BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The inspiration for my 11 year old tattoo project. When I go to different places (at least places I like!) I ask and artist to do a luggage tag piece. I do it in each town and the artist can do whatever they want as long as it looks like a tag and has the airport code. 35 and counting. 010
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I was wrong-ish www.click2houston.com/features/202...click2houston.comFeral hogs and their meat: This is what you need to know about chomping down on these Texas swineThis is everything you need to know about feral hog meat. 100
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Considering their status as pests and the tonnage that are hunted and trapped every year, if there were a way to did that, everyone would be doing it. 110
Reposted by BigJonDanielSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025In 1987 I sat through an hour long lecture in my Modern US History course parsing several different complicated interpretations of why the 1929 crash happened. Future historians will be like "Donald Trump was an ignorant fool who imposed pointless tariffs that crashed the global economy. The end." 441601296
Reposted by BigJonDanielKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2025This country desperately needs good journalists holding this administration to account, especially as major media institutions are failing the moment badly. If you ever bitch on here about a goddamn article being paywalled, I will block you on sight. 802117195
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I had to read that headline twice before I didn’t read it 020
Reposted by BigJonDanielemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/03/2025WaPo under Jeff Bezos' destructive hand on left. @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy, liberated from NYT's intrusive editing, on right. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/teslafying... 20423102
Reposted by BigJonDanielcate @buny.bsky.social · 06/11/2024i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same 5763915219162
Reposted by BigJonDanielTexas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Grab your (taco) passport, y'all— we're going on a delicious adventure. Miguel Cobos of Vaquero Taquero, in Austin, is rallying Texas restaurants to participate in his project benefiting immigration nonprofits. www.texasmonthly.com/food/vaquero...texasmonthly.comThis “Taco Passport” Turns the Concept of Proof of Citizenship On Its HeadMiguel Cobos of Vaquero Taquero, in Austin, is rallying Texas restaurants to participate in his project benefiting immigration nonprofits. 16613
Reposted by BigJonDanielRobert Wilonsky @robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The Dallas City Council finally did the right thing. Except the mayor and Carolyn King Arnold, who didn't show up for the long-delayed vote. And Cara Mendelsohn, who voted no. www.dallasnews.com/news/environ...dallasnews.com‘Vindicated’: Dallas City Council rezones neighborhood that once housed Shingle MountainThe Dallas City Council voted 12-1 after six years of community effort. 2222
Reposted by BigJonDanielRobert Wilonsky @robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Oh. And some professional news. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...dallasnews.comRobert Wilonsky is a Dallas Morning News columnist againRobert Wilonsky is a Dallas Morning News columnist again. 1319517
Reposted by BigJonDanielEllen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon. 632314842527516
Reposted by BigJonDanielLaura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Et tu, @texasmonthly.bsky.social.texasmonthly.comWhy Yes, You Can Put Peas in GuacamoleThe avocado-based dip is way more riffable than purists insist. Some parts of Mexico even include sweet fruits in their variations. 5113
Reposted by BigJonDanielMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/01/2025We are living through Republicanism boiled down to its essence: Everyone should be deprived of everything, because otherwise, somebody I don't like might get something I don't want them to have. We call it an ideology, but it's really a personality: Greedy, withholding, suspicious, angry, cruel. 10561311542
Reposted by BigJonDanielRefusing to Forget @refusing2forget.bsky.social · 28/01/2025#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. /1 21915
Reposted by BigJonDanielNat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!youtu.beLadies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL FanaticYouTube video by SNL Fanatic 691283533
Reposted by BigJonDanielKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Given that Braxton Bragg was an incompetent racist traitor who was utterly despised by his officers and soldiers, it makes sense that a bottom-scraper like Hegseth would adore him. 1004134782
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Dr.Phil embedding with an ICE raid in Chicago is the most insane shit I’ve ever heard 020
Reposted by BigJonDanielJ Herskowitz @jherskowitz.com · 17/01/2025My latest song "Aces Over Deuces" has finally dropped. It is some heavy guitar + a bit of spacey guitar + some guitar vocal lines + some more guitar (and drums). This came together as 2 separate riffs - one of which I've been trying to figure out what to do with for many months. #musicsky (🎶🔗🧵)open.spotify.comAces Over DeucesQuarantine Angst · Aces Over Deuces · Song · 2025 241
Reposted by BigJonDanielChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message. 172510228616382
Reposted by BigJonDanielProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 21/01/2025So on day two of this dreadful pass we have come to, I just want to let people know what I’m going to do… my lane is race religion and democracy. That’s what I’ve been doing for most of my career, and especially after 1/6. I will continue to do the same. 761264
Reposted by BigJonDanielRob Taber @robtaber.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Speaking of authors it would be great for more folks to read- Martha Jones, Birthright Citizens. 0156
Reposted by BigJonDanielMartha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · 21/01/2025On birthright citizenship, lots of hot takes here. Mine, it has been simmering near a boil for more than a decade. 21713208
Reposted by BigJonDanielMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Guess it's important to reiterate that millions of left, liberal, and progressive American Jews do not consider themselves/ourselves to be represented by the ADL and have not for a very long time. 301499162
Reposted by BigJonDanielNatalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 19/01/2025How many of you have thrown away original research from 20-25 years ago (first book)? It's so hard...do I need to keep it? Maybe? Maybe not? All that labor! And much of this didn't make it into the book. 🗃️ 16292
Reposted by BigJonDanielRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 08/11/2024No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis." 229103822493
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 19/01/2025When you elect people who hate government you get government you hate 010
Reposted by BigJonDanielAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2025Vivek's involvement with DOGE lasted negative Scaramuccis 2125351495034
Reposted by BigJonDanielC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/01/2025As someone who has been online in one way or another for over 35 yrs, I look on TikTok the way elves look upon the death of a human. Perhaps sad at its passing, but aware it will soon be replaced. I know of a graveyard full of dead platforms, with names no one speaks aloud anymore, and it is there. 3446142
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Rare quit Same as it ever was (from 2006) www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-...thefedoralounge.comThe life cycle of an internet forum.I have read this in a news group years ago but I believe it applies to forums too. Tell me if this rings true for you. All forums have a sort of life cycle: 1) in the beginning a forum may never ge... 010
Reposted by BigJonDaniel Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/01/2025WaPo is looking for new and innovative ways to drive away remnants of their subscribers, so they hired Rahm Emanuel. 1642456
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 19/01/2025techcrunch.com/2025/01/19/a...techcrunch.comAI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds | TechCrunchTop LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found. 010
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Reach out to my friend Greg Cantrell at TCU. He literally wrote the book. He’s also an incredible cook. g.cantrell@tcu.edu addran.tcu.edu/view/gregg-c...addran.tcu.eduFaculty & Staff Directory 010
Reposted by BigJonDanielThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer? 7447756216921
Reposted by BigJonDanielKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I would proudly serve as the Bojangles Professor of Southern History if anyone’s offering 88127184
Reposted by BigJonDanielBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The Soviet Union built a domestic tea industry in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains. But after 1989, it was mostly abandoned. Georgian tea makers are now reclaiming the fields and long-overgrown tea forests. Here's a thread about how we're involved. 0264
Reposted by BigJonDanielColin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 11/01/2025 111335
Reposted by BigJonDanielKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/01/2025"CEO said a thing!" pseudo-journalism where you just lazily parrot CEO statements (without any correction, historical context, or objective contrasting expert or academic insights) remains my favorite type of pseudo-journalism 1015029
Reposted by BigJonDanieldigby @digby56.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Watching Katy Tur interview David Ortiz of LAFD saying that they could have had an army of firefighters stationed at the ready and they couldn't have saved the Palisades. It was a perfect storm with hurricane level winds, no humidity and it just exploded. Trump needs to shut his pie hole. 23708136
Reposted by BigJonDanielColson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 10/01/2025Anyone have a debut book coming out this spring? Tell me about it — it’d be nice to hear about something nice! Your first book only happens once, friend! 2213310402
Reposted by BigJonDanielMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved @bsky.app , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥. 1876904808972
BigJonDaniel @bigjondaniel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I always took it as a commentary on the ugly stereotype of African American men not knowing their fathers or being involved with their children. Jr’s, Sr’s III are a counterpoint to this. 000
Reposted by BigJonDanielMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky 15725467112489