J.T. from Oakland
@oaklandjt.myatproto.social
Third generation Oaklander, second generation Cal Bear.
Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times.
(Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/how-fannie-lou-hamer-challenged-nation )
Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times.
(Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/how-fannie-lou-hamer-challenged-nation )
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When the caffeine and THC link up
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
When the caffeine and THC link up
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
There's dad jokes and then there's Holy Father jokes.
What happens when you pick an American Pope: he builds an entire international trip around a Thanksgiving Turkey pun
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There's dad jokes and then there's Holy Father jokes.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
A toddler ran over to his dog, threw his arms around it, and yelled "TANK!" Then he ran over to me, hugged my leg, looked up at me, and yelled "TANK!"
I always assumed that he meant "you're as cool as my dog" and it's the single best compliment I have ever received.
I always assumed that he meant "you're as cool as my dog" and it's the single best compliment I have ever received.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A toddler ran over to his dog, threw his arms around it, and yelled "TANK!" Then he ran over to me, hugged my leg, looked up at me, and yelled "TANK!"
I always assumed that he meant "you're as cool as my dog" and it's the single best compliment I have ever received.
I always assumed that he meant "you're as cool as my dog" and it's the single best compliment I have ever received.
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Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
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People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
The generation of journalists who wanted to grow up to be Woodward and Bernstein have all retired, leaving us in the hands of people who wanted to be Geraldo Rivera.
Anyway, here's an abstract nude of our new editor nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Vanity Fair to publish ‘abstract nude portrait’ of Olivia Nuzzi — as scandal-plagued journalist accused of shirking job duties: report
Vanity Fair staffers privately gripe that Olivia Nuzzi has failed to carry out core duties since joining the magazine, according to a report.
nypost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The generation of journalists who wanted to grow up to be Woodward and Bernstein have all retired, leaving us in the hands of people who wanted to be Geraldo Rivera.
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People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
"People used to dress up for air travel" is one of my most biggest small peeves.
Airlines used to treat us like people, too, but times have changed. When I'm treated better than cargo, I'll dress better than cargo.
Airlines used to treat us like people, too, but times have changed. When I'm treated better than cargo, I'll dress better than cargo.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"People used to dress up for air travel" is one of my most biggest small peeves.
Airlines used to treat us like people, too, but times have changed. When I'm treated better than cargo, I'll dress better than cargo.
Airlines used to treat us like people, too, but times have changed. When I'm treated better than cargo, I'll dress better than cargo.
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I think you’ve hit on something else, I was taught by excellent experienced career educators in well-funded public schools, which is so necessary to building shared civic understanding. These kids have been taught by chromebooks and purchased curriculums that are deliberately flattened.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I think you’ve hit on something else, I was taught by excellent experienced career educators in well-funded public schools, which is so necessary to building shared civic understanding. These kids have been taught by chromebooks and purchased curriculums that are deliberately flattened.
Without saying "I Will Always Love You", "Hurt", or "All Along the Watchtower", what cover songs are better than the original?
Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: Science Fiction Double Feature
Tuck & Patti's: Time After Time
Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: Science Fiction Double Feature
Tuck & Patti's: Time After Time
Without saying Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", what cover song is better than the original?
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Without saying "I Will Always Love You", "Hurt", or "All Along the Watchtower", what cover songs are better than the original?
Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: Science Fiction Double Feature
Tuck & Patti's: Time After Time
Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: Science Fiction Double Feature
Tuck & Patti's: Time After Time
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November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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All three of my children's books are currently 40% from @haymarketbooks.org until January 2: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/116-ha...
Haymarket Books for Young Readers
At Haymarket, we seek to publish books for changing the world, for readers of all ages! Here's a reading list of our favorite books for young readers, perfect for facilitating important and honest con...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
All three of my children's books are currently 40% from @haymarketbooks.org until January 2: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/116-ha...
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
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We understand ourselves as neurodivergent because this gives us tools to cope with a world that is hostile to people with our different natures, not to be cool, this shit don’t make you cool.
I hate how as more people receive neurodivergent diagnoses or self diagnose, the culture still has this mocking idea that people are neurodivergent to be trendy. We don’t receive social benefit from being neurodivergent, at least not mad people. We’re mistreated & at the bottom of the ladder.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We understand ourselves as neurodivergent because this gives us tools to cope with a world that is hostile to people with our different natures, not to be cool, this shit don’t make you cool.
I don't immediately see how this makes the current timeline worse, but I'm confident that it will.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I don't immediately see how this makes the current timeline worse, but I'm confident that it will.
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It's funny how all the jobs the department of education is suddenly keen to reclassify are all mandated reporters for child abuse. It's like this administration is doing anything it can to actively hurt children at home and abroad.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's funny how all the jobs the department of education is suddenly keen to reclassify are all mandated reporters for child abuse. It's like this administration is doing anything it can to actively hurt children at home and abroad.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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You do not have to be physically abled to do this. Dispatchers, coordinators, social media, maintaining group chats, or acting as a liaison between regional response groups are all very important skills right now.
One constant, regardless of the city, is that rapid response teams organized by community members have materially made a difference in the lives of targeted minorities. If you haven't joined one of those but you have the capacity to do so, join. Hurry up and find out where to and get to it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You do not have to be physically abled to do this. Dispatchers, coordinators, social media, maintaining group chats, or acting as a liaison between regional response groups are all very important skills right now.
Described myself today as "irritable, but agreeable" - I'll do what you want, but I reserve the right to grumble about it.
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Described myself today as "irritable, but agreeable" - I'll do what you want, but I reserve the right to grumble about it.
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I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
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Last night, OPD's push to extend the Flock contract was voted down!
The Public Safety Committee vote was 2-2, not enough.
The Public Safety Committee vote was 2-2, not enough.
"After weeks of feints and fakes, OPD’s quest to take over and expand the City’s CHP-initiated Flock surveillance system will finally come before the Oakland Public Safety Committee on Tues at 6pm"
Recommended, breakdown from @oakland-observer.bsky.social
oakland-observer.ghost.io/at-committee...
Recommended, breakdown from @oakland-observer.bsky.social
oakland-observer.ghost.io/at-committee...
At Committees This Week: Showdown on Flock at Public Safety
Public Safety Committee
Oakland Flock Expansion:
After weeks of feints and fakes, OPD’s quest to take over and expand the City’s CHP-initiated Flock surveillance system will finally come before t...
oakland-observer.ghost.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last night, OPD's push to extend the Flock contract was voted down!
The Public Safety Committee vote was 2-2, not enough.
The Public Safety Committee vote was 2-2, not enough.
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
I think sometimes about how Stonewall was triggered by Judy Garland's death and how this country is not even a little bit ready for what will happen when Dolly moves on.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I think sometimes about how Stonewall was triggered by Judy Garland's death and how this country is not even a little bit ready for what will happen when Dolly moves on.