John Zimmerman
@zman1527.bsky.social
70 year old male Californian, semi-retired mineral exploration geologist.
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AI's infiltration of films, music, painting — even sculpture — is inspiring new resistance to tech in art, and putting a premium on work that's purely human.
As AI marches into art, humanity is a selling point
Art has long been seen as a uniquely human endeavor, making AI's advance into this realm especially unsettling.
www.axios.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
AI's infiltration of films, music, painting — even sculpture — is inspiring new resistance to tech in art, and putting a premium on work that's purely human.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Multiple federal judges have ruled he has.
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Multiple federal judges have ruled he has.
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Headlines You Never Expected To See (a la Mad magazine):
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Headlines You Never Expected To See (a la Mad magazine):
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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You can never predict the exact form of Trump’s death threats (or death charge, a la Jan 6) or random murders, such as his killings at sea or his illegal termination of USAID. You can only rely on the sociopathy of his cult and the pusillanimity and complicity of Republicans in Congress.
Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
You can never predict the exact form of Trump’s death threats (or death charge, a la Jan 6) or random murders, such as his killings at sea or his illegal termination of USAID. You can only rely on the sociopathy of his cult and the pusillanimity and complicity of Republicans in Congress.
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The press corps sure could do a better job of challenging Trump when he lies, when he refuses to answer questions, when he attacks colleagues. The first reporter who says to him, "Why are you being such a jerk?" will become a folk hero. And i hope he or she keeps their job.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The press corps sure could do a better job of challenging Trump when he lies, when he refuses to answer questions, when he attacks colleagues. The first reporter who says to him, "Why are you being such a jerk?" will become a folk hero. And i hope he or she keeps their job.
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NEW: One of the big mysteries of the Jeffrey Epstein case is, what was Donald Trump thinking? I dig into that puzzle in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/42580...
And congratulations to the Epstein survivors who have fought so long for the vote today to release the files.
link.motherjones.com/public/42580...
And congratulations to the Epstein survivors who have fought so long for the vote today to release the files.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW: One of the big mysteries of the Jeffrey Epstein case is, what was Donald Trump thinking? I dig into that puzzle in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/42580...
And congratulations to the Epstein survivors who have fought so long for the vote today to release the files.
link.motherjones.com/public/42580...
And congratulations to the Epstein survivors who have fought so long for the vote today to release the files.
Are Dems ready to put any Republican names in the Epstein files? MAGA thinks it's Dems only. Certainly it isn't.
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Are Dems ready to put any Republican names in the Epstein files? MAGA thinks it's Dems only. Certainly it isn't.
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The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
Raising taxes on the ultrarich: A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector
Summary The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have not responded. Small increases in taxes on the rich that were instituted during time...
www.epi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
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"The group, founded in 2009 by conservatives who split from the Episcopal Church over its approval of an openly gay bishop..."
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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American Anglican archbishop suspended after sexual misconduct allegations
Stephen Wood, 62, leader of the 16-year-old denomination, faces allegations of sexual misconduct, plagiarizing sermons and bullying staffers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The group, founded in 2009 by conservatives who split from the Episcopal Church over its approval of an openly gay bishop..."
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The Guardian demonstrates a different approach.
THE BANALITY OF EVIL:
HOW EPSTEIN'S POWERFUL FRIENDS NORMALISED HIM
"... the documents expose a reality less about a shadowy cabal and more about a system of power that operates in plain sight, indifferent to conviction or consequence..."
THE BANALITY OF EVIL:
HOW EPSTEIN'S POWERFUL FRIENDS NORMALISED HIM
"... the documents expose a reality less about a shadowy cabal and more about a system of power that operates in plain sight, indifferent to conviction or consequence..."
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Guardian demonstrates a different approach.
THE BANALITY OF EVIL:
HOW EPSTEIN'S POWERFUL FRIENDS NORMALISED HIM
"... the documents expose a reality less about a shadowy cabal and more about a system of power that operates in plain sight, indifferent to conviction or consequence..."
THE BANALITY OF EVIL:
HOW EPSTEIN'S POWERFUL FRIENDS NORMALISED HIM
"... the documents expose a reality less about a shadowy cabal and more about a system of power that operates in plain sight, indifferent to conviction or consequence..."
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They are done with Donald's BS. The wave is going to swallow them all.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
They are done with Donald's BS. The wave is going to swallow them all.
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I want y’all to fully appreciate how a similar mass psychosis event- Hitler- played out at its end bc the power of self delusion is so much stronger than we ever knew.
Plz RP this 🧵
Plz RP this 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I want y’all to fully appreciate how a similar mass psychosis event- Hitler- played out at its end bc the power of self delusion is so much stronger than we ever knew.
Plz RP this 🧵
Plz RP this 🧵
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10 Weekend Reads:
-Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?
-Boomers Passing Down Fortunes — And Way, Way Too Much Stuff;
-Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains;
-Gold, guns and cartels;
-Private Equity/Credit Bubble Implications;
-Tolerating annoying things
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
-Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?
-Boomers Passing Down Fortunes — And Way, Way Too Much Stuff;
-Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains;
-Gold, guns and cartels;
-Private Equity/Credit Bubble Implications;
-Tolerating annoying things
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
10 Weekend Reads:
-Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?
-Boomers Passing Down Fortunes — And Way, Way Too Much Stuff;
-Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains;
-Gold, guns and cartels;
-Private Equity/Credit Bubble Implications;
-Tolerating annoying things
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
-Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?
-Boomers Passing Down Fortunes — And Way, Way Too Much Stuff;
-Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains;
-Gold, guns and cartels;
-Private Equity/Credit Bubble Implications;
-Tolerating annoying things
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
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Had a great conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social about the latest Epstein emails and their implications for the current MAGA civil war.
Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Had a great conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social about the latest Epstein emails and their implications for the current MAGA civil war.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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New single by @dropkickmurphys.com just dropped. Helluva Veterans Day tribute, filmed IN UKRAINE. Watch and share. And BZ to all who wore the uniform—and who still stand for freedom.
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
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"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
“Who’ll Stand With Us” featuring O’Hamsters [Recorded in KYIV 🇺🇦]
YouTube video by VALOR Media Network
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November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New single by @dropkickmurphys.com just dropped. Helluva Veterans Day tribute, filmed IN UKRAINE. Watch and share. And BZ to all who wore the uniform—and who still stand for freedom.
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
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10 Sunday Reads: Biggest-ever Crypto liquidation event, The New Gold Rush, AI’s Dirty Work, Anti-Vax Facebook Groups, USAID deaths, and Extreme Chatbots
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-s...
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10 Sunday Reads - The Big Picture
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Crypto investors lose billions in biggest-ever liquidation event: A record $19 billion crypto liquidation roc...
ritholtz.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
10 Sunday Reads: Biggest-ever Crypto liquidation event, The New Gold Rush, AI’s Dirty Work, Anti-Vax Facebook Groups, USAID deaths, and Extreme Chatbots
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-s...
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-s...
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10 Weekend Reads: A New Election Winning Formula, 15 billion scam ads a day, the Antidote to Climate Backlash, The paradox of Philadelphia, and ending your extremely online era.
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
10 Weekend Reads - The Big Picture
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Danish Blend coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula — The affordability th...
ritholtz.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
10 Weekend Reads: A New Election Winning Formula, 15 billion scam ads a day, the Antidote to Climate Backlash, The paradox of Philadelphia, and ending your extremely online era.
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
ritholtz.com/2025/11/10-w...
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In a 67-page 10-Q for Trump Media ($DJT), the risk factors account for nearly a third of the filing, which, trust me, is a lot. Gotta wonder how many of the folks who bought the stock even skimmed those risk factors. Stock down over 60% YTD.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In a 67-page 10-Q for Trump Media ($DJT), the risk factors account for nearly a third of the filing, which, trust me, is a lot. Gotta wonder how many of the folks who bought the stock even skimmed those risk factors. Stock down over 60% YTD.
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Democrats, don’t let the word “socialist” spook you. I’m not Democratic socialist, but I’m damn proud to be part of a party big enough to hold all of us.
FACT: Republicans call every Democrat a socialist, It’s all they’ve got.
And, who doesn’t love that Republicans are having melt down over it.
FACT: Republicans call every Democrat a socialist, It’s all they’ve got.
And, who doesn’t love that Republicans are having melt down over it.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Democrats, don’t let the word “socialist” spook you. I’m not Democratic socialist, but I’m damn proud to be part of a party big enough to hold all of us.
FACT: Republicans call every Democrat a socialist, It’s all they’ve got.
And, who doesn’t love that Republicans are having melt down over it.
FACT: Republicans call every Democrat a socialist, It’s all they’ve got.
And, who doesn’t love that Republicans are having melt down over it.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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I remember every time Biden spoke about the positives of his economy he got reamed endlessly by pundits and posters about how terrible inflation was and housing costs, etc. and what an out of touch fool he was. Even though Biden always also said "but we have more work to do."
Trump's ballroom fiasco looks even worse against backdrop of bad economic news:
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Worse Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal
As the ballroom story gets more damaging for Trump against a backdrop of terrible economic news, a progressive organizer explains how all this gives Democrats a big opening to regain crucial lost grou...
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I remember every time Biden spoke about the positives of his economy he got reamed endlessly by pundits and posters about how terrible inflation was and housing costs, etc. and what an out of touch fool he was. Even though Biden always also said "but we have more work to do."
It's not a ballroom, it's a Griftatorium. How many "donors" can you fit into 90,000 square feet?
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's not a ballroom, it's a Griftatorium. How many "donors" can you fit into 90,000 square feet?
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They're (again) stress-testing norms of democracy, in this case how long they can intentionally stall and undermine due representation.
And they'd only stress-test such a thing if they're looking to expand on the test in the future.
bsky.app/profile/dean...
And they'd only stress-test such a thing if they're looking to expand on the test in the future.
bsky.app/profile/dean...
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy. This is not just about blocking the release of the Jeffrey Epstein file. It's also about GOP becoming increasingly hostile to democracy deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-refus...
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
The GOP is anti-democracy party
deanobeidallah.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They're (again) stress-testing norms of democracy, in this case how long they can intentionally stall and undermine due representation.
And they'd only stress-test such a thing if they're looking to expand on the test in the future.
bsky.app/profile/dean...
And they'd only stress-test such a thing if they're looking to expand on the test in the future.
bsky.app/profile/dean...