jamesdouthit.bsky.social
@jamesdouthit.bsky.social
Software engineer
Ice cream enjoyer
Fan of transit, bikes, and pedestrians
Left politics but plz refer to me as moderate
Ice cream enjoyer
Fan of transit, bikes, and pedestrians
Left politics but plz refer to me as moderate
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I have reactionary nostalgia for a 90% tax rate on the richest Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have reactionary nostalgia for a 90% tax rate on the richest Americans.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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I've worked on the far-right beat for nearly 10 years now, and I've had to handle sorting through a lot of misinformation on politically motivated violence. And this is by far the worst instance of it, including from a lot of people who should really know better.
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I've worked on the far-right beat for nearly 10 years now, and I've had to handle sorting through a lot of misinformation on politically motivated violence. And this is by far the worst instance of it, including from a lot of people who should really know better.
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To be clear, 6 far-right extremist terrorists have taken over the U.S. Supreme Court and turned it into a weapon for the orange felon’s totalitarian goals.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are all that remain of the highest court in the land.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are all that remain of the highest court in the land.
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
To be clear, 6 far-right extremist terrorists have taken over the U.S. Supreme Court and turned it into a weapon for the orange felon’s totalitarian goals.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are all that remain of the highest court in the land.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are all that remain of the highest court in the land.
The Roman senate in Feb of 44 BC:
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Roman senate in Feb of 44 BC:
Look at these headways on Boston’s Orange line!!! Random weekday afternoon with 4 min headways. Watched a train pull out of the station as I came down the escalator. Boston is the best
July 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Look at these headways on Boston’s Orange line!!! Random weekday afternoon with 4 min headways. Watched a train pull out of the station as I came down the escalator. Boston is the best
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Hey, remember when the Panama Papers were released and they showed how basically every wealthy person on the planet was avoiding taxes by offshoring their money and nothing was done about it except the reporter who broke the story was murdered with a car bomb?
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hey, remember when the Panama Papers were released and they showed how basically every wealthy person on the planet was avoiding taxes by offshoring their money and nothing was done about it except the reporter who broke the story was murdered with a car bomb?
I don’t believe in astrology but I DO believe that everybody looks like their dogs. Every single time I see a dog I feel they match their owner in an aesthetic way but also in vibe. There’s definitely confirmation bias at play, but I feel I can tell when it’s a dog walker rather than the owner!!!
July 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I don’t believe in astrology but I DO believe that everybody looks like their dogs. Every single time I see a dog I feel they match their owner in an aesthetic way but also in vibe. There’s definitely confirmation bias at play, but I feel I can tell when it’s a dog walker rather than the owner!!!
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There already is a good mobile app for your business. It's called a "web browser".
It has the benefit of working on non-phone devices too.
It has the benefit of working on non-phone devices too.
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There already is a good mobile app for your business. It's called a "web browser".
It has the benefit of working on non-phone devices too.
It has the benefit of working on non-phone devices too.
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Once more with feeling
June 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Once more with feeling
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Pretty egregious error from this book: The authors say Swedish deaths fell by 2.3% during the pandemic, proving that the country's lax lockdown strategy worked.
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
June 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pretty egregious error from this book: The authors say Swedish deaths fell by 2.3% during the pandemic, proving that the country's lax lockdown strategy worked.
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
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63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
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America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
May 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
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really bleak to pop on to the former twitter and see people i thought were reasonable palling around with race science maniacs
May 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
really bleak to pop on to the former twitter and see people i thought were reasonable palling around with race science maniacs
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looking at the photo that headlines this piece i think i know what the university of austin means when they say they don't tolerate "DEI" quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles?
Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests.
quillette.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
looking at the photo that headlines this piece i think i know what the university of austin means when they say they don't tolerate "DEI" quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...
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Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...
Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities
This is largely preaching to the choir, but it’s absent enough from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...
I just want to document publicly before game 1 vs OKC that the @denver-nuggets.bsky.social are going to win the championship this year
May 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I just want to document publicly before game 1 vs OKC that the @denver-nuggets.bsky.social are going to win the championship this year
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Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
April 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
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The "duvet cover" is a government program to test how docile the population is. They want to know how much Bullshit we'll put up with. They are laughing at us
April 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The "duvet cover" is a government program to test how docile the population is. They want to know how much Bullshit we'll put up with. They are laughing at us
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I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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God I love these kinds of Bruenig tweets
March 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
God I love these kinds of Bruenig tweets