Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I’m 80. Had annual physical today. Was asked to remember three words and repeat them later, plus draw the numbers on a paper clock and draw hands representing 11:10. That was it. 150 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026And by definition, you cannot use dictatorial power to prevent that and preserve freedom. We may now rid ourselves of this monster, Trump, but the possibility will always exist that we will fall for a new one and repeat this horrible experience, perhaps again and again. 010 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I don't see how we ever fully restore trust in democracy or fully protect it from a new surge in authoritarian power. Democracy contains the seeds of its own destruction: An electorate can always fall for authoritarian flim-flam and elect another Hitler or Trump. 120 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Meritocracy also plays a key role in the destruction of our sense of community, our appreciation of the common good. Meritocracy was created to ensure the aristocracy could continue with its privileges in the era of democracy. 140 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Meritocracy is a scam. It simply keeps us in our place hoping for the big break, which for most never comes. Meanwhile the oligarchs engorge themselves. 1210 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026After the election but before new folks are seated, so still on GOP’s watch. 021 0
Reposted by Jim BoydJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Correct. This "deal" gives the US nothing it didn't have before—ie, before Trump threatened a previously close and loyal US ally, said "who cares about NATO?", and unleashed lackeys in search of their own financial deals in Greenland. (See also: Trade war with Canada. War on Iran, etc) 817641 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Idaho has been in a slide away from modernity for decades. Pre-Reagan, the governor was Cecil Andrus who went on to serve as Jimmy Carter’s Interior Secretary, and the senior senator was Frank Church, chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Today, neither could get elected dog catcher. 001 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Your free use of “American” is so welcome. 🙏 Of course Muslim human rights need protection no matter what their nationality. But they are Americans. You have picked up the community emphasis of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr. and President Obama. Bless you. 010 0
Reposted by Jim BoydJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If you're interested in election coverage — and what it can be — my thread from yesterday could strike a chord. 17420 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Army Special Forces folks don’t give a rip about fate of swabbies. 000 0
Reposted by Jim BoydJoeA64 @joea64.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I place an ample share of blame on the fundamental concept of "access journalism", the notion that too many journalists have that getting access to powerful people is more important than accurate and honest reporting. 58022 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So much better than horse race approach. Requires more separation from campaigns and insider status, which is healthy. 010 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Don’t think it’s moderate Dems you should worry about; it’s independents and disgusted Rs. 030 0
Reposted by Jim BoydDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Trump is desperate to get out, Iran knows this, so how is it a surprise that they are only going to agree to a deal that makes Trump surrender even more than he did in the MOU? And where is that in the article? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/world/mi…nytimes.comIran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of HormuzThe head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the waterway will remain closed until the United States met certain conditions. 13427141 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’ve always been a fan of morning light. Today it is joined by the sound of quaking aspen leaves and a glorious temperature for sitting outside with coffee. In northern Minnesota, summer is best taken as a brief treat. And right now summer is treating our socks off. 010 0
Reposted by Jim BoydDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Oh, so when OTHER countries do it, the New York Times has no hesitation to conclude that “The evidence suggests that security forces exceeded many guidelines for law enforcement in peaceful demonstrations established by the United Nations.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/w...nytimes.comPellet Guns, Sticks and Tear Gas: How India’s Police Halted a Youth MarchA New York Times analysis details the July 20 crackdown on unarmed protesters in New Delhi that has provoked public outrage and accusations of excessive force. 012742 0
Reposted by Jim BoydEdward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026💯✊😠 A worthwhile read (which is why I'm reposting it again...). Not all questions are answered (or even asked), but the overall presentation of options is compelling. Thank you, @brianbeutler.bsky.social 194 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“Attacked” sounds a bit strong, given what you have shared. 071 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Paul McCartney says he thinks the Beatles created MTV with their musical videos after they stopped touring. 010 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Your comment was fine, but why the gratuitous slap about ignorance? Why did you feel the need to add that? Just fyi, my career was spent as a journalist as the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, MA from Missouri, Nieman Fellow. This reflexive need to lash out puzzled me. 001 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I’ve never, ever read an article or watched a newscast that rated Trump a political genius. And I read a lot of them, watch fewer. 100 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026What a bullshit view of this complex, incredibly useful technology and the issues surrounding it. You can’t undo the AI breakthrough we are experiencing. Question is how can we regulate it, ensure its benefits are distributed evenly and local communities are protected. Ostriches aren’t helpful. 110 0
Reposted by Jim BoydJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Let me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this 632319776 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This: Could he be helping prevent passage of the Save Act? 000 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The phrase to remember here, for me, is race as a “pseudoscientific creation of the Atlantic slave trade.” 000 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What you speak is known as the I.F. Stone Rule, also the Lars-Erik Nelson Rule. 010 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I worry Dems will take wrong lesson. This against Trump, not for Dems. If Dems don’t change their ways before 2030, when Trump effect will be diluted or totally washed out, we’ll be teeing up J.D. Vance or someone of his ilk. 110 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If you wish to tilt at linguistic windmills that make no difference, go ahead. I want to win and start racking up policy wins for the working class. Bye. 100 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Your example of Bernie proves my point exactly. His economic reforms are very popular, as I suggested. But he is unelectable nationally for two reasons: His age and the Socialist label. AOC doesn’t suffer the age issue, but she is unelectable nationally because of the Socialist label. 200 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Yes but: I’m about winning and relieving the working class of what the oligarchs have done so well in dismantling the New Deal instead of continuing the reforms. I have no time for tilting at linguistic windmills. Can’t keep coloring in the lines while we get a royal fucking. 100 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Totally agree. Need some alchemy to create a new mix: DSA economic agenda; plain un-woke cultural agenda; absolute on human rights, including trans and LGBTQ, ditch “Socialist” name. I can dream. My name suggestion: Common Good Democrats. 110 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Totally agree; I'm 80, and I wonder if perhaps the antipathy to "socialist" is aging out, but for now I think it remains a potent poison. 010 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026By pulling forward what it means: common, equality- and community-focused good. 100 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Prepare to continue losing post ‘28 when we lose the Trump effect and settle back in our boxes, with the credentialed urban left needlessly offending non-urban voters. We should be uncompromising on the gamut of human rights, radical on economic reform, more community than issues on other stuff. 000 0
Jim Boyd @bjboyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Totally agree. I think the polling by G. Elliott Morris (Strength in Numbers on Substack) strongly supports this. 000 0
