Jeff, colourful old coot
@pattersonjeffa.bsky.social
Social democrat, omni, skeptic, into Tolkien, Brust, MCU, history. Avid indoorsman. Grandfather, husband. Woke AF.
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The Marjorie Taylor Greene conciliation tour is fascinating to watch - it doesn't accomplish its stated goals of damaging Trump any more than she was willing to do on her own, but it's still an excuse for centrists to browbeat leftists for "failing to think strategically"
December 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Marjorie Taylor Greene conciliation tour is fascinating to watch - it doesn't accomplish its stated goals of damaging Trump any more than she was willing to do on her own, but it's still an excuse for centrists to browbeat leftists for "failing to think strategically"
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marjorie taylor green believed in qanon which means i never have to take her seriously again even if her doctor found the right cocktail
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
marjorie taylor green believed in qanon which means i never have to take her seriously again even if her doctor found the right cocktail
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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Ok all sarcasm aside, what these white supremacists are really talking about is when they are asked to apologize for doing racist things. Which happens. Because racism is something to apologize for. What they are saying is that no one should have to apologize for racist actions or statements.
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ok all sarcasm aside, what these white supremacists are really talking about is when they are asked to apologize for doing racist things. Which happens. Because racism is something to apologize for. What they are saying is that no one should have to apologize for racist actions or statements.
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She actually says at the end that she used AI to write it. It's not worth reading.
Not only does this have the sing-songy rhetorical stylings of an LLM text itself, nothing about it appears to be true. Contracts are a 4000-year-old social practice; how did they become incomprehensible to the unaided human mind last year?
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
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December 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
She actually says at the end that she used AI to write it. It's not worth reading.
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I assume this sort of thing is true of every single ICE employee.
Local ICE leader arrested for strangling a woman he lives with and is now being held in the Butler County jail (where ICE has been holding people)
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
UPDATE: Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Now Faces Federal Charge, Booked into Butler County Jail
"This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail," said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
www.citybeat.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I assume this sort of thing is true of every single ICE employee.
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT have $990, died in the gutter
Mr Cuban,
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT have $990, died in the gutter
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Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
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Mark Cuban just sitting around in a mansion or on a private jet and thinking “hmm, methinks I should bestow the poor with my knowledge” and getting yelled until his feelings are hurt is really funny
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Mark Cuban just sitting around in a mansion or on a private jet and thinking “hmm, methinks I should bestow the poor with my knowledge” and getting yelled until his feelings are hurt is really funny
Seasonal Seasonings and a Happy Yulemas to all!
December 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Seasonal Seasonings and a Happy Yulemas to all!
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no they just don’t want to talk about very real problems with someone for whom the impact is theoretical
I’m asking questions to learn more. It’s something I work on every day.
But Few want to discuss ways to solve problems on here. They want to virtue signal
But Few want to discuss ways to solve problems on here. They want to virtue signal
Mark you literally ran a TV show encouraging people to think big and solve problems, and here you are whining “it’s too hard! How could we do it?!”
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
no they just don’t want to talk about very real problems with someone for whom the impact is theoretical
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Mark, my dude, you're bragging about a place designed for fascists by fascists being easier to hang out in.
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Mark, my dude, you're bragging about a place designed for fascists by fascists being easier to hang out in.
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[whispers]
The important character in the first teaser wasn't Steve, the important character in the next one won't be who they're already saying it is, and if you put those together with the stinger from "FANTASTIC FOUR" I bet I already know what the 'surprise' here is about.
The important character in the first teaser wasn't Steve, the important character in the next one won't be who they're already saying it is, and if you put those together with the stinger from "FANTASTIC FOUR" I bet I already know what the 'surprise' here is about.
New Rumor Claims the Third AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Teaser Trailer Will Focus on a Very Surprising Character
New Rumor Claims the Third AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Teaser Trailer Will Focus on a Very Surprising Character
The release of director James Cameron ’s sequel Avatar: Fire and Ash has brought the release of the first teaser trailer for Marvel’s highly anticipated Avengers: Doomsday . The first trailer was...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
[whispers]
The important character in the first teaser wasn't Steve, the important character in the next one won't be who they're already saying it is, and if you put those together with the stinger from "FANTASTIC FOUR" I bet I already know what the 'surprise' here is about.
The important character in the first teaser wasn't Steve, the important character in the next one won't be who they're already saying it is, and if you put those together with the stinger from "FANTASTIC FOUR" I bet I already know what the 'surprise' here is about.
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"This film is going to be terrible! Terrible, I tell you!"
"You've seen five film stills and 90 seconds of footage."
"I HAVE SPOKEN."
"You've seen five film stills and 90 seconds of footage."
"I HAVE SPOKEN."
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"This film is going to be terrible! Terrible, I tell you!"
"You've seen five film stills and 90 seconds of footage."
"I HAVE SPOKEN."
"You've seen five film stills and 90 seconds of footage."
"I HAVE SPOKEN."
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they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
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it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
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"Steve Rogers will return ...in part 1 of a 2-part movie. So everybody immediately assume that surface-level fact is all there is to know and that you have definitely already outthought the people who've been making and marketing these movies to mostly overwhelming success for 17+ years" 🤷♂️
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Steve Rogers will return ...in part 1 of a 2-part movie. So everybody immediately assume that surface-level fact is all there is to know and that you have definitely already outthought the people who've been making and marketing these movies to mostly overwhelming success for 17+ years" 🤷♂️
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i have been on hold trying to get my medication for 20 minutes. btw if you have adhd you are expected to have time to do this with every pharmacy in town on the last day of your meds every single month. you basically just can't do anything that day. it's a day a month that you can't plan anything on
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i have been on hold trying to get my medication for 20 minutes. btw if you have adhd you are expected to have time to do this with every pharmacy in town on the last day of your meds every single month. you basically just can't do anything that day. it's a day a month that you can't plan anything on
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I never once felt remotely compelled to apologize for "being white" UNTIL I saw J.D. Vance 🤷♂️
...then I remember that I may be white, but I ain't TRASH - and thus he and I have nothing in common 😉 Hell, intellectually we're barely even the same SPECIES.
...then I remember that I may be white, but I ain't TRASH - and thus he and I have nothing in common 😉 Hell, intellectually we're barely even the same SPECIES.
ICYMI — Vice President JD Vance referred to Minneapolis as “Mogadishu”, said Jasmine Crockett has a fake “street girl” persona, and said “you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore” in 🇺🇸
If you’re sensing a (racist) theme here you are not alone
If you’re sensing a (racist) theme here you are not alone
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I never once felt remotely compelled to apologize for "being white" UNTIL I saw J.D. Vance 🤷♂️
...then I remember that I may be white, but I ain't TRASH - and thus he and I have nothing in common 😉 Hell, intellectually we're barely even the same SPECIES.
...then I remember that I may be white, but I ain't TRASH - and thus he and I have nothing in common 😉 Hell, intellectually we're barely even the same SPECIES.
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Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
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Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
Roll Tide, y'all.
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Roll Tide, y'all.
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I would rather some people who don't need it get it rather than people who need it not getting it.
Error on the side of helping the most people.
And as many have said, sometimes standing and/or walking a short distance is okay depending on the disability. But standing in line is absolute agony.
Error on the side of helping the most people.
And as many have said, sometimes standing and/or walking a short distance is okay depending on the disability. But standing in line is absolute agony.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I would rather some people who don't need it get it rather than people who need it not getting it.
Error on the side of helping the most people.
And as many have said, sometimes standing and/or walking a short distance is okay depending on the disability. But standing in line is absolute agony.
Error on the side of helping the most people.
And as many have said, sometimes standing and/or walking a short distance is okay depending on the disability. But standing in line is absolute agony.
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.