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Happily married old man, runner, dog dad. And I love Bluesky's block feature. #slavaukraini he/him/his

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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ol' Kegstand is the kinda "leader" that my Sr. Chief warned us about. "All performance, no preparations". In other words a danger to him and the sailors he was "leading"
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📌I don't give a single fuck who is or who isn't running for president in 2028. EVERYTHING is about Nov. 3, 2026.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-do-not-bel...
Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ya Think?
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This whole thread did not disappoint!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.

This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.

I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources soon. If you have questions about your status or need legal assistance, call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Important add to the musk "reply"
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
his excuse is they wouldn’t put the starving children on the phone with him.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Trump’s humiliating Iran surrender in one chart: Obama: 98% uranium cut, enrichment capped, sanctions in place, 0 American lives lost. Trump: $25 BILLION unfrozen, sanctions lifted, Hormuz tolls for Iran, 15 dead + 543 injured Americans, $2.2 TRILLION cost. Pure weakness. #TrumpSurrendered
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.
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A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 25/05/2026
Researchers gave three commercial AI models an exercise typically used to train human military strategists. Each system played the leader of a nuclear-armed country in a standoff. Across 21 simulations, the models chose to use nuclear weapons in all but one game. Read more from Hiranya Peiris.
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AI can chart a course to disaster faster than humans can notice
For AI models, there are currently no safety rules that govern the path of actions, which can leads to unanticipated consequences.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Reminder... My late Dad, a veteran, would noticeably cringe when someone told him "Happy Memorial Day". He had fellow soldiers/friends who died in combat. He did not.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
My running route runs in front of the ICSD and Brother Amin was *always* quick with a wave and a hello. He will be missed.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'm screaming I'M FuCKGiN SCREAMING youtube.com/shorts/NOM4L...
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I pay, YOU eat. #farmers #maga #welfare
YouTube video by Farming While Beige
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 11/04/2026
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛
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John Milton @geordioca.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Warriors" and "war fighters"... The stuff of 5 year olds. So Cringe
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Trump ran as a populist who would focus less on military adventurism and more on America First working-class policies. But his budget shows he is now a deficit-spending interventionist asking working-class Americans to shoulder the cost of war. www.axios.com/2026/04/04/t...
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"We're fighting wars": Trump bets his presidency on the Pentagon
"We can't take care of daycare. Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things," he said.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Very important 🧵!!!!!
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026
The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Sister Golden Bear @sistergoldenbear.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this release the hounds timeline cleanse. #DoomscrollingBreak
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Here's my bottom line: Much of what they are doing is bad. Much of what they are doing is unpopular. Pushback is working. We are winning. Keep fighting. Be creative. Push for what you'd want. Allow for insiders and outsiders. Realize that change takes time. Reduce harm in the meantime.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/03/2026
pro tip for AI enthusiasts who want people to stop being mean to them: maybe stop talking about how it's going to take everybody's jobs all the time (and if you really do believe that, then 1. consider how that'll come off to the people whose jobs will be lost and 2. become a UBI stan)
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Holy catfish!" - Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl 60 Champs!!
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Looking for ways to support organizations and mutual aid projects on the ground in Minnesota? Here's a great directory for exactly that: www.standwithminnesota.com
standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Whole thread is good
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
11. Dennis Goris
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The video is disturbing to say the least, fair warning if you watch it. She was not running over someone, or whatever bullshit ICE / 47 is trying to spin. She was murdered leaving the scene
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 29/12/2025
This year, instead of lowering costs for you, Donald Trump has worked hard to make himself, his family, and his billionaire buddies even richer.
Graphic with text: TRUMP 2025 CORRUPTION WRAPPED

1. Turned his Presidential Library into a tool for possible bribery (like the $16 million settlement from Paramount for a bogus lawsuit that went straight to the Library).
2. Took a $400 million private jet from Qatar (also going to Trump’s Library).
3. Building a new White House ballroom and accepting donations from giant corporations, possibly in exchange for political favors.
4. Converted the White House into a Tesla showroom for then-friend Elon Musk and allowed Musk to raid the executive branch for profit in other ways.
5. Told his Attorney General to launch bogus investigations into his so-called political enemies.

Graphic with text: TRUMP 2025 CORRUPTION WRAPPED

1. Took a sledgehammer to ethics enforcement by purging watchdogs, gutting the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, and more.
2. Trump’s family created an apparent pay-to-play club, evidently to sell access to the White House.
3. Pardoned rich donors and loyalists who’ve cozied up to Trump, like reality TV stars convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.
4. Put in cabinet officials with unresolved conflicts of interests that could enable them and their families to profit.
5. Built a Trump family crypto venture while gutting crypto regulation and enforcement.Text that says "and that's a wrap" with photos of Donald Trump outside of the White House with a Tesla and sharing photos of his presidential ballroom.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Excellent thread that matches what I'm seeing / hearing
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/12/2025
Stay up to date on local calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Dear @netflix.com this is not preseason, please show the game, not special guests.
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Hustle Chillson @hustle-chillson.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Every pro athlete should get one free pass to assault a fan. I think society would benefit overall.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/12/2025
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The ads write themselves
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Sviatyi Mykolai (Saint Nicholas) walks through wounded Ukrainian cities and villages — and still brings hope. War changes many things, but not the power of a small kindness. And sometimes, it’s these small, almost invisible kindnesses that keep the soul from breaking.
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Death “Jay Jones Democrat" Car @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It's giving
Donald Trump grinching a fake awardThe grinch showing more humanity Than our president
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I'm shocked. SHOCKED... I'm not that shocked. "Internet of Things" are almost unsecure
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Plus it's not something employers are supposed to ask (not that following the rules in the admin mean anything): www.eeoc.gov/employers/sm...
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4. What can't I ask when hiring?
FAQ #4: What can't I ask when hiring?
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It’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job @mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 18/11/2025
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
you definitely know a Dad (laudatory, gender neutral, may not have children) with a 3D printer who is extremely excited about making several thousand whistles for justice
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Jim @jimstares.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Read the whole thread, I fear that I too am becoming like this (and like they said, that isn't a good thing)
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