Reposted by John StairSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.* 30458592797
Reposted by John StairEl Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us. 32803839213764
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Gift link article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...nytimes.comAbrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say 100
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Court filings from Garcia’s lawyers detail the horrors he endured at the behest (and funding) of the United States Government. These are human rights abuses that shock the conscience (or should, at least). Share widely - this must end #politics #history #news static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...static01.nyt.com 100
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to a foreign concentration camp and BEATEN, TORTURED, and STARVED. - made to kneel overnight with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion - denied bathroom access - deprived of sleep - two weeks later he had lost ~31lbs US tax dollars paid for this. 100
Reposted by John StairIndivisible Santa Barbara @indivisiblesb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Santa Barbara is the 94th largest city in California. Yesterday, more people attended Santa Barbara's NO KINGS protest than Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C. See chart comparing these two events, along with a drone shot courtesy of Ann Shaw/Society of Fearless Grandmothers, Santa Barbara 5218
Reposted by John StairIndivisible Santa Barbara @indivisiblesb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025For NO KINGS, Indivisible Santa Barbara planned a human chain along a mile+ stretch of beach sidewalk. No way we'd complete the chain, right? Watch the video and see. #nokings #indivisible #indivisiblesantabarbara @maddow.msnbc.com 20717100
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Turns out, mass deportation is a major economic disruptor… When farmers can’t make their harvest and restaurants can’t put food on their tables, people start to notice. A *stunning* change in strategy here. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...nytimes.comTrump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries 103716
Reposted by John StairIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/06/2025“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... 275100783618
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Red adverts stoke fear; why not do the same? Show troops on streets. People hungry. Families torn apart. Medical progress halted. Jobs lost. The difference – it’s all real, you don’t need it to be overdramatized like the GOP does… just show people what is happening, matter of fact. 010
Reposted by John StairKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2025BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state. 14044010017900
Reposted by John StairJoseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025The significance of this IEA finding from 2024 is that continued global deployment of BEVs for land transport will decrease fossil fuel consumption in 2025 or 2026. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 #TheFutureIsElectric 13210
Reposted by John StairJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing. 1249303457901
Reposted by John StairBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.” 4362179546826
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 15/05/2025📷 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Cinestill 800T 35mm #Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm 0210
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 15/05/2025My favorite sign from the “Hands Off Protest”, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Photography 0100
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Insidious to prevent people from even *buying* health insurance on the exchange after kicking them off of Medicaid. Republicans want millions of Americans dead, plain and simple. 010
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 14/05/2025"Burn It Down" 📷 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ektar 100 35mm #Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Art 0110
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Dog Poppies 📷 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ektar 100 35mm #Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Art 0280
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Scenes from around Santa Barbara, CA 📷 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Photography 0400
Reposted by John StairCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/05/2025JPMORGAN: “.. The trade war shock is still material. .. we now estimate an effective ex-ante tariff rate of 14.4%. This is akin to a $475bn tax hike on US households and businesses, worth 1.6% of GDP (still sitting close to the largest tax hike in the post WWII period).” 6426741072
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 08/05/2025📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm 0150
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Common Ground Hands off Protest, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm 0120
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Stronger Together Hands off Protest, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm 0130
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Wow, the halation gets so diffused… do you have another kind of filter on too? 010
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Where can we find more info about any such involvement of the Sherrif’s dept with ICE? They took a pretty clear stance in this November article (in line with sanctuary state/city policy) - have they gone back on this? www.independent.com/2024/11/18/i... 100
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Try headed up to the back of the preserve, the north side - I found more flowers up there! 110
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The California Secretary of State should waive the first year of annual franchise taxes for new small businesses, or until their gross receipts exceed a small amt. $800+ to incorporate is a high burden on many small businesses, and just encourages many people to operate outside of a business entity. 000
Reposted by John Stairdan @danabra.mov · 15/04/2025⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: JSX Over The Wire overreacted.io/jsx-over-the...overreacted.ioJSX Over The Wire — overreactedTurning your API inside-out. 3028051
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 16/04/2025As a React noob, this was really eye opening – and well explained! Appreciate your style with progressively edited code. Thanks :) 030
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 15/04/2025It’s a very powerful advantage to get a working prototype using a new framework/library/language in seconds(!) without having to spend 10+ hours learning all of the quirks of it… But I think many folks struggle to know *when* to switch back to mastery (which is also faster with AI study buddy!) 000
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Here’s the fun part about all of this – because the feds are turning a blind eye and the people are distracted by the chaos, corporations are going to run amok with more unethical conduct and outright fraud than ever. 000
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Trying to sic government agencies on decent journalists for reporting on the reality he has wrought… nothing to see here… 000
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Someone stole my sandals from the beach while I was walking :/ #SantaBarbara 000
Reposted by John StairHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero. 10706254112920
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The Devil’s Golf Course Death Valley National Park #film #photography #Portra 070
Reposted by John StairIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/04/2025We expected hundreds of thousands of people yesterday. Instead, millions of Americans flooded the streets to demand an end to Trump’s authoritarian power grab. Trump and Musk have spent their first 75 days in office trying to overwhelm us and make us feel powerless, but we’re not going anywhere. 933820840
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Overlooking Hendry’s Beach on a misty day in #SantaBarbara #Film #Photography 080
Reposted by John StairGlen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Great turnout for #handsoff in #SantaBarbara! @indivisiblesb.bsky.social 13642175
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Several thousand in #SantaBarbara showed up for the #HandsOff March. By far the largest protest I’ve seen here. 061
Reposted by John StairChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes. 414020812
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Jfc Also: nice to see you on here, friend! Hope you pick up full time posting here 🤓 010
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Really cool approach! I wouldn’t be surprised if Anthropic implemented something similar to this as a premium Claude Code feature for teams. I especially like the idea of capturing context of thought process and decision points… if only we could get people to do that too 😅 011
John Stair @johnstair.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The last 10 minutes of his speech were very moving – I hope to see more strength and spectacle out of the Democrats. They need stuff like this to cut through the noise. 000
