Jeff
@jeff-in-va.bsky.social
Reared in Chicago.
PhD in Champaign-Urbana.
Rockets in Utah.
Traffic in DC.
Retired in the Blue Ridge foothills.
Pro-Democracy, Pro-Science, Pro-Reason
Fan of Bayes’ Theorem
PhD in Champaign-Urbana.
Rockets in Utah.
Traffic in DC.
Retired in the Blue Ridge foothills.
Pro-Democracy, Pro-Science, Pro-Reason
Fan of Bayes’ Theorem
When it comes to pies, sweet tater >>>>>> punkin
Fact
Fact
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When it comes to pies, sweet tater >>>>>> punkin
Fact
Fact
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🧵 from @nicejewishgirlinnyc
THE REAL STORY OF THE WAR OF 1948
(It actually started in 1947)
People throw slogans at 1948.
Here’s the timeline — without myths, without PR, and without selective memory.
THE REAL STORY OF THE WAR OF 1948
(It actually started in 1947)
People throw slogans at 1948.
Here’s the timeline — without myths, without PR, and without selective memory.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🧵 from @nicejewishgirlinnyc
THE REAL STORY OF THE WAR OF 1948
(It actually started in 1947)
People throw slogans at 1948.
Here’s the timeline — without myths, without PR, and without selective memory.
THE REAL STORY OF THE WAR OF 1948
(It actually started in 1947)
People throw slogans at 1948.
Here’s the timeline — without myths, without PR, and without selective memory.
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Question ⁉️🤔
Is Kash Patel's inexperienced facial expressions that of a reliable human being?🤣
Is Kash Patel's inexperienced facial expressions that of a reliable human being?🤣
Is Kash Patel a reliable source? Really?
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Question ⁉️🤔
Is Kash Patel's inexperienced facial expressions that of a reliable human being?🤣
Is Kash Patel's inexperienced facial expressions that of a reliable human being?🤣
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
Biden experienced post-COVID supply chain shocks and steered us to the best economy on earth.
Trump torched that economy with tariffs and other unforced errors.
But yeah…both sides are exactly the same. 😑
Trump torched that economy with tariffs and other unforced errors.
But yeah…both sides are exactly the same. 😑
Trump faces same reality as Biden: Americans despise higher prices — Reuters
President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden's term, but he is now facing the same hard reality that dogged his predecessor: Once prices ris...
stocks.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Biden experienced post-COVID supply chain shocks and steered us to the best economy on earth.
Trump torched that economy with tariffs and other unforced errors.
But yeah…both sides are exactly the same. 😑
Trump torched that economy with tariffs and other unforced errors.
But yeah…both sides are exactly the same. 😑
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
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Re the latest on Epstein, etc.: A lot of people snorted at us, when we talked about character, and its importance in high office, as in life. "Moral preening!" they cried. Bullshit. If character is not "destiny," it is still crucial, as we see every day, unto forever.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Re the latest on Epstein, etc.: A lot of people snorted at us, when we talked about character, and its importance in high office, as in life. "Moral preening!" they cried. Bullshit. If character is not "destiny," it is still crucial, as we see every day, unto forever.
Predicted illegal military actions and an end to intel sharing after the 2024 election. Big factor in my decision to retire.
BREAKING: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, saying it won’t be complicit in strikes it believes are illegal-CNN
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Predicted illegal military actions and an end to intel sharing after the 2024 election. Big factor in my decision to retire.
Small comfort, but if there's a silver lining, it's that the pro-democracy coalition will be motivated at the midterms.
Sad that the pro-democracy crowd doesn't include these 8 Dem senators and Schumer. But those sheeps and goats -- they just keep sorting themselves.
Sad that the pro-democracy crowd doesn't include these 8 Dem senators and Schumer. But those sheeps and goats -- they just keep sorting themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Small comfort, but if there's a silver lining, it's that the pro-democracy coalition will be motivated at the midterms.
Sad that the pro-democracy crowd doesn't include these 8 Dem senators and Schumer. But those sheeps and goats -- they just keep sorting themselves.
Sad that the pro-democracy crowd doesn't include these 8 Dem senators and Schumer. But those sheeps and goats -- they just keep sorting themselves.
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The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
Dems should be seizing on this obvious 1st amendment violation. The Godless Republicans are denying prayer in public areas OUTSIDE a federal facility.
Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Dems should be seizing on this obvious 1st amendment violation. The Godless Republicans are denying prayer in public areas OUTSIDE a federal facility.
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Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Schumer snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again. 😑
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Schumer snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again. 😑
He’s *this* close to proposing universal basic income.😳
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
He’s *this* close to proposing universal basic income.😳
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This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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actual communism
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
actual communism
Across the mountain from me. Deep red went…blue
Waynesboro, which voted three times for Trump, went blue in 2025
Waynesboro went blue in Tuesday’s elections; last time we saw the city vote for the Democratic Party nominee in a gubernatorial election was back in 1985.
augustafreepress.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Across the mountain from me. Deep red went…blue
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
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Conservatives come in many flavors. The American conservative, traditionally speaking, seeks to conserve the principles and ideals of the American founding. For @renewdemocracy.bsky.social's Next Move, I have written an essay on this touchy, important subject.
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
American Conservatism and Liberal Democracy
Why one thing goes with the other.
www.thenextmove.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conservatives come in many flavors. The American conservative, traditionally speaking, seeks to conserve the principles and ideals of the American founding. For @renewdemocracy.bsky.social's Next Move, I have written an essay on this touchy, important subject.
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
Yeah, but a good time to buy ketchup stocks. Demand is soaring.
You absolutely would not want to be, or be anywhere near, any bottle of ketchup in what remains of the White House today.
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yeah, but a good time to buy ketchup stocks. Demand is soaring.
Seems pretty obvious. Don’t be fascist.
Republicans look for lessons in an election dominated by Democratic wins.
Republicans look for lessons in an election dominated by Democratic wins
Democrats were riding high after their election victories, while Republicans were brushing aside off-year races as aberrations that aren't predictive of the 2026 midterms.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Seems pretty obvious. Don’t be fascist.
Help fill the SNAP Gap. Research shows that the most effective way to help those in need is to give them money. No conditions. No strings. No workfare. Just give them money.
Due to the U.S. gov't shutdown, SNAP food benefits will stop for millions starting on Saturday with no clear restart date. You can help: GiveDirectly.org/snap
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Help fill the SNAP Gap. Research shows that the most effective way to help those in need is to give them money. No conditions. No strings. No workfare. Just give them money.
Wow. Did a lot of work with ONR in my day. China loves this move. Plays right into their hands.
@cheetah.bsky.social has some breaking news in Press Pass: Rear Admiral Kurt Rothenhaus was recently removed from his post as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and replaced with a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wow. Did a lot of work with ONR in my day. China loves this move. Plays right into their hands.