Jason Westrope
@jwestrope.bsky.social
Focused on sustainability, transit oriented urban development, green buildings, renewable energy, energy efficiency, green roofs and a healthier planet.
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Jason Westrope
@jwestrope.bsky.social
· Jan 9
ICE = murder
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It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...
How did we end up threatening our kids’ lives with AI? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...
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Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
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Celebrities and talent who do shows for Apple TV should publicly ask the company when SAVANT will be released and why they pulled a show about white supremacists and domestic terrorism? (We know why but pressure them.)
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Whatever Happened to Jessica Chastain's Show on Domestic Terrorism?
Five months after 'The Savant,' Jessica Chastain’s show on domestic terrorism, was set for release, its fate is still uncertain, and no one is talking
www.rollingstone.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Celebrities and talent who do shows for Apple TV should publicly ask the company when SAVANT will be released and why they pulled a show about white supremacists and domestic terrorism? (We know why but pressure them.)
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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It should have been a massive story that the FBI threatened Thomas Massie’s staff to stop pushing for the release of the Epstein files. Credit to Massie for staying relentless in this fight, even in the face of Trump’s threats.
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It should have been a massive story that the FBI threatened Thomas Massie’s staff to stop pushing for the release of the Epstein files. Credit to Massie for staying relentless in this fight, even in the face of Trump’s threats.
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"A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don’t know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don’t know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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Fucking love this guy.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Fucking love this guy.
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What happens to winter sports in a warming world, and how can those of us who love snow and ice use our voices to catalyze change? Read more in this Winter Olympics edition of Talking Climate.
Can the winter Olympics be saved? | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Get more from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
What happens to winter sports in a warming world, and how can those of us who love snow and ice use our voices to catalyze change? Read more in this Winter Olympics edition of Talking Climate.
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Evidence shows feds lied about Marimar Martinez's shooting in Chicago, attorney says
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Evidence shows feds lied about Marimar Martinez's shooting in Chicago, attorney says
Martinez plans to pursue a Federal Torts Claim Act complaint against Homeland Security and the agent who shot her.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Evidence shows feds lied about Marimar Martinez's shooting in Chicago, attorney says
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
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Pam Bondi confirmed today that Jared Wise-who faced six charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, who is shown on video shouting at rioters to "kill" law enforcement officers-now works for the Trump administration after being pardoned. substack.com/@shero/note/...
Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
Pam Bondi confirmed today that Jared Wise-who faced six charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, who is shown on video shouting at rioters to "kill" law enforcement o...
substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Pam Bondi confirmed today that Jared Wise-who faced six charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, who is shown on video shouting at rioters to "kill" law enforcement officers-now works for the Trump administration after being pardoned. substack.com/@shero/note/...
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Developer Trump's largest and most consequential building project ever is the erection of an unprecedented network of concentration camps across America. If any buildings bear his name, it should be these. Trump Concentration Camps. An indelible stain on our society.
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Developer Trump's largest and most consequential building project ever is the erection of an unprecedented network of concentration camps across America. If any buildings bear his name, it should be these. Trump Concentration Camps. An indelible stain on our society.
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Public office isn’t supposed to be a private revenue stream.
4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Public office isn’t supposed to be a private revenue stream.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Children being starved in concentration camps.
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Children being starved in concentration camps.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
BREAKING: Bad Bunny is not in the Epstein Files
The GOP smears innocent people with claims like that because they know reasonable folks would be horrified. The right has accepted pedophilia as a feature not a disqualifying bug of the current admin despite actual evidence being available.
The GOP smears innocent people with claims like that because they know reasonable folks would be horrified. The right has accepted pedophilia as a feature not a disqualifying bug of the current admin despite actual evidence being available.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
BREAKING: Bad Bunny is not in the Epstein Files
The GOP smears innocent people with claims like that because they know reasonable folks would be horrified. The right has accepted pedophilia as a feature not a disqualifying bug of the current admin despite actual evidence being available.
The GOP smears innocent people with claims like that because they know reasonable folks would be horrified. The right has accepted pedophilia as a feature not a disqualifying bug of the current admin despite actual evidence being available.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Fascism is the cult of suicide.
Until recently, America was one of the few large nations *not* facing population & then economic collapse.
Why? Immigration! People wanted to come here.
Now, we’ve lost ~7 million future people over the past year because Trump is stabbing the US with a rusty spoon
Until recently, America was one of the few large nations *not* facing population & then economic collapse.
Why? Immigration! People wanted to come here.
Now, we’ve lost ~7 million future people over the past year because Trump is stabbing the US with a rusty spoon
The UK faces a demographic disaster. By 2030, if net migration falls to 0% then the UK total population will top out at 70m.
That means more old people and fewer carers.
According to one think tank it also implies a reduction of GDP by 3.6%.
2/ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
That means more old people and fewer carers.
According to one think tank it also implies a reduction of GDP by 3.6%.
2/ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Fascism is the cult of suicide.
Until recently, America was one of the few large nations *not* facing population & then economic collapse.
Why? Immigration! People wanted to come here.
Now, we’ve lost ~7 million future people over the past year because Trump is stabbing the US with a rusty spoon
Until recently, America was one of the few large nations *not* facing population & then economic collapse.
Why? Immigration! People wanted to come here.
Now, we’ve lost ~7 million future people over the past year because Trump is stabbing the US with a rusty spoon
