Jerome
@jbackmeyer.bsky.social
"Survivalist" (broke ass peasant making due)
Former Plant Geneticist and Husband (yeah, neither of those worked out)
On Nehinaw & Dene land (praying for Nehinaw & Dene governance)
Rapture Critical
Borte Ujin stan
Former Plant Geneticist and Husband (yeah, neither of those worked out)
On Nehinaw & Dene land (praying for Nehinaw & Dene governance)
Rapture Critical
Borte Ujin stan
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It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
Giant YTD drops in Chicago for basically all crimes.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
August 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
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The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
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I strongly think more people need to be writing about the culture shift toward anti-autonomy and anti-humanism and how that plays out in the entwined cultures of technology, fascism, and the religious right, but also its cultivation in popular culture more broadly
A good essay would put this next to evangelical Christianity which suggests freedom is making yourself a “slave to god” - outsourcing all decisions to your pastor
Life is a continuous series of burdensome choices. True freedom comes when you give yourself over to the algorithm.
August 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I strongly think more people need to be writing about the culture shift toward anti-autonomy and anti-humanism and how that plays out in the entwined cultures of technology, fascism, and the religious right, but also its cultivation in popular culture more broadly
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People keep asking me what Land Back looks like. Imma hold this up as a great example.
The Miccosukee Tribe helped stop Alligator Alcatraz, being constructed on their land!
Late yesterday, a federal judge ruled Miccosukee citizens must be able to “access to the site consistent with the access they enjoyed before the erection of the detention camp.”
thehill.com/regulation/c...
Late yesterday, a federal judge ruled Miccosukee citizens must be able to “access to the site consistent with the access they enjoyed before the erection of the detention camp.”
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
People keep asking me what Land Back looks like. Imma hold this up as a great example.
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Remember how they kept telling us Chinese companies have to be banned because maybe someday China could use a law to access our data? Well here it is now, but from the biggest threat to Canadian sovereignty.
I expect prompt government action. (Yeah right.)
I expect prompt government action. (Yeah right.)
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Remember how they kept telling us Chinese companies have to be banned because maybe someday China could use a law to access our data? Well here it is now, but from the biggest threat to Canadian sovereignty.
I expect prompt government action. (Yeah right.)
I expect prompt government action. (Yeah right.)
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can we resist the urge to explain fascism to someone also being crushed alongside us
August 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
can we resist the urge to explain fascism to someone also being crushed alongside us
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HAM radio clubs should be more popular. It’s really interesting being able to build your own Yagi or parabolic antenna for directional communication or increasing your WiFi signal. It’s like the cans-on-strings phone, but electrical…
pilotinstitute.com/drone-jammers/
pilotinstitute.com/drone-jammers/
Drone Jammers: How They Work, Why They Exist, and Are They Legal? - Pilot Institute
Note: This article does not provide legal advice. Please retain an attorney to check all of this information. In general, drone jammers are not legal to use. It’s not a secret that not everyone is ecs...
pilotinstitute.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
HAM radio clubs should be more popular. It’s really interesting being able to build your own Yagi or parabolic antenna for directional communication or increasing your WiFi signal. It’s like the cans-on-strings phone, but electrical…
pilotinstitute.com/drone-jammers/
pilotinstitute.com/drone-jammers/
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Today for the giving circle, we highlight my beloved friend, H, who's a young dad of two toddlers. He texted recently to ask for prayers for his family—"we will wait for death."
Don't let them wait for death. Give, then act. 0/2500 by next Saturday: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Don't let them wait for death. Give, then act. 0/2500 by next Saturday: chuffed.org/project/hope...
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today for the giving circle, we highlight my beloved friend, H, who's a young dad of two toddlers. He texted recently to ask for prayers for his family—"we will wait for death."
Don't let them wait for death. Give, then act. 0/2500 by next Saturday: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Don't let them wait for death. Give, then act. 0/2500 by next Saturday: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
Politics may have spurred August purge of 5 veteran FBI agents
Details are emerging about the possible motivation behind the firing of five senior FBI agents.
www.cbsnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
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My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
Do not accept the premise that education is to blame for abysmal jobs outcomes.
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
August 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
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Hi everyone. Can we get more eyes on my friend’s fundraiser? He really needs help supporting his family. Donate today if you’re able to. Please share widely. chuffed.org/project/1427...
Help Mahdi Rebuild His Life and Achieve His Dreams
Mahdi, a university student who was studying nursing before the war broke out, witnessed and lived through the genocide He lost many relatives and friends, and his studies were interrupted after his u...
chuffed.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hi everyone. Can we get more eyes on my friend’s fundraiser? He really needs help supporting his family. Donate today if you’re able to. Please share widely. chuffed.org/project/1427...
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Americans can do their thing in their own country, but we should isolate their discourses and politics to their dysfunctional country, just as we should work to push their tech companies out of our jurisdictions too.
August 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Americans can do their thing in their own country, but we should isolate their discourses and politics to their dysfunctional country, just as we should work to push their tech companies out of our jurisdictions too.
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Did you know there are now over 460,000 scientific studies warning about the harms of COVID?
bsky.app/profile/gayf...
bsky.app/profile/gayf...
“LitCovid is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 462,050 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily & are further categorized by different research topics (e.g. transmission)…”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Did you know there are now over 460,000 scientific studies warning about the harms of COVID?
bsky.app/profile/gayf...
bsky.app/profile/gayf...
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Biden State Dept Spokesman Matthew Miller tells Channel 13 Netanyahu/🇮🇱 sabotaged ceasefire & hostage deals — the opposite of what he said from the podium for years.
He says Netanyahu told him this war will be going on for “decades”
Full: x.com/dropsitenews...
He says Netanyahu told him this war will be going on for “decades”
Full: x.com/dropsitenews...
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Biden State Dept Spokesman Matthew Miller tells Channel 13 Netanyahu/🇮🇱 sabotaged ceasefire & hostage deals — the opposite of what he said from the podium for years.
He says Netanyahu told him this war will be going on for “decades”
Full: x.com/dropsitenews...
He says Netanyahu told him this war will be going on for “decades”
Full: x.com/dropsitenews...
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Oh look, in the five years to July, UK food prices increased by around 37%, compared with a rise of 4.4% over the previous five-year period.
#collapse
#collapse
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Oh look, in the five years to July, UK food prices increased by around 37%, compared with a rise of 4.4% over the previous five-year period.
#collapse
#collapse
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The harsh truth: trade doesn’t stop because we win. It stops because there’s nothing left to sell. Extinction is the final enforcement.
4/4
4/4
August 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The harsh truth: trade doesn’t stop because we win. It stops because there’s nothing left to sell. Extinction is the final enforcement.
4/4
4/4
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The war on trafficking is over. The war on trafficking was always in part a war on immigrants. Now that’s all it is.
July 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The war on trafficking is over. The war on trafficking was always in part a war on immigrants. Now that’s all it is.
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"It’s been horrifying to watch them take trees above the prescribed size that we cannot grow back...The project did nothing to make the forest more resilient...In reality, this was a commercial logging operation sanctioned as a ‘forest resiliency’ project.'” 🌏 nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/07/t...
Tahoe homeowner ‘blindsided’ by settlement with NV Energy • Nevada Current
Lake Tahoe resident Dr. Staci Baker is regretting her decision to enter into a settlement with NV Energy, which cleared trees and vegetation from her mountain property in 2022 without notice or permis...
nevadacurrent.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"It’s been horrifying to watch them take trees above the prescribed size that we cannot grow back...The project did nothing to make the forest more resilient...In reality, this was a commercial logging operation sanctioned as a ‘forest resiliency’ project.'” 🌏 nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/07/t...
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Look carefully at the bottom of the picture.
👀
The NHS is advertising for "corridor nurses".
🤬
👀
The NHS is advertising for "corridor nurses".
🤬
January 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Look carefully at the bottom of the picture.
👀
The NHS is advertising for "corridor nurses".
🤬
👀
The NHS is advertising for "corridor nurses".
🤬
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more and more people will just be houseless in a endless cycle of bulldozed or confiscated tents, and jail and illness. what they will be forced to do to survive?
people will get sick of having to see any evidence of who we’ve left behind. where will people have to go? will we just let them die?
people will get sick of having to see any evidence of who we’ve left behind. where will people have to go? will we just let them die?
Without insurance only the ultra wealthy will survive disasters. As more places become uninsurable in the US, ever more people will be forced into poverty after each hurricane season, wildfire season, tornado season, etc.
"Insurance is the canary in the coal mine with regard to the climate crisis, and the canary is expiring" - Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
www.levernews.com/the-l-a-fire...
www.levernews.com/the-l-a-fire...
January 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
more and more people will just be houseless in a endless cycle of bulldozed or confiscated tents, and jail and illness. what they will be forced to do to survive?
people will get sick of having to see any evidence of who we’ve left behind. where will people have to go? will we just let them die?
people will get sick of having to see any evidence of who we’ve left behind. where will people have to go? will we just let them die?
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"While there will always be individuals who pose a significant threat to society, the over-incarceration of non-violent offenders in costly institutions is neither sustainable nor justifiable."
It's still reforms & not abolition, but for Forbes, I'll take it
www.forbes.com/sites/walter...
It's still reforms & not abolition, but for Forbes, I'll take it
www.forbes.com/sites/walter...
Prisons Across Country Face Challenge Of Finding Workers
Even before COVID, prisons across the country were struggling to fill open positions. However, agencies like the BOP have reached a tipping point.
www.forbes.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"While there will always be individuals who pose a significant threat to society, the over-incarceration of non-violent offenders in costly institutions is neither sustainable nor justifiable."
It's still reforms & not abolition, but for Forbes, I'll take it
www.forbes.com/sites/walter...
It's still reforms & not abolition, but for Forbes, I'll take it
www.forbes.com/sites/walter...
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Ilham and her mom are living in the remains of their house. everything inside was burned and destroyed - freezing water and wind get in
she has been vetted so you can trust that your donation is reaching a real young woman who still dreams of a better future
www.gofundme.com/f/help-elham...
she has been vetted so you can trust that your donation is reaching a real young woman who still dreams of a better future
www.gofundme.com/f/help-elham...
January 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ilham and her mom are living in the remains of their house. everything inside was burned and destroyed - freezing water and wind get in
she has been vetted so you can trust that your donation is reaching a real young woman who still dreams of a better future
www.gofundme.com/f/help-elham...
she has been vetted so you can trust that your donation is reaching a real young woman who still dreams of a better future
www.gofundme.com/f/help-elham...
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People always laugh when my book cover gets censored on here. The fact that it is is inextrocably linked to the war on sex workers, which started with Back Page.
December 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM
People always laugh when my book cover gets censored on here. The fact that it is is inextrocably linked to the war on sex workers, which started with Back Page.
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Evergreen
A war on any woman is a war on all women
December 24, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Evergreen