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@johngiordano.bsky.social
Artist | Writer | Educator/Coach | Former academic whose work explores politics, philosophy, art, and personal growth/social change. I coach people and communities in figuring out where to go next.
Can you imagine the psychological burden that comes this much power, coupled with so little self worth? Respect for others starts with self respect. Disrespect for others is a window into one’s most lonely self loathing.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Can you imagine the psychological burden that comes this much power, coupled with so little self worth? Respect for others starts with self respect. Disrespect for others is a window into one’s most lonely self loathing.
If college students don’t learn empathy by witnessing the lives of characters in great literature or work out whether they favor dutybound or utilitarian ethics or feel the rhetorical power of artworks or learn history to make sense of past & present, we get hubristic AI companies called Prometheus.
"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If college students don’t learn empathy by witnessing the lives of characters in great literature or work out whether they favor dutybound or utilitarian ethics or feel the rhetorical power of artworks or learn history to make sense of past & present, we get hubristic AI companies called Prometheus.
As a coach, I’m trained to look and listen to identify what drives people. Megyn Kelly is a broken, sad individual who masks that sadness in contempt and superiority. That doesn’t justify her ghoulishness, but take a minute to ask what a woman must have experienced in life to justify child rape.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As a coach, I’m trained to look and listen to identify what drives people. Megyn Kelly is a broken, sad individual who masks that sadness in contempt and superiority. That doesn’t justify her ghoulishness, but take a minute to ask what a woman must have experienced in life to justify child rape.
The kids are all right. Kids like this, anyway.
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
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14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The kids are all right. Kids like this, anyway.
When Geraldine Ferraro ran for VP, people asked if I supported her because she’s also Italian American & shares a family surname. Turns out Cuomo’s grandma has my family name and comes from the same town in Italy. Related? Does that mean I support Cuomo?
Congrats Mayor #Mamdani, kin in spirit.
Congrats Mayor #Mamdani, kin in spirit.
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
When Geraldine Ferraro ran for VP, people asked if I supported her because she’s also Italian American & shares a family surname. Turns out Cuomo’s grandma has my family name and comes from the same town in Italy. Related? Does that mean I support Cuomo?
Congrats Mayor #Mamdani, kin in spirit.
Congrats Mayor #Mamdani, kin in spirit.
1. Some tips for Saturday’s No Kings Rallies…
Fox is bringing on Republican representatives to scare viewers into thinking the No Kings rallies across the country (and world) this Saturday are going to be attended by (the imaginary) hate-filled RADICAL LEFTIST ANTIFA crowd, when in fact…
Fox is bringing on Republican representatives to scare viewers into thinking the No Kings rallies across the country (and world) this Saturday are going to be attended by (the imaginary) hate-filled RADICAL LEFTIST ANTIFA crowd, when in fact…
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1. Some tips for Saturday’s No Kings Rallies…
Fox is bringing on Republican representatives to scare viewers into thinking the No Kings rallies across the country (and world) this Saturday are going to be attended by (the imaginary) hate-filled RADICAL LEFTIST ANTIFA crowd, when in fact…
Fox is bringing on Republican representatives to scare viewers into thinking the No Kings rallies across the country (and world) this Saturday are going to be attended by (the imaginary) hate-filled RADICAL LEFTIST ANTIFA crowd, when in fact…
Just three posts apart on my feed.
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just three posts apart on my feed.
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
After looking at the map Murray posted, look at the states where the majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump in ‘24, and then look at which states the taxpayer pays more in taxes to the federal government than the states get back.
October 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
After looking at the map Murray posted, look at the states where the majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump in ‘24, and then look at which states the taxpayer pays more in taxes to the federal government than the states get back.
Here are the states Vought said would not receive funds for infrastructure projects, many of which are underway. Then look @ the states whose majority of voters didnt vote for Trump in 24. Then look @ which states pay more in taxes than they get back from the fed. gov.
#shutdown
#governmentshutdown
#shutdown
#governmentshutdown
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here are the states Vought said would not receive funds for infrastructure projects, many of which are underway. Then look @ the states whose majority of voters didnt vote for Trump in 24. Then look @ which states pay more in taxes than they get back from the fed. gov.
#shutdown
#governmentshutdown
#shutdown
#governmentshutdown
Cuomo is to the Yankees as Mamdani is to the Mets.
Cuomo is to Quake as Mamdani is to Quisp.
Cuomo is to Goofus as Mamdani is to Gallant.
Cuomo is to Goliath as Mamdani is to David.
To anyone under 55, look them up. To everyone, vote for the guy who fights for the underdog.
#mamdani
Cuomo is to Quake as Mamdani is to Quisp.
Cuomo is to Goofus as Mamdani is to Gallant.
Cuomo is to Goliath as Mamdani is to David.
To anyone under 55, look them up. To everyone, vote for the guy who fights for the underdog.
#mamdani
Two down, one to go: We're back today with 10 (More) Questions with Mamdani. Enjoy this mix of serious and fun questions — your call which category the Yankees vs. Mets question falls into.
10 (More) Questions With Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Cuomo is to the Yankees as Mamdani is to the Mets.
Cuomo is to Quake as Mamdani is to Quisp.
Cuomo is to Goofus as Mamdani is to Gallant.
Cuomo is to Goliath as Mamdani is to David.
To anyone under 55, look them up. To everyone, vote for the guy who fights for the underdog.
#mamdani
Cuomo is to Quake as Mamdani is to Quisp.
Cuomo is to Goofus as Mamdani is to Gallant.
Cuomo is to Goliath as Mamdani is to David.
To anyone under 55, look them up. To everyone, vote for the guy who fights for the underdog.
#mamdani
Philosopher Richard Rorty would have agreed. He thought conversation in a democracy included shaming and embarrassing those whose anti-democratic statements demean or harm others. In fact, it's all that has really ever worked to limit bigotry and bring the marginalized inside the community.
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Philosopher Richard Rorty would have agreed. He thought conversation in a democracy included shaming and embarrassing those whose anti-democratic statements demean or harm others. In fact, it's all that has really ever worked to limit bigotry and bring the marginalized inside the community.
September 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This.
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This.
When exactly will Trump shift from “the job numbers are cooked!” to “this slowdown is exactly what we wanted to happen to fix global trade”.
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
When exactly will Trump shift from “the job numbers are cooked!” to “this slowdown is exactly what we wanted to happen to fix global trade”.
The fourth estate is abdicating its vital duty to perform checks and balances in a democracy.
August 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The fourth estate is abdicating its vital duty to perform checks and balances in a democracy.
August 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A guy found politicians’ Spotify playlists. The scandalous facts:
JD Vance is still 15 years old.
Karoline Leavitt wakes up nightly deeply conflicted.
Mike Johnson has a steamy side.
Pam Bondi needs to release the Epstein files.
Ron DeSantis is as boring as u thought.
panamaplaylists.com
JD Vance is still 15 years old.
Karoline Leavitt wakes up nightly deeply conflicted.
Mike Johnson has a steamy side.
Pam Bondi needs to release the Epstein files.
Ron DeSantis is as boring as u thought.
panamaplaylists.com
Panama Playlists
panamaplaylists.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A guy found politicians’ Spotify playlists. The scandalous facts:
JD Vance is still 15 years old.
Karoline Leavitt wakes up nightly deeply conflicted.
Mike Johnson has a steamy side.
Pam Bondi needs to release the Epstein files.
Ron DeSantis is as boring as u thought.
panamaplaylists.com
JD Vance is still 15 years old.
Karoline Leavitt wakes up nightly deeply conflicted.
Mike Johnson has a steamy side.
Pam Bondi needs to release the Epstein files.
Ron DeSantis is as boring as u thought.
panamaplaylists.com
1)This is a good take. Newsom has run MAGA into a corner knowing they will take the opposite position on anything to own the libs. Remember when the Fox crowd went crazy because Michelle Obama wore sleeveless dresses that !exposed her upper arms!, only to then…
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Newsom’s Parody War: How the California Governor’s Trump Impressions Are Driving MAGA World to the Brink
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has found a new weapon in his escalating feud with Donald Trump—and it isn’t legislation, lawsuits, or even campaign rallies. It’s parody. By mimicking Trump’s erratic …
allchronology.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
1)This is a good take. Newsom has run MAGA into a corner knowing they will take the opposite position on anything to own the libs. Remember when the Fox crowd went crazy because Michelle Obama wore sleeveless dresses that !exposed her upper arms!, only to then…
allchronology.com/2025/08/23/n...
allchronology.com/2025/08/23/n...
Stewart & Colbert aren’t comedians. Theyre political satirists who understand that telling truth to power requires a veil of humor.
Stewart is an incisive critic. Whether he can succeed as a politician is up for grabs. The celebrity factor does seem, strangely, right.
zeteo.com/p/should-jon...
Stewart is an incisive critic. Whether he can succeed as a politician is up for grabs. The celebrity factor does seem, strangely, right.
zeteo.com/p/should-jon...
Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028?
I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.
zeteo.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Stewart & Colbert aren’t comedians. Theyre political satirists who understand that telling truth to power requires a veil of humor.
Stewart is an incisive critic. Whether he can succeed as a politician is up for grabs. The celebrity factor does seem, strangely, right.
zeteo.com/p/should-jon...
Stewart is an incisive critic. Whether he can succeed as a politician is up for grabs. The celebrity factor does seem, strangely, right.
zeteo.com/p/should-jon...
J Crew has joined the resistance.
Yo fam, new folk hero just dropped; Pink Polo
Full series of events
August 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
J Crew has joined the resistance.
The most incisive piece of independent journalism I’ve seen. Call it citizen journalism. We need more of this.
WATCH: “SENATOR BLACKBURN, SHOULD THE EPSTEIN FILES BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC?”
@marshablackburn , who wants to be our governor, ducks Q’s about files she once pretended to care about for 2 full minutes as her stooges physically block the questioner.
( 🎥 From Corrine Cliford)
@marshablackburn , who wants to be our governor, ducks Q’s about files she once pretended to care about for 2 full minutes as her stooges physically block the questioner.
( 🎥 From Corrine Cliford)
August 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The most incisive piece of independent journalism I’ve seen. Call it citizen journalism. We need more of this.
Hi billionaire Peter Theil, I guess it’s scary for you to see the “ancien regime” of the ultrawealthy has been “unveiled”, so much so that we’re meant to follow be distracted by your libertarian fever dream—while your class tries to build a future where you rule us.
www.ft.com/content/a46c...
www.ft.com/content/a46c...
A time for truth and reconciliation
Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hi billionaire Peter Theil, I guess it’s scary for you to see the “ancien regime” of the ultrawealthy has been “unveiled”, so much so that we’re meant to follow be distracted by your libertarian fever dream—while your class tries to build a future where you rule us.
www.ft.com/content/a46c...
www.ft.com/content/a46c...
Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the Whitehouse roof. Ronald Reagan promptly removed them when he entered office.
Joy and hope for the future vs. vindictiveness and reactionary policies.
We’ll be seeing so much more of the latter in a few weeks.
#JimmyCarter
Joy and hope for the future vs. vindictiveness and reactionary policies.
We’ll be seeing so much more of the latter in a few weeks.
#JimmyCarter
December 30, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the Whitehouse roof. Ronald Reagan promptly removed them when he entered office.
Joy and hope for the future vs. vindictiveness and reactionary policies.
We’ll be seeing so much more of the latter in a few weeks.
#JimmyCarter
Joy and hope for the future vs. vindictiveness and reactionary policies.
We’ll be seeing so much more of the latter in a few weeks.
#JimmyCarter