Jaron
@officialjtron.bsky.social
IT professional & founder of Side Quest Films.
I create to support nature & people doing good work.
Outdoor wanderer, music obsessive, Ham radio nerd, husband, cat dad.
Anyone using the terms "DEI," "Woke," or "CRT" pejoratively can kick rocks.
I create to support nature & people doing good work.
Outdoor wanderer, music obsessive, Ham radio nerd, husband, cat dad.
Anyone using the terms "DEI," "Woke," or "CRT" pejoratively can kick rocks.
To quote Marjane Satrapi,
“The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”
“The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”
Across five Republican and Democratic administrations, the U.S. government has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, an AP investigation found.
US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds
Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press
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October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To quote Marjane Satrapi,
“The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”
“The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”
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🎃 It’s Halloween season, which means it’s time for your local news outlets to once again warn viewers about a virtually non-existent threat: the notion that there are groups of insidious people just waiting to give trick-or-treating kids free edibles. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #halloween
No One Is Giving Your Kids Marijuana Edibles for Halloween
Seriously, no one is doing this.
norml.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🎃 It’s Halloween season, which means it’s time for your local news outlets to once again warn viewers about a virtually non-existent threat: the notion that there are groups of insidious people just waiting to give trick-or-treating kids free edibles. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #halloween
Before everyone starts with their semi-annual complaints about the time change (not a criticism, I’ll be right there with you) a reminder that we are about to go back to the NORMAL, STANDARD time scheme, where noon is actually noon, etc. some people get it confused every time.
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Before everyone starts with their semi-annual complaints about the time change (not a criticism, I’ll be right there with you) a reminder that we are about to go back to the NORMAL, STANDARD time scheme, where noon is actually noon, etc. some people get it confused every time.
Republicans are the majority in every part of the Federal Government, including the Senate. That’s why they set the agenda in each part…including the Senate. If they wanted to, they could change the rules and open the government tomorrow. Johnson is making excuses and assuming you are an idiot.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Republicans are the majority in every part of the Federal Government, including the Senate. That’s why they set the agenda in each part…including the Senate. If they wanted to, they could change the rules and open the government tomorrow. Johnson is making excuses and assuming you are an idiot.
Ugh.
Latest Trump taxes on Sony cameras.
+$400 on Sony A9III
+$400 on Sony A7R V
+$300 on Sony A1
+$300 on Sony A7S III
+$300 on Sony ZV-E1
+$200 on Sony FX3 (+$200 on August 1st)
+$200 on Sony FX30 (+$200 on August 1st)
+$200 on Sony A7CR
+$300 on Sony A7C II
#photography (Via Sony Alpha Rumors)
+$400 on Sony A9III
+$400 on Sony A7R V
+$300 on Sony A1
+$300 on Sony A7S III
+$300 on Sony ZV-E1
+$200 on Sony FX3 (+$200 on August 1st)
+$200 on Sony FX30 (+$200 on August 1st)
+$200 on Sony A7CR
+$300 on Sony A7C II
#photography (Via Sony Alpha Rumors)
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Ugh.
I kind of prefer “Silver River.”
The name for the ‘Milky Way’ doesn’t translate between different cultures. In China, the name for our galaxy instead translates as ‘Silver River’!
Have you ever seen the Silver River?
Have you ever seen the Silver River?
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I kind of prefer “Silver River.”
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Today we celebrate the discovery of America, when, on October 13, 20,979 B.C., Paleolithic hunter-gatherers entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between Siberia and Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum.
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today we celebrate the discovery of America, when, on October 13, 20,979 B.C., Paleolithic hunter-gatherers entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between Siberia and Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum.
My degree is in History. Godspeed, document everything!
Historians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removal share.google/yFMeZEJRIWmU...
Historians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removal
The project has garnered more than 10,000 submissions from concerned visitors.
share.google
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My degree is in History. Godspeed, document everything!
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“Most people would experience the least circadian burden under permanent Standard Time, which prioritizes morning light.” #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Most people would experience the least circadian burden under permanent Standard Time, which prioritizes morning light.” #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime
I didn’t need DNA analysis to tell me this. It’s obvious.
"Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no.
Geneticist explains analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement" news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Geneticist explains analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement" news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I didn’t need DNA analysis to tell me this. It’s obvious.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Well, the 1st Amendment was nice while it lasted.
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, the 1st Amendment was nice while it lasted.
I might be wrong, but I think we’ve reached the “Reichstag Fire” moment. The climate feels that way but it may be too soon to tell.
September 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I might be wrong, but I think we’ve reached the “Reichstag Fire” moment. The climate feels that way but it may be too soon to tell.
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🏕✨ More camping = more memories.
AB 518 just passed the Legislature, making it easier to create new, affordable camping spots across California. 🌌
Now it’s up to Governor Newsom to sign!
#LCW2025 #YoCuento #AdvocacyAfuera #AB518 #Low-impactCampingAreas
AB 518 just passed the Legislature, making it easier to create new, affordable camping spots across California. 🌌
Now it’s up to Governor Newsom to sign!
#LCW2025 #YoCuento #AdvocacyAfuera #AB518 #Low-impactCampingAreas
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🏕✨ More camping = more memories.
AB 518 just passed the Legislature, making it easier to create new, affordable camping spots across California. 🌌
Now it’s up to Governor Newsom to sign!
#LCW2025 #YoCuento #AdvocacyAfuera #AB518 #Low-impactCampingAreas
AB 518 just passed the Legislature, making it easier to create new, affordable camping spots across California. 🌌
Now it’s up to Governor Newsom to sign!
#LCW2025 #YoCuento #AdvocacyAfuera #AB518 #Low-impactCampingAreas
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Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
September 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
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oh, to be a bear in a sea of salmon...
August 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
oh, to be a bear in a sea of salmon...
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📢 PSA:
🧬 We all have mRNA — it’s how cells make the proteins we need to live.
💉 COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is lab-made 🏭, teaches your immune system 🛡️ to fight the virus, never enters the nucleus, and is gone in days ⏳.
🧬 We all have mRNA — it’s how cells make the proteins we need to live.
💉 COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is lab-made 🏭, teaches your immune system 🛡️ to fight the virus, never enters the nucleus, and is gone in days ⏳.
August 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
📢 PSA:
🧬 We all have mRNA — it’s how cells make the proteins we need to live.
💉 COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is lab-made 🏭, teaches your immune system 🛡️ to fight the virus, never enters the nucleus, and is gone in days ⏳.
🧬 We all have mRNA — it’s how cells make the proteins we need to live.
💉 COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is lab-made 🏭, teaches your immune system 🛡️ to fight the virus, never enters the nucleus, and is gone in days ⏳.
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CHONKY 602 has three nicknames. Homer, Cha Cha and Scoobo Doo. Thoughts?
August 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
CHONKY 602 has three nicknames. Homer, Cha Cha and Scoobo Doo. Thoughts?
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People in Texas face real issues like disaster recovery and prevention, water shortages, and an unreliable energy grid. But certain state politicians are wasting time and resources trying to redraw our electoral maps to further disenfranchise communities of color.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
People in Texas face real issues like disaster recovery and prevention, water shortages, and an unreliable energy grid. But certain state politicians are wasting time and resources trying to redraw our electoral maps to further disenfranchise communities of color.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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You can team up with your coworkers to insist this be posted and enforced.
July 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You can team up with your coworkers to insist this be posted and enforced.
Y’all.
There are SO MANY SALMON right now at Katmai. The bears are just able to pretty much get them anywhere along the river so they are not staking out the falls so much, but the salmon are literally affecting the color of the water. Amazing.
There are SO MANY SALMON right now at Katmai. The bears are just able to pretty much get them anywhere along the river so they are not staking out the falls so much, but the salmon are literally affecting the color of the water. Amazing.
Brooks Falls Brown Bears Low powered by EXPLORE.org
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July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Y’all.
There are SO MANY SALMON right now at Katmai. The bears are just able to pretty much get them anywhere along the river so they are not staking out the falls so much, but the salmon are literally affecting the color of the water. Amazing.
There are SO MANY SALMON right now at Katmai. The bears are just able to pretty much get them anywhere along the river so they are not staking out the falls so much, but the salmon are literally affecting the color of the water. Amazing.
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With the latest Congressional funding clawbacks, Public Media, NPR, PBS will lose up to 15% of their operating budgets.
For $5/month, you can get PBS Passport & access to pbs.org libraries, & help them heal the wounds.
#STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS
#RESIST through #PeacefulProtest
#EveryEffortCounts
For $5/month, you can get PBS Passport & access to pbs.org libraries, & help them heal the wounds.
#STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS
#RESIST through #PeacefulProtest
#EveryEffortCounts
July 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
With the latest Congressional funding clawbacks, Public Media, NPR, PBS will lose up to 15% of their operating budgets.
For $5/month, you can get PBS Passport & access to pbs.org libraries, & help them heal the wounds.
#STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS
#RESIST through #PeacefulProtest
#EveryEffortCounts
For $5/month, you can get PBS Passport & access to pbs.org libraries, & help them heal the wounds.
#STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS
#RESIST through #PeacefulProtest
#EveryEffortCounts
This is what I want in a timeline cleanse.
July 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is what I want in a timeline cleanse.