Shayne J 💥🔍⚡
@shaynej.bsky.social
Imperfect human. Unapologetically anti-fascist. Asker of questions. Builder of frameworks. Geekiest of geeks. Sassy Coach/Facilitator/Trainer.
What do Black women have in common with Wyoming’s entire working-age population?
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What do Black women have in common with Wyoming’s entire working-age population?
About 343,000 people. That's everyone between 18 and 64 in the state of Wyoming. In just three months (between February and April 2025), the administration pushed 297,000 Black women out of their jobs...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:42 AM
What do Black women have in common with Wyoming’s entire working-age population?
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!["Sit up, join up, get on line, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them. No use waiting on a bunch of wussy politicians." [Quote from Molly Ivins]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ote2shjyrrpcnd6piatpkdv3/bafkreidgeprgxygco5hmxwa3vqr6hfqrup5vihgejqeaf5uirx3l6ojjii@jpeg)
If you don't want a world where your worth is measured by how cheaply you can be replaced, then stop waiting for permission to imagine something different. substack.com/profile/3311...
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
If you don't want a world where your worth is measured by how cheaply you can be replaced, then stop waiting for permission to imagine something different. substack.com/profile/3311...
I know no one is coming to save us; I'm not waiting for permission to defend what matters. I know something comes after this part, and we can't wait until it's "over" to name the future we want. We start building it now, in how we show up, what we refuse to accept, and who we refuse to abandon.
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I know no one is coming to save us; I'm not waiting for permission to defend what matters. I know something comes after this part, and we can't wait until it's "over" to name the future we want. We start building it now, in how we show up, what we refuse to accept, and who we refuse to abandon.
I love my country, so I speak up when it falls short, not because I want it to fail, but because I believe it can do better. The people telling you to leave - they love this country in the way you "love" something you've given up on. differsense.substack.com/p/if-you-don...
If you don’t like it, leave...
“If you don’t like it, leave” is simply absurd, and I’ll demonstrate exactly how ridiculous it sounds...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I love my country, so I speak up when it falls short, not because I want it to fail, but because I believe it can do better. The people telling you to leave - they love this country in the way you "love" something you've given up on. differsense.substack.com/p/if-you-don...
Trump pardoned Jason Galanis, a convicted fraudster that had been ordered to pay more than $80 million in restitution to those he defrauded. The pardon wiped out the restitution obligation. If you're falling for the fraud excuse, you're not watching the patterns.
This will devastate millions of families who rely on these services to survive.
Make no mistake: this has nothing to do with supposed "fraud" or any other excuse Trump whips up. This is about enacting revenge on states that stand up to him and his cruel agenda.
Make no mistake: this has nothing to do with supposed "fraud" or any other excuse Trump whips up. This is about enacting revenge on states that stand up to him and his cruel agenda.
Trump Admin Says It's Cutting Welfare Funds To Blue States Over Alleged Minnesota Fraud
The cuts to several states come amid an escalating fraud fallout fueled by a dubious YouTube investigation of Minnesota
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January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Trump pardoned Jason Galanis, a convicted fraudster that had been ordered to pay more than $80 million in restitution to those he defrauded. The pardon wiped out the restitution obligation. If you're falling for the fraud excuse, you're not watching the patterns.
Creeped out by the Greenland fixation and the strength, force and power rhetoric? You are not alone. This is the same logic abusive partners use to justify control. The same insistence that their strength entitles them to override your boundaries (borders). Pay attention to the pattern.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Creeped out by the Greenland fixation and the strength, force and power rhetoric? You are not alone. This is the same logic abusive partners use to justify control. The same insistence that their strength entitles them to override your boundaries (borders). Pay attention to the pattern.
The rot is real. We'll scrutinize every molecule in a vaccine that's saving lives, but won't ask questions about AI that's being weaponized against real people in real time - all in the pursuit of profit. The "poison" is in the infrastructure. futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The rot is real. We'll scrutinize every molecule in a vaccine that's saving lives, but won't ask questions about AI that's being weaponized against real people in real time - all in the pursuit of profit. The "poison" is in the infrastructure. futurism.com/future-socie...
Welcome to your 2025 performance review billionaires. You have not met expectations, failed to achieve stated objectives, and been dicks at every possible opportunity. www.linkedin.com/posts/shayne...
Welcome to your 2025 performance review billionaires. You have not met expectations, failed to achieve stated objectives, and been dix at every possible opportunity.
Your demonstrated behaviors are… ...
Welcome to your 2025 performance review billionaires. You have not met expectations, failed to achieve stated objectives, and been dix at every possible opportunity.
Your demonstrated behaviors are m...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Welcome to your 2025 performance review billionaires. You have not met expectations, failed to achieve stated objectives, and been dicks at every possible opportunity. www.linkedin.com/posts/shayne...
Knowing where the landmines are doesn't get you across the field. Understanding what's broken doesn't fix it. Seeing your misalignment doesn't realign it.
Insight shows you the path. Action moves you down it.
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Insight shows you the path. Action moves you down it.
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Get Ur SHIFT 2gether: Turn Thought Into Action
Insight matters. 80% of SHIFT is insight, but that remaining 20% that turns thought into action is also non-negotiable.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Knowing where the landmines are doesn't get you across the field. Understanding what's broken doesn't fix it. Seeing your misalignment doesn't realign it.
Insight shows you the path. Action moves you down it.
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Insight shows you the path. Action moves you down it.
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2026 WISH LIST
🙏 I wish for tech that: doesn’t make me feel like I signed up for the next season of Big Brother; doesn’t creepily stalk me waiting for the thinnest of excuses to butt into my business with no invitation; and doesn't think I'm just kidding when I disable it.
🙏 I wish for tech that: doesn’t make me feel like I signed up for the next season of Big Brother; doesn’t creepily stalk me waiting for the thinnest of excuses to butt into my business with no invitation; and doesn't think I'm just kidding when I disable it.
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
2026 WISH LIST
🙏 I wish for tech that: doesn’t make me feel like I signed up for the next season of Big Brother; doesn’t creepily stalk me waiting for the thinnest of excuses to butt into my business with no invitation; and doesn't think I'm just kidding when I disable it.
🙏 I wish for tech that: doesn’t make me feel like I signed up for the next season of Big Brother; doesn’t creepily stalk me waiting for the thinnest of excuses to butt into my business with no invitation; and doesn't think I'm just kidding when I disable it.
You can accept the frame you unconsciously chose, built on your past experience, current mood, and hidden assumptions. Accept someone else’s frame which may not be what you need, fit your actual situation, or serve you at all. Or you can take control of the process. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
Get Ur SHIFT 2gether: Flip the Frame
A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result – that includes looking at the same problem, the same way, over and over again.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You can accept the frame you unconsciously chose, built on your past experience, current mood, and hidden assumptions. Accept someone else’s frame which may not be what you need, fit your actual situation, or serve you at all. Or you can take control of the process. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
Your brain will do everything it can to avoid the discomfort. Handwriting won't let you outrun yourself; it won’t let you stay ahead of the uncomfortable realization, the hard question, the consequence you don't want to face.
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Get Ur SHIFT 2gether: Ink It to Think It
“Wait, you want me to use pen and paper?”
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December 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Your brain will do everything it can to avoid the discomfort. Handwriting won't let you outrun yourself; it won’t let you stay ahead of the uncomfortable realization, the hard question, the consequence you don't want to face.
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Most people feel discomfort and immediately try to resolve it, rationalize it, or distract themselves from it. The tension is trying to show you something. It’s pointing directly at the assumption that’s keeping you trapped.
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Get Your SHIFT Together: Hunt the Tension
You know that thing you don’t want to look at?
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December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Most people feel discomfort and immediately try to resolve it, rationalize it, or distract themselves from it. The tension is trying to show you something. It’s pointing directly at the assumption that’s keeping you trapped.
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Before you can shift anything – a derailed project, a belief that's holding you hostage, a decision you've been avoiding for months – you need to do the hard, unsexy work of stating what the hell you're actually dealing with. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
Get Your SHIFT Together: State It Clearly
Do you actually know what your problem is?
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December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Before you can shift anything – a derailed project, a belief that's holding you hostage, a decision you've been avoiding for months – you need to do the hard, unsexy work of stating what the hell you're actually dealing with. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
There's a particular species of grievance that blooms in the hothouse of comfort. If the apology you're being "freed from" was never actually demanded by anyone, you're cultivating weeds in an empty garden, tending to threats that exist only in the soil of your imagination. differsense.substack.com
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
There's a particular species of grievance that blooms in the hothouse of comfort. If the apology you're being "freed from" was never actually demanded by anyone, you're cultivating weeds in an empty garden, tending to threats that exist only in the soil of your imagination. differsense.substack.com
This isn't about grammar. It's about how we construct reality through language. You need to ask: Who's missing from this sentence? Whose hand is being hidden? Because when the subject disappears, so does the accountability.
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Stop dropping the fuxing subject – just stop
Rest assured, I’m not about to bore you with the intricate details of sentence diagramming.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This isn't about grammar. It's about how we construct reality through language. You need to ask: Who's missing from this sentence? Whose hand is being hidden? Because when the subject disappears, so does the accountability.
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Actions only speak louder than words if you’re actually paying attention to the actions to see if they match. Otherwise, the words win by default because they’re easier, shinier, and designed so you don't have to think too hard (or read past the headlines).
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They’re Lying and We’re Letting Them
Unpacking “Watch the Patterns” from your Personal Power Playbook
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December 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Actions only speak louder than words if you’re actually paying attention to the actions to see if they match. Otherwise, the words win by default because they’re easier, shinier, and designed so you don't have to think too hard (or read past the headlines).
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I cannot change the past but I can recognize that we have made terrible choices as a country and we have failed the most vulnerable of our citizens (often on purpose). I cannot undo what was done, but I can damn sure refuse to look away while it happens again.
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Shayne J (@shaynej)
I cannot change the past but I can recognize that we have made terrible choices as a country and we have failed the most vulnerable of our citizens (often on purpose). I cannot change the past but I c...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I cannot change the past but I can recognize that we have made terrible choices as a country and we have failed the most vulnerable of our citizens (often on purpose). I cannot undo what was done, but I can damn sure refuse to look away while it happens again.
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We've been conditioned to police tone over substance, to value the appearance of decorum over actual competence or character. We've let the people with power redefine "professionalism" to protect themselves while weaponizing it against everyone else. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
The 'Quiet Piggy' Standard of Leadership
How did we decide what “professional” means?
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December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We've been conditioned to police tone over substance, to value the appearance of decorum over actual competence or character. We've let the people with power redefine "professionalism" to protect themselves while weaponizing it against everyone else. open.substack.com/pub/differse...
Do you remember when you stopped asking why?
Somewhere between childhood and adulting, we traded curiosity for compliance and learned to accept answers at face value. We learned to stop asking questions.
And that's how we end up solving the wrong problems.
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Somewhere between childhood and adulting, we traded curiosity for compliance and learned to accept answers at face value. We learned to stop asking questions.
And that's how we end up solving the wrong problems.
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Why? Curious
Do you remember when you stopped asking why?
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December 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Do you remember when you stopped asking why?
Somewhere between childhood and adulting, we traded curiosity for compliance and learned to accept answers at face value. We learned to stop asking questions.
And that's how we end up solving the wrong problems.
open.substack.com/pub/differse...
Somewhere between childhood and adulting, we traded curiosity for compliance and learned to accept answers at face value. We learned to stop asking questions.
And that's how we end up solving the wrong problems.
open.substack.com/pub/differse...
What if American workers decided the only ones entitled to be "too big to fail" are us – the ones whose labor built your platforms, whose attention became your product, whose data trained your models, & whose spending made you untouchable? substack.com/@shaynej/not...
#AI #Accountability #Leadership
#AI #Accountability #Leadership
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
What if American workers decided the only ones entitled to be "too big to fail" are us – the ones whose labor built your platforms, whose attention became your product, whose data trained your models, & whose spending made you untouchable? substack.com/@shaynej/not...
#AI #Accountability #Leadership
#AI #Accountability #Leadership
Reposted by Shayne J 💥🔍⚡
All the arguments for why #billionaires deserve their extreme wealth--"trickle-down economics," "job creators," "incentive for inventions," "they worked harder"--have turned out to be wild fabrications.
#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #teamluigi
#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #teamluigi
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
All the arguments for why #billionaires deserve their extreme wealth--"trickle-down economics," "job creators," "incentive for inventions," "they worked harder"--have turned out to be wild fabrications.
#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #teamluigi
#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #teamluigi
When millions of workers tell you they’re scared, maybe your data is missing something important. Orrrrrrr... we can keep publishing articles that amount to “the data says you’re fine, so stop complaining.” Do better @theeconomistnews.bsky.social.
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Shayne J (@shaynej)
So… we’re now at the point where even supposedly serious financial publications are churning out “everything’s fine, keep shopping” propaganda. Fan-fuxing-tastic.
Let’s start with the most obvious is...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
When millions of workers tell you they’re scared, maybe your data is missing something important. Orrrrrrr... we can keep publishing articles that amount to “the data says you’re fine, so stop complaining.” Do better @theeconomistnews.bsky.social.
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Can we stop pretending everything is fine? I'm not a robot. You're not a robot. We're humans living through some genuinely terrible sh*t. So if you ask me how I'm doing, you might actually get an answer. A real one. You don't have to fix it for me. You don't have to agree. But I'm done with "fine".
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Can we stop pretending everything is fine? I'm not a robot. You're not a robot. We're humans living through some genuinely terrible sh*t. So if you ask me how I'm doing, you might actually get an answer. A real one. You don't have to fix it for me. You don't have to agree. But I'm done with "fine".