jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 3hTruth doesn't matter. What matters is the feeling of victimhood and that MAGA is in the right to feel hatred to those not like them. Emotion is usually more impactful than fact. 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 3hBrings me back to Colbert's "Truthiness" from 20 years ago. Saying that Mamdani never commented on the recent stabbing on an NYPD officer feels like it *should* be true to the MAGA base. It reinforces what they want to believe about Mamdani. 100
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21hNot just scare though. It hurts them financially—at the very least—to pay for lawyers. I imagine her name in the news again will also draw out the online harassment. 0130
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Parts of California, Oregon, and Washington would in turn secede from that new country. I live in a part of Oregon that would like to be added to Idaho. I used to live in another part of Oregon that wanted to join with Northern California to become the state of Jefferson. 220
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It wasn’t until my 40s until it dawned on me that the Ivy League’s worth is for the social connections not the education. But hey, I went to a public university whose football team is only in the FCS subdivision. My intellect can only get so high. 🤷♂️ 110
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My takeaway from the article is the mention of Hegseth’s Princeton degree. There’s a lot of ignorant Ivy Leaguers in the Republican hierarchy which begs the question of why does American society these institutions in such high regard. 110
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can’t believe Putin could have anticipated a great strategic outcome like this upon Trump’s reelection. And by conflict between Iran and the US. 😳 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think the Navy and Marines like the LA to San Diego area. 🤦♂️ 010
Reposted by @jtav4.bsky.socialJess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TLDR: Believe women. Believe us when we talk about horrific things that you see circulating in the news, but also believe us when we talk about our discoveries, our science, our interests, our understanding, our experience, our work. The world is quite literally better for everyone when you do. 15712
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n... Well… that’s not greatnpr.orgPeople are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midtermsVoters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for. 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.salon.com/2026/10/05/w... I have to figure that the same stresses are also indicative of misogyny—though misogyny is more ingrained in mainstream culture than White Nationalism is.salon.comWhite nationalism’s appeal runs deeper than partisan politics - Salon.comHow extensive is white nationalism’s appeal among the broader public, and who is drawn to this extremist ideology? 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That was true for my mother as well. I ruined The Empire Strikes Back for my father when he took me and Yoda freaked me out. For my brother, it was ET. For my sister, it was the dragon in Sleeping Beauty. 100
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rs only want an empowered Congress during a Democratic presidency and wants an impotent Congress during a Republican presidency. Or just a Republican tyranny with no power derived from the people. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026*If* Trump uses a nuke, I think there would be less restraint on the Russians to use one themselves. The war in Ukraine is also about wounded ego. 100
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pumice desert, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 000
Reposted by @jtav4.bsky.socialAngela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I just think women should be able to get educations without a constant threat of sexual violence. 91382206
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mt Thielsen as viewed from the punice desert in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did Hegseth see Patton (the movie starring George C Scott) recently? Talking on a stage in front of a giant American flag made me wonder. 🤔 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Atop Garfield Peak are a scattering of rocks. Atop one rock is a chipmunk. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 001
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking from Crater Lake’s southern rim towards Upper Klamath Lake 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Garfield Peak Trail, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As a lonely 50 year old man, let be clear: It’s not a woman’s obligation to fill the need for companionship, fespite the social expectation. And I don’t believe the loneliness epidemic is isolated to men alone. 1150
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But yeah, if they can destroy something of Obama’s, they’d be ecstatic. 020
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For the right, it isn’t about logical sense, it’s about emotional resonance. This particular lie’s effectiveness lays in bias confirmation. They aren’t trying to convince opponents, but display their tribalism and shore up the base. 120
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I feel like critical thinking is viewed as a thought crime by the Trump administration. 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Xi let Trump hang with him. That *was* the accomplishment. 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I imagine Trump was salivating at the thought of telling the media what to do with the full expectation that the press would do what they were told. 001
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I can see the thought bubble reading “Bless your heart” in a patronizing tone. I have no context for the screen grab though. 020
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026More than a few liberal columnists have stated that. Athletic women are especially troublesome for the Right because the premise flies in the face of strict gender roles. *Men* are the ones to have strength and athletic skill. If women can ball just as well as men, a lot of arguments fall apart. 1171
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If by anti-American he means opposed to a socially stratified society where the wealthy are a higher-class citizen, men having higher standing than women, and whites having higher standing than non-whites… then, yeah, that’s accurate. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Castle Crest flower meadow, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Umm… Is the AI program basically giving a prompt for the outcome they want and AI hallucinating the evidence? I get why Rs love AI. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Castle Crest flower meadow, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That’s what all those Pentagon deals are for, I suspect. Can’t let them fail for national security reasons and what not. 1140
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hmm… instead of adding his face to Mt Rushmore, he just locates a data center to the national park, just under the visages. 000
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm only speaking about *my* experience from 20 years ago, and not an experience of Texas. The vast majority of these church goers listened to Focus on the Family and read the Left Behind series. They were steeped in white conservative Christian culture. It was pretty insular... and scared. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spiritual warfare was hyped. Christians were perceived as under attack by mainstream culture (because it was given a place of predominance). It was very much tribal identity. But there were some of a liberal slant in attendance, some with quasi-leadership roles. They were tolerated. 100
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was a church member of a non-denominational Christian church in a Portland, Oregon suburb in the aughts. Culture war issues of the era were frequently preached from the pulpit. It was implied that real Christians voted R. 100
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's not about logic. Yes, Carter was a self-identified evangelical Christian, but he was not in favor of the policies that white Conservative Christians of his era wanted, thus they disowned him. And Carter was widely mocked for his Playboy magazine interview. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Godfrey Glen Trail, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m not saying that only people on the right can enjoy sports. Just noting how the billionaire class are exploiting emotions to enact their will. 010
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Emotion fuels a lot sports fandoms. Because it isn’t rational fans would be more willing to spend more for the experience and merchandise. It fits nicely with the elite on the Right relying emotions (culture war issues) to rally their electorate. 110
jtav4.bsky.social @jtav4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He has learned from Big Tech's "AI is going to wipe put humanity" 001
