Jerome Nicolas
@jeromenicolas.bsky.social
Author of Conservatism is Un-American & Other Self-Evident Truths. Raised on “Schoolhouse Rock.” Also fondly recalls the 1976 Bicentennial
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I just got upgraded to Alexa plus or whatever
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I just got upgraded to Alexa plus or whatever
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Nixon administration consumer advisor Virginia Knauer in 1973
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Nixon administration consumer advisor Virginia Knauer in 1973
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Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
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Mark Twain said "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example," and to that point I think the boots-on-the-ground legislative delegation trip to Germany last year was a crucial component in getting NITA's #RevenuesAndReform across the finish line eleven-ish months later.
One of the many reasons change is hard when it comes to better cities is that the ability to picture your city being and working very differently than it does now, aka “having vision,” is not nearly as common as we think. And it’s sadly not a prerequisite for leadership, although it should be.
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mark Twain said "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example," and to that point I think the boots-on-the-ground legislative delegation trip to Germany last year was a crucial component in getting NITA's #RevenuesAndReform across the finish line eleven-ish months later.
Unfortunately, he's only using economic populism as a cudgel against social issues, just as Hillary Clinton had done the same in reverse. It's the same false trade-off, but flipped.
U-Turn by Establishment as Corporate Dem Guru Carville Pushes 'Platform of Pure Economic Rage' | Common Dreams
James Carville calls for Democrats to embrace a more populist economic platform in order to address the US economy.
www.commondreams.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Unfortunately, he's only using economic populism as a cudgel against social issues, just as Hillary Clinton had done the same in reverse. It's the same false trade-off, but flipped.
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A tone-deaf nazi family hires Laura Loomer as their nanny as they try to escape to Argentina
I absolutely do *not* want to see this version of The Sound of Music.
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A tone-deaf nazi family hires Laura Loomer as their nanny as they try to escape to Argentina
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oh wow did he also war crime those kids????
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
oh wow did he also war crime those kids????
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being punished for eating sisyphus style by washing dishes everyday
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
being punished for eating sisyphus style by washing dishes everyday
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Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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NEW: Americans want AI regulation & yet the opposite may happen.
Same thing happened on Wall Street regs, crypto & health care.
It's an axiom: legalized bribery enshittifies politics so organized money defeats disorganized people, even when people want something better.
Same thing happened on Wall Street regs, crypto & health care.
It's an axiom: legalized bribery enshittifies politics so organized money defeats disorganized people, even when people want something better.
Why Organized Money Beats Disorganized People
How the master plan created the central axiom that has enshittified American politics.
sirota.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW: Americans want AI regulation & yet the opposite may happen.
Same thing happened on Wall Street regs, crypto & health care.
It's an axiom: legalized bribery enshittifies politics so organized money defeats disorganized people, even when people want something better.
Same thing happened on Wall Street regs, crypto & health care.
It's an axiom: legalized bribery enshittifies politics so organized money defeats disorganized people, even when people want something better.
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People get very excited whenever the camera captures “hospice Trump.”
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
People get very excited whenever the camera captures “hospice Trump.”
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i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
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There's this fascinating thing nitwits do onlineb where they challenge an argument but do their settings so you can't respond. So I'll do so here:
fine, insert JD Vance. The point, which you missed, is that the authoritarianism built into GOP politics, transcends any mere individual.
fine, insert JD Vance. The point, which you missed, is that the authoritarianism built into GOP politics, transcends any mere individual.
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There's this fascinating thing nitwits do onlineb where they challenge an argument but do their settings so you can't respond. So I'll do so here:
fine, insert JD Vance. The point, which you missed, is that the authoritarianism built into GOP politics, transcends any mere individual.
fine, insert JD Vance. The point, which you missed, is that the authoritarianism built into GOP politics, transcends any mere individual.
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The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
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I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press
A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza
www.plutobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
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Oh the Polizei is now targeting anyone against fascists and not just Palestinian demos? Who could have predicted this
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Oh the Polizei is now targeting anyone against fascists and not just Palestinian demos? Who could have predicted this
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
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