Justin Russell
@justin207.bsky.social
Mainer with a camera and a business. I build things. I joined Twitter in 2007 (rip).
So... *sigh*... I have so many issues with the ally flag.
That said, I did get a really cool button today.
That said, I did get a really cool button today.
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So... *sigh*... I have so many issues with the ally flag.
That said, I did get a really cool button today.
That said, I did get a really cool button today.
I really want to like Bluesky. I want a place that feels right, allows me to grow and discover new people, and feels like I belong.
But right now I feel like I don't belong anywhere, especially politically. It feels like we've gone full tribalist and anyone who doesn't fit isn't welcome.
Oh well.
But right now I feel like I don't belong anywhere, especially politically. It feels like we've gone full tribalist and anyone who doesn't fit isn't welcome.
Oh well.
June 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I really want to like Bluesky. I want a place that feels right, allows me to grow and discover new people, and feels like I belong.
But right now I feel like I don't belong anywhere, especially politically. It feels like we've gone full tribalist and anyone who doesn't fit isn't welcome.
Oh well.
But right now I feel like I don't belong anywhere, especially politically. It feels like we've gone full tribalist and anyone who doesn't fit isn't welcome.
Oh well.
Which #ME02 liberal populist / progressive is going to run as an independent in 2026 vs. @golden.house.gov?
Let's let ranked choice voting really do its thing.
Let's let ranked choice voting really do its thing.
April 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Which #ME02 liberal populist / progressive is going to run as an independent in 2026 vs. @golden.house.gov?
Let's let ranked choice voting really do its thing.
Let's let ranked choice voting really do its thing.
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If it were your active mission to destroy the geopolitical standing of the United States, I don't know how you could do a more effective job than the current administration short of, like, invading Switzerland or nuking the Vatican.
If you’re wondering why China is taking their time picking up the phone.
@bloomberg.com @financialtimes.com @barrons.com
@bloomberg.com @financialtimes.com @barrons.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If it were your active mission to destroy the geopolitical standing of the United States, I don't know how you could do a more effective job than the current administration short of, like, invading Switzerland or nuking the Vatican.
Fuck yeah, UMaine, and a big 🖕🏻to anyone who disagrees.
🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Fuck yeah, UMaine, and a big 🖕🏻to anyone who disagrees.
🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
@golden.house.gov hope you're happy bub.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@golden.house.gov hope you're happy bub.
We dont talk about this piece enough in the tariff conversation.
Even if you think the *concept* of tariffs isn't horrible (though I disagree), who would want to do business with us in the future?
apple.news/AN4jTznuESpW...
Even if you think the *concept* of tariffs isn't horrible (though I disagree), who would want to do business with us in the future?
apple.news/AN4jTznuESpW...
April 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We dont talk about this piece enough in the tariff conversation.
Even if you think the *concept* of tariffs isn't horrible (though I disagree), who would want to do business with us in the future?
apple.news/AN4jTznuESpW...
Even if you think the *concept* of tariffs isn't horrible (though I disagree), who would want to do business with us in the future?
apple.news/AN4jTznuESpW...
Sounds like an April 1 thing, but no. Yes, shocker, porn isn't always what you think it is.
Anyway. True story: you can go on freelancer marketplaces and find jobs in the developing world that pay (literally) a few bucks an hour and a small percentage of sales to do this.
Anyway. True story: you can go on freelancer marketplaces and find jobs in the developing world that pay (literally) a few bucks an hour and a small percentage of sales to do this.
OnlyFans sued after two guys realized they might not actually be talking to models
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April 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sounds like an April 1 thing, but no. Yes, shocker, porn isn't always what you think it is.
Anyway. True story: you can go on freelancer marketplaces and find jobs in the developing world that pay (literally) a few bucks an hour and a small percentage of sales to do this.
Anyway. True story: you can go on freelancer marketplaces and find jobs in the developing world that pay (literally) a few bucks an hour and a small percentage of sales to do this.
The spirit of this seems good but it drops the ball on messaging, as liberal stuff so often does.
If you can't broadcast up front how doing this will benefit average Americans in a single post, you're leaving a ton of opportunity to convince people on the table.
If you can't broadcast up front how doing this will benefit average Americans in a single post, you're leaving a ton of opportunity to convince people on the table.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The spirit of this seems good but it drops the ball on messaging, as liberal stuff so often does.
If you can't broadcast up front how doing this will benefit average Americans in a single post, you're leaving a ton of opportunity to convince people on the table.
If you can't broadcast up front how doing this will benefit average Americans in a single post, you're leaving a ton of opportunity to convince people on the table.
Amber Ruffin is an absolutely incredible comedian, and since the WHCA is a cowering feckless organization hellbent on betraying the American people through the dereliction of its duties, she should write a set herself and perform it on her own. Or stream it. I'd pay to watch.
White House Correspondents’ Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner
The group's board unanimously decided it would no longer feature a comedic performance, WHCA President Eugene Daniels wrote in an email Saturday.
www.politico.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Amber Ruffin is an absolutely incredible comedian, and since the WHCA is a cowering feckless organization hellbent on betraying the American people through the dereliction of its duties, she should write a set herself and perform it on her own. Or stream it. I'd pay to watch.
For people who talk shit about China at every possible opportunity, this sounds remarkably similar to Chinese surveillance state tactics.
This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For people who talk shit about China at every possible opportunity, this sounds remarkably similar to Chinese surveillance state tactics.
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“the people calling me a nazi are obviously being paid off by a rich jew” is a helluva rebuttal
March 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“the people calling me a nazi are obviously being paid off by a rich jew” is a helluva rebuttal
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EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
I’m coming from a place of relative expertise in this area and I can inform you that I just threw up in my mouth
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m coming from a place of relative expertise in this area and I can inform you that I just threw up in my mouth
Just for "fun" I listened to Levin on the radio last night while I was driving.
Everyone should listen to conservative radio every once in a while. It's nonsensical, but hearing what's on the plate of the media diet of other people is so illuminating.
Everyone should listen to conservative radio every once in a while. It's nonsensical, but hearing what's on the plate of the media diet of other people is so illuminating.
March 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just for "fun" I listened to Levin on the radio last night while I was driving.
Everyone should listen to conservative radio every once in a while. It's nonsensical, but hearing what's on the plate of the media diet of other people is so illuminating.
Everyone should listen to conservative radio every once in a while. It's nonsensical, but hearing what's on the plate of the media diet of other people is so illuminating.
I pre-write the messages I leave for Collins and Golden and keep them in a note on my phone, and going back through them I can see how much my writing has improved over the last couple of months.
tbh I’m pretty proud of the messages I’m leaving lately.
tbh I’m pretty proud of the messages I’m leaving lately.
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I pre-write the messages I leave for Collins and Golden and keep them in a note on my phone, and going back through them I can see how much my writing has improved over the last couple of months.
tbh I’m pretty proud of the messages I’m leaving lately.
tbh I’m pretty proud of the messages I’m leaving lately.
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On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
March 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
This isn’t an “I told you so” thing since I never said anything about it to anyone, but like, who could’ve imagined that something could go wrong if you gave your genetic information to a private, for-profit company?
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued a consumer alert Wednesday urging customers of 23andMe to delete their DNA material and other personal data and from the genetic-testing company.
Maine AG says delete DNA data from 23andMe
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey says deleting personal and genetic information is the best move while the company is in bankruptcy.
www.pressherald.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This isn’t an “I told you so” thing since I never said anything about it to anyone, but like, who could’ve imagined that something could go wrong if you gave your genetic information to a private, for-profit company?
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Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
It's not much, but there's some small sense of comfort that I'm not as hypocritical in my beliefs as "libertarians" who think you should need to present ID issued by the federal government to vote or to anyone in a mask and hoodie on the street who approaches you and claims to be a federal officer.
March 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's not much, but there's some small sense of comfort that I'm not as hypocritical in my beliefs as "libertarians" who think you should need to present ID issued by the federal government to vote or to anyone in a mask and hoodie on the street who approaches you and claims to be a federal officer.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Let’s do this.
I'm Shenna Bellows, and I've fought for the people of Maine my entire life, from the campaign for marriage equality to the ACLU to the office of Secretary of State.
Today, I’m proud to announce that I’m running to be the next Governor of Maine! bellowsformaine.com
Today, I’m proud to announce that I’m running to be the next Governor of Maine! bellowsformaine.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Let’s do this.
Any day I'm able to spend time in my two favorite cities is a pretty great day. #bangormaine
March 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Any day I'm able to spend time in my two favorite cities is a pretty great day. #bangormaine
A great example of why I'm passionate about public transit: just arrived on time in Bangor on the Concord bus at 4:25, had to cross a busy Union Street to catch Community Connector by 4:27.
I missed it by about 500 feet, and now I need to wait until tomorrow to pick up my car (garage closes at 5).
I missed it by about 500 feet, and now I need to wait until tomorrow to pick up my car (garage closes at 5).
March 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A great example of why I'm passionate about public transit: just arrived on time in Bangor on the Concord bus at 4:25, had to cross a busy Union Street to catch Community Connector by 4:27.
I missed it by about 500 feet, and now I need to wait until tomorrow to pick up my car (garage closes at 5).
I missed it by about 500 feet, and now I need to wait until tomorrow to pick up my car (garage closes at 5).