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Darren McGee

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Darren McGee @darrenmcgee.bsky.social · Feb 1

I'll post things that resonate with me here. Here's the first one that hit me like a gut punch:
"Through it all, I never considered asking for help or sharing with anyone how I felt. I lived by a very narrow set of rules, and remaining independent and invulnerable was chief among them." 🤐

Darren McGee

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We could've had Bernie in 2016 or 2020 and we wouldn't be in this mess.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 9d

Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela was very wrong:

January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM

Darren McGee

@darrenmcgee.bsky.social

If George Orwell's book 1984 had a prequel, it would look a lot like what we're living through right now.

January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM

Darren McGee

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Just watched Santa Clause 3 with Martin Short as Jack Frost. I realized that he basically plays the same character (Oliver Putnam) in Only Murders in the Building.

Now it's headcanon that Jack Frost "retires" and lives out his life as Oliver Putnam. 🤯

December 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM

Darren McGee

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I'm 90% sure this is a reference to "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, but I'm also 10% that this person wants to be offered Tuna.

Car with license plate that says OFRTUNA

December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM

Darren McGee

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"when soil is damaged, it cannot hold water as well, making farms more vulnerable"

This is why we founded Aleterra.

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Why soil could be making groceries more expensive

In total, across society, America pays up to $85.1 billion a year for the degrading quality of its soil, SaveSoil estimates.

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December 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM

Darren McGee

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I love Cali!

December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Darren McGee

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I was just there in the summer. 🇯🇵 Kinda cool to know that all that walking in Tokyo and Osaka contributed.

Screenshot from Fitbit stating that I had walked the equivalent miles (1,869) of Japan.

December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Darren McGee

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I think Spirited might be my new favorite Xmas movie!

The whole thing is absolutely amazing. The songs are awesome, the dialogue is phenomenal and hilarious, and the choreography is incredible to watch.

I don't think tap dancing has been featured this prominently or effectively in a movie. Ever!

December 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM

Darren McGee

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The GOP is the official party of racism. They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
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Trump administration alters national parks' free-entry days, cutting MLK Day and Juneteenth

The change is part of a broader shift in the National Park Service's free-entry day schedule, which includes adding President Donald Trump's birthday.

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December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Darren McGee

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Bay Area always bringing the🔥! 🤣

November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM

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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.

November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM

Darren McGee

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Accurate.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · Nov 16

thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication

November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Darren McGee

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I've been saying for a while now that Gen Z will save us. This article explains why so much better than I ever could.
newrepublic.com/article/2030...

The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great

Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.

newrepublic.com

November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Darren McGee

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Yeah, this right here. When we take back power, we need to hold our dem reps to the fire and make sure they put protections in place. Also, universal health care.

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · Nov 14

Jamelle was cooking.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform.

If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.

November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM

Darren McGee

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This graphic gives me hope! Young people on the left, old on the right.

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Nov 14

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

Racial Resentment Among White Americans by Birth Year and Demographics

This figure presents the same four-panel layout (education, gender, geography, religion) but for White Americans from birth years 1940 to 2000.

Education panel: A pronounced divide shows non-college Whites with substantially higher resentment across all cohorts, increasing sharply for older birth years. College-educated Whites rise more modestly but remain distinctly lower, especially among younger cohorts.

Gender panel: Male and female trendlines rise together, with women slightly higher in mid-century cohorts. Younger cohorts of both genders start lower and climb with age.

Geography panel: Regional lines separate clearly: the South is highest in resentment, followed by the Midwest. The West and Northeast show lower levels, with the Northeast consistently at the bottom. All regions slope upward toward older cohorts.

Religion panel: Protestants show the highest resentment, peaking among mid-century cohorts. Catholics sit in the middle. Non-affiliated Whites show the lowest resentment, especially among younger respondents, with a small rise among mid-century generations.

The figure notes CES 2024 data with GAM-smoothed trendlines.

November 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Darren McGee

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So glad the Supreme Court made the right decision this time. Their track record has been pretty terrible lately, so I wasn't super hopeful.

I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Bree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · Nov 10

Today the Supreme Court declined to revisit marriage equality. In a year when so many rights have been chipped away, this constitutional promise held... and millions of families can breathe a little easier.

apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Darren McGee

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Prop 50 just put California Republicans on the endangered species list. 😂🤣
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November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM

Darren McGee

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Everyone! Get out there & vote like it's your last chance to do so... Because it might be.

My prediction: the country is going to voice its disfavor of this regime & it's policies. The GOP will cry foul about election tampering & we'll have ICE & other feds "watching" (intimidating) the midterms.

November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM

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And this just sums everything up, doesn't it? 😡

D.L. Sickels @hadenough1960.bsky.social · Oct 30

October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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John Scalzi

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Over on Whatever, I offer some thoughts on the new "Grokipedia," through the lens of the article it has up about... me.

(Spoiler, it's not great, for the reasons you probably suspect)

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a...

A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject

What? You didn’t know that Grokipedia exists? Well, it does, and it’s Elon Musk’s attempt to run Wikipedia out of town on a rail: An “AI”-generated compendium of infor…

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October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Darren McGee

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We need more brave folks like this. I'd like to think I would've done the same if I were still in the ANG.
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors" - CBS News share.google/bhbwPpkdrcwv...