McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
Ruining your workplaces since the early 1990s. Former journalist. Current data scientist. For fun I write books about Cajun werewolves https://www.gothhouse.org/tales-of-the-rougarou/
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McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reporter: And a sense of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about it.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
“We’re not helpless… it’s you guys that are helpless”
That hits HARD
That hits HARD
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People should be in the streets, sorry Tim.
"My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning" near Portland Avenue and 34th Street in Minneapolis, says Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
People should be in the streets, sorry Tim.
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Hey, New Yorkers. I called @newyorkstateag.bsky.social and asked her to prosecute X and put them out of business for facilitating the manufacture and distribution of CSAM and non-consensual pornography. A very nice person actually answered the phone! Please call if you feel similarly! (518) 776-2000
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Hey, New Yorkers. I called @newyorkstateag.bsky.social and asked her to prosecute X and put them out of business for facilitating the manufacture and distribution of CSAM and non-consensual pornography. A very nice person actually answered the phone! Please call if you feel similarly! (518) 776-2000
During Reagan, it was a strong “everybody knows” narrative that Democrats had gone badly astray in the 1960s-70s by being too anti-war and anti-American (which were treated as more or less the same thing), and were now suffering the inevitable backlash from that.
Aside from the obvious moral urgency of taking a stand against imperialism, it's incomprehensible to me that so many Democratic sages fail to see the political opportunity presented by another Republican president rushing into a disastrous war of choice.
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
During Reagan, it was a strong “everybody knows” narrative that Democrats had gone badly astray in the 1960s-70s by being too anti-war and anti-American (which were treated as more or less the same thing), and were now suffering the inevitable backlash from that.
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It's a strange feeling, being the only person alive who's old enough to remember 2006-2008.
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It's a strange feeling, being the only person alive who's old enough to remember 2006-2008.
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Aside from the obvious moral urgency of taking a stand against imperialism, it's incomprehensible to me that so many Democratic sages fail to see the political opportunity presented by another Republican president rushing into a disastrous war of choice.
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Aside from the obvious moral urgency of taking a stand against imperialism, it's incomprehensible to me that so many Democratic sages fail to see the political opportunity presented by another Republican president rushing into a disastrous war of choice.
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i know there's Too Much News but i don't think ICE/deportations are getting enough NYT home page coverage. they should have one of their live blogs covering this story all in one place, with regular updates.
anyway, just waiting to find out if ICE really did just kill someone by shooting into a car
anyway, just waiting to find out if ICE really did just kill someone by shooting into a car
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
i know there's Too Much News but i don't think ICE/deportations are getting enough NYT home page coverage. they should have one of their live blogs covering this story all in one place, with regular updates.
anyway, just waiting to find out if ICE really did just kill someone by shooting into a car
anyway, just waiting to find out if ICE really did just kill someone by shooting into a car
Exactly. Keep trying to do the right thing even if you suspect it will fail!
👇🎯 Many folks seem to have the inability to hold two thoughts in their head at the same time:
1. Impeachment will only work if enough Republicans in Congress finally do their damn jobs & choose democracy over party
2. Democrats should nonetheless be calling for impeachment loudly & constantly
1. Impeachment will only work if enough Republicans in Congress finally do their damn jobs & choose democracy over party
2. Democrats should nonetheless be calling for impeachment loudly & constantly
Unreal how many Democrats—politicians, pundits, posters, etc—advocate complacency on the grounds that they won't get Republicans to remove Trump.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
January 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Exactly. Keep trying to do the right thing even if you suspect it will fail!
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The Trump administration has proposed 2 rules that will prevent transgender youth from accessing essential gender affirming health care.
Sign this petition and tell the Department of Health and Human Services: Hands off our health care.
Sign this petition and tell the Department of Health and Human Services: Hands off our health care.
Tell HHS: Hands Off Our Care
Take action with ACLU People Power!
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January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The Trump administration has proposed 2 rules that will prevent transgender youth from accessing essential gender affirming health care.
Sign this petition and tell the Department of Health and Human Services: Hands off our health care.
Sign this petition and tell the Department of Health and Human Services: Hands off our health care.
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The self-proclaimed "Defenders of Western Civilization" have no idea what Western civilization is
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The self-proclaimed "Defenders of Western Civilization" have no idea what Western civilization is
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Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
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Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
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ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
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not to go all identity politics but I think it’s also because the victims are women
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
not to go all identity politics but I think it’s also because the victims are women
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This is definitely a big part of why. It’s corporate Gamergate from the world’s richest man, with the victims almost entirely women and kids. The response of the largely male high-capitalist system…is to invest www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is definitely a big part of why. It’s corporate Gamergate from the world’s richest man, with the victims almost entirely women and kids. The response of the largely male high-capitalist system…is to invest www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...
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Rahm Emaunel is more than welcome to ask me about what's happening in Columbus. No matter the question the answer will be "Rahm Emanuel can kiss my ass" but he's free to ask.
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Ohioan here. No one wants to talk about what's happening in Columbus.
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Rahm Emaunel is more than welcome to ask me about what's happening in Columbus. No matter the question the answer will be "Rahm Emanuel can kiss my ass" but he's free to ask.
bsky.app/profile/dgra...
bsky.app/profile/dgra...
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Yes, I was thinking about Gov. Tim Walz when I wrote this:
US politics eats good people alive. (Praying for the NYC mayor.)
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Yes, I was thinking about Gov. Tim Walz when I wrote this:
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if you tried to do this in the us, you'd have a billion dollar conservative moms group lobbying against it 12 hours later and credulous news articles taking their claims seriously in 24 bsky.app/profile/davi...
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
if you tried to do this in the us, you'd have a billion dollar conservative moms group lobbying against it 12 hours later and credulous news articles taking their claims seriously in 24 bsky.app/profile/davi...
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New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
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Social media can also degrade professional norms. For example, Harmeet Dhillon spends much of her day online looking for cases for the DOJ's Office of Civil Rights to investigate. She think it represents "real Americans". She also beefs with online users and asks how she can boost her followership.
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Social media can also degrade professional norms. For example, Harmeet Dhillon spends much of her day online looking for cases for the DOJ's Office of Civil Rights to investigate. She think it represents "real Americans". She also beefs with online users and asks how she can boost her followership.
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If Trump 1.0 was regular magas like your asshole coworker feeling free (ah, at last I no longer have to pretend to be a halfway decent person) then Trump 2.0 is elites in media and education doing it
A tribute to how fucking stupid Bari Weiss is that her iteration of the CBS evening news instantly became a laughably partisan joke, when the obvious better strategy was to play it straight for at least a few months and keep it as a legit-looking sleeper cell to activate before the election.
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
If Trump 1.0 was regular magas like your asshole coworker feeling free (ah, at last I no longer have to pretend to be a halfway decent person) then Trump 2.0 is elites in media and education doing it
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It's still a good idea bsky.app/profile/naia...
Didn't you have the same idea but do it with a bunch of classic rock radio stations, just include little, tiny jabs at republicans on the news in between segments
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 AM
It's still a good idea bsky.app/profile/naia...
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the simultaneously scary and funny thing is that I think Bari and at least some of the people around her think it's working as intended and this is the smooth way to do it
A tribute to how fucking stupid Bari Weiss is that her iteration of the CBS evening news instantly became a laughably partisan joke, when the obvious better strategy was to play it straight for at least a few months and keep it as a legit-looking sleeper cell to activate before the election.
January 7, 2026 at 4:41 AM
the simultaneously scary and funny thing is that I think Bari and at least some of the people around her think it's working as intended and this is the smooth way to do it
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we are going to hear a lot from rahm because “serious” washington pundits like him
I have nothing but contempt for this kind of thinking or political advocacy; anyone who joins this man's campaign is taking up with the opposition.
He waves no battle standard, his white flag is ironed, clean, unimprovised, and ready to be unfurled.
He waves no battle standard, his white flag is ironed, clean, unimprovised, and ready to be unfurled.
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
we are going to hear a lot from rahm because “serious” washington pundits like him
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