Jeffrey Bickford
@mindingmyattention.bsky.social
Listening. Learning. Loving. Living.
🌲(207)🦞 ride or die
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The keys to a good life:
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
Thanks, Bari.
get a load of this line of questioning from CBS's Margaret Brennan to Hakeem Jeffries aimed at bothsidesing election denial and gerrymandering
October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thanks, Bari.
We are governed by that one lunch table in school.
Lutnick: "The best way to actually merge the economies of Canada and the United States is for Canada to become our 51st state ... Canada is gonna have to work with us to really integrate their economy, and as the president said, they should consider the amazing advantages of being the 51st state."
March 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are governed by that one lunch table in school.
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It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
Lololol @samseder.bsky.social has to very slowly explain to this dude that government agencies don't pay taxes lolol
March 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
The keys to a good life:
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
March 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The keys to a good life:
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
Be a good person.
Pay attention.
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he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
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Looking forward to your response, Ed!
March 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Looking forward to your response, Ed!
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This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
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There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.
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He didn't wear a suit, but he received a pardon and was treated better than Zelenskyy was.
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
He didn't wear a suit, but he received a pardon and was treated better than Zelenskyy was.
Show us the evidence, Mike!
Transparency or bust.
Transparency or bust.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Show us the evidence, Mike!
Transparency or bust.
Transparency or bust.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Ah yes, with nominees like Kash Patel, RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and Russel Vought, why would they ever doubt that Rubio would be a strong independent force for good in the cabinet?
BASH: You voted to approve Marco Rubio's nomination to be secretary of state. Did you make the right choice?
CHRIS MURPHY: Nope. It was a mistake. It was a mistake. I think a lot of us thought Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Trump on an issue like this.
CHRIS MURPHY: Nope. It was a mistake. It was a mistake. I think a lot of us thought Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Trump on an issue like this.
March 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ah yes, with nominees like Kash Patel, RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and Russel Vought, why would they ever doubt that Rubio would be a strong independent force for good in the cabinet?
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In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt answered the "America First" of his day - and foresaw the "America First" of ours:
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
March 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt answered the "America First" of his day - and foresaw the "America First" of ours:
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
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remarkable stuff. White House put out this brag sheet about all the kudos its Ukraine policy is getting. As you can see it's mostly Trump's own appointees
March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
remarkable stuff. White House put out this brag sheet about all the kudos its Ukraine policy is getting. As you can see it's mostly Trump's own appointees
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Just asking questions.
March 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just asking questions.
I suspect the eventual Oval Office meeting with Putin will find even greater depths of shame, shock, and disgust.
(if they even let us see it)
(if they even let us see it)
March 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I suspect the eventual Oval Office meeting with Putin will find even greater depths of shame, shock, and disgust.
(if they even let us see it)
(if they even let us see it)
Always projecting.
In order to actually cut $1 trillion from the budget you are going to need massive cuts to programs like Social Security.
Musk is not hiding his intentions
Musk is not hiding his intentions
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Always projecting.
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Spoiler: kids started dying
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spoiler: kids started dying
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We're watching the on-video confession of the Trump-Russia scandal.
February 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We're watching the on-video confession of the Trump-Russia scandal.
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Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them.
Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
February 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them.
Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
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Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
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Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important