JRJ
@jensa98.bsky.social
5th generation Texan; Community volunteer; Married to Santa;
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I didn’t know quite how bad the firings of senior female staff were in the U.S. military. Then I read this article. Informative. Chilling. Mordant.
A special Daily with a remembrance of my mother in the PS at the end on what would have been her 91st birthday:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
www.theatlantic.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I didn’t know quite how bad the firings of senior female staff were in the U.S. military. Then I read this article. Informative. Chilling. Mordant.
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So *go to the library now*.
This is not an answer to "I don't wanna pay for a periodical." It's the *solution* to not paying for a periodical.
This is not an answer to "I don't wanna pay for a periodical." It's the *solution* to not paying for a periodical.
No, but we would go to the library and read the periodicals on hand.
July 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So *go to the library now*.
This is not an answer to "I don't wanna pay for a periodical." It's the *solution* to not paying for a periodical.
This is not an answer to "I don't wanna pay for a periodical." It's the *solution* to not paying for a periodical.
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There are many quality outlets that provide free news. I grant that crap is always free, but you can be informed easily enough without spending money.
The subscriber-only paywall model drives so many casual readers away from real journalism and toward always-free right-wing nonsense.
I have paid subscriptions to 3-5 papers, but I will admit to sharing my logins with MAGA-leaning but curious family members. Converted a few.
I have paid subscriptions to 3-5 papers, but I will admit to sharing my logins with MAGA-leaning but curious family members. Converted a few.
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
There are many quality outlets that provide free news. I grant that crap is always free, but you can be informed easily enough without spending money.
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Oh yes
Bitd, NYC newstand operators had an eagle eye on the wares. You could look at the newspaper - without touching it - long enough to glance the major headlines but that was it. If your hand touched in any way other than with intent to purchase, they were ON you.
July 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oh yes
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So…in 2011 the Justice Department confessed error to the Supreme Court that it had misrepresented the factual basis underlying the rationale presented to the Court to justify Japanese internment. As in, that is the official position of the U.S. government. Are they going to retract that, too?
The regime has posted signs at Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, asking visitors to report "negative" historical interpretations. Hard to imagine a positive interpretation but it's probably just an excuse to shut down the park.
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.
"It sends a pretty clear message that your story is not welcome here."
www.sfgate.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
So…in 2011 the Justice Department confessed error to the Supreme Court that it had misrepresented the factual basis underlying the rationale presented to the Court to justify Japanese internment. As in, that is the official position of the U.S. government. Are they going to retract that, too?
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A gentle reminder:
I don’t watch FOX News
for the same reason
I don’t eat out of the toilet.
More than 11 million
NO KINGS protestors
and FOX lies again.
Sad…
I don’t watch FOX News
for the same reason
I don’t eat out of the toilet.
More than 11 million
NO KINGS protestors
and FOX lies again.
Sad…
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A gentle reminder:
I don’t watch FOX News
for the same reason
I don’t eat out of the toilet.
More than 11 million
NO KINGS protestors
and FOX lies again.
Sad…
I don’t watch FOX News
for the same reason
I don’t eat out of the toilet.
More than 11 million
NO KINGS protestors
and FOX lies again.
Sad…
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A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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May 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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So, if I’m reading this right: They gutted the office that runs the government’s award-winning, in-house HR and staffing software, and now they’ve inked a sole-source, no-bid contract so that a private company on proprietary software can do what the office of civil servants did on in-house software
Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE's staff cuts without competitive tender
The federal HR agency at the heart of billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk's efforts to slash the federal workforce says it has awarded a contract for a new cloud-based HR platform to Workday without seeking bids from rivals.
www.reuters.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So, if I’m reading this right: They gutted the office that runs the government’s award-winning, in-house HR and staffing software, and now they’ve inked a sole-source, no-bid contract so that a private company on proprietary software can do what the office of civil servants did on in-house software
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I have SO MUCH to say about our #ResistancePope. www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-thin...
Seven Things to Know About the American Pope
Pope Leo XIV is here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And he's all out of bubblegum.
www.thebulwark.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I have SO MUCH to say about our #ResistancePope. www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-thin...
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State Planning Committee of the USSR (Gosplan)
Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan
Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan
Gosplan - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
State Planning Committee of the USSR (Gosplan)
Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan
Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan
“Hanging Shirt” cotton/polyester weave on plastic and metal; wooden railing, State sidewalk detour. #whyisthishere
April 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Hanging Shirt” cotton/polyester weave on plastic and metal; wooden railing, State sidewalk detour. #whyisthishere
“Heart-shaped Cheerio” Cheerio on pavement, State Office Sidewalk. #whyisthishere
April 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“Heart-shaped Cheerio” Cheerio on pavement, State Office Sidewalk. #whyisthishere
I know there’s a LOT going on in the world right now, but I really need someone to solve this end of the peanut jar problem:
April 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I know there’s a LOT going on in the world right now, but I really need someone to solve this end of the peanut jar problem:
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If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. @theonion.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. @theonion.com
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The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Another Gift From Trump to the World’s Dictators
Russia and China are surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Radio Free Asia.
www.theatlantic.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Orange. Temporary construction ramp handrail post. Capitol Complex. #whyisthishere
March 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Orange. Temporary construction ramp handrail post. Capitol Complex. #whyisthishere
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I highly recommend this book published in 2021. It's an important read. Especially now.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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March 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I highly recommend this book published in 2021. It's an important read. Especially now.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service.
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media
Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about their firings and share their love of the National Park Service.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service.
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
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Anne Marie Hochhalter, who spoke publicly about the long-lasting effects of gun violence after she was paralyzed in the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, was found dead on Sunday at her home. She was 43.
Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43
Fiercely independent, she publicly discussed the long-term effects of gun violence and spoke of forgiveness.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Anne Marie Hochhalter, who spoke publicly about the long-lasting effects of gun violence after she was paralyzed in the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, was found dead on Sunday at her home. She was 43.
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I’m from Midland, Texas. The Permian Basin’s economy not only depends on production of Texas Intermediate Crude but refining other types of oil from Canada. This has caused the oil industry to go into financial panic. I’m gifting a Midland Reporter Telegram Article.
www.mrt.com/business/oil...
www.mrt.com/business/oil...
Crude oil prices fall as traders await Canada, Mexico tariffs
Oil prices fell for a second consecutive week as traders awaited the imposition of tariffs on Canada and Mexico and wondered if oil imports would be exempt
www.mrt.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’m from Midland, Texas. The Permian Basin’s economy not only depends on production of Texas Intermediate Crude but refining other types of oil from Canada. This has caused the oil industry to go into financial panic. I’m gifting a Midland Reporter Telegram Article.
www.mrt.com/business/oil...
www.mrt.com/business/oil...