JamesPredicts
@jamesfromqueens.bsky.social
Queens, NY
I love the arts, museums, city parks, beaches and boardwalks, roller coasters, old school jazz, drives on country roads, walks through the city, and I enjoy reading, cooking, shopping, and when I have a margarita, I have two.
I love the arts, museums, city parks, beaches and boardwalks, roller coasters, old school jazz, drives on country roads, walks through the city, and I enjoy reading, cooking, shopping, and when I have a margarita, I have two.
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i think the norm is that elected officials should be treated extremely deferentially in these situations and police/agents should be afraid to put their hands on them, and that is clearly not the case
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
i think the norm is that elected officials should be treated extremely deferentially in these situations and police/agents should be afraid to put their hands on them, and that is clearly not the case
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I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good.
#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage
New at @science.org 🏺🧪
#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage
New at @science.org 🏺🧪
Funding cuts to U.S. archaeology could imperil field’s future
A Science analysis of canceled and curtailed federal grants reveals hits to research, collections, and training
www.science.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good.
#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage
New at @science.org 🏺🧪
#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage
New at @science.org 🏺🧪
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Prof Max Strassfeld cotd
& the state, medical institutions, proper IDs have never kept the trans community as a whole safe. We keep us safe. We must organize & strategize intergenerationally. + cot'd
& the state, medical institutions, proper IDs have never kept the trans community as a whole safe. We keep us safe. We must organize & strategize intergenerationally. + cot'd
Transitional Justice: Housing for LGBTQIA+ Refugees
Transitional Justice is a grassroots organization created for the express purpose of providing refuge and support for transgender political refugees who are fleeing persecution.
www.transjustice.io
June 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Prof Max Strassfeld cotd
& the state, medical institutions, proper IDs have never kept the trans community as a whole safe. We keep us safe. We must organize & strategize intergenerationally. + cot'd
& the state, medical institutions, proper IDs have never kept the trans community as a whole safe. We keep us safe. We must organize & strategize intergenerationally. + cot'd
#NowWatching
#FilmSky
The Matrix (1999)
I watch this every couple of years, but this time, with Trump as president and ICE kidnapping people and gooning Democrat leaders, it hits a lot differently than it did just a few years ago.
#FilmSky
The Matrix (1999)
I watch this every couple of years, but this time, with Trump as president and ICE kidnapping people and gooning Democrat leaders, it hits a lot differently than it did just a few years ago.
June 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#NowWatching
#FilmSky
The Matrix (1999)
I watch this every couple of years, but this time, with Trump as president and ICE kidnapping people and gooning Democrat leaders, it hits a lot differently than it did just a few years ago.
#FilmSky
The Matrix (1999)
I watch this every couple of years, but this time, with Trump as president and ICE kidnapping people and gooning Democrat leaders, it hits a lot differently than it did just a few years ago.
Yes, I looked up “pedant” for us all, and it means bookworm.
me: pendants annoy me
him: why?
me: they think they know everything
him: I think you mean “pedants”
me: *under breath* fucking pendant
him: why?
me: they think they know everything
him: I think you mean “pedants”
me: *under breath* fucking pendant
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Yes, I looked up “pedant” for us all, and it means bookworm.
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I don't know what to say about the supreme court ruling
except that when I see trans girls get to have a girlhood, I'm besides myself with joy
and that I meet so many trans people who were made homeless as children by bigoted parents
and that trans kids deserve medical care and social acceptance
except that when I see trans girls get to have a girlhood, I'm besides myself with joy
and that I meet so many trans people who were made homeless as children by bigoted parents
and that trans kids deserve medical care and social acceptance
June 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't know what to say about the supreme court ruling
except that when I see trans girls get to have a girlhood, I'm besides myself with joy
and that I meet so many trans people who were made homeless as children by bigoted parents
and that trans kids deserve medical care and social acceptance
except that when I see trans girls get to have a girlhood, I'm besides myself with joy
and that I meet so many trans people who were made homeless as children by bigoted parents
and that trans kids deserve medical care and social acceptance
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Albany knows Cuomo sucks.
From the paper that knows him the best and had to deal with him the most.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Editorial: Don't rank Andrew Cuomo
Four years after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo resigned in disgrace, New York City's Democratic voters should look elsewhere for leadership.
www.timesunion.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Albany knows Cuomo sucks.
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I’ve never understood the protests as a way to influence Trump. I believe they’re important because they’re a way to tell each other that we’re not okay with this. They’re a way to communicate with other Americans and hopefully suppress further normalization of Trumpism in everyday life.
Mass protests might serve as a national venting session for aggrieved Americans, but they don’t change Trump's behavior.
What might is American workers standing together and showing him the power they have.
What might is American workers standing together and showing him the power they have.
Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike?
The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.
newrepublic.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’ve never understood the protests as a way to influence Trump. I believe they’re important because they’re a way to tell each other that we’re not okay with this. They’re a way to communicate with other Americans and hopefully suppress further normalization of Trumpism in everyday life.
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the thing I find profoundly depressing is that for you and me, this is it. America is most likely in the ditch for the rest of our time in this world.
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the thing I find profoundly depressing is that for you and me, this is it. America is most likely in the ditch for the rest of our time in this world.
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Anyone who doesn’t see the value of these protests is really missing the bigger picture
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Anyone who doesn’t see the value of these protests is really missing the bigger picture
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I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...
I'm A Journalist Covering The LA Protests. Here Are The Shocking Things I Witnessed Police Do.
"Because we were part of the press, bearing witness to what was happening, we initially assumed that we couldn’t possibly be the intended targets."
www.huffpost.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...
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I just can’t wrap my mind around the callousness & cruelty of our so-called representatives. This is an awful decision that will result in unnecessary deaths. 😭💔🤬
This meme has some other resources. @dansavage.bsky.social, we need to bring back “It Gets Better”. 🙏
This meme has some other resources. @dansavage.bsky.social, we need to bring back “It Gets Better”. 🙏
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I just can’t wrap my mind around the callousness & cruelty of our so-called representatives. This is an awful decision that will result in unnecessary deaths. 😭💔🤬
This meme has some other resources. @dansavage.bsky.social, we need to bring back “It Gets Better”. 🙏
This meme has some other resources. @dansavage.bsky.social, we need to bring back “It Gets Better”. 🙏
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How do you kidnap and deport millions of people? How do you meet a quota of 3,000 apprehensions a day?
Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe. Keep your loved ones close.
#MAGAKidnappers
Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe. Keep your loved ones close.
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
How do you kidnap and deport millions of people? How do you meet a quota of 3,000 apprehensions a day?
Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe. Keep your loved ones close.
#MAGAKidnappers
Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe. Keep your loved ones close.
#MAGAKidnappers
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The same people demanding you present a photo ID to vote are perfectly fine with letting you be arrested, handcuffed & thrown into a van by armed men wearing plain clothes, face masks & presenting no identification of any sort.
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The same people demanding you present a photo ID to vote are perfectly fine with letting you be arrested, handcuffed & thrown into a van by armed men wearing plain clothes, face masks & presenting no identification of any sort.
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#ProudBlue
This is so disheartening. I am pissed off as hell.
This should be a decision between the patient, parents & doctors.
I stand with all with the trans community.
This is so disheartening. I am pissed off as hell.
This should be a decision between the patient, parents & doctors.
I stand with all with the trans community.
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
The ruling is a major setback for transgender rights, with more than 20 states enacting laws similar to that of Tennessee.
www.nbcnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#ProudBlue
This is so disheartening. I am pissed off as hell.
This should be a decision between the patient, parents & doctors.
I stand with all with the trans community.
This is so disheartening. I am pissed off as hell.
This should be a decision between the patient, parents & doctors.
I stand with all with the trans community.
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While I applaud Democrats attempting to do *something,* they should not do *this* unless they're willing to walk right past off-brand Steve Bannon. Standing there helplessly, asking to enter, then getting turned away by a guy in a Hawaiian shirt is not a flex. You look impotent to voters.
In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.
June 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
While I applaud Democrats attempting to do *something,* they should not do *this* unless they're willing to walk right past off-brand Steve Bannon. Standing there helplessly, asking to enter, then getting turned away by a guy in a Hawaiian shirt is not a flex. You look impotent to voters.
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The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday via emergency C-section.
Baby weighs 1 pound, 13 ounces and is in the neonatal intensive care unit. Smith now taken off life support.
Baby weighs 1 pound, 13 ounces and is in the neonatal intensive care unit. Smith now taken off life support.
Baby of brain-dead pregnant woman kept alive under abortion law has been delivered, family says
Adriana Smith's boy was delivered via emergency cesarean section Friday, the family said. The family has said it plans to discontinue life support for the woman.
www.nbcnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday via emergency C-section.
Baby weighs 1 pound, 13 ounces and is in the neonatal intensive care unit. Smith now taken off life support.
Baby weighs 1 pound, 13 ounces and is in the neonatal intensive care unit. Smith now taken off life support.
As offensive and destructive as Trump and his dirty orcs can get. America is being destroyed financially, educationally, spiritually, creatively, and physically. MAGA are demons run loose on the planet.
EXPECT RESISTANCE!
“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
June 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As offensive and destructive as Trump and his dirty orcs can get. America is being destroyed financially, educationally, spiritually, creatively, and physically. MAGA are demons run loose on the planet.
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
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I'm a human rights lawyer. I have represented immigrants & asylum seekers my entire career.
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids
Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors
qasimrashid.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm a human rights lawyer. I have represented immigrants & asylum seekers my entire career.
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
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JFC. Even after what the Trump regime has done to LA, the state of California, both Schiff & Padilla (!!) decided to vote with Republicans to give Trump a massive gift on crypto.
Same goes for Gillibrand and NY.
Also shame on Booker, Kim & Warnock.
A disgraceful list - especially this week.
Same goes for Gillibrand and NY.
Also shame on Booker, Kim & Warnock.
A disgraceful list - especially this week.
June 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
JFC. Even after what the Trump regime has done to LA, the state of California, both Schiff & Padilla (!!) decided to vote with Republicans to give Trump a massive gift on crypto.
Same goes for Gillibrand and NY.
Also shame on Booker, Kim & Warnock.
A disgraceful list - especially this week.
Same goes for Gillibrand and NY.
Also shame on Booker, Kim & Warnock.
A disgraceful list - especially this week.
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I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.
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Buried in a Senate budget bill is a massive giveaway to corporate developers and fossil fuel companies.
It forces the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states *every 60 days* until millions of acres are gone.
It forces the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states *every 60 days* until millions of acres are gone.
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Buried in a Senate budget bill is a massive giveaway to corporate developers and fossil fuel companies.
It forces the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states *every 60 days* until millions of acres are gone.
It forces the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states *every 60 days* until millions of acres are gone.