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J Jarret
@juniperjarret.bsky.social
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Historical Architect, pink bathroom lover, replacement window hater, disillusioned citizen.
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The greatest moment in broadcast television history.
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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jamellebouie.net
i am constantly hearing that the left is elitist but if it is elitism to stand up for basic values of citizenship and decency against a bunch of cruel dumbasses who have no greater ambition than to tell bad jokes and hear the braying laughter of their dumbass friends, then i am an elitist
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 27
these people make me into a social conservative but for social democratic values
Wexler thinks her account can get young women to “come out” of their MAGA closets because, ideally, in her they see themselves. “We all serve different purposes. I really believe culture is upstream of politics,” Wexler told me. “It’s okay to have your values. A lot of people feel this way; they’re just too shy to say anything.” All weekend, everyone in this set kept referring to themselves as “normal.” In their eyes, they are representative of the rest of the country — if not how they look, exactly, then how they talk. After all, the mainstream media had nearly declared a Harris victory after a comedian at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made racist jokes about Puerto Ricans, only for Trump to set a GOP record with Latino voters. Raquel Debono, when trying to explain why she likes to tell fat jokes, told me, “I’m normal, okay? Probably the most fucking normal person here.” Even her “lib” friends, she says, enjoy a not-so-PC joke every now and then, but only behind closed doors. “I want to be skinny! You said the same thing last night, bitch! You had bulimia ten years ago!” Another example of the kind of thing she believes everyone else is thinking, too, but may be too shy to say: “The DEI bullshit? Who the fuck cares?” Off-duty from TikTok and their Fox News guest-panelist gigs, the young conservatives did exhibit a certain level of willingness to really get into it in a mostly productive way, which, I’ll admit, is more than I can say about a lot of people back in Brooklyn. Still, it was disconcerting how often a normal conversation with one of these so-called normal people could cannonball from politics and policy into, at the very least, a not-so-PC joke and, at worst, something hateful. When I first reached out to Wexler, for example, asking to talk about her weekend plans for the inauguration, she wrote back, “Let’s do it. Full transparency, I think ‘pronouns’ are ‘retarded.’” She asked me to tell my readers that. “Tomorrow, we’re going to have images of th…
January 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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matthewhahn.com
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
juniperjarret.bsky.social
Happy paper and box day to all those who celebrate!
December 26, 2024 at 3:19 AM