Jonathan David
@jayonathan.bsky.social
Aging like whisky: alone in the dark. There is no greater calamity than not knowing what is enough.
If I steal something from you, sell it to someone else, and they give it to their child, who owns it?
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If I steal something from you, sell it to someone else, and they give it to their child, who owns it?
A busload of white hockey players died by accident and we wept openly, held vigils, and raised 15 million in support. Meanwhile we spent 100+ years shovelling indigenous children into church prisons disguised as schools and the best we can do is say oops sorry but no you can't have your land back.
October 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A busload of white hockey players died by accident and we wept openly, held vigils, and raised 15 million in support. Meanwhile we spent 100+ years shovelling indigenous children into church prisons disguised as schools and the best we can do is say oops sorry but no you can't have your land back.
"If there are 10 bigots & you're cool with them, there are 11 bigots."
This this this this this. There is no halfway with prejudice. If we aren't standing up, we're lying down. The loudest voices for prejudice count on the rest of us staying quiet. Peace is not the same as quiet. Be loud.
This this this this this. There is no halfway with prejudice. If we aren't standing up, we're lying down. The loudest voices for prejudice count on the rest of us staying quiet. Peace is not the same as quiet. Be loud.
Btw, if you’re still going to a church this morning that embraced Charlie Kirk’s ideas, at a certain point that means you do too.
If there are 10 bigots & you’re cool with them, there are 11 bigots.
Stop saying you’re “trying to change it from the inside” when you’re just scared to say you agree.
If there are 10 bigots & you’re cool with them, there are 11 bigots.
Stop saying you’re “trying to change it from the inside” when you’re just scared to say you agree.
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"If there are 10 bigots & you're cool with them, there are 11 bigots."
This this this this this. There is no halfway with prejudice. If we aren't standing up, we're lying down. The loudest voices for prejudice count on the rest of us staying quiet. Peace is not the same as quiet. Be loud.
This this this this this. There is no halfway with prejudice. If we aren't standing up, we're lying down. The loudest voices for prejudice count on the rest of us staying quiet. Peace is not the same as quiet. Be loud.
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Compromise is what you do when deciding what restaurant to eat at, not when it comes to choosing leaders that will fight for the most vulnerable.
I will not compromise when it comes to the lives of trans people, homeless folks, and the like.
Don’t ask me why I won’t settle. Ask why you will.
I will not compromise when it comes to the lives of trans people, homeless folks, and the like.
Don’t ask me why I won’t settle. Ask why you will.
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Compromise is what you do when deciding what restaurant to eat at, not when it comes to choosing leaders that will fight for the most vulnerable.
I will not compromise when it comes to the lives of trans people, homeless folks, and the like.
Don’t ask me why I won’t settle. Ask why you will.
I will not compromise when it comes to the lives of trans people, homeless folks, and the like.
Don’t ask me why I won’t settle. Ask why you will.
This.
Growing up is realizing that being a billionaire is the moral failure they told you being homeless was.
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This.
"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted...all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted." @ericidle.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted...all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted." @ericidle.bsky.social
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."
July 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."
Juneteenth tells us more about America than any of its founding documents. 160 years after "emancipation" Adriana Smith was forcibly used as an incubator by the state, then thrown away. America is braindead. Should we keep it on life support to see what comes out, or should we let it die?
June 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Juneteenth tells us more about America than any of its founding documents. 160 years after "emancipation" Adriana Smith was forcibly used as an incubator by the state, then thrown away. America is braindead. Should we keep it on life support to see what comes out, or should we let it die?
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Nine minutes, now five years removed.
George Floyd should still be here. But America.
People should have learned a lesson. But America.
I shouldn’t be crying typing this on a Sunday. But America.
400 years summarized in nine minutes. Because America.
Rest in Peace, brother George.
George Floyd should still be here. But America.
People should have learned a lesson. But America.
I shouldn’t be crying typing this on a Sunday. But America.
400 years summarized in nine minutes. Because America.
Rest in Peace, brother George.
May 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Nine minutes, now five years removed.
George Floyd should still be here. But America.
People should have learned a lesson. But America.
I shouldn’t be crying typing this on a Sunday. But America.
400 years summarized in nine minutes. Because America.
Rest in Peace, brother George.
George Floyd should still be here. But America.
People should have learned a lesson. But America.
I shouldn’t be crying typing this on a Sunday. But America.
400 years summarized in nine minutes. Because America.
Rest in Peace, brother George.
Sinners is everything and everybody knows it. Beautiful and ugly, tender and sexy, reverent and outlaw, homage and original. Watch out Hollywood vampires, the sun is rising.
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sinners is everything and everybody knows it. Beautiful and ugly, tender and sexy, reverent and outlaw, homage and original. Watch out Hollywood vampires, the sun is rising.
In the midst of grieving for and with the Filipino community of Vancouver, can we, their neighbours, take a moment to appreciate what it says about them that they did not immediately tear the suspect to pieces?
April 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In the midst of grieving for and with the Filipino community of Vancouver, can we, their neighbours, take a moment to appreciate what it says about them that they did not immediately tear the suspect to pieces?
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If my numbers are correct,
More people with the name Russell Brand have been arrested this year for sex crimes than trans people.
More people with the name Russell Brand have been arrested this year for sex crimes than trans people.
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If my numbers are correct,
More people with the name Russell Brand have been arrested this year for sex crimes than trans people.
More people with the name Russell Brand have been arrested this year for sex crimes than trans people.
Weekend At Bernie's except it's American democracy.
March 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Weekend At Bernie's except it's American democracy.
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
Black history is more than just the history of Black people: it includes what we've redacted from white history. If you only know the abuser's story, not the survivor's, then you don't know a damned thing.
February 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Black history is more than just the history of Black people: it includes what we've redacted from white history. If you only know the abuser's story, not the survivor's, then you don't know a damned thing.
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A white man told me once that if Black people wanted to be treated better, we needed to “have better culture.”
When Black people experienced oppression, we created Jazz. When white people didn’t get their way one time, they stormed the Capitol.
Sit this one out, champ.
Happy Black History Month.
When Black people experienced oppression, we created Jazz. When white people didn’t get their way one time, they stormed the Capitol.
Sit this one out, champ.
Happy Black History Month.
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A white man told me once that if Black people wanted to be treated better, we needed to “have better culture.”
When Black people experienced oppression, we created Jazz. When white people didn’t get their way one time, they stormed the Capitol.
Sit this one out, champ.
Happy Black History Month.
When Black people experienced oppression, we created Jazz. When white people didn’t get their way one time, they stormed the Capitol.
Sit this one out, champ.
Happy Black History Month.
@oclcglobal.bsky.social please update Dewey Decimal Classification to list home ownership guides under fantasy literature.
January 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@oclcglobal.bsky.social please update Dewey Decimal Classification to list home ownership guides under fantasy literature.
Instead of posting a big long diatribe about #generativeAI, I'll just repeat what my friend said the other day: it's clipart 2.0.
January 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Instead of posting a big long diatribe about #generativeAI, I'll just repeat what my friend said the other day: it's clipart 2.0.
Faith in humanity is not the same as faith in all humans.
January 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Faith in humanity is not the same as faith in all humans.