Michael Jenkins
@mhsjenkins.bsky.social
Writer, editor, media professional, erstwhile IT guy. I grow plants.
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"The belief that violence may be the answer has grown among Republicans and independents – up 3 and 7 percentage points, respectively, since April last year. But the largest increase has been among Democrats. Now 28% of Democrats share that view, up 16 points. "
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There’s a growing number of Americans who think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track
Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"The belief that violence may be the answer has grown among Republicans and independents – up 3 and 7 percentage points, respectively, since April last year. But the largest increase has been among Democrats. Now 28% of Democrats share that view, up 16 points. "
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Get organized and get ready.
"President Donald Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use "dangerous" U.S. cities as "training grounds.""
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"President Donald Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use "dangerous" U.S. cities as "training grounds.""
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Donald Trump suggests US cities be "training grounds" for military
Trump has deployed National Guard troops across U.S. cities as part of a crackdown on crime.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Get organized and get ready.
"President Donald Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use "dangerous" U.S. cities as "training grounds.""
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"President Donald Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use "dangerous" U.S. cities as "training grounds.""
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Your illegally leaked/collected #data is legally for sale. Plan accordingly.
#datacollection #leaked #leakeddata #databroker #databreach
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#datacollection #leaked #leakeddata #databroker #databreach
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For Just $50, This U.S. Data Broker Will Sell Your Stolen Passwords, Addresses, and Browsing History—No Questions Asked
A U.S.-based startup called Farnsworth Intelligence is offering access to stolen personal data, including passwords, addresses, autofill data, and browser history, for as little as $50, 404 Media repo...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Your illegally leaked/collected #data is legally for sale. Plan accordingly.
#datacollection #leaked #leakeddata #databroker #databreach
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#datacollection #leaked #leakeddata #databroker #databreach
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Folx are leaving for safety reasons. Support those who can't afford to.
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Gay Olympian Greg Louganis sells medals to move out of US
Trailblazing gay diver Greg Louganis has sold his Olympic medals and house in the United States in order to move to Panama.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Folx are leaving for safety reasons. Support those who can't afford to.
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I'm sorry I've been away, if anyone noticed. Meanwhile I'm back and I have bad news:
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Trump's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts
Trump ordered the Pentagon to create National Guard units across the country that could be used to quell civil unrest, alarming outside experts.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm sorry I've been away, if anyone noticed. Meanwhile I'm back and I have bad news:
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We should probably all think about the intersection of #facialrecognition, #datingapps, and our current #threatmodeling and make some hard choices.
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Tinder pilots facial recognition security feature in California
Tinder is now requiring California users to verify their profiles using a facial recognition feature called "Face Check."
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June 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We should probably all think about the intersection of #facialrecognition, #datingapps, and our current #threatmodeling and make some hard choices.
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'Now, in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings'
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings'
June 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
'Now, in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings'
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings'
This is bad, needless to say. And it's "bad" in an absolutely nonpartisan way.
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Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes
Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were attacked
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June 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is bad, needless to say. And it's "bad" in an absolutely nonpartisan way.
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#ILM issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at May 16, 6:31 AM EDT ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... Link
May 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#ILM issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at May 16, 6:31 AM EDT ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... Link
' “Cyber warfare is about taking control of data. Memetic warfare is about taking control of the dialogue, narrative, and psychological space. It’s about denigrating, disrupting, and subverting the enemy’s effort to do the same.” '
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Renée DiResta: "Computational Propaganda"
An essay by Renée DiResta—"The pioneering public relations consultant Edward Bernays's words are nearly a century old, but today, in an era of rampant…
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May 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
' “Cyber warfare is about taking control of data. Memetic warfare is about taking control of the dialogue, narrative, and psychological space. It’s about denigrating, disrupting, and subverting the enemy’s effort to do the same.” '
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Once again we are reminded that there's nothing #democratic about the #DNC.
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Parkland survivor David Hogg to be ousted from DNC following investigation into his election
Hogg, 25, rose to national prominence after surviving the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14 2018
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May 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Once again we are reminded that there's nothing #democratic about the #DNC.
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1/Over the years, I tried to explain to my son what life was like before 9/11 and it's not possible unless you were there. Granted, I was still a a youngster then, but the world I grew up in sounds like ancient history now. There was an openness - a togetherness - that's almost completely gone.
Old person here to say that ICE did not exist before 2003
We opened this door after 9/11 and can close it again
We opened this door after 9/11 and can close it again
May 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
1/Over the years, I tried to explain to my son what life was like before 9/11 and it's not possible unless you were there. Granted, I was still a a youngster then, but the world I grew up in sounds like ancient history now. There was an openness - a togetherness - that's almost completely gone.
This is one of the most horrifically ignorant and inhuman things I've ever read. It erases the deaths of millions and the suffering endured by tens of millions--and for what?
May 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is one of the most horrifically ignorant and inhuman things I've ever read. It erases the deaths of millions and the suffering endured by tens of millions--and for what?
Reposted by Michael Jenkins
Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
May 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
This post does not constitute legal advice, nor does it suggest/condone a given course of action.
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This post does not constitute legal advice, nor does it suggest/condone a given course of action.
Turns out the FBI lied about the 2017 Congressional softball practice shooting.
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FBI ‘misled the public’ in claiming 2017 GOP baseball shooting wasn’t domestic terror: House Intel
The report concludes the FBI's doubts about the shooting being an act of terrorism was based upon falsehoods, half-truths and manipulations of the known facts
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May 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Turns out the FBI lied about the 2017 Congressional softball practice shooting.
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BREAKING: University of Washington students have launched an occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB), calling for the university to cut ties with Boeing in solidarity with Palestine. The company is one of Israel’s largest weapons suppliers.
May 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
BREAKING: University of Washington students have launched an occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB), calling for the university to cut ties with Boeing in solidarity with Palestine. The company is one of Israel’s largest weapons suppliers.
For those of you concerned about how American tax dollars are being spent overseas and the human rights innate to all people, I present: Operation Gideon's Chariots
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Netanyahu vows to relocate Gaza’s population after security cabinet approves plan to ‘conquer’ the enclave | CNN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister d...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For those of you concerned about how American tax dollars are being spent overseas and the human rights innate to all people, I present: Operation Gideon's Chariots
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Donald Trump currently has a more favorable approval rating than Biden had between October 2021 and the end of his term. Trump has a more favorable approval rating than Harris had between September of 2021 and the end of her term.
Something is wrong, within the DNC in particular.
Something is wrong, within the DNC in particular.
May 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Donald Trump currently has a more favorable approval rating than Biden had between October 2021 and the end of his term. Trump has a more favorable approval rating than Harris had between September of 2021 and the end of her term.
Something is wrong, within the DNC in particular.
Something is wrong, within the DNC in particular.
Once more with feeling: y'all better be ready for #hurricaneseason this year because the fedgov ain't. #nooneiscomingtosaveyou #WeKeepUsSafe
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On cusp of storm season, NOAA funding cuts put hurricane forecasting at risk
Tropical cyclone track forecasts are 75 percent more accurate than they were in 1990.
arstechnica.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Once more with feeling: y'all better be ready for #hurricaneseason this year because the fedgov ain't. #nooneiscomingtosaveyou #WeKeepUsSafe
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Signal is a great app and I recommend it to everyone interested in #privacy and #infosec.
Just don't do what these people did.
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Just don't do what these people did.
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The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
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May 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Signal is a great app and I recommend it to everyone interested in #privacy and #infosec.
Just don't do what these people did.
www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
Just don't do what these people did.
www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The folks over at @eff@mastodon.social are still doing the Lord's work, this time by providing the most detailed map of #bordercontrol infrastructure along the #usmexicoborder.
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CBP Is Expanding Its Surveillance Tower Program at the U.S.-Mexico Border–And We're Mapping It
To provide researchers with the tools they need to analyze the impact of U.S. border security policy, EFF is releasing a new map and dataset of more than 340 surveillance towers installed by Customs a...
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May 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The folks over at @eff@mastodon.social are still doing the Lord's work, this time by providing the most detailed map of #bordercontrol infrastructure along the #usmexicoborder.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...