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@jalester.bsky.social
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Mostly-retired classical music conductor, lover of cats, proud Episcopalian.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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John Paladin (@johnpaladin)
trickle down is a golden shower. Change my mind. The 100 bumper sticker project. Peel here > Pledging assets as collateral for a loan should create a taxable event on the value of the assets which w...
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Labs rule! Even grown up! That’s still the breed of choice in my home town (ocean/Bay Area, lots of folks still fish for a living)
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hey JD, you married him. So you’re stuck with him. Face it, he’ll never give you a damn thing, especially anything like credit.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Yeah, you married him, now YOU deal with him!
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Well, wouldn’t go that far. Just tax the crap out of them and keep them on a short leash.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Your lips to God’s ears, iavalentine.
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Moriah @moriah1121.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Trump Regime is nothing but a criminal organization! 👇Hey GOP THUGS…
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
What if I DON’T want Siri to “become an AI” on my phone? I don’t trust that bayoch with anything.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yes, it’s more expensive now, some 40 years later, like everywhere. But the form of governance still works. Why can’t we have nice things?
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Li ved in a social democracy (Austria) for a year back in 1982. They were still recovering from the war. But prices were reasonable, travel was too (you could get anywhere by public transportation) and lots of things, like coffee in a nice café or a museum visit, were affordable.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oops wir mussen uns beeilen
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wir müssen ins beeilen
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Ooh yum….
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oh I think I know that one.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Beautiful tortie!
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Prime157 - 💙Vote Blue no matter who... or STFU💙 @prime157.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It's freaking complicated, and that's purposeful. We must overturn citizens United. Enough is enough. I know 90% of us are tired of being gaslighted every damn minute by people with more money than morals.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
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Dan ain't Q @danaintq.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this: @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
As Lincoln said when asked if God was on the Union side, "Let's hope we're on God's side."
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Not Vance. He has to go as well.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
To those who claim the label “Christian “ and who insist global warming/climate collapse isn’t real, pop quiz: What is the first commandment? No, not that one. Older: “Tend the GARDEN, and take care of it.”
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mmjjee.bsky.social @mmjjee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Sue @music5150.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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This We Will Defend @thiswewilldefend.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
When the president of the United States calls the Russian premier for talking points before a meeting, AND calls him immediately after with a report on the meeting, He is working for the Russian premier. Every businessman knows this is how subordinates act. Trump is subordinate to Putin.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Hey we have one of those! Same color, very similar stains!
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Just like JDV, no?
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
It’s that sweet spot of the year: when you can drop the Zyrtec but can hold off on the zinc and lysine for a couple more weeks
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allie10.bsky.social @allie10.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
TYVM for the support 👏👏🫶🙏🗽🇺🇸⚖️🇺🇦💙🩷🍀
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Bingo.
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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Only Facists want to squash Anti-Facists...
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
YES!!!!!!
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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
You can never appease a tyrant, but you CAN make fun of them.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
So in a way, canning Kimmel was something of an “own goal.” And it’s not going to stop anything.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Jesters were protected, similar to heralds, who were inviolate.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Re Kimmel etc: These late night shows, and particularly their hosts, are the modern day jesters. Most people just think jesters were entertainers, but their real job was calling out what was really happening: who was scheming, who was skimming, whatever- so the ruler would have accurate info.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Kash and Company “caught the man?” Come on. The family gave him the guy, gift-wrapped.
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machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“If you do not transform your pain, you will transmit it.” - Richard Rohr, OFM
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Yes. A wise Franciscan (Richard Rohr) often says, “If you don’t transform your pain, you will transmit it.”
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
And another thing: y’all know about the 10 Commandments, but go back to the garden of Eden and you see that God told Adam and Eve to TEND THE GARDEN. Sort of the very first Commandment. I’m gonna say that means the planet, yeah, so, don’t s*** where you eat. IYKYK.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I really don’t get the super-rich crowd’s denial of global warming. They know it’s real. Do they really think they can live in their fortresses forever? When there are NO crops, NO escape from the heat; I could go on but y’all get it….
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Montauk,LI NY? I’m from EH. Nice to see a “neighbor” here.
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jalester.bsky.social @jalester.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Like she’s Faust, signing that contract, and heard that single gong strike. IYKYK
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TakamineBill @takaminebill.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Define “utter lack of integrity” in one photo. Here is my submission.
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PHL SportsNut @ispw8842.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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