Jay Bryant
LightNews LightNews
jaybryant.bsky.social
Jay Bryant
@jaybryant.bsky.social
1.1K followers 110 following 2.6K posts
Retired writer, editor, and software developer. Very liberal fan of Bernie Sanders. Proponent of letting people make their own choices rather than letting the government tell women to not have abortions and the families of trans kids to not have treatment.
Posts Replies Media Videos
jaybryant.bsky.social
All it did to me was make me angry. Keep resisting their lies!

#propaganda #resist
If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction, remember that a trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn't work on you.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
I've been saying this for decades: Making a livable society would greatly reduce crime, because desperation breeds crime.

#crime #empathy
You know what would be really "tough on crime"? Living wages, fully funded schools, affordable housing, universal healthcare, and maybe a little empathy for those in need.
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Wanna see a prime example of #enshittification? Look no further than this shit. I have used Pandora off an on for years. I’ve been using it more lately, so I thought, “OK. I’ll subscribe.” To subscribe to the Premium level, no problem. I can pay $10.99 a month and off I go. (I added the red box.)
An image of Pandora's Plus $4.99 a month tier of service, featuring its supposed benefits. The important part is at the bottom, where it says, "Unblock by viewing an ad." The stupid, greedy fucks demand I watch an ad before they'll take my money. That's not going to happen.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Dems caving on health care is another fine example of the Ratchet Effect. Don't forget that both parties work for the billionaires. Along with the Rs, we have to remove the corporate/conservative Ds to remake this nation.

#RatchetEffect #HealthCare #Democrats
The Ratchet Effect: How you are being duped by the fake two-party system. Democrats block movement back to the left. Republicans turn everything to the right.
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
I remember when we had a #government that hadn't been destroyed by a bunch of billionaire nihilists.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
A lifelong habit of never letting things get better in this nation. He is one of the many living embodiments of the ratchet effect.
An image of The Ratchet Effect. The Ratchet Effect: How you are being duped by the fake two-party system. Republicans turn everything to the right. Democrats block movement to the left.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Gingers! I love 'em. My Oscar kitty was a ginger and my roomy for 17 years. He passed 2.5 years ago. Here he is.
My now deceased feline roomy, sitting on my laptop. He was a wonderful cat.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
The ratchet effect is very real. Here's one of umpteen examples. It's time to break through the "moderate" resistance and have a truly progressive movement.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#Humor #Halloween
An image of one witch consoling another witch. First witch: Agatha, what's wrong? Agatha: The doctor said i can't have kids. First witch: Now, now-food allergies aren't the end of the world.
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
jaybryant.bsky.social
By not standing up for progressive ideas and values, the moderate Ds led us here.
An image of a ratchet being blocked from going left. The text reads: The Ratchet Effect How you are being duped by by the fake two-party system. Democrats block movement back to the left. Republicans turn everything to the right.
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
A smiling native American woman in traditional dress giving the finger to the camera over a caption that reads, "Fuck Christopher Columbus."
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
A smiling native American woman in traditional dress giving the finger to the camera over a caption that reads, "Fuck Christopher Columbus."
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#Antifa #Constitution
An image showing a message from Progressive Resistance Media on an unknown platform, it reads, "FUN FACT: Antifa's manifest is The United States Constitution"
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#Trump
A parody of a Chef Boyardee label showing Trump as a chef with a label of Chef Boyarewe Fucked.
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Heyo, Blue. Good name. 🙂

Here are Daphne (near) and Velma (far), pro-democracy kitties recharging for the fight.
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Here are Daphne (on the right) and Velma (on the left) napping on their favorite old blanket on my bed. 🙂
An image of my two cats: Velma (on the left) and Daphne (on the right) napping on their favorite old blanket on my bed.
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
I said 20 years ago that we needed to transition to a post-growth economy and corresponding social structure. I guess we're not going to do it gently.

I've seen it described as mining the foundations to put on fancy facades.

#Capitalism #USA #PostGrowth
An image showing the following quotation from Chris Hedges: "The final stages of capitalism, Karl Maгx predicted, would be marked by global capital being unable to expand and generate profits at former levels. Capitalists would begin to consume the government along with the physical and social structures that sustained them. Democracy, social welfare, electoral participation, the common good and investment in public transportation, roads, bridges, utilities, industry, education, ecosystem protection and health care would be sacrificed to feed the mania for short-term profit. These assaults would destroy the host."
September 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#humor

I wish I had done it when I was working. 🙂
A white on black image with text that reads: "I just replaced the can of air freshener in the office bathroom with an air horn and now we wait."
August 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#Gaza #Genocide

I realized what they were going to do on 9 October 2023, when the Israeli defense minister said they planned to lay siege to Gaza. I knew then they were going to starve an entire city that contains more than a million children. The Israelis have created a new Warsaw ghetto.
An image of a post on X by Rania Khalek that reads: In addition to mutilated bodies, our feeds are now full of Palestinians in Gaza with hollow faces and protruding ribs bc they are being intentionally starved to death. The uncivilized barbarians behind the Gaza holocaust have normalized perpetual live-streamed genocide. Anyone who is still on the fence is an idiot or a genocidal creep.
July 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#GOP #MAGA #Republican #Truth
An image that says, "Give a republican a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a republican to fish and he'll steal your rod, take your wallet, sexually assault the fish, and then blame Biden."
July 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#AI is yet another tool being made by the billionaires to make themselves richer and the rest of us poorer.
An image that says (along with some other non-crucial words): The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
July 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Hmmmm. What could it be about? Could it be about Making America White Again (though it never was in the first place)? About hating brown people?

#ICE #Immigration #Racism #Lies
An image that reads: If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes. If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working. If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way". If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals. If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution. If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border. If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy. And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.
July 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
That's Velma in front and Daphne in the rear, enjoying morning sunbeams after morning noms. 🙂
A picture of my cats enjoying sunbeams after enjoying their breakfast. Velma (who is a bit chubby) is in front, and Daphne is in back. Both are grey tabbies.
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
#cats #NoKings
A tortoiseshell cat with a sign that reads, "Cats against fascists. No kings."
June 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
jaybryant.bsky.social
Remember to share images of Mr. Obama, to troll the troll in the People's House.

#Obama #NoKings
An image of President Obama with words that read: "President Barack Obama Day. June 14th"
June 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM