Johan Baumeister
@the-real-jdb.bsky.social
About Me: 40-something, queer & demi-binary (he/they), pet dad, happily throupled, Minnesotan
Interests: D&D, Board Games, Video Games, Science Fiction, Climate Justice, Astronomy, Marine Biology
Interests: D&D, Board Games, Video Games, Science Fiction, Climate Justice, Astronomy, Marine Biology
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
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Thanks to the eyewitnesses of today's inept firebombing attack, the suspect was arrested around 4:30pm. Fletcher's Ice Cream is one of my faves.
Just witnessed someone trying to fireb*mb Fletcher’s Ice Cream in NE. Saw a dude acting weird next to a parked car in front of the place. I walked by, heard a smash through my earbuds, smelled gasoline/kerosine. Turned around, snapped some photos instinctively. Thankfully they suck at molot*vs.
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thanks to the eyewitnesses of today's inept firebombing attack, the suspect was arrested around 4:30pm. Fletcher's Ice Cream is one of my faves.
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
Maybe it's because they know that the photo of them standing next to Dear Leader while tanks parade by isn't a good look and in fact will destroy their careers when a free and fair election happens again?
June 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Maybe it's because they know that the photo of them standing next to Dear Leader while tanks parade by isn't a good look and in fact will destroy their careers when a free and fair election happens again?
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Truly an idiotic self-own to drive away US-trained talent.
I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
May 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Truly an idiotic self-own to drive away US-trained talent.
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Two U.S. science societies, @agu.org and @ametsoc.org, announced today that they aim to publish the originally planned work of dismissed #NCA6 authors. With slashed funds and staff and no authors, the Congressionally mandated federal report is in limbo.
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/c...
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/c...
Two Scientific Groups Say They’ll Keep Working on U.S. Climate Assessment
The organizations said they planned to publish the assessment even after the Trump administration’s decision to dismiss all authors on the project.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Two U.S. science societies, @agu.org and @ametsoc.org, announced today that they aim to publish the originally planned work of dismissed #NCA6 authors. With slashed funds and staff and no authors, the Congressionally mandated federal report is in limbo.
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/c...
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/c...
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Stealing this from a friend, but this is so true! Worked my tail off for my pilot and mechanic FAA certifications.
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Stealing this from a friend, but this is so true! Worked my tail off for my pilot and mechanic FAA certifications.
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Minnesota is a huge state, yet people are going to be pissed because the storm missed their relatively tiny part of it and call it a fail by meteorologists. 🤦 #mnwx
April 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Minnesota is a huge state, yet people are going to be pissed because the storm missed their relatively tiny part of it and call it a fail by meteorologists. 🤦 #mnwx
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Credit where it's due: it is helpful that a thoroughly corporate mainstream media outlet is able to draw the line from "Musk is spreading bullshit about fraud in Social Security" to "Trump and Musk are coming for your Social Security and this is them laying the groundwork"
Trump and Musk set their sights on Social Security by spreading rumors | CNN Politics
Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the contrary, that most of them never went into the office.
www.cnn.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Credit where it's due: it is helpful that a thoroughly corporate mainstream media outlet is able to draw the line from "Musk is spreading bullshit about fraud in Social Security" to "Trump and Musk are coming for your Social Security and this is them laying the groundwork"
Article III, Section 2 would like a word.
Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for “what the law is”
(This is not how the Constitution works)
(This is not how the Constitution works)
February 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Article III, Section 2 would like a word.
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The secret to MY happy marriage:
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
What’s the secret to a happy marriage?
December 6, 2024 at 1:11 AM
The secret to MY happy marriage:
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
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United we stand, divided we fall
November 22, 2024 at 4:15 AM
United we stand, divided we fall
If we abandon our values, wtf are we fighting for?
We're not to the point where we need to lie in order to survive, and that's about the only ✳️ I can see here.
We're not to the point where we need to lie in order to survive, and that's about the only ✳️ I can see here.
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 AM
If we abandon our values, wtf are we fighting for?
We're not to the point where we need to lie in order to survive, and that's about the only ✳️ I can see here.
We're not to the point where we need to lie in order to survive, and that's about the only ✳️ I can see here.
Pete Hegseth is the sort of guy who you'd expect to get a dishonorable discharge for taking a prospective 4th wife out on a date and charging it to the unit's expense account. Not SecDef material. Not the #familyvalues man he purports to be. (source: www.apmreports.org/story/2018/0...)
Words and deeds out of alignment for potential Cabinet appointment and Fox News personality
Pete Hegseth, a decorated Army veteran thought to be considered to run Veteran's Affairs, portrays himself as a defender of traditional family values despite extramarital affairs with co-workers and d...
www.apmreports.org
November 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Pete Hegseth is the sort of guy who you'd expect to get a dishonorable discharge for taking a prospective 4th wife out on a date and charging it to the unit's expense account. Not SecDef material. Not the #familyvalues man he purports to be. (source: www.apmreports.org/story/2018/0...)
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nobody at the level of power we say we're aiming to contest - who could launch an ICBM, capital strike, or planetary scale disinformation campaign - is worried about the fine details of our lil critiques, or precisely what kind of socialist/anarchist/anti-imperialist is frowning at them. be serious.
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
nobody at the level of power we say we're aiming to contest - who could launch an ICBM, capital strike, or planetary scale disinformation campaign - is worried about the fine details of our lil critiques, or precisely what kind of socialist/anarchist/anti-imperialist is frowning at them. be serious.
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February 15, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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These Hugo dossiers are disgusting.
"Author openly describes themselves as queer, nonbibary, trans... I don't know how that will play in China (I suspect less than well)"
They wrote that in writing.
"Author openly describes themselves as queer, nonbibary, trans... I don't know how that will play in China (I suspect less than well)"
They wrote that in writing.
February 15, 2024 at 4:56 AM
These Hugo dossiers are disgusting.
"Author openly describes themselves as queer, nonbibary, trans... I don't know how that will play in China (I suspect less than well)"
They wrote that in writing.
"Author openly describes themselves as queer, nonbibary, trans... I don't know how that will play in China (I suspect less than well)"
They wrote that in writing.
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Well, confirmed.
Hugo organizers self-censored the ballots and threw out votes to preemptively appease an authoritarian regime.
They made dossiers to see if an author so much as acknowledged Tibet on Twitter, or mentioned China in a way they were too unknowlegeable to know if it was good or bad.
Hugo organizers self-censored the ballots and threw out votes to preemptively appease an authoritarian regime.
They made dossiers to see if an author so much as acknowledged Tibet on Twitter, or mentioned China in a way they were too unknowlegeable to know if it was good or bad.
For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards.
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
February 15, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Well, confirmed.
Hugo organizers self-censored the ballots and threw out votes to preemptively appease an authoritarian regime.
They made dossiers to see if an author so much as acknowledged Tibet on Twitter, or mentioned China in a way they were too unknowlegeable to know if it was good or bad.
Hugo organizers self-censored the ballots and threw out votes to preemptively appease an authoritarian regime.
They made dossiers to see if an author so much as acknowledged Tibet on Twitter, or mentioned China in a way they were too unknowlegeable to know if it was good or bad.
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This is what the apartheid regime does when Palestinians protest peacefully.
During the Great March of Return, IDF snipers bragged to each other about how many people's knees they shot.
February 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
This is what the apartheid regime does when Palestinians protest peacefully.
He bragged that he could “stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”
His lawyers are now arguing that he could get away with having a political opponent assassinated as long as Congress didn't impeach & convict him.
Believe him when he tells us who he is.
His lawyers are now arguing that he could get away with having a political opponent assassinated as long as Congress didn't impeach & convict him.
Believe him when he tells us who he is.
January 9, 2024 at 7:29 PM
He bragged that he could “stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”
His lawyers are now arguing that he could get away with having a political opponent assassinated as long as Congress didn't impeach & convict him.
Believe him when he tells us who he is.
His lawyers are now arguing that he could get away with having a political opponent assassinated as long as Congress didn't impeach & convict him.
Believe him when he tells us who he is.