J.T. from Oakland
@oaklandjt.myatproto.social
Third generation Oaklander, second generation Cal Bear.
Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times.
(Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/how-fannie-lou-hamer-challenged-nation )
Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times.
(Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/how-fannie-lou-hamer-challenged-nation )
Reposted by J.T. from Oakland
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Reposted by J.T. from Oakland
I think you’ve hit on something else, I was taught by excellent experienced career educators in well-funded public schools, which is so necessary to building shared civic understanding. These kids have been taught by chromebooks and purchased curriculums that are deliberately flattened.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I think you’ve hit on something else, I was taught by excellent experienced career educators in well-funded public schools, which is so necessary to building shared civic understanding. These kids have been taught by chromebooks and purchased curriculums that are deliberately flattened.
New earworm for today: "Every day they're out there making Duck Trains (ah-woo-oo)"
(Also, everyone should see the best version of the Ducktales intro)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1...
(Also, everyone should see the best version of the Ducktales intro)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1...
DuckTales Theme Song With Real Ducks
YouTube video by Exter
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New earworm for today: "Every day they're out there making Duck Trains (ah-woo-oo)"
(Also, everyone should see the best version of the Ducktales intro)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1...
(Also, everyone should see the best version of the Ducktales intro)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1...
I asked my therapist once if the exam-in-a-class-you-didn't-know-you-were-enrolled-in dreams ever stop and she just laughed for the rest of the hour.
I took that to be a "no."
I took that to be a "no."
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I asked my therapist once if the exam-in-a-class-you-didn't-know-you-were-enrolled-in dreams ever stop and she just laughed for the rest of the hour.
I took that to be a "no."
I took that to be a "no."
two of my top three star Burgess Meredith
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a pile of books and says there 's time enough at last .
Alt: Scene from the Twilight Zone episode Time Enough At Last. A man (Burgess Meredith) in a suit and tie and glasses is sitting in front of a pile of books and says "There's time enough at last." The glasses are intact for now.
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
two of my top three star Burgess Meredith
This is the first positive I've ever heard about Lotus Notes.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is the first positive I've ever heard about Lotus Notes.