Jackie
@jackietownhq.bsky.social
Science geek seeking the drops of awesome in everyday life and working to leave the world better than I found it. Fan of facts and data, SciFi, Mary Oliver, and diversity. Per aspera ad astra.
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
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One of the best regular Friday offerings on the internet is Amanda's "Trump's Ls for the Week".
This one is 🔥
This one is 🔥
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One of the best regular Friday offerings on the internet is Amanda's "Trump's Ls for the Week".
This one is 🔥
This one is 🔥
Saw this in a post about Tues. election. But also, this is the AI y’all counting on to solve all problems and give you therapy. Still just glorified autocorrect.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Saw this in a post about Tues. election. But also, this is the AI y’all counting on to solve all problems and give you therapy. Still just glorified autocorrect.
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
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A visual representation of GOP and Democrat budgets.
Each cup = $50 billion, and each color represents something different. A way to see how the federal government is spending and who it benefits.
Now, which budget/policy benefits ALL Americans?
#ProudBlue
Video credit: sully_dawg/Tiktok
Each cup = $50 billion, and each color represents something different. A way to see how the federal government is spending and who it benefits.
Now, which budget/policy benefits ALL Americans?
#ProudBlue
Video credit: sully_dawg/Tiktok
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A visual representation of GOP and Democrat budgets.
Each cup = $50 billion, and each color represents something different. A way to see how the federal government is spending and who it benefits.
Now, which budget/policy benefits ALL Americans?
#ProudBlue
Video credit: sully_dawg/Tiktok
Each cup = $50 billion, and each color represents something different. A way to see how the federal government is spending and who it benefits.
Now, which budget/policy benefits ALL Americans?
#ProudBlue
Video credit: sully_dawg/Tiktok
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Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.
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These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
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I'm only 34 and I remember a time when nazism and racism and sexism and homophobia was a bad thing that nobody wanted to be connected to
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm only 34 and I remember a time when nazism and racism and sexism and homophobia was a bad thing that nobody wanted to be connected to
Tax the rich.
Also, corporations aren’t people, and money isn’t speech.
Also, corporations aren’t people, and money isn’t speech.
Trump’s govt shutdown is another reminder
•We dont have an energy shortage
•Or insulin shortage
•Or housing shortage
•Or teacher shortage
•Or labor shortage
•Or food shortage
We have billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny human rights. We dont suffer from scarcity—but from billionaire greed
•We dont have an energy shortage
•Or insulin shortage
•Or housing shortage
•Or teacher shortage
•Or labor shortage
•Or food shortage
We have billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny human rights. We dont suffer from scarcity—but from billionaire greed
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tax the rich.
Also, corporations aren’t people, and money isn’t speech.
Also, corporations aren’t people, and money isn’t speech.
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a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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Question: would police officers typically point guns at family members like this?
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Question: would police officers typically point guns at family members like this?
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
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US health insurance premiums rose to $27,000 for families in 2025 reut.rs/4ngmkTu
US health insurance premiums rose to $27,000 for families in 2025
Annual premiums for U.S. families with employer-sponsored health insurance in 2025 rose 6% to nearly $27,000, reflecting higher spending on popular weight-loss treatments and other prescription drugs, according to a survey by health-policy organization KFF.
reut.rs
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
US health insurance premiums rose to $27,000 for families in 2025 reut.rs/4ngmkTu
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Here is the source - which used government docs for their reporting: popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
ICE boosts weapons spending 700%
A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives.
popular.info
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here is the source - which used government docs for their reporting: popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
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Absolutely outrageous!! 😡
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Absolutely outrageous!! 😡
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👇 food for thought
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
👇 food for thought
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I have never ever seen anyone steal food and I’m certainly not starting now.
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have never ever seen anyone steal food and I’m certainly not starting now.
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I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
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Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...
MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit
A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.
newrepublic.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...
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“YOU hit HER.”
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“YOU hit HER.”
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)