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James Hagarty
@jameshagarty.bsky.social
Story-seeker. Idea-smith. AuDHD alchemist. Career pedestrian.

Democracy needs help.
Progressives need help.
Boys and Men need help.

Not always in that order.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims.

We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.

Never again means never again for anyone.
January 28, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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We should all be furious on behalf of this young man. Abolish ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I hope I get to meet you.
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.

But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.

The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.

Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Trump is driving the USA economy exactly the same way a 78 year-old dementia patient would be driving their Cadillac.

#25thammendment #poli #econ
April 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Forever repost this.
March 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
How to know if a news source is reliable: Look at how they handle mistakes.

Do they post a correction?
Can you easily find the correction?
Do they edit the original content, and highlight the change?

Here's a great video on why that's so important.
youtu.be/rsqhnEGIgMw?...
The Backlash Is Here: Trump Supporters Beg Right-Wing Hosts To Stop DOGE Firings
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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The next few years are going to be very hard. A reminder that it’s easy as hell to find good time friends who will drink and party with you and hard as hell to find friends who are there for the hard shit.

Please cherish the friends who show up and the friends who stay
December 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM
It boggles the mind.

What happened to these people? Like, really? What happened to make them this way?
Nationalist 13 & the Toronto Fitness Club (a TO Active Club) got together to hold a ceremony and "awarded accolades" praising themselves for a protest last month.

I have been to dozens, maybe hundreds, of protests. Never heard of them giving out participation trophies before.
December 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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The US Christian Far-Right is making inroads into Canada.

JD Vance has connections to Canada's Conservative Party via Jamil Jivani.

Jivani himself has a direct connection to Canada's Far-Right think-tank the Macdonald Laurier Institute.

MLI is pretty much Canada's Heritage Foundation.
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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I mean, I don't wish to present myself as a vision of saintly temperance. I was posting shitty subtweets 'til the day I left the former Twitter, and while I made the decision not to do that sort of thing here, I still have my occasional sharp elbow here and elsewhere. We are all a work in progress.
Also speaking only for myself, this is a struggle. I'm less prone to bring an asshole in the attempt to be clever than I once was, but I still fail at times.

As Frank Turner singd, "be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind."
Speaking for only for myself, I suspect that I had to valorize being clever for a while before it could sink in that being kind is a better way to go. I still occasionally forget, but I forget less and less as I go along.
December 11, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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Watching Star Wars and rooting for the empire because it represents law and order
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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November 30, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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We need to make Good Trouble on Monday, Jan 20th, for Trump’s inauguration. I propose volunteer work, peaceful protesting and holding community space all while participating in a complete media blackout of the inauguration.
December 8, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Our institutions don’t defend themselves, we do. Don't be distracted by Trump's chaotic appointee picks, focus because there's a long fight ahead.
December 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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There is a Black Friday sale on America this week and the billionaires are lining up at Mar-a-lago.
November 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM
There is no such thing as NORMAL, or COMMON SENSE.

There are only the stories we've learned about the world, and our place in it.

Everybody's stories are different. What matters is WHETHER we choose to believe them, WHY we believe them, and how WELL those stories are serving us.

Start listening.
November 28, 2024 at 9:19 PM