Jules
@reedsnstrings.bsky.social
I’m Jules. I’ve spent the past 25 years working in child-centered nonprofits, including 10 in a science museum. Now I do children’s & family ministry at an ELCA church.
I’m happiest snuggled up with a book & a cat, or exploring a museum with my family!
I’m happiest snuggled up with a book & a cat, or exploring a museum with my family!
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Jules
@reedsnstrings.bsky.social
· Dec 21
Time to test the waters over here on Bluesky!
I’m Jules. I’ve spent the past 25 years working in child-centered nonprofs, including 10 in a science museum. Now I do children’s & family ministry at an ELCA church.
I’m happiest snuggled up with a book & a cat, or exploring a museum with my family!
I’m Jules. I’ve spent the past 25 years working in child-centered nonprofs, including 10 in a science museum. Now I do children’s & family ministry at an ELCA church.
I’m happiest snuggled up with a book & a cat, or exploring a museum with my family!
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
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Spilled coffee on myself this morning in the train. I had a tiny mess to clean and a spot of red on my wrist, instead of a lawsuit to pay for skin grafts. I am naturally re-listening to vintage YWA
@yourewrongabout.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
Podcast Episode · You're Wrong About · 09/13/2021 · 1h 13m
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February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Spilled coffee on myself this morning in the train. I had a tiny mess to clean and a spot of red on my wrist, instead of a lawsuit to pay for skin grafts. I am naturally re-listening to vintage YWA
@yourewrongabout.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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@yourewrongabout.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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WE GOT A LAMBO!!!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
WE GOT A LAMBO!!!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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THIS! We’re talking about Liam because he was in the news and we know enough to be able to talk about him, but we also hope to use his story to help raise awareness of all 3800+ kids who have been detained by ICE during this presidential administration. They all deserve love, care, and liberty.
I think important to state for the record that Liam Ramos is a kiddo who is both a person and representative of every other kiddo who is at risk/detained no matter how old they are or how cute or small or "innocent" bc like some kids get into trouble. I got into trouble. we stand up for them all
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 AM
THIS! We’re talking about Liam because he was in the news and we know enough to be able to talk about him, but we also hope to use his story to help raise awareness of all 3800+ kids who have been detained by ICE during this presidential administration. They all deserve love, care, and liberty.
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I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
George Washington
YouTube video by unvmebad86
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January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
“Stop carrying out your intentions” is gonna be my new protest sign.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Stop carrying out your intentions” is gonna be my new protest sign.
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New piece on ICE in Minnesota--and what they're doing in Maine when they think no one's looking.
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The Good, the Pretty, and Fear Itself
Living and dying through the ICE Age
catvalente.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
New piece on ICE in Minnesota--and what they're doing in Maine when they think no one's looking.
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eyyyy sid sagar and moira quirk are audie award finalists for their narration of The Everlasting! congrats to the whole list!!
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January 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
eyyyy sid sagar and moira quirk are audie award finalists for their narration of The Everlasting! congrats to the whole list!!
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people.com/31st-audie-a...
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They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
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i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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people who are very clearly my moral superiors are being killed in the street by and on behalf of the most disgusting creeps imaginable and I don't know how much longer anyone can deal with this
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
people who are very clearly my moral superiors are being killed in the street by and on behalf of the most disgusting creeps imaginable and I don't know how much longer anyone can deal with this
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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We need prosecutions for political murders — that’s ultimately what these are — and truth and reconciliation commissions.
This is a fascist terror campaign against the people of Minnesota. As with J6, no one involved should be allowed near a badge or a political office ever again.
This is a fascist terror campaign against the people of Minnesota. As with J6, no one involved should be allowed near a badge or a political office ever again.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
We need prosecutions for political murders — that’s ultimately what these are — and truth and reconciliation commissions.
This is a fascist terror campaign against the people of Minnesota. As with J6, no one involved should be allowed near a badge or a political office ever again.
This is a fascist terror campaign against the people of Minnesota. As with J6, no one involved should be allowed near a badge or a political office ever again.
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I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives. But let's be very clear. What just happened in Minnesota was cold blooded murder of a civilian by out of control federal agents, aided and abetted by the entire Trump administration and their fascist enablers.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives. But let's be very clear. What just happened in Minnesota was cold blooded murder of a civilian by out of control federal agents, aided and abetted by the entire Trump administration and their fascist enablers.
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There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
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I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
The only prayer left in my heart is this: May the fires of Your justice burn.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The only prayer left in my heart is this: May the fires of Your justice burn.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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oh no
i love conflict avoidance, and if YOU think conflict avoidance is bad then yeah maybe you're right!!
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January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
oh no
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off the top of my head, moral responsibility for trump, in descending order:
1- trump and his inner circle
2- SCOTUS
3- GOP-affiliated elites
4- biden DOJ
5- intelligentsia/media types who misled the public about the threat he posed and the tools available to stop him
6- elected dems
7- voters
1- trump and his inner circle
2- SCOTUS
3- GOP-affiliated elites
4- biden DOJ
5- intelligentsia/media types who misled the public about the threat he posed and the tools available to stop him
6- elected dems
7- voters
This man is talking about stealing a country at gunpoint from nations the US is allied with. Of course Europeans hate us. You would feel the same way if you were in their place. American voters put this man in power, he didn’t seize it this time.
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
off the top of my head, moral responsibility for trump, in descending order:
1- trump and his inner circle
2- SCOTUS
3- GOP-affiliated elites
4- biden DOJ
5- intelligentsia/media types who misled the public about the threat he posed and the tools available to stop him
6- elected dems
7- voters
1- trump and his inner circle
2- SCOTUS
3- GOP-affiliated elites
4- biden DOJ
5- intelligentsia/media types who misled the public about the threat he posed and the tools available to stop him
6- elected dems
7- voters
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One of the big media failures of the past decade is the ongoing search for the deeper side of Trump. There isn't one. His ideology, such as it is, is personalist, transactional, and zero-sum. That's as vain, vulgar, and wrong as you can get. He likes gold shit and applause. There's nothing beneath.
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM
One of the big media failures of the past decade is the ongoing search for the deeper side of Trump. There isn't one. His ideology, such as it is, is personalist, transactional, and zero-sum. That's as vain, vulgar, and wrong as you can get. He likes gold shit and applause. There's nothing beneath.