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John Shannonhouse

@jlshannonhouse.bsky.social
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Scientist. Mostly left liberal. Coffee is awesome

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Joel @jandcochran.bsky.social · 18h
The amercian legal profession is incapable of policing itself and as part of the broad political reforms coming, that should be addressed
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18h
whenever trump's DOJ has to go in front of a judge to get yelled at, every lawyer on here is like "omg i've NEVER seen a judge this mad, if a judge yelled at me like this i'd immediately commit seppeku," and then at the end of the hearing the judge is like "ok no sanctions just don't do it again"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21h
this is indeed a criminal investigation, in the sense that everyone involved in pursuing it is a criminal
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 20h
When Dems talk about the Ilhan Omar situation, they need to stop using language that implies that Omar might have done anything wrong. Trump is not "investigating" Omar. They are trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting Congressmember by scrutinizing decades old paperwork from when she was a kid
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Catherine's tweet is one of the best. Bringing it over here for preservation.
tweet from Catherine Addington, @catherinofalx on twitter. It's dated June 18, 2019, and it reads

"if there's one thing you learn from my twitter feed, let it be that "you gotta judge them by the standards of their time" is easily done, because for every chronicle of colonial Spaniards' genocidal actions there's a contemporary who petitioned the Crown to punish their crimes"
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just read the premise and, yes, the movie is literally about getting down with a sentient basket
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Make a band meaty Crosby, Seals and Hash
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Make a band meaty Crowded Porterhouse
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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Seeing reports of another debris flood in Nepal. Appears to be lower energy than the previous event but affecting communities in the Budhigandaki tributary.
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 09/10/2026
You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17/09/2026
This prediction survived its first contact with reality
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Spot the difference
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Gavin Newsom supporters are going to be so confused when the presidential debates begin and they finally learn that Gavin Newsom and Gavin Newsom's witty social media manager who regularly SLAMS Trump are not the same person.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Obvious narrative biases pushed by mediocre NYT editors who all "DEI" hired each other "Working class" luxury pickup truck owners, but not POC "Faith voters" but not the most religious group, Black Americans "Elite" doesn't apply to the party of the world's richest families "Midwest" means White
"I mean, it wasn't just the fact that Trump was a gravy train. It's also juxtaposed (against) the most boring administration in modern history. You go from a circus with flaming chainsaws to ... what? An old man watching his dog?"

"I loved covering Trump. It was a great and fascinating story. It wasn't just about him; it was about his movement and the institutions and America. The story was always so dramatic and had these larger than life characters. The stakes often felt very high. I like covering Biden, too, but it just doesn't feel as dramatic."

"We're so back,"one reporter whispered to
another.
All of the chairs in the White House briefing room were filled, and reporters and photographers were crammed into every available nook and cranny. I was standing in(((JonathanWeisman))) @jonathanweisman

Saying @RashidaTlaib (D-Detroit) and @IlhaMN (D-Minneapolis) are from the Midwest
is like saying @RepLloydDoggett (D-Austin) is from Texas
or @repjohnlewis (D-Atlanta) is from the Deep South.
C'mon.

twitter.com/_waleedshahid/.. Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

"Free stuff from the government does not play well in the Midwest." - Claire McCaskill
1) @RashidaTlaib + @IlhanMN are also from the Midwest.
2) Medicare and Social Security are both technically "free stuff" and they play very well.TOP TEN BILLIONAIRE FAMILIES BY POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2024

DONATIONS SUPPORTING REPUBLICANS
Mellon Family $172 MILLION
Adelson Family $137 MILLION
Musk Family $133 MILLION
Uihlein Family $132 MILLION
Griffin Family $102 MILLION
Yass Family $85.7 MILLION
Singer Family $57 MILLION
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Simons Family $46.6 MILLION
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Koch Family $43.7 MILLIONFederal Aid as Share of State Budget
2017
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Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho, Montana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, Georgia, Maine

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians Texans 34% more likely to be raped earn 13% less and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall) Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election! "Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri."
Mentions of crime relative to first six months of 2022
The figures below compare the average percentage of 15-second segments in a given day during a 10-day chunk of a month with the average percentage for 10 day chunks over the first six months of the year.

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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50TEXAS - LOW TAXES FOR WHOM?
TOTAL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AS SHARE OF FAMILY INCOME BY INCOME GROUP

Texas Tax Rate	California Tax Rate

Income Bracket	

0-20%	13%	10.5%
20-40%	10.9%	9.4%
40-60%	9.7%	8.3%
60-80%	8.6%	9.0%
80-95%	7.4%	9.4%
95-99%	5.4%	9.9%
99-100%	3.1%	12.4%

Source: https://itep.org/whopays/Don Moynihan
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Here's another secret about federalism: blue state taxpayers are subsidizing the lower tax red states
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Federal Aid as Share of State Budget
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Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho, Montana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, Georgia, Maine

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Source: Tax Foundation
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The the benevolent dictator would have to be a true Scotsman, of course
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
(7/X) You know the old quote about why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is. Why do "free speech" people try to appeal to cranky reactionary old men? Because that's where the money is.
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Anarchists Without Borders @anarchswoborders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"It's only bribery if it comes from the quid pro quo region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling corruption." @lizdye.bsky.social (an actual genius)
youtu.be
Susan Collins Took Bribes?
YouTube video by LegalEagle
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’ve never seen a meme that embodies my very essence before.
YOU TRIGGERED MY FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE
AND PM A FLIGHTLESS BIRD!
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think what is helpful to understand is that a lot of this is cyclical. Unions are fundamentally conservative, in that they seek to conserve past victories (unionization, first contract) and build on them. The Guy who knew how to organize new shops and win is succeeded by Guy, Jr, who is not dad.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The "health freedom” movement is run by health authoritarians. They want to impose their anti-vaccine agenda on you, to threaten and intimidate scientists, and to let parents treat their children as disposable objects. This needs to be opposed, not appeased. My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
“Health Freedom” Leaders are Health Authoritarians
"The centerpiece of the MAHA and health freedom agenda has been removal of mRNA shots."
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is nice. But when they said music and dancing, my wife and I thought they would have a dance floor. High school troupes are dancing to what I assume is Greek music It is fun and you should come out if you are around Birmingham AL
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
/Playing darts with Senator Schmitt "Ahh! Run!" "But you told me to hit the bull with my dart!"
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Math double entendre 😂
Math meme 
230 - 220 * 0.5 = 
You probably won't believe it, but the answer is 5!
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy 9 to 5 Day
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be reposted every month....
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.
In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They have these stupid rules. I knew two ex military who left the A&M Corps saying their high school ROTCs were more professional
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Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · 18/09/2026
Gone: fishing.
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Stangle’s Kid @stangleskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In case I needed further proof that Phoebe is evil, I just found her sitting on my laptop and she’d managed to somehow open excel and do this
A spreadsheet with hundreds of 6s all in a rowThe devil herself
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow — jury quickly convicted on all 11 counts against this border agent who raped and robbed immigrant sex workers. No one bought his you-know-Chinese-hussies-lie defense reason.com/2026/09/17/b...
reason.com
Border officer convicted of raping and robbing Chinese sex workers
Jurors didn't buy Luis Uribe's defense: that he was targeted by 'hustlers' for being an immigration officer.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/09/2026
Ohio
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Been writing some version of this article roughly every six months for the past three years.
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Opinion | Trump normalized gutter racism. Now the GOP has a young Nazi problem.
Anthony L. Fisher: A former staffer to Rep. Mike Collins posted unambiguously racist content. This keeps happening to Republicans.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Random note; since my dad passed away last December, I’ve been handling all of my mom’s mail and accounts. It is incredible. How many scams are aimed at the elderly in this country, including my companies that superficially seem legitimate. Every week her mail is full of this crap.
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Algorithms seem to think I am a Republican leaning voter in Kansas right now Kansas races are getting really spicy
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My wife made chocolate cream filled chocolate chip cookies and vanilla cream filled red velvet vanilla chip cookies and they are soooo good
Chocolate cream filled chocolate chip cookie and vanilla cream filled red velvet vanilla chip cookie
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Blogging, podcasts, and wikipedia were never considered the equivalent of slop in the pre-AI. They were often low prestige forms of writing with less quality control than big publications, but nobody thought they were thoughtlessly mass produced. They were/are the labors of individual creators.
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John Shannonhouse @jlshannonhouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
All these ads for online gambling on streaming disgust me
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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