Jon Scott
@jonscott60.bsky.social
Film, book, and music nerd. Former journalist. Pro-democracy, anti-fascist progressive.
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Here, fixed it.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Here, fixed it.
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"It’s a nation that’s poorer, meaner, dumber, and armed with nukes manned by Christian nationalists who believe that the Second Coming is imminent. All of this because Texas is redrawing their Congressional maps? Actually, yes." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/fuckery-of...
Fuckery of the Highest Order
I hate this Texas redistricting thing.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"It’s a nation that’s poorer, meaner, dumber, and armed with nukes manned by Christian nationalists who believe that the Second Coming is imminent. All of this because Texas is redrawing their Congressional maps? Actually, yes." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/fuckery-of...
‘The Beatles Anthology’ Expands With a 9th Episode and 4th Volume www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/a...
Here's a little ray of sun to counter all the darkness we must encounter these days!
Here's a little ray of sun to counter all the darkness we must encounter these days!
‘The Beatles Anthology’ Expands With a 9th Episode and 4th Volume
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August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‘The Beatles Anthology’ Expands With a 9th Episode and 4th Volume www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/a...
Here's a little ray of sun to counter all the darkness we must encounter these days!
Here's a little ray of sun to counter all the darkness we must encounter these days!
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If you voted for a racist for president, that means you’re a racist.
This has been a public service announcement.
This has been a public service announcement.
August 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you voted for a racist for president, that means you’re a racist.
This has been a public service announcement.
This has been a public service announcement.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi's DEI ban law indefinitely mississippitoday.org/2025/08/19/f...
“It is an enormous relief that the court has sided with academic freedom, free speech, and due process in its recent decision,” said Deanna Kreisel, UM professor and member of the United Campus Workers.
“It is an enormous relief that the court has sided with academic freedom, free speech, and due process in its recent decision,” said Deanna Kreisel, UM professor and member of the United Campus Workers.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi's DEI ban law indefinitely - Mississippi Today
U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate granted a preliminary injunction in the case on Monday, which prevents the law from being enforced until there’s a final ruling.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Federal judge blocks Mississippi's DEI ban law indefinitely mississippitoday.org/2025/08/19/f...
“It is an enormous relief that the court has sided with academic freedom, free speech, and due process in its recent decision,” said Deanna Kreisel, UM professor and member of the United Campus Workers.
“It is an enormous relief that the court has sided with academic freedom, free speech, and due process in its recent decision,” said Deanna Kreisel, UM professor and member of the United Campus Workers.
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Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
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This.
Dear news media,
You keep making the same mistake, which is presenting the claims of the Trump regime as if you think there's a good chance they're true. Instead, present them as the claims of people who have lied to us thousands of times.
You can do better if you choose to.
Sincerely,
Mark
You keep making the same mistake, which is presenting the claims of the Trump regime as if you think there's a good chance they're true. Instead, present them as the claims of people who have lied to us thousands of times.
You can do better if you choose to.
Sincerely,
Mark
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This.
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LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy
The changes involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi's new DEI ban mississippitoday.org/2025/07/21/m...
This is encouraging! This cruel, hateful effort to ban DEI in public education and elsewhere has to be stopped. Thanks to all those challenging this ban in the courts!
This is encouraging! This cruel, hateful effort to ban DEI in public education and elsewhere has to be stopped. Thanks to all those challenging this ban in the courts!
Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi's new DEI ban - Mississippi Today
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate on Sunday approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educ...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi's new DEI ban mississippitoday.org/2025/07/21/m...
This is encouraging! This cruel, hateful effort to ban DEI in public education and elsewhere has to be stopped. Thanks to all those challenging this ban in the courts!
This is encouraging! This cruel, hateful effort to ban DEI in public education and elsewhere has to be stopped. Thanks to all those challenging this ban in the courts!
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If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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This is SPOT ON…👇
Any Questions?!
Any Questions?!
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is SPOT ON…👇
Any Questions?!
Any Questions?!
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1 in 4 nursing homes will shut down. Who will take care of all those people? Are you ready to do 24/7 home heath care for your aging parents and grandparents? This is what the Republicans are putting on us.
If Trump’s Big Ugly Bill passes, 1 in 4 nursing homes will shut down.
That’s thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced—no care, no beds, nowhere to go.
All so the rich get richer.
This isn’t budgeting—it’s abandonment. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
That’s thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced—no care, no beds, nowhere to go.
All so the rich get richer.
This isn’t budgeting—it’s abandonment. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1 in 4 nursing homes will shut down. Who will take care of all those people? Are you ready to do 24/7 home heath care for your aging parents and grandparents? This is what the Republicans are putting on us.
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The usual press reach-around every fucking time someone affluent chooses to advocate for a common good is at least as old and calcified as calling Franklin Roosevelt a "traitor to his class." Sometimes, and routinely, men and women are capable of being governed by more than self-interest. Go figure.
Despite his own privileged path to power, or perhaps because of it, the son of a Columbia University professor and a movie director is campaigning as a socialist intent on redistributing New York’s wealth.
Here’s How Much New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Despite his own privileged path to power, or perhaps because of it, the son of a Columbia University professor and a movie director is campaigning as a socialist intent on redistributing New York’s wealth.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The usual press reach-around every fucking time someone affluent chooses to advocate for a common good is at least as old and calcified as calling Franklin Roosevelt a "traitor to his class." Sometimes, and routinely, men and women are capable of being governed by more than self-interest. Go figure.
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Read it, I agree 💯% with Courtney.
“Stuff it, swallow it, choke on it…”
“Stuff it, swallow it, choke on it…”
June 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Read it, I agree 💯% with Courtney.
“Stuff it, swallow it, choke on it…”
“Stuff it, swallow it, choke on it…”
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America: “we need to regime change you you don’t do things right”
Also America:
Also America:
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
America: “we need to regime change you you don’t do things right”
Also America:
Also America:
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Guardian slideshow juxtaposing #nokings with DC “parade” makes Army look pathetic www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
‘No Kings’ protests stir US as Trump celebrates birthday with military parade – in pictures
Millions of people march in more than 2,000 events amid Washington parade celebrating 250 years of US army
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June 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Guardian slideshow juxtaposing #nokings with DC “parade” makes Army look pathetic www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
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#OTD in 1963, Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, MS. He fought for civil rights and equality in a state determined to deny both. His legacy is with us still. #TheMarchContinues
June 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#OTD in 1963, Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, MS. He fought for civil rights and equality in a state determined to deny both. His legacy is with us still. #TheMarchContinues
Retired military officer: In America, the military is not used against its own citizens for law enforcement mississippitoday.org/2025/06/11/r... I appreciate retired Rear Admiral & UM adjunct professor Jamie Barnett for bringing attention to Trump's ongoing efforts to destroy democracy in the U.S.
Retired military officer: In America, the military is not used against its own citizens for law enforcement - Mississippi Today
America does not use the military to suppress protests. We have always known that tyrants use the military against their own people.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Retired military officer: In America, the military is not used against its own citizens for law enforcement mississippitoday.org/2025/06/11/r... I appreciate retired Rear Admiral & UM adjunct professor Jamie Barnett for bringing attention to Trump's ongoing efforts to destroy democracy in the U.S.
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On the anniversary of D-Day, thousands of our veterans take to the streets to continue fighting for democracy, and all our veterans now being attacked by Trump and the Republican Party.
On the anniversary of D-Day, thousands of our veterans take to the streets to continue fighting for democracy, and all our veterans now being attacked by Trump and the Republican Party.
They served the nation. Now, these veterans say they’re protesting to save it.
Today in D.C., thousands of veterans are rallying against Trump’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs and his slashing of staff throughout the government.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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On the anniversary of D-Day, thousands of our veterans take to the streets to continue fighting for democracy, and all our veterans now being attacked by Trump and the Republican Party.
On the anniversary of D-Day, thousands of our veterans take to the streets to continue fighting for democracy, and all our veterans now being attacked by Trump and the Republican Party.
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I think my biggest problem with “we have Biden to thank for Trump 2.0” is it puts the bad decision onus on one man and absolves millions of bad decisions from voters who had ample evidence to know better. And absolves a press that obviously didn’t convey the stakes very effectively.
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think my biggest problem with “we have Biden to thank for Trump 2.0” is it puts the bad decision onus on one man and absolves millions of bad decisions from voters who had ample evidence to know better. And absolves a press that obviously didn’t convey the stakes very effectively.
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Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President
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Trump’s pretense that he’s fighting antisemitism has always been a transparent fig leaf for using real antisemitism to destroy universities, as illustrated by his hosting on May 23 of cryptocurrency investors whose coins bear slogans like “F*CK THE JEWS.”
May 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump’s pretense that he’s fighting antisemitism has always been a transparent fig leaf for using real antisemitism to destroy universities, as illustrated by his hosting on May 23 of cryptocurrency investors whose coins bear slogans like “F*CK THE JEWS.”
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Of course Springsteen is doing this. It's what he's done for decades. Always good to have you with us in this fight for democracy, Mr. Springsteen!
Of course Springsteen is doing this. It's what he's done for decades. Always good to have you with us in this fight for democracy, Mr. Springsteen!
Column | Bruce Springsteen is fighting for the America he sings about
On a new live recording from his Land of Hope and Dreams tour, Springsteen isn’t warning us about authoritarianism: “This is happening now.”
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May 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Of course Springsteen is doing this. It's what he's done for decades. Always good to have you with us in this fight for democracy, Mr. Springsteen!
Of course Springsteen is doing this. It's what he's done for decades. Always good to have you with us in this fight for democracy, Mr. Springsteen!