John Setter
@jsetter2.bsky.social
Federal attorney and former USAF fighter pilot. Amateur genealogist on the side. Always up for the next adventure. Life is short. Don't get caught watching the paint dry.
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what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
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In 20 years, we will look back on the emerging, and frightening, data on microplastics in our body and wish we had done more.
You can do more.
We discussed ways to protect yourself from exposure. Vital you do so and we give tips in the clip below.
@msnbc.com #medssky
You can do more.
We discussed ways to protect yourself from exposure. Vital you do so and we give tips in the clip below.
@msnbc.com #medssky
February 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In 20 years, we will look back on the emerging, and frightening, data on microplastics in our body and wish we had done more.
You can do more.
We discussed ways to protect yourself from exposure. Vital you do so and we give tips in the clip below.
@msnbc.com #medssky
You can do more.
We discussed ways to protect yourself from exposure. Vital you do so and we give tips in the clip below.
@msnbc.com #medssky
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
When three gorgeous Eastern bluebirds join you for breakfast, that’s a good look. I’ll be having eggs and toast, and they are enjoying safflower and sunflower “meats”, but all are welcome. Bluebirds are not common on feeders in the mid-Atlantic so I’ll enjoy the company when I can.
January 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When three gorgeous Eastern bluebirds join you for breakfast, that’s a good look. I’ll be having eggs and toast, and they are enjoying safflower and sunflower “meats”, but all are welcome. Bluebirds are not common on feeders in the mid-Atlantic so I’ll enjoy the company when I can.
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Absolutely heartbreaking overhead of the LA fires.
January 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking overhead of the LA fires.
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The 48 hours around New Year's saw three terror incidents—the media and government is misleading and obfuscating the reality of two of them. It's a particularly troubling (but not surprising) development amid the anniversary of January 6th too: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-holida...
The Holiday Terror Plot No One Is Talking About
The 48 hours around New Year's saw three terror incidents—the media and government is misleading you about two of them.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The 48 hours around New Year's saw three terror incidents—the media and government is misleading and obfuscating the reality of two of them. It's a particularly troubling (but not surprising) development amid the anniversary of January 6th too: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-holida...
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Trust that it pains me to use CNN to put out a WaPo story but here we are.
WaPo lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists, and a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, exit.
Subscriptions continue to plummet.
Good.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
WaPo lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists, and a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, exit.
Subscriptions continue to plummet.
Good.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
The Washington Post lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists exit | CNN Business
The Washington Post on Tuesday laid off roughly 100 employees across its business division, the latest indication of the newspaper’s financial woes after subscribers and staffers revolted over owner J...
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trust that it pains me to use CNN to put out a WaPo story but here we are.
WaPo lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists, and a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, exit.
Subscriptions continue to plummet.
Good.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
WaPo lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists, and a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, exit.
Subscriptions continue to plummet.
Good.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
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To my LGBTQ family…protect your relationships now. Put safeguards in place to protect your families.
January 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To my LGBTQ family…protect your relationships now. Put safeguards in place to protect your families.
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Thank goodness for people like former WAPO cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, American hero. This may only be the rough of the cartoon she planned to run before she was told she couldn't, but it speaks volumes, perhaps, especially in this form.
Her full, eloquent explanation here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank goodness for people like former WAPO cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, American hero. This may only be the rough of the cartoon she planned to run before she was told she couldn't, but it speaks volumes, perhaps, especially in this form.
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New to Bluesky? Before you start posting, I *strongly* recommend tweaking your Moderation settings and learning how to control what you do and don't see on Bluesky. Here are some #BlueSkyTips which might help: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
e. Control What You Do (& Don't) See - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
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January 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New to Bluesky? Before you start posting, I *strongly* recommend tweaking your Moderation settings and learning how to control what you do and don't see on Bluesky. Here are some #BlueSkyTips which might help: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
The moon and Venus, along with an unknown body close to the moon. The flare in the center is from a passing airliner.
January 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The moon and Venus, along with an unknown body close to the moon. The flare in the center is from a passing airliner.
Christmas afternoon in my backyard. Come for the bird seed, hang around for the photo op. 🎄🎅🏻
December 25, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Christmas afternoon in my backyard. Come for the bird seed, hang around for the photo op. 🎄🎅🏻
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You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
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Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!
December 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!
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Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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December 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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The bold position taken by this candidate for State Librarian in New Hampshire? People should be able to read what they want to read. That's it. That's all. It's all so outrageous.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
Under pressure from some conservative activists, Sununu pulls state librarian nominee
Critics took issue with the nominee’s past work helping colleagues respond to book challenges.
www.nhpr.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The bold position taken by this candidate for State Librarian in New Hampshire? People should be able to read what they want to read. That's it. That's all. It's all so outrageous.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
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Twelve years ago a federal appeals court ruled that the CIA could memory-hole a photo of a prisoner whom the CIA had tortured because the photo might reveal something about how the CIA had tortured him. Remembered that when I read this @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social story.
Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Twelve years ago a federal appeals court ruled that the CIA could memory-hole a photo of a prisoner whom the CIA had tortured because the photo might reveal something about how the CIA had tortured him. Remembered that when I read this @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social story.
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In 2002, New Scientist published an article stating that around 80% of the remains found at Machu Picchu were female. And I still haven’t forgiven them for not titling the article “Not So Machu After All”
December 19, 2024 at 5:14 PM
In 2002, New Scientist published an article stating that around 80% of the remains found at Machu Picchu were female. And I still haven’t forgiven them for not titling the article “Not So Machu After All”
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I've seen a lot of wishful thinking since Trump won -- a kind of desperate hope that surely a person who won the electoral college and popular vote isn't THAT bad, that the team around him isn't THAT crazy, then they just keep being themselves. This, friends, is nuts: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
I've seen a lot of wishful thinking since Trump won -- a kind of desperate hope that surely a person who won the electoral college and popular vote isn't THAT bad, that the team around him isn't THAT crazy, then they just keep being themselves. This, friends, is nuts: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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My response for my client @oliviaoftroye.com to President Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (#FBI) #KashPatel's threat of a forthcoming defamation lawsuit.
#RightBackAtYa
#RightBackAtYa
December 6, 2024 at 9:47 PM
My response for my client @oliviaoftroye.com to President Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (#FBI) #KashPatel's threat of a forthcoming defamation lawsuit.
#RightBackAtYa
#RightBackAtYa
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Kash Patel apparently runs a "America First" clothing line.
"Tired of seeing your money go overseas?" reads a product page. "Support your fellow Americans by purchasing a Protect Our People t-shirt."
Shirt appears to be made on Next Level blanks ... which are made in Central America and Haiti.
"Tired of seeing your money go overseas?" reads a product page. "Support your fellow Americans by purchasing a Protect Our People t-shirt."
Shirt appears to be made on Next Level blanks ... which are made in Central America and Haiti.
December 3, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Kash Patel apparently runs a "America First" clothing line.
"Tired of seeing your money go overseas?" reads a product page. "Support your fellow Americans by purchasing a Protect Our People t-shirt."
Shirt appears to be made on Next Level blanks ... which are made in Central America and Haiti.
"Tired of seeing your money go overseas?" reads a product page. "Support your fellow Americans by purchasing a Protect Our People t-shirt."
Shirt appears to be made on Next Level blanks ... which are made in Central America and Haiti.
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Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
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Finally tried Sky Follower Bridge. Among the 1,158 accounts I'd been following on Xitter, it found 638 matches on its broadest setting, 472 with the same handle. A few in that second group were incorrect--if only my former editor and fellow ex-Postie John Kelly, my first Twitter follow, were here!
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
November 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Finally tried Sky Follower Bridge. Among the 1,158 accounts I'd been following on Xitter, it found 638 matches on its broadest setting, 472 with the same handle. A few in that second group were incorrect--if only my former editor and fellow ex-Postie John Kelly, my first Twitter follow, were here!