Jeff Johnston
@koeselitz.bsky.social
he/him | db programmer | New Mexican | piano, accordion, &c | bi, monogamous, married | medievalist: Dante; Farabi | now leading study groups on: Bach’s Matthew Passion; Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives
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Jeff Johnston
@koeselitz.bsky.social
· Jul 9
A Zohran victory would be very very good for a great number of reasons, but nobody bats a thousand and on this particular issue he is going to need to adjust somehow. I’m willing to say that, because the function of discourse is coalition setting, not electioneering.
“The function of discourse is coalition setting, not electioneering” - this is so important! In a time when electoral anxiety can feel overwhelming - esp for the liberals among us more prone to worry - we have to moderate that impulse and focus on building the coalition through honest discourse.
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Anyway it was old guy hours at the gay bar so I curated a light jazz vibe cause NYC always kind of wants it to be 1947 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oE...
Ella F. and Louis Armstrong - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
YouTube video by Irracional182
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Anyway it was old guy hours at the gay bar so I curated a light jazz vibe cause NYC always kind of wants it to be 1947 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oE...
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I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
BREAKING: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, an AP source says.
Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis
A federal judge is considering Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
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Yeah don't even tell me white people are equally concerned with the kidnappings and murders of immigrants.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Yeah don't even tell me white people are equally concerned with the kidnappings and murders of immigrants.
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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Everybody in higher ed has questions these days. For example, admins ask "how can we get faculty to incorporate AI into their classes?" while faculty ask "can I come in to campus to teach my classes without being abducted by an unlawful paramilitary force?"
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Everybody in higher ed has questions these days. For example, admins ask "how can we get faculty to incorporate AI into their classes?" while faculty ask "can I come in to campus to teach my classes without being abducted by an unlawful paramilitary force?"
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The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
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There's a part in one of the Warhammer 40k books where the edgelord demon-worshippers are interrogating a defecting Imperial general. Instead of asking him about troop movements etc. they ask him about what normal humans eat - questions they don't understand because they're so far from humanity.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
There's a part in one of the Warhammer 40k books where the edgelord demon-worshippers are interrogating a defecting Imperial general. Instead of asking him about troop movements etc. they ask him about what normal humans eat - questions they don't understand because they're so far from humanity.
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fixed it for you
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
fixed it for you
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Yesterday, DHS & FBI agents blocked MN law enforcement agencies from the area where Pretti was killed. Even with a search warrant.
Then, fed agents vacated the area. Result: police tape was down so folks walked thru, contaminating the crime scene.
Ordinary people, not cops, put the tape back up. ⤵️
Then, fed agents vacated the area. Result: police tape was down so folks walked thru, contaminating the crime scene.
Ordinary people, not cops, put the tape back up. ⤵️
"A man was trying to...re-string police tape to form a perimeter. I started to help him, only then realizing we were blocking off the site of Pretti’s shooting. ...ICE had knocked over the police tape...and no police or first responders remained. ...We did our best to cordon off the area."
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Yesterday, DHS & FBI agents blocked MN law enforcement agencies from the area where Pretti was killed. Even with a search warrant.
Then, fed agents vacated the area. Result: police tape was down so folks walked thru, contaminating the crime scene.
Ordinary people, not cops, put the tape back up. ⤵️
Then, fed agents vacated the area. Result: police tape was down so folks walked thru, contaminating the crime scene.
Ordinary people, not cops, put the tape back up. ⤵️
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As Bill Foege (RIP) said:
RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
Re-upping this opinion piece by Dr. William Foege back in August: “How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense:
Three steps to surviving the drought of principles, values, and facts” #PublicHealth
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Three steps to surviving the drought of principles, values, and facts” #PublicHealth
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
As Bill Foege (RIP) said:
RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
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strategy before tactics--not the reverse
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
strategy before tactics--not the reverse
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This broke me
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 AM
This broke me
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We keep trying to do this and we have to
January 25, 2026 at 12:47 AM
We keep trying to do this and we have to
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There is a lot of ruin in a country because there is so much strength to be found in everyday people. Good people. People ready to stand up for a country that loves greater things than cruelty & fraud
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
There is a lot of ruin in a country because there is so much strength to be found in everyday people. Good people. People ready to stand up for a country that loves greater things than cruelty & fraud
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Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun:
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun:
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
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bsky.app/profile/fain... you know what. fuck it. yes it does. welcome to the provisional brigades. you march in the van and you don’t get to vote for the first year. your cat ears are in the mail
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
bsky.app/profile/fain... you know what. fuck it. yes it does. welcome to the provisional brigades. you march in the van and you don’t get to vote for the first year. your cat ears are in the mail
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Not exactly the same as what you're asking, but Android has a feature that can automatically record up to 45 minutes of footage, and automatically share with your emergency contacts. Triggered by pressing the power button 5 times. Located under Safety & Emergency settings.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Not exactly the same as what you're asking, but Android has a feature that can automatically record up to 45 minutes of footage, and automatically share with your emergency contacts. Triggered by pressing the power button 5 times. Located under Safety & Emergency settings.
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The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
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The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
www.thetrace.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
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People are nervous about watching video, but this one is not of the murder, it's of the lead up, and people need to see it before the spin takes over.
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People are nervous about watching video, but this one is not of the murder, it's of the lead up, and people need to see it before the spin takes over.
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Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple?
WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple?
WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
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Them, but also more directly: 285 people out of 535 could end all this (218 + 67). That fact should not be treated as an "oh they'll never do it" shrug, as if they don't have agency. They should be hammered constantly as traitors and cowards every day they don't.
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Them, but also more directly: 285 people out of 535 could end all this (218 + 67). That fact should not be treated as an "oh they'll never do it" shrug, as if they don't have agency. They should be hammered constantly as traitors and cowards every day they don't.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.