@jffdougan.bsky.social
Midwestern, dad, (recovering?) political junkie, progressive, scientist, tabletop gamer, foodie. Order varies from day to day. Co-leader, Champaign County Indivisible.
@maryharris.bsky.social listening to today’s show w/ Gen Lepper, I need to point out that IL Nat’l Guard CPT Dylan Blaha - who is also running for Congress in the 13th District - posted a similar message when the NG was first deployed to Chicago. In retaliation, his security clearance was revoked
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
@maryharris.bsky.social listening to today’s show w/ Gen Lepper, I need to point out that IL Nat’l Guard CPT Dylan Blaha - who is also running for Congress in the 13th District - posted a similar message when the NG was first deployed to Chicago. In retaliation, his security clearance was revoked
Ok, I need to take my Indivisible hat off and speak as me for a moment. Trump’s naked angling for a Nobel Prize is gross (and no way should he ever even be considered), but there’s also something with the Newsm memes right now that I find distasteful.
August 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ok, I need to take my Indivisible hat off and speak as me for a moment. Trump’s naked angling for a Nobel Prize is gross (and no way should he ever even be considered), but there’s also something with the Newsm memes right now that I find distasteful.
Hey @udelaware.bsky.social and @wisc.edu - I have often spoken well of my experiences at each place, and would return to work for either in a heartbeat. If you follow Columbia’s lead, that will change.
Columbia and Brown, by settling, have encouraged this tactic. Authoritarians are emboldened by capitulation, and they won't stop until the cost outweighs the benefits.
Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
July 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hey @udelaware.bsky.social and @wisc.edu - I have often spoken well of my experiences at each place, and would return to work for either in a heartbeat. If you follow Columbia’s lead, that will change.
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Baby Platypuses to cleanse the timeline
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Baby Platypuses to cleanse the timeline
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All the stuff on my @threadless.bsky.social
shop goes on sale on Monday yall! Follow for updates :) working on a few more #wotskies designs
shop goes on sale on Monday yall! Follow for updates :) working on a few more #wotskies designs
If you aren’t wearing your Hills of Tanchico shirt, can you even call yourself a Wheel of Time fan?
May 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
All the stuff on my @threadless.bsky.social
shop goes on sale on Monday yall! Follow for updates :) working on a few more #wotskies designs
shop goes on sale on Monday yall! Follow for updates :) working on a few more #wotskies designs
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ALA is alarmed by the termination of the Digital Equity Act grants program, a seismic investment in America's digital infrastructure.
This abrupt & illegal termination is extremely concerning for the libraries relying on funding to connect their communities. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
This abrupt & illegal termination is extremely concerning for the libraries relying on funding to connect their communities. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
May 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ALA is alarmed by the termination of the Digital Equity Act grants program, a seismic investment in America's digital infrastructure.
This abrupt & illegal termination is extremely concerning for the libraries relying on funding to connect their communities. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
This abrupt & illegal termination is extremely concerning for the libraries relying on funding to connect their communities. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Anything by @garthnix.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read.
A new story from me on Reactor next week (was tor.com). As always, I'm very happy Ellen Datlow picked this up and edited it, and great artwork from wei xingye.
A man accidentally summons a shapeshifting demon with anger management issues...
Next week. "Asymmetrical" by @garthnix.bsky.social!
Art by @westonweiart.bsky.social
Edited by @datlow.bsky.social!
Next week. "Asymmetrical" by @garthnix.bsky.social!
Art by @westonweiart.bsky.social
Edited by @datlow.bsky.social!
May 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Anything by @garthnix.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read.
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Two nights ago my wife and I went to dinner with another couple and they told us how proud they were of their son and we traded pics of the crows we’ve befriended, talked music and I introduced them to Bob Vylan and this guy has utterly detached himself
from that human experience. It is beyond sad.
from that human experience. It is beyond sad.
If you thought social media had scrambled America’s CEOs just wait until they’re fully cooked by AI apple.news/AJ_ht7MMyT9G...
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Two nights ago my wife and I went to dinner with another couple and they told us how proud they were of their son and we traded pics of the crows we’ve befriended, talked music and I introduced them to Bob Vylan and this guy has utterly detached himself
from that human experience. It is beyond sad.
from that human experience. It is beyond sad.
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Goodnight, friends.
Since groceries are in the news, if you're able to donate a few bucks to your local foodbank or help restock a neighborhood food pantry, please do it. We need to take care of one another.
I love you.
Since groceries are in the news, if you're able to donate a few bucks to your local foodbank or help restock a neighborhood food pantry, please do it. We need to take care of one another.
I love you.
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Since groceries are in the news, if you're able to donate a few bucks to your local foodbank or help restock a neighborhood food pantry, please do it. We need to take care of one another.
I love you.
Since groceries are in the news, if you're able to donate a few bucks to your local foodbank or help restock a neighborhood food pantry, please do it. We need to take care of one another.
I love you.
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A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips Maine GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner | Common Dreams
"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."
www.commondreams.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
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Did you know Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images?
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a great day to help you get that set up.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
#GAAD #GAAD2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a great day to help you get that set up.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
#GAAD #GAAD2025
May 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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Congratulations to all the creators, academics, publishers, and journalists nominated for Eisner Awards this year! #Comics are better because y’all are here.
www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...
www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...
Eisner Awards - Comic-Con International
Nominees Announced for 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards SAN DIEGO – Comic-Con is proud to announce the nominees for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The nominations are for works publ...
www.comic-con.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Congratulations to all the creators, academics, publishers, and journalists nominated for Eisner Awards this year! #Comics are better because y’all are here.
www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...
www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...
Might help if we taxed the churches, too. I think there’s a (weak) argument that not doing so infringes on my right to not have any form of religion.
The notion that Republicans oppose "waste, fraud and abuse" in government spending is disproved so neatly by bullshit like this.
It probably gets overturned in court. But only after Republicans spend millions in taxpayer funds to defend it.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
It probably gets overturned in court. But only after Republicans spend millions in taxpayer funds to defend it.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Bill requiring Ten Commandments display in public schools advances in Texas House | Houston Public Media
Senate Bill 10 would mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in all Texas public-school classrooms. The implementation of a similar law passed in Louisiana last year has been blocked by a federal ...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Might help if we taxed the churches, too. I think there’s a (weak) argument that not doing so infringes on my right to not have any form of religion.
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Mr. Ray! You're not supposed to eat your students 🙄 Thank goodness everyone is okay 🧶❤️
May 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mr. Ray! You're not supposed to eat your students 🙄 Thank goodness everyone is okay 🧶❤️
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It’s very strange that this article on the staffing issues at Newark Airport doesn’t mention the fact that DOGE fired 400 FAA employees a few months ago, and union officials warned about exactly these kinds of shortages.
Newark Airport Had 3 Controllers on Duty When the Goal Is 14
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It’s very strange that this article on the staffing issues at Newark Airport doesn’t mention the fact that DOGE fired 400 FAA employees a few months ago, and union officials warned about exactly these kinds of shortages.
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Humans Have Seen Only 0.001 Percent of the World’s Deep Seas, Leaving Most of the Planet a Vast Mystery
Humans Have Seen Only 0.001 Percent of the World's Deep Seas, Leaving Most of the Planet a Vast Mystery
Researchers argue that expanding deep-sea exploration is vital to understanding and managing these marine habitats
www.smithsonianmag.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Humans Have Seen Only 0.001 Percent of the World’s Deep Seas, Leaving Most of the Planet a Vast Mystery
The Leverages and Hustle really ought to be required viewing these days.
The exhausting thing is we had Noah Wyle give the "big bag of money" speech in LEVERAGE:REDEMPTION to point out how morally bankrupt and ridiculous this concept of corruption is, had multiple audience members say "Wait, that can't be right OH MY GOD WHAT?" and this national reporter is 😀 👍.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Leverages and Hustle really ought to be required viewing these days.
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"You sometimes wonder if there's an innate power in the books. this thing that drew so many fans to the books. Maybe that is now working on all of us. We are invested. Deeper than any of us imagined we would be." - Rosamund Pike
#TheWheelOfTime
#TheWheelOfTime
If you'd like to watch the #FYC panel with Rafe Judkins, Rosamund Pike, Davina Lamont, Sharon Gilham, and Ondrej Nekvasil, please see the link below (scroll down to "Bonus Content"). The panel was moderated by @pnemiroff.bsky.social
#TheWheelOfTime
www.consideramazon.com/title/the-wh...
#TheWheelOfTime
www.consideramazon.com/title/the-wh...
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"You sometimes wonder if there's an innate power in the books. this thing that drew so many fans to the books. Maybe that is now working on all of us. We are invested. Deeper than any of us imagined we would be." - Rosamund Pike
#TheWheelOfTime
#TheWheelOfTime
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Wow #WoTSkies nearly 75000 letters send to the responsible people at Amazon, Sony and Prime Video.
That is nearly 20000 more than about 12 hours ago.
You keep amazing me
Gosh I love this fandom, story (books&show), cast and crew.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
That is nearly 20000 more than about 12 hours ago.
You keep amazing me
Gosh I love this fandom, story (books&show), cast and crew.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Help Renew The Wheel of Time! Send a Message to Amazon & Sony Today
The Wheel of Time has brought the beloved books to life, showcasing groundbreaking representation, global storytelling, and a fiercely passionate fanbase. But its future is uncertain.
We're asking A...
actionnetwork.org
May 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wow #WoTSkies nearly 75000 letters send to the responsible people at Amazon, Sony and Prime Video.
That is nearly 20000 more than about 12 hours ago.
You keep amazing me
Gosh I love this fandom, story (books&show), cast and crew.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
That is nearly 20000 more than about 12 hours ago.
You keep amazing me
Gosh I love this fandom, story (books&show), cast and crew.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
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All the choices I didn't make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to the world. To the lives that haven't been lived yet. That will be my gift back to the world that gave me the life I did live, the love I loved, the breath I breathed.
May 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
All the choices I didn't make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to the world. To the lives that haven't been lived yet. That will be my gift back to the world that gave me the life I did live, the love I loved, the breath I breathed.
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Subscribe to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! That is how Uncanny pays its contributors. www.uncannymagazine.com/support-unca...
Support Uncanny - Uncanny Magazine
Support Uncanny Magazine
www.uncannymagazine.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Subscribe to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! That is how Uncanny pays its contributors. www.uncannymagazine.com/support-unca...
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1. Tomorrow's my birthday and here's a gift you can get for me: Buy a small creator's work. Local band, indie writer, up-and-coming visual artist, that crafter down the street, or whomever. Your support matters to them, especially in this economic/social environment. And you deserve some joy, too.
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
1. Tomorrow's my birthday and here's a gift you can get for me: Buy a small creator's work. Local band, indie writer, up-and-coming visual artist, that crafter down the street, or whomever. Your support matters to them, especially in this economic/social environment. And you deserve some joy, too.