Jeff Martin
@jeffreyjohnmartin.bsky.social
F1, where F stands for farm.
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 AM
F1, where F stands for farm.
On the Alpaca farm near Hamilton.
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
On the Alpaca farm near Hamilton.
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OPINION: Last month, UNESCO designated Italian cuisine part of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage.”
But behind this evident soft power win also lies a political agenda.
But behind this evident soft power win also lies a political agenda.
How the Italian right is weaponizing food
While the country’s cuisine certainly merits recognition, it shouldn’t become an unwitting participant in an ideological agenda that runs counter to its spirit.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
OPINION: Last month, UNESCO designated Italian cuisine part of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage.”
But behind this evident soft power win also lies a political agenda.
But behind this evident soft power win also lies a political agenda.
Inbox: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization following Congress pulling its federal funding
January 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“The women voting solely on abortion make me crazy,” (Jennifer) Ziemba said. “I’d gladly give up my abortion rights and my daughter’s for my son not to have to go to war. We’ll have peace with Trump.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Strange as it sounds, there does appear to be a valid point here: People who desire censorship will often start with undesirable groups than work their way towards the mainstream.
This has been a time-tested pattern and should be understood clearly.
This has been a time-tested pattern and should be understood clearly.
After Wikipedia lost their legal challenge, a case by 4Chan, Kiwi Farms, Gab is ironically the one thing that could prevent the UK government from mass censoring LGBTQ ppl off the internet. Here's why u should support them winning the suit (I say this as someone who's been a target of KF for years)
The Websites Everyone Hates Might Save the Internet
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Strange as it sounds, there does appear to be a valid point here: People who desire censorship will often start with undesirable groups than work their way towards the mainstream.
This has been a time-tested pattern and should be understood clearly.
This has been a time-tested pattern and should be understood clearly.
The faked his death and took the payment from the Russians. Genius.
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The faked his death and took the payment from the Russians. Genius.
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DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
I've been looking into online payments and came up with this art project addressing economic rent in payment systems. Additional explanation follows.
extraction.carrd.co
extraction.carrd.co
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I've been looking into online payments and came up with this art project addressing economic rent in payment systems. Additional explanation follows.
extraction.carrd.co
extraction.carrd.co
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LA/NYC need to book these artists who are ditching the "Trump Kennedy Center" at special venue concerts to help them out. Some of these artists don't make a lot of money annually and the performances they're canceling is a huge percentage of their income. They shouldn't lose that for standing up.
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
LA/NYC need to book these artists who are ditching the "Trump Kennedy Center" at special venue concerts to help them out. Some of these artists don't make a lot of money annually and the performances they're canceling is a huge percentage of their income. They shouldn't lose that for standing up.
Regarding immigrants trying to change the US:
The immigrants are demanding the US change to what was promised to them.
The immigrants are demanding the US change to what was promised to them.
January 1, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Regarding immigrants trying to change the US:
The immigrants are demanding the US change to what was promised to them.
The immigrants are demanding the US change to what was promised to them.
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Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Reminds me of that time I needed emergency appendectomy & I was on morphine & the hospital billing guy came to my room to ask me to pay the copay upfront
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
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Demand that your important mail be hand-canceled on the date you mail it. Beat them at their voter suppression game!
USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/31/r...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/31/r...
USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Demand that your important mail be hand-canceled on the date you mail it. Beat them at their voter suppression game!
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The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are lots of limitations on selling a share of a company with implied promises of making you money, but almost no limits of selling a product with implied promises.
December 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
There are lots of limitations on selling a share of a company with implied promises of making you money, but almost no limits of selling a product with implied promises.
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U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with Trump administration’s mass deportation goals, The Associated Press has learned.
Source - Stars and Stripes
www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
Source - Stars and Stripes
www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
Army Reserve lawyer fired from immigration bench after defying deportation push
www.stripes.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Russia is a terrorist state and anyone who supports this or praises Putin is reprehensible
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The internalized concept of human rights is not for our friends. A commitment to recognizing human rights for all people is for the people we don't like, our former friends, the people we find gross, stupid, or disgusting, and the people we see as less than human.
December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The internalized concept of human rights is not for our friends. A commitment to recognizing human rights for all people is for the people we don't like, our former friends, the people we find gross, stupid, or disgusting, and the people we see as less than human.
There can be no constructive or helpful discussion of medical policy or protocol around trans issues within an anti-trans people environment.
Human rights first.
Human rights first.
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There can be no constructive or helpful discussion of medical policy or protocol around trans issues within an anti-trans people environment.
Human rights first.
Human rights first.
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White people cannot sustain the US military on their own.
Hegseth is essentially killing the US military from the inside like a virus.
And the rest of the world is licking their collective chops.
Hegseth is essentially killing the US military from the inside like a virus.
And the rest of the world is licking their collective chops.
With his ban on military shaving waivers, Pete Hegseth knows damn well who he’s pushing out: Black troops.
If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid
Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.
www.motherjones.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
White people cannot sustain the US military on their own.
Hegseth is essentially killing the US military from the inside like a virus.
And the rest of the world is licking their collective chops.
Hegseth is essentially killing the US military from the inside like a virus.
And the rest of the world is licking their collective chops.