending the budgeted monies. Then Trump can say that they can cut the budget because they didn't have spend all that $$.