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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They will always blame “the other” for every problem. They already blame tiny powerless fractions of our society for all kinds of things - Muslims, Trans people, immigrants, poor people… it doesn’t matter what is true, or even what makes sense. That is why we must never stop the fight.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Surely there are angry conversations happening today about this. Wouldn’t be surprised if someone we never hear about gets demoted or fired.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’d be interested to see the distribution of that cash to individual players. I imagine it’s a pretty steep curve, with a small number of stars gobbling up most of it. As is the case for everything in our capitalist system.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

They could make them quieter, but they need to be forced to do so, because that costs more money. This is why government regulation is so vital.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here comes another conman - telling lies that make people feel good.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are only as smart as the information we receive as input. Or, rather, if we only receive poor inputs, the system will not be aware of its failure. An engineer should understand this.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What concerns me isn’t how stupid she is, it’s how stupid her voters are. They hear this, and just nod along… completely oblivious to reasoning.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Best we can hope is that a couple percent will change how they vote. So many people have their political identity tied to their personal identity. So they’ll remain Republican even if they hate republicans.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is not his last shot. He’ll sue her for… something. And drag that out, then do it again… There is no last shot. Trump plays our legal system like the joke it is. We need serious reform like yesterday.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Climate denialism is a real problem in the US, and frankly around the world. The question is: how do we fix this? I don’t think aggressive accusations against the people we need to convince are helpful. It just makes them more obstinate.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Testing their resolve? I mean what are supposed to do? It’s not like there is a choice.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

They don’t make this money. They TAKE this money.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This dahlia variety is called Hart’s Bonnie. Note the thin red highlights on every petal - neat! #dahlia #flower

Yellow dahlia flower with thin red highlights on every petal. Set against a solid black background.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

They’re fundamentally rotten ignorant people. They’ve been conditioned to value beliefs over facts. They don’t believe anything they don’t understand. To top it off, they think Democrats are guilty of everything I just said. It’s maddening.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So if I do 10 corrupt things, then walk back 1 of them, that’s the republican benchmark for an Attorney General nomination? Got it. Will also be fascinating to hear the Republicans whine about things like “not paying nanny taxes” next time a Democratic AG is nominated.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

He’s horrible at everything. The only thing he excels at is being a conman.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“We”, not “they” We the people have the power to set these priorities, but we have to be engaged. We have to assert that power.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a Water Scorpion, plying the waters of Parish Lake Oregon yesterday. These predatory insects breath through a siphon at the end of their long abdomen, while they hunt just under the surface. #bug #insectphotography #aquaticinsects #waterscorpion

A stick-like bug floats just under a water surface littered with dead bug parts.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Trump said something that people want to hear, regardless if there is any truth to it. This is what conmen do. It’s what Trump has done his entire life: make promises, screw up, blame others, and take the money. When will everyone learn?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s almost impossible for Iran to lose this. They’re not going to “leave”. The only way they lose is via regime change, and we are a long way from that point - basically no effort has been made to make that happen (and I’m not saying it should). This was a war born of short sighted stupidity.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Unless they sold right away… it was up quite a bit on hype initially. Seems a lot of people had the same idea: buy as early as possible, then sell shortly thereafter. The long-term investors were the dupes.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Btw, this is a photo of the bird’s back, not its breast. Can be confusing when you first see it!

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Admit we lost. Give Iran a decent deal. Include a surcharge on all shipping traffic in the gulf to be split among all countries there to help pay for the damage. Say we’ll bomb them again if they try to dig up the nuclear material. Just a few thoughts… there simply is no good option.

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 23/07/2026

The white-eyes are coming! And in a few parts of the ABA Area, they are already here and spreading. Rajan Rao is a California birder and Cornell University student whose article about white-eyes was the cover story of the May 2026 issue of Birding magazine… Listen here: www.aba.org/the-white-ey...

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The White-Eyes are Coming with Rajan Rao - American Birding Association

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The issue is that people want to see a fighter, not a tactician. That’s the mood of the electorate. They want him to put more pressure on. They want him to demand answers. Issuing lukewarm statements like “gee I dunno what’s going on” is weakness, even if it’s tactically smart.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

He may well be dead. That’s the issue - nobody knows.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Trump is a con man. That’s all he’s ever been his entire life. Tell people what they want to hear, screw up, take the money, and blame everyone else. It’s this same pattern with everything he does.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thanks for your excellent reporting on this - it is so vital. I read the article, and would like to know - what exactly are they pumping into the ground? Is there any monitoring for this in the drinking water? How long would it take to seep a quarter mile? Have the agencies rejected any permits?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Not only that, cutting the liner with a razor would do absolutely nothing to it. Go cut any painted/lined surface with a razor - does that make it peel off? No, it does not. The media needs to repeat this fact over and over.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

When American football started, there were no helmets, and players regularly died from head injuries. It was a huge deal most people have forgotten about. Helmets have surely helped reduce this. The problem is more fundamental though, there isn’t any truly safe way to play the game.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If Trump makes a post and nobody reads it, did it actually happen?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And it’s been wrong since the 1920s.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you ask them, they’ll say “he’s a great businessman, look at how rich he’s getting” Without any understanding that he’s a conman, getting rich by crypto scams, and doesn’t give one bit of crap about ranchers.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Exactly. How much you want to bet the case is dropped just before that happens?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Cont… But assuming someone will step up with legal funding to go after these bozos, bring it on. I’d love to get to the bottom of this fiasco in a court of law, with the people involved testifying under oath. Any bets it won’t get to that point?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This should all be part of this “trial”. If this guy wants to prove his innocence, he needs experts to testify, the company who installed the liner to testify, witnesses who were there at various times to testify as to what was happening, put together a timeline, etc… all this costs money. Cont.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Trump will keep appealing regardless. If that gets truly exhausted, he will sue. When those get thrown out, he will keep doing it. There are no consequences for him doing this. That is the problem.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Seriously… who has the authority to appoint a new senator? If it’s the governor, he should appoint a democrat. It’s what Mitch would do if roles were reversed.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Isn’t that what any loyal spouse would do when their loved one is in the ICU? Oh you’re on death’s door honey? Ok, I’m heading to the other side of the planet. Take care!

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Isn’t it common practice to travel to a foreign country when your spouse is in the ICU?

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I would argue that the only sustainable democracy is a social democracy. Otherwise, the balance of power gradually moves away from people and toward money, where those with the most money have the most influence on the direction of the society. That is exactly what is plaguing the US right now.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

That's... exactly the problem. It's turned into a business. Businesses need profits.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The question is how Norway can afford its standard of living, not how white they are. Norway produces 9x oil-per-person vs. US. Still, we have a lot of natural wealth in the US in addition to oil. If more of that wealth was invested in our society, we'd have a higher baseline standard of living.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

That’s not the point - we made a choice in the US to give away our natural resources to a few wealthy people. Norway did not. Even if our oil wealth is a smaller percentage of our total GDP than in Norway, the people here get little benefit from it.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It could be the same in the US (we have more oil than Norway), but we decided to give all that wealth away to a few people. The wealth of our natural resources should be used to invest in our future, not hoarded by a few gluttons.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We have more oil in the US than Norway. But in the US, the wealth generated by the oil enriches a few people who are already very rich. In Norway, it enriches the country.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Add it to the long list of things most people will ignore because it’s inconvenient to them.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

And we could have a stronger military at half the price. We are wasting so much money on million dollar missiles. We should be investing in drones costing a fraction of that. The war in Ukraine shows the future. We just spent billions to lose to Iran - our $$$ accomplished jack shit.

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Jonathan Ley @jonathanley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is not only horrific, it’s just plain stupid. Do the Russians think that by blowing up apartment buildings, they’ll convince the Ukrainians to surrender? Of course that won’t happen. Such attacks stiffen the Ukrainian resolve to fight. They understand the choice is “fight or die”.

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