James McClure
@pfadge.bsky.social
Relocated Texan in the Midwest (Appleton, Wisconsin). Spouse, Dad, Longhorn, Product Manager.
It was much less creepy when we just imagined this shit as nostalgic holograms.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It was much less creepy when we just imagined this shit as nostalgic holograms.
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A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
aggy gonna aggy…
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
aggy gonna aggy…
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Sir these cherry picked emails where we all talk about doing pedophile sex crimes make it look like we were doing pedophile sex crimes
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sir these cherry picked emails where we all talk about doing pedophile sex crimes make it look like we were doing pedophile sex crimes
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When I studied Ancient Rome in college, I marveled at the sense of TOTAL entitlement among the ruling elite. NO accountability.
It’s not new in the US.
But it’s sure as hell extreme.
And exposed.
It’s not new in the US.
But it’s sure as hell extreme.
And exposed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When I studied Ancient Rome in college, I marveled at the sense of TOTAL entitlement among the ruling elite. NO accountability.
It’s not new in the US.
But it’s sure as hell extreme.
And exposed.
It’s not new in the US.
But it’s sure as hell extreme.
And exposed.
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Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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people have completely memory holed this which is a shame because I don't know that I've seen anything like it before or since. Natalie Maines, performing in London, said she was ashamed that George W. Bush was from Texas, and in response she and her bandmates had their lives destroyed
In my second of two opinion writing seminars for MPP students today, I was asked about getting canceled in the future over writing today. I immediately responded with my deeply held belief that only The Chicks ever have been canceled. 3 of the 65 people laughed; everyone else was very confused.
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
people have completely memory holed this which is a shame because I don't know that I've seen anything like it before or since. Natalie Maines, performing in London, said she was ashamed that George W. Bush was from Texas, and in response she and her bandmates had their lives destroyed
"Do not build the Torment Nexus™"
It’s Sunday. You got an extra hour to fuck with. I got you: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4
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November 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Do not build the Torment Nexus™"
Y'know, it's possible that a lot of folks in our government don't care about actually governing so much as amassing personal wealth and power - and maybe a lot of the hateful things they say and do are just a smokescreen.
Occam's razor and all…
Occam's razor and all…
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Y'know, it's possible that a lot of folks in our government don't care about actually governing so much as amassing personal wealth and power - and maybe a lot of the hateful things they say and do are just a smokescreen.
Occam's razor and all…
Occam's razor and all…
Today's AI is yesterday's Facebook, Twitter, etc. feed of doomscrolling.
"We are replacing pluralism with personalization… We’re shown only the facts these systems think we want to see… weighted by models whose workings remain hidden."
archive.ph/7u0A3#select...
"We are replacing pluralism with personalization… We’re shown only the facts these systems think we want to see… weighted by models whose workings remain hidden."
archive.ph/7u0A3#select...
archive.ph
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today's AI is yesterday's Facebook, Twitter, etc. feed of doomscrolling.
"We are replacing pluralism with personalization… We’re shown only the facts these systems think we want to see… weighted by models whose workings remain hidden."
archive.ph/7u0A3#select...
"We are replacing pluralism with personalization… We’re shown only the facts these systems think we want to see… weighted by models whose workings remain hidden."
archive.ph/7u0A3#select...
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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Reminder: There’s no such thing as “a substack” and definitely no such thing as _your_ substack. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reminder: There’s no such thing as “a substack” and definitely no such thing as _your_ substack. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
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If they pass this--an effective ban because every medical facility requires those funds to function--then next up is adults. That's it. Full stop.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If they pass this--an effective ban because every medical facility requires those funds to function--then next up is adults. That's it. Full stop.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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I am motivated by the fact that I don’t think any president should get a blank check to murder as many people as he wants with zero oversight based on his opinion that they were transporting drugs without due process or proof presented to anyone. Jesus would agree with me. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mike Johnson dismisses Democrats criticizing Trump's lawless strikes on boats: "They are motivated out of fear and Trump derangement syndrome."
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I am motivated by the fact that I don’t think any president should get a blank check to murder as many people as he wants with zero oversight based on his opinion that they were transporting drugs without due process or proof presented to anyone. Jesus would agree with me. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
I’ve gifted this like he gifted Xi
I’ve gifted this like he gifted Xi
The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
I’ve gifted this like he gifted Xi
I’ve gifted this like he gifted Xi