Reposted by James AtkinsonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that. 462050744
Reposted by James AtkinsonKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Regardless of shooter ideology (though shooters often share a stated ideology that gets overlooked by initial reporting), mass shootings have an ideological form, which is that agency belongs to those willing to do violence, that the dead deserve their fates, that this is the point of gun power. 6597121
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Stop calling them Plantations or 'wedding venues' and start calling them what they actually were: forced labor farms no different in kind or brutality than Dachau or Buchenwald. Ferocious evils occurred in these places. Call things by their proper names. And when these places burn, let them burn. 030
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Dr. Toni Morrison diagnosing the disease. I really miss her living voice and am so grateful that she left behind such a volume of novels, stories, essays, and interviews for us to follow. 041
Reposted by James AtkinsonJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated. 810336647194
Reposted by James AtkinsonJesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020. 979165724213
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Say “Lee Greenwood Residency” without saying Lee Greenwood Residency. 130
Reposted by James AtkinsonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply. 620132365814
Reposted by James AtkinsonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/02/2025The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest ChildrenI’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving. 9712577210960
Reposted by James AtkinsonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/02/2025There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all. 776283828539
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 26/01/2025President inflicts 25% tax on US consumers who buy coffee and cut flowers.apnews.comTrump orders tariffs, visa restrictions on Colombia over rejection of deportation flightsTrump made the announcement Sunday on his social media platform Truth Social. 111
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 26/01/2025“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” —Edward Abbey 070
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Samaritan's Purse requires employees and volunteers to sign an overtly evangelical statement of Christian faith, and also assert that they are not gay. This is not an equal-opportunity organization. www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry...samaritanspurse.orgStatement of FaithStatement of Faith Samaritan's Purse bases its ministry on the following statement of faith: 1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God revealing th... 120
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 25/01/2025People in CancerLand also are reporting that ongoing scheduled cancer trial treatments at NCI suddenly have been canceled, leaving desperately ill people with no alternatives. People will die from this, and years of human trial data will be ruined from this. 49148
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Two things I’m hearing nothing about today: Leonard Peltier and Palestinian prisoners reunited with their families. 010
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Great point. Akamai and Oracle are betraying in futures here, and banking on Trump’s extralegal capacity. Obeying in advance, in so many words. 110
Reposted by James AtkinsonJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 29/12/2024in a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter 10660801023
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Thank you for this. Strongly written and challenging. I’m paying attention. 020
Reposted by James AtkinsonAmal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 08/12/2024As of yesterday booksellers at The Strand are on strike. Solidarity with them. Don’t cross the picket line, even virtually.region9a.uaw.orgLocal 2179's Strand Booksellers on StrikeAfter months of stalled negotiation and three separate contract extensions, UAW Local 2179 members at the Strand Bookstore walked off the job today, December 7, marking the first strike at the iconic ... 121604747
Reposted by James AtkinsonNatasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Partner spotted this in a New York City bookstore. 560786
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 08/12/2024It’s time to start paying attention to the end of the Ba’athist regime in Syria. Assad apparently has fled. Rebels are moving into Damascus, the prison gates have opened, and the Syrian military is reported to have stood down and gone home. 021
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Shout out to the cohort of humans who listen to Zoe X. Keating on non-Spotify platforms that (we hope) get wrapped on royalty checks rather than marketing gimmicks. 1193
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I didn’t have “war with the Commonwealth” on my bingo card. 100
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Agreed. After years with Libro.fm, I can think of zero reasons to leave. I don’t miss anything at all about Audible, but I do love supporting my local independent bookstore.libra.fmBuy audiobooks & support local bookstoresLibro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores. 000
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Hidey ho, former neighbor. Wanna go shoot some hoops? 100
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 23/11/2024media.tenor.coma man wearing a blue shirt and a black jacket says i could do thatAlt: Ed Chigliak from Northern Exposure wearing a blue shirt and a black jacket says "I could do that." 000
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Free people read freely. A library card at a bus or local public library is a radical thing. 020
Reposted by James AtkinsonErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The Nazis were HUGE on pseudoscience. And they definitely leaned into charlatans and randos that had no business in politics or power positions. The specifics differ slightly but it’s the same playbook. This is an interesting interview that covers some of it. science.thewire.in/society/hist...science.thewire.inInterview: How Pseudoscience Became Central to NazismThe author of a new book offers a closer look at the specific influence pseudoscientific ideas had on the emergence and consequences of Nazi ideology. 1530794
Reposted by James AtkinsonJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Starter Pack of follows from elections/polls/data twitter. an attempt to reproduce the "Numbers Peeps" list I curate at Twitter. go.bsky.app/UN6Atu7 57013
Reposted by James AtkinsonHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024What I love about this Officially Verified Bluesky Press Lists is it includes a real mix of people at major legacy media outlets, independent organizations, and freelancers. We can promote a diverse media when billionaires don't control what you see. Let's keep it growing! go.bsky.app/U9juDW4 3143618845
Reposted by James AtkinsonJeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Our paper quantifying the negative effects of urban freeways on local neighborhood quality of life appears in the September issue of REStat. doi.org/10.1162/rest...doi.orgFreeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of HighwaysAbstract. Why do freeways affect spatial structure? We identify and quantify the local disamenity effects of freeways. Freeways cause slower growth in central neighborhoods (where local disamenities e... 515731
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The third member is Drummer Maison Guidry. A force of nature. 010
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is flat out amazing. I’ve seen them maybe 5 times this year and my jaw is on the floor every time. 120
Reposted by James AtkinsonProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files... 651373466
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Bought, like, 15 of those and lost nearly all of them. Thanks for the nudge. I’ll go buy more. 000
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Musk’s role in the election and upcoming unacceptable regime, the ongoing enshittification of Twitter, and (straw>>camel) Elon unilaterally claiming license to user content to feed his AI engine. A very easy exit for most of us who don’t live or die on Twitter monetization. Need more than that? 020
Reposted by James AtkinsonDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep. 292146921956
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 17/11/2024AOC is Bartender Good. There is no higher tier than that. 010
James Atkinson @jatkin02.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Well damn. Vibes, luck, and desaturated doubter prayers all around. 110
