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R. John Anderson

@johnthebad.bsky.social
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Polymath, small scale real estate developer, urban designer, recovering electrician.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I am running a HUGE trade deficit with the grocery store. Every month I buy a ton of stuff from them and they buy _nothing_from me. I’ma levy a 25% tariff on the grocery store. When my family buys $100 worth of stuff from the grocery store, my family must pay me $25. Tariff will make us rich
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Kevin Klinkenberg is on a podcast production roll. Now that I no longer commute an hour each way a couple times a week, am getting behind. Building a small developer ecosystem is important work.
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Creating a Small Developer Ecosystem
Listen now | Jed Byrne and I talk small developer issues and how the Research Triangle Area compares to Kansas City
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Americans for Democracy @americansfordemo.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Spend part of your holiday fighting to hold on to the freedom we normally celebrate on the 4th. This year we are under serious threat. No time to celebrate. We are under serious attack by our own federal government! We've got work to do!
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
There are no end game metrics to the ICE detention program. No rules, no standard of engagement, no clear goals. It's reactive, uncalibrated, open-ended, shapeless, unaccountable, sloppy, and blindly quantitative. The proposed budget is larger than the FBI, DEA, ATF, and IRS/Treasury combined.
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I am running a HUGE trade deficit with the grocery store. Every month I buy a ton of stuff from them and they buy _nothing_from me. I’ma levy a 25% tariff on the grocery store. When my family buys $100 worth of stuff from the grocery store, my family must pay me $25. Tariff will make us rich
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A colleague brought this blog post to my attention. Written 9 years ago. I can’t say I have made much progress on this since then, sure a couple of decent projects, but the challenge is intimidating in scale. www.rjohnthebad.com/plain-talk/2...
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Why is it so hard to build a decent building? — RJOHNTHEBAD
In a recent Facebook post my friend and colleague Steve Mouzon, author of  Original Green , posed an important question: "Why is it that when there is an attempt to recover a lost tradition, that wh...
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Beta Test Skylight Social? Yes please. @buildwithtori.com
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Tori @buildwithtori.com · 18/01/2025
Video 1 of 2 If you’ve ever kicked yourself for not posting on TikTok sooner, then start posting videos on BlueSky!!! #atproto #skylight #atprototiktok #tiktokban #skylightsocial
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/01/2025
The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.
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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I have a lot of connection with family, friends, and colleagues on Facebook. I still run a private Facebook group on Neighborhood Development. Zuckerberg and Co. Really have no idea who I am, but it feels like I am being held hostage by someone who wouldn’t notice if I escaped…
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The optics of building detection “camps” is not good. Trump and Steven Miller still want them built, but Trumpers are instructed to call them something else… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Trump’s plan to expel millions of migrants would require massive new camps. His advisers are pressing allies not to call them “camps”
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
In the run up to the election democrats reported on the objective facts on the performance of the US economy. Trump lied claiming the economy was terrible. When the top 1% get most of the wealth generated in a good economy it still looks incredibly bad to the people getting squeezed out .
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We took advantage of turkeys being on sale at Kroger, Walmart, and Publix to fill 2/3 of our chest freezer. I figure protein will not be cheaper than $0.49 a pound between now and the beginning of the incoming administration. We are remembering the rice and beans recipes we used from 2008-2012
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I am this app for less than a day and the first person I have to block is Elon Musk. For some reason he reposted what I wrote about how pathetic it is Trump wants generals who are loyal to him personally.
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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The best streets in the world tend to have an enclosure proportion of 1:1 or a bit taller. Too tall, the street is dark; too low, it doesn't feel like an outdoor room. US Main Streets struggle to achieve a 1:3 proportion; at less than 1:6 all sense of enclosure is lost.
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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 13/11/2024
Is it efficient to create an additional layer of bureaucracy named “Departament of Government Efficiency”?
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R. John Anderson @johnthebad.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Every member of the US armed forces takes an oath to protect and defend our constitution. Presidents take a similar oath. The notion that Trump wants generals who are loyal to him personally sounds like the night of the long rubber knives.
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