John Guy
@johnguy108.bsky.social
Humanism, politics, meditation, music and lover of poetry, among other things!
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Turns out that when an administration completely SUCKS (incompetence, corruption, reckless destruction, weirdos in office) people notice.
Analysis | 3 takeaways from the Wisconsin and Florida elections
Democrats won a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and lost two Florida special elections Tuesday, but the trends are clearly pointing in their direction.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Turns out that when an administration completely SUCKS (incompetence, corruption, reckless destruction, weirdos in office) people notice.
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Here's a recent lecture I gave on temple construction and the spread of Buddhism to the Japanese provinces from the seventh through ninth centuries. This is basically a summary of the first three chapters of my new book, which will come out in 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0t_...
Bryan D. Lowe: A Temple in Every Village? Buddhism’s Spread in Seventh- through Ninth-Century Japan
YouTube video by The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Here's a recent lecture I gave on temple construction and the spread of Buddhism to the Japanese provinces from the seventh through ninth centuries. This is basically a summary of the first three chapters of my new book, which will come out in 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0t_...
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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How did we get tyranny of the minority? @katherinestewart.bsky.social , author of Money, Lies, and God, explains in this week’s Gaslit Nation. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts gaslitnation.libsyn.com/money-lies-a...
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
March 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
How did we get tyranny of the minority? @katherinestewart.bsky.social , author of Money, Lies, and God, explains in this week’s Gaslit Nation. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts gaslitnation.libsyn.com/money-lies-a...
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
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If Europe is so keen to ‘save the world from kleptocracy and fascism’ then why are they funding Putin’s war effort?
Investing in renewables to reduce dependence on kleptocrats and fascists would be more effective, create more jobs, and help deal with the biggest threat humanity actually faces.
Investing in renewables to reduce dependence on kleptocrats and fascists would be more effective, create more jobs, and help deal with the biggest threat humanity actually faces.
March 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If Europe is so keen to ‘save the world from kleptocracy and fascism’ then why are they funding Putin’s war effort?
Investing in renewables to reduce dependence on kleptocrats and fascists would be more effective, create more jobs, and help deal with the biggest threat humanity actually faces.
Investing in renewables to reduce dependence on kleptocrats and fascists would be more effective, create more jobs, and help deal with the biggest threat humanity actually faces.
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YES!
Egg prices are soaring again—but don’t blame the birds. While consumers get gouged at the grocery store, Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg producer, just announced a plan to do half a billion dollars in stock buybacks!
Funny how every “shortage” seems to end with corporations raking it in.
Egg prices are soaring again—but don’t blame the birds. While consumers get gouged at the grocery store, Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg producer, just announced a plan to do half a billion dollars in stock buybacks!
Funny how every “shortage” seems to end with corporations raking it in.
March 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
YES!
Egg prices are soaring again—but don’t blame the birds. While consumers get gouged at the grocery store, Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg producer, just announced a plan to do half a billion dollars in stock buybacks!
Funny how every “shortage” seems to end with corporations raking it in.
Egg prices are soaring again—but don’t blame the birds. While consumers get gouged at the grocery store, Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg producer, just announced a plan to do half a billion dollars in stock buybacks!
Funny how every “shortage” seems to end with corporations raking it in.
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It does seem kind of pointless when the average supporter of this behavior could walk in on Trump sexually assaulting his wife, shrug, and say, "well Hillary did worse."
What coherent and intelligent commentary can you even have on national security or military affairs anymore?
Everything is just fucking stupid now. What are you even supposed to say besides just repeating over and over how fucking dumb every single decision is?
Everything is just fucking stupid now. What are you even supposed to say besides just repeating over and over how fucking dumb every single decision is?
March 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It does seem kind of pointless when the average supporter of this behavior could walk in on Trump sexually assaulting his wife, shrug, and say, "well Hillary did worse."
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it does not escape notice that all the military officials being ousted by pete hegseth are more qualified for his job than he is
March 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
it does not escape notice that all the military officials being ousted by pete hegseth are more qualified for his job than he is
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If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
March 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
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This is insane. They are going to destroy the entire planet.
March 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is insane. They are going to destroy the entire planet.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
This is an interesting development! Hitting the bottom line.
Breaking:
Starlink Contracts Cancelled in Latin America Costing $29 billion.
This is excellent news. Elon Musk is over extended cash poor right now. Has billions in loans leveraged against his companies.
Starlink Contracts Cancelled in Latin America Costing $29 billion.
This is excellent news. Elon Musk is over extended cash poor right now. Has billions in loans leveraged against his companies.
February 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is an interesting development! Hitting the bottom line.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This issue deserves more coverage/attention. ❤️
Good Cory Doctorow today, on the ludicrous models that utilities & their consultants use to justify rate hikes.
How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers
The Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts is a hell of a henhouse fox.
doctorow.medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This issue deserves more coverage/attention. ❤️
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“During a Tuesday interview on MSNBC, …Conway opined that Republicans ‘just want to burn it all down. … It is an attempt to destroy what they perceive to be as the enemy, which is the very government that they are charged with administering.’”
'Burn it all down': George Conway issues blistering takedown of Trump and GOP’s core belief
Now that President Donald Trump's second term is in its second month, conservative attorney George Conway is arguing that his central guiding philosophy — along with that of his supporters in the GOP ...
www.alternet.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“During a Tuesday interview on MSNBC, …Conway opined that Republicans ‘just want to burn it all down. … It is an attempt to destroy what they perceive to be as the enemy, which is the very government that they are charged with administering.’”
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Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?
It arrived today! I cannot wait to dig in. 🤓🎉 Thank you @graceblakeley.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It arrived today! I cannot wait to dig in. 🤓🎉 Thank you @graceblakeley.bsky.social
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A newfound RESPECT for @maddow.msnbc.com for keeping it real about what’s going on at MSNBC and how she really feels about it.
She didn’t have to say this, but I’m so glad she did. Take 2 minutes…
(1 of 2)
She didn’t have to say this, but I’m so glad she did. Take 2 minutes…
(1 of 2)
February 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A newfound RESPECT for @maddow.msnbc.com for keeping it real about what’s going on at MSNBC and how she really feels about it.
She didn’t have to say this, but I’m so glad she did. Take 2 minutes…
(1 of 2)
She didn’t have to say this, but I’m so glad she did. Take 2 minutes…
(1 of 2)
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Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a bloody butcher.' I mean, is this really we want the greatest country in history to be known for -- some mafia thing? ... this president is standing with the bad guy"
February 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a bloody butcher.' I mean, is this really we want the greatest country in history to be known for -- some mafia thing? ... this president is standing with the bad guy"
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ICYMI: If it’s a Shutdown, it’s not on Dems!
Rep Crockett Defends Dems: – If It Is A Shutdown, It’s Not On Dems!
YouTube video by Rep. Jasmine Crockett
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
ICYMI: If it’s a Shutdown, it’s not on Dems!
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...