Reposted by Jim O’GaraParkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This. We have a cult of millions living in a separate reality but also living alongside us. And voting in our elections. And an oligarchy eagerly and effectively exploiting them. 18818
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth." -John Locke 030
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"I am not this hair. I am not this skin. I am the soul lives that within." -Rumi 000
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Apparently, the other day Zohran Mamdani said his wife Rama Duwaji, “is an oasis.” Does that mean ….. she’s his wonderwall? And after all? (I can’t believe I made that joke. I have been in Dad joke mode with my kids for so long now. Please send help!) 000
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological-social-psychological-economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as if it were divisible, separable, simple & infinite. Our persistent, intractable global problems arise directly from this mismatch.” -Dana Meadows, 1982 000
Reposted by Jim O’GaraSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Boy he must have really been hoping no one would look at the documents he talked about tonight because they underscore what I've been saying for 6 years, which is that the Trump-Ukraine Scandal was infinitely worse than people thought from the facts revealed during Impeachment #1 471399570
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026"I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" -Clarence Darrow 010
Reposted by Jim O’GaraJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It's tragically appropriate that we spent a whole generation telling students that the humanities were moribund, and they should all study STEM, only for the greatest innovations in STEM to prove why the humanities were so essential all along. 361785478
Reposted by Jim O’GaraLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026futurism.com/future-socie... lol 178105202956
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.” 011
Reposted by Jim O’GaraSabermane @homelessrobot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Tolkien: evil defeats itself and only friendship can keep us sane in the power of such darkness Every goddamn billionaire: I'm going to name my company after the cool evil things in this book I skimmed. 061
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026In my last dream of last night, I had an impromptu lecture on drum kit and percussion routing in a DAW (digital audio workstation) showing that while each source is separate your job as a mixer to make it all sound balanced and cohesive. 110
Reposted by Jim O’GaraSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026November 6th... 2024. How did I do? 1351626403
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026For the World Cup, as a dual citizen of Ireland, I have decided to root for Scotland and who is ever playing against England any time they play. 021
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026What small thing are you doing today to make the world a better place? I’m donating platelets. 110
Reposted by Jim O’GaraAmericans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Experts are projecting that the war in Iran will cost taxpayers $1 trillion. The people in charge just gave the richest 1% a $1 trillion tax break. And they really want us to believe SNAP and healthcare are the problem?? Get real. 13758162207
Reposted by Jim O’GaraDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime. 317127234843
Reposted by Jim O’GaraProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16/05/2026Here is a graph of the daily temperature anomalies above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline over the last 20 years using Copernicus data. As you can clearly see, the trendline shows the planet passing 1.5°C within a year. Get on the boat, people! 701303553
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Every day I think to myself, “Is he dead yet? No?! Fuuuuuuuuuuuccccccck! (Said in Roy Kent’s voice)” 020
Reposted by Jim O’GaraW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such. 7089204048
Reposted by Jim O’GaraKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I'm literally writing about a set of Tennessee segregationists in the 1960s at the moment. I swear to God, they were not *this* comically and overtly racist. 1152499741
Reposted by Jim O’GaraSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Someone has to tell the truth. 11474179
Reposted by Jim O’GaraOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 27/04/2026democrats: if we win this fall we wont do the single most obvious thing to hold this administration accountable also democrats: we dont understand why its so hard for us to get our voters to show up 271165279
Reposted by Jim O’GaraDeepBlueThinker @its-just-logical.bsky.social · 26/04/2026So Trump canceled all Green energy projects including paying $1Billion to cancel a contract wind power Mean time China moved into #1 car maker in world with their BYD car. Trump has put US automakers in the catch up position behind by years in technology. Shows what fossil fuel money can buy 54841265
Reposted by Jim O’GaraThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026“Ready for some bullshit? You paid the the higher prices… They raised prices on you to cover the tariffs, kept prices high, and now they get the refund. Also: 88 of the largest US corporations paid zero income tax in 2025.” (From @attorneyryan.bsky.social ) 961886879
Reposted by Jim O’GaraJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A poll he doesn’t like: “It’s a rigged poll.” An election he loses: “The election was rigged. It was stolen.” A court ruling that goes against him: “The entire process was rigged. Judge was unfair to me.” Media coverage he doesn’t like: “Fake news. I’ll sue em.” What a weak, pathetic, coward. 471198279
Reposted by Jim O’GaraSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026MAGA howled for a decade about President Obama unfreezing Iranian assets, falsely calling it a gift and terming him a terrorist enabler. So we'll now hear MAGAs howl about Trump for 50 years and call him an *actual terrorist*, right? Because they're not fucking hypocrites, right? 42953410
Reposted by Jim O’GaraRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/04/2026In another massive data set of more than 1.5 million children born between 1997 and 2022, the use of Tylenol during pregnancy was NOT associated with autism, even after accounting for individual risk factors. Autism was diagnosed in 1.8% of children exposed to Tylenol and 3% of the unexposed group.jamanetwork.comAcetaminophen Exposure During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism in OffspringThis cohort study evaluates the potential association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of autism in Danish national registers. 11501203
Reposted by Jim O’GaraDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13/04/2026When you add it all up, the collapse in immigration looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (even including the people arrested and not released) and a decline of about 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration has come from LEGAL immigration. 411527607
Reposted by Jim O’GaraTruthout @truthout.org · 10/04/2026In their third report on the subject, researchers reach the same conclusions that have twice bedeviled the anti-wage hike sector of the restaurant industry: California’s $20 an hour fast food minimum wage, instituted in 2024, did not reduce employment.buff.lyCalifornia’s $20 Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs, New Study FindsThe data-driven study pushes back against multiple industry-backed reports that cast a grim light on the higher wage. 29254
Reposted by Jim O’GaraJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 08/04/2026So before Trump’s war, Iran did NOT control the Strait of Hormuz. And now because of Trump’s war, Iran DOES control the Strait. And will continue to. What a fucking disaster this illegal war has been. What a fucking idiot Trump is. 801660403
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I can’t be the only one who reads this and hears in their head… "In every generation there is a chosen one... the Slayer!" Just me? #buffythevampireslayer 010
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you" -Silent Bob, in “Clerks” 020
Reposted by Jim O’GaraNPR @npr.org · 29/03/2026Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.n.prTrump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report findsThree major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat. 86806345
Reposted by Jim O’GaraStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings 6643572206
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026At a No Kings protest, & a choir is singing protest songs. It’s all good. I can appreciate Bob Dylan’s “The Times Are A-Changin.” But as a Gen Xer, I want “Killing in The Name” to become standard protest songs repetoire. Getting the whole crowd singing “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!” 030
Reposted by Jim O’GaraKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Jack Smith gathered evidence that Trump took top secret documents during his first term that specifically related to his worldwide business interests — and investigators considered this a likely motive for Trump concealing them at his Florida club, according to newly released case records.ms.nowTrump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith findsThe special counsel’s office found that Donald Trump held on to documents so secret that only six people could legally review them — and the team believed his reason for doing so was financial gain. 501239578
Reposted by Jim O’GaraThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/03/2026Schrödinger's investigation, which both totally exonerated Trump and dragged him through the mud in a politically motivated witch huntlnk.thebulwark.comMAGA’s Mueller MythsThe 7 lies that Trumpists still cling to. 014736
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026In honor of his passing, I feel the need to make one final Chuck Norris joke. Death didn’t take Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris has taken Death’s place. So now we won’t say that’ve died, we’ve been Chuck Norrised. 010
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 03/03/2026"Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. " -Mark Twain 010
Jim O’Gara @kaizenguitar.bsky.social · 01/03/2026"May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the mathematician thinks music: music the dream, mathematics the working life." - James Joseph Sylvester 040