Middle Aged Potato
@jotis413.bsky.social
Nerd. Family & friends, food, books, snark with my news, tech (but like, early 2000s tech), travel, history, genealogy, the woods, environment, loose jeans, and hoodies. Y’all have lost your minds. I hate the internet. Social media destroyed civilization.
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Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Future imagined as a child: Flying cars, robots etc.
Actual future: I have just had to download a 4th different authenticator app onto my phone
Actual future: I have just had to download a 4th different authenticator app onto my phone
a cartoon character says welcome to the world of tomorrow !!!
Alt: a cartoon character says welcome to the world of tomorrow !!!
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Future imagined as a child: Flying cars, robots etc.
Actual future: I have just had to download a 4th different authenticator app onto my phone
Actual future: I have just had to download a 4th different authenticator app onto my phone
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
This is so relatable
Please keep me in your thoughts during this difficult time (the two weeks of perfect autumn weather during which I have to try to wear all of my light jackets so I don’t feel like I wasted my money on them)
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is so relatable
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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This administration is really generous with the visual metaphors
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This administration is really generous with the visual metaphors
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Bought this to clean my keyboard and it did a good job, but I swear, every time… colorectal.
October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bought this to clean my keyboard and it did a good job, but I swear, every time… colorectal.
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If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:
1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.
2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.
3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.
4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.
1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.
2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.
3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.
4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:
1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.
2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.
3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.
4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.
1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.
2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.
3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.
4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.
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I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
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October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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what will it take to make it clear to everyone (particularly the public) that social media and large online platforms are the root cause of much our current problems from fascism, to mental health, and the environment
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
what will it take to make it clear to everyone (particularly the public) that social media and large online platforms are the root cause of much our current problems from fascism, to mental health, and the environment
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Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.
We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.
If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.
We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.
If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.
We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.
If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.
We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.
If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.
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It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
October 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
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A reason why we got here is that the media stopped reporting facts and replaced reporting with making everything a reality tv show where contestants fight one another. It turned lying from a liability into an advantage since it would no longer be punished
October 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A reason why we got here is that the media stopped reporting facts and replaced reporting with making everything a reality tv show where contestants fight one another. It turned lying from a liability into an advantage since it would no longer be punished
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Shit is so bad that the best American news of the week is that Dolly Parton didn't die.
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Shit is so bad that the best American news of the week is that Dolly Parton didn't die.
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She died as she lived - tripping over the dog.
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
She died as she lived - tripping over the dog.
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A haunted house but every room is
just a different podcast you said you would definitely check out
just a different podcast you said you would definitely check out
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A haunted house but every room is
just a different podcast you said you would definitely check out
just a different podcast you said you would definitely check out
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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Man tough life at war ravaged portland
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Man tough life at war ravaged portland