Jason Ptaszek
@ptszk.bsky.social
Stop Motion Lighting and Camera Person. Video Creator. Gardener. Fermenter. History and Political nerd.
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I bet if you asked Portnoy why he hates Momdani he wouldn’t give you a good reason
now that's what I call a Mamdani endorsement. Don't threaten New Yorkers with a good time, Dave. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’
Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.
www.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I bet if you asked Portnoy why he hates Momdani he wouldn’t give you a good reason
I think Trump is demolishing the east wing of the White House because he kept seeing Epstein’s ghost floating around there
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I think Trump is demolishing the east wing of the White House because he kept seeing Epstein’s ghost floating around there
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Congratulations to @jeffgroh.bsky.social on the publication of his paper on an ancient balanced polymorphisms controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts. The paper shows the putative turnover & reversal of dominance of a mating type polymorphism
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Distinct haplotypes and reversed dominance at a single-gene balanced polymorphism controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts
In the angiosperm mating system of heterodichogamy, two hermaphroditic morphs temporally alternate between male and female flowering phases, promoting…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Congratulations to @jeffgroh.bsky.social on the publication of his paper on an ancient balanced polymorphisms controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts. The paper shows the putative turnover & reversal of dominance of a mating type polymorphism
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
There’s a really easy way for the GOP to end the shut down, but it involves compromise and unfortunately they are dumb cowards and think compromise is a weakness
BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?
VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer
B: But this was a WH decision
VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer
B: But this was a WH decision
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There’s a really easy way for the GOP to end the shut down, but it involves compromise and unfortunately they are dumb cowards and think compromise is a weakness
If Portland does get an MLB team, we need to be the Frogs
October 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
If Portland does get an MLB team, we need to be the Frogs
Won’t someone think of the retailers!
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Won’t someone think of the retailers!
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"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was a litmus test people in the U.S. failed miserably, and we’re all still reeling from it. The results revealed to the ruling powers just how much they could get away with."
YES!!!!!!! you cannot leave your community behind and then be confused when you get lost
YES!!!!!!! you cannot leave your community behind and then be confused when you get lost
COVID-19 has revealed that much of the US public is willing to accept mass death and abandonment. We were pushed by propaganda to see many around us as disposable. That helped set the tone for current fascist violations. I wrote about it for @prismreports.org.
prismreports.org/2025/09/16/c...
prismreports.org/2025/09/16/c...
Another way out: Building resistance when passivity is the norm
The COVID-19 pandemic should have shown us that we’re supposed to be meeting needs, not falling in line behind fascist incursions
prismreports.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was a litmus test people in the U.S. failed miserably, and we’re all still reeling from it. The results revealed to the ruling powers just how much they could get away with."
YES!!!!!!! you cannot leave your community behind and then be confused when you get lost
YES!!!!!!! you cannot leave your community behind and then be confused when you get lost
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Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.
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a significant reason this is happening is because out of a combination of partisanship and cowardice Congress has essentially abdicated its constitutional role in the republic
Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.
Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
a significant reason this is happening is because out of a combination of partisanship and cowardice Congress has essentially abdicated its constitutional role in the republic
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Authoritarian personality cult. Plain as day.
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.
“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.
“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...
defector.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Authoritarian personality cult. Plain as day.
Wake up and vote for people with compassion, and empathy, not murder
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wake up and vote for people with compassion, and empathy, not murder
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The Supreme Court keeps yelling at the district courts for not understanding that the new rule is to decide in favor of the Trump administration and their allies in every case regardless of the facts or the substance of the law.
Ouch SCOTUS
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Supreme Court keeps yelling at the district courts for not understanding that the new rule is to decide in favor of the Trump administration and their allies in every case regardless of the facts or the substance of the law.
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The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
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The policy solutions to poverty are simple: redistribute capital ownership and expand the welfare state.
To Reduce Poverty, Expand the Welfare State
The policy solutions to poverty are simple: redistribute capital ownership and expand the welfare state.
jacobin.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The policy solutions to poverty are simple: redistribute capital ownership and expand the welfare state.
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A technology that has helped accelerate the climate crisis could be part of slowing it down or even reversing it. Another smart column from @cltomlinson.bsky.social
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: Sage uses fracking and CO2 to generate clean energy
Sage Geosystems is developing geothermal energy generation and storage that could be the future of clean energy.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A technology that has helped accelerate the climate crisis could be part of slowing it down or even reversing it. Another smart column from @cltomlinson.bsky.social
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
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Among many other things, I think it means that those of us interested in democracy need to call on our allies around the world to launch campaigns of boycott divestment and sanctions of the USA until we defeat fascism.
It worked for apartheid.
It worked for apartheid.
Good stuff from @donmoyn.bsky.social. I'm relieved to see a growing chorus of folks stating the obvious. Finding our way out of the darkness starts with this acknowledgement. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Among many other things, I think it means that those of us interested in democracy need to call on our allies around the world to launch campaigns of boycott divestment and sanctions of the USA until we defeat fascism.
It worked for apartheid.
It worked for apartheid.
What’s the goal? Why are these people destroying these institutions and is this what Americans wanted when they voted?
New: In 7 months, Kennedy has broken the CDC, perhaps irreparably. For all he’s done with mass firings, gutting expertise, and attacking vaccines, Wednesday’s loss of its most senior and competent leaders—truly the CDC’s backbone—is the most consequential attack yet.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
‘People will die because of this’: How RFK Jr. drove out the CDC’s senior leaders
On the same day Susan Monarez was fired, four of the agency’s top leaders quit.
www.msnbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What’s the goal? Why are these people destroying these institutions and is this what Americans wanted when they voted?
What this exclusive look I filmed, interviewed, and edited in collaboration with Andrew Duplessie.
Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at The Littles with head of animation Anthony Scott and puppet fabricator Katy Strutz 🎨
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What this exclusive look I filmed, interviewed, and edited in collaboration with Andrew Duplessie.
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“Stephen Miller unleashed a long, crazed, angry, shrill rant. It was classic authoritarian agitprop, best seen as an expression of weakness. Poll after poll has shown that the public is rebelling. Maybe that’s why Miller is panicking. The question is: Why won’t Democrats act like it?”
Toxic feedback loop has kicked in: Trump's propagandists tell credulous reporters that occupying cities is good politics for him. Media echoes this as self-evidently true. That reinforces Dem instincts not to engage.
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
August 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Stephen Miller unleashed a long, crazed, angry, shrill rant. It was classic authoritarian agitprop, best seen as an expression of weakness. Poll after poll has shown that the public is rebelling. Maybe that’s why Miller is panicking. The question is: Why won’t Democrats act like it?”
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The spread of neoliberalism promised economic efficiency and freedom for the powerful while wreaking havoc for millions.
In recent years, claims of a post-neoliberal era have emerged, but a book argues that these claims may be greatly exaggerated.
In recent years, claims of a post-neoliberal era have emerged, but a book argues that these claims may be greatly exaggerated.
The Dream and Nightmare of Neoliberalism
The spread of neoliberalism promised economic efficiency and freedom for the powerful while wreaking havoc for millions. In recent years, claims of a post-neoliberal era have emerged, but a new book argues that these claims may be greatly exaggerated.
jacobin.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The spread of neoliberalism promised economic efficiency and freedom for the powerful while wreaking havoc for millions.
In recent years, claims of a post-neoliberal era have emerged, but a book argues that these claims may be greatly exaggerated.
In recent years, claims of a post-neoliberal era have emerged, but a book argues that these claims may be greatly exaggerated.
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A months-long investigation estimates that the profits from the Trump family's ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, crypto currencies, NFTs, and other businesses has raised President Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars.
How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusive—until now.
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A months-long investigation estimates that the profits from the Trump family's ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, crypto currencies, NFTs, and other businesses has raised President Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars.
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“The deeper risk is cynicism, the quiet corrosion of faith in institutions. If we can’t believe the numbers, how do we believe anything?”
Opinion | Why Trump’s Meddling in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Matters
Most children learn at some point that flipping the board doesn’t make them the winner.
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“The deeper risk is cynicism, the quiet corrosion of faith in institutions. If we can’t believe the numbers, how do we believe anything?”
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.