jag
@i-am-j.ag
Staff Software Engineer @ Hungryroot (Platform engineering / Python / Django)
Co-founder @ SeekHealing (a leading social health non-profit)
Autistic/ADHD; ENM; one of (((them)))
Asheville, NC
Co-founder @ SeekHealing (a leading social health non-profit)
Autistic/ADHD; ENM; one of (((them)))
Asheville, NC
Pretty soon they're going to be handing out punch cards where your 10th pardon doesn't require a bribe.
Nothing says “law and order” like pardoning a dangerous felon twice.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pretty soon they're going to be handing out punch cards where your 10th pardon doesn't require a bribe.
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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If your Noah be Berlatsky, you're hot to trot-sky.
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
noahpinion booked a dublin-paris flight via heathrow. point and laugh onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If your Noah be Berlatsky, you're hot to trot-sky.
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
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WNC immigrants' rights alliance CIMA just announced that city officials "informed us that ICE will possibly be in Asheville tomorrow."
The notice encourages locals to report to CIMA's community tip line 1-888-839-2839
"Our allies are ready to assist" w/ food, transportation and more. #avlnews
The notice encourages locals to report to CIMA's community tip line 1-888-839-2839
"Our allies are ready to assist" w/ food, transportation and more. #avlnews
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
WNC immigrants' rights alliance CIMA just announced that city officials "informed us that ICE will possibly be in Asheville tomorrow."
The notice encourages locals to report to CIMA's community tip line 1-888-839-2839
"Our allies are ready to assist" w/ food, transportation and more. #avlnews
The notice encourages locals to report to CIMA's community tip line 1-888-839-2839
"Our allies are ready to assist" w/ food, transportation and more. #avlnews
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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It’s not online I don’t think, but I had a FLAWLESS dad joke on TV today so I would like you all to enjoy it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It’s not online I don’t think, but I had a FLAWLESS dad joke on TV today so I would like you all to enjoy it.
If your Noah be Berlatsky, you're hot to trot-sky.
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
noahpinion booked a dublin-paris flight via heathrow. point and laugh onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If your Noah be Berlatsky, you're hot to trot-sky.
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
If your Noah be Smith, oh brother, big whiff.
(cc: @nberlat.bsky.social, with apologies to @naomiaklein.bsky.social)
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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I wrote about why you absolutely do not have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and posed a few basic questions that her interlocutors ought to be asking her, like: who won the 2020 election?
Four Simple Questions for Marjorie Taylor Greene
A few recent breaks with her party do not negate a lifetime of conspiracies.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I wrote about why you absolutely do not have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and posed a few basic questions that her interlocutors ought to be asking her, like: who won the 2020 election?
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Sorry but it's extra funny the NYT is running a glamour profile on RFKs mistress/reporter the day after people were going to the mattresses defending their ethics surrounding the Epstein cover up
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Sorry but it's extra funny the NYT is running a glamour profile on RFKs mistress/reporter the day after people were going to the mattresses defending their ethics surrounding the Epstein cover up
If we go to war with Venezuela, I anticipate that Trump's Gestapo will claim the AEA is back in play and all Venezuelan nationals are immediately deportable without due process.
“For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.”
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If we go to war with Venezuela, I anticipate that Trump's Gestapo will claim the AEA is back in play and all Venezuelan nationals are immediately deportable without due process.
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If you aren’t following this reporter you’re missing out on a lot of details you won’t see elsewhere. 👇
Someone named Daniel Siad tells Epstein in an email that the owner of Noah Models used to "scout for Trump."
Noah Models was featured in this 2011 PBS documentary, about 12, 13 year old girls being scouted in Siberia for international modeling, and the predatory results.
Noah Models was featured in this 2011 PBS documentary, about 12, 13 year old girls being scouted in Siberia for international modeling, and the predatory results.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you aren’t following this reporter you’re missing out on a lot of details you won’t see elsewhere. 👇
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I'm a pretty cynical person, and (thought I was) far from innocent about how badly powerful people can act. But each new Epstein email convinces me things are so much worse than I ever thought. Disgusting.
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm a pretty cynical person, and (thought I was) far from innocent about how badly powerful people can act. But each new Epstein email convinces me things are so much worse than I ever thought. Disgusting.
"Who was President in 2020?" continues to be the unsolvable mystery of our times.
Jim Banks calls for Indiana to have a 9-0 Republican congressional map and alleges that "the Democrats manipulated the census data when Joe Biden came into office." (The 2020 census happened in 2020, when believe it or not Trump was president)
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Who was President in 2020?" continues to be the unsolvable mystery of our times.
Early in Trump II, I started pointing out that if it were any country but the US, they'd refer to our government as a "regime" and not an "administration."
As time goes on, "crime syndicate" seems increasingly more accurate.
As time goes on, "crime syndicate" seems increasingly more accurate.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Early in Trump II, I started pointing out that if it were any country but the US, they'd refer to our government as a "regime" and not an "administration."
As time goes on, "crime syndicate" seems increasingly more accurate.
As time goes on, "crime syndicate" seems increasingly more accurate.
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"...a Google AI agent found an especially obscure bug in FFmpeg. How obscure? This “medium impact issue in ffmpeg,” which the FFmpeg developers did patch, is “an issue with decoding LucasArts Smush codec, specifically the first 10-20 frames of Rebel Assault 2, a game from 1995.”"
FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about open source, security, and who pays the bills has erupted on Twitter.
thenewstack.io
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"...a Google AI agent found an especially obscure bug in FFmpeg. How obscure? This “medium impact issue in ffmpeg,” which the FFmpeg developers did patch, is “an issue with decoding LucasArts Smush codec, specifically the first 10-20 frames of Rebel Assault 2, a game from 1995.”"
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
😳
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
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For the past few months I and others have been bugging you about holding government lawyers to account. Well, this is what we have been working on. Welcome to GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog!
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For the past few months I and others have been bugging you about holding government lawyers to account. Well, this is what we have been working on. Welcome to GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog!
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Same. Federal workers for the most part were ready to stick it out and are PISSED at the Dems for throwing away their sacrifice for nothing
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Same. Federal workers for the most part were ready to stick it out and are PISSED at the Dems for throwing away their sacrifice for nothing
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry