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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I don’t post social media often, wife has terminal cancer, I have other priorities.It is an absolute unsurprising moment to see that the Trump administration has gotten us into an actual shooting war with Iran six months in to the term. apnews.com/article/isra...

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US has struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid T...

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The reason magic tricks work is because people are willing to suspend their disbelief, the coin really didn’t disappear to be found again behind your ear, but we all love the game. I tire of it when it comes to politics. Cutting taxes on the rich does not equal increased revenue.

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a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of money in his hand

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of money in his hand

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Damn, seems no matter whatever mood I’m in when I hear the song Santa Monica by Everclear I am transported back to my 1990s self, paramedic and an urban 911 system angry at the world. This is such a great song. And I can’t explain why, but it hits me every time. Watch the world die!

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Ok. Coming out of my self-imposed social media hiatus to talk about Joe Biden. I don’t wish cancer (he reportedly has Stage IV bladder Metz to bone) on anybody. As a human, I wish him peace and comfort in his journey. As a public figure, I can still point out the mixed bag that his presidency was.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

With due respect to Ben Wickler, who gets it; this is the type of rhetoric that caused you to lose the last election. Dems,You’re not getting one more dime or one more ounce of effort from me until you change you. I’m so tired of the political class Trying to make more money effort without a plan

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

What a week. 25th wedding anniversary vow renewal by a cancer charity (wife has metastatic , charity provided a wedding ceremony to us)party with 50 of our family members and friends, daughter home from college for spring break. Daughter driven back to school today, I’m exhausted.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I have a confession to make. I too sent war plans via signal. However, my war plants were not related to Yemen. They were related to Ramen, as a Ramen noodles.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I will never say I told you so, we all have our own journey in life, our own lived experiences & our own rose colored glasses to contend with. After 2024 election, I dropped the Democratic party, did not believe that they were a party capable of rising to the moment. So far, they’ve proven me right

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This really is like an old Star Trek TOS episode only instead of beaming down to a planet where society was built off a crashed starship and an old book on the history between World War I and World War II, this time the crew beamed down to a planet that based its society on 1997 through 2002 Russia

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

It’s been about 2 weeks since I’ve been on here, life has been busy. I’m sitting in a hospital cafeteria right now and asking why the fuck do people have conversations on speakerphone where everyone can hear them in public places? Listening to a spirited conversation about vaccines right now

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

In the week of the Democrats laying down and surrendering yet again to fascism and authoritarianism, maybe it’s time to review the “dicks, pussies, and assholes” speech from the old movie team America world police. Because pussies are only 2 inches from being assholes and Chuck Schumer is a pussy

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This is a message for the DNC, the Democratic Party. There’s a reason I dropped my party registration and went independent. I could give tons of examples but look at Chuck Schumer’s decision As just one of them. You won’t get a dime from me, you won’t get effort from me until you fix you .

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I can’t speak for others, but as a former Democrat now independent, the Democratic Party simply cannot disappoint me anymore than they already do. I don’t have to say “what the fuck Chuck?” they are not a real opposition party.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Occasionally, I do something right. Wife has terminal cancer about 12 months to live, we bought an RV and are gonna try and travel over the next 6 to 8 months live a little while she’s dying and before she’s too sick. I bought a metric shit ton of stuff for the RV from Walmart , before tariffs.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The reason why I’m no longer a member the Democratic will be shown tonight at the state of the union, one of many examples. Every Democrat in attendance tonight is an example of what not to do , how to lose a party, how to lose voters, and how to standby and let a nation be destroyed

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It turns out that the groundwork was laid in the late 60s and early 70s for the wholesale destruction and dismantling of our government, sold to the wealthy. I won’t be listening to the state of union because I don’t care. Trump is the Muppet of oligarchs and fascists. I don’t have to listen.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I’m not posting much here lately because life has happened. My wife of 25 years was given a terminal cancer diagnosis with 12 months to live. Today is blackout day, but not for us. Today is the day we take possession and sign final paperwork on an RV so that we can travel before she gets too sick.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I want to thank Gwen Stefani for that lyric as I was online shopping this morning and needed to add bananas. This early in the morning how do you spell bananas? “ this shit is bananas, BANANAS.” Thanks, Gwen

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I want to stress that there’s not even been a threat of them taking away personal tax returns, but I filed early and received my federal return, I also adjusted my withholding so that I will owe or break even next year. A tax return is overpayment of taxes, an interest free loan to the gov.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Paraphrasing Rick Wilson, there are 3 factions in this Trump era, currently working simpatico. There may be overlap, but as time goes on they will fracture: 1) ultra conservative libertarian style fascists (think project 2025) 2) oligarch techno bro plutocrats 3) Christian nationalist theocrats

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I cannot say it enough times, it is not what people say, but what they do that defines them. Pay attention to behavior, less to words. The behavior of Trump & those associated is that a people who want to tear down and destroy government and funnel money to rich people and causes they support.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Big changes in my household, the last 2 weeks of February. Dec. we learned that my wife of 25 yrs metastatic cancer prognosis changed from 3 to 5 years to 12 months. We bought an RV, we bought a truck to haul it. We are going to try to live a little before she dies. All of this feels surreal.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Day 40 of 5K nurses on strike in Oregon against Providence health systems. Providence is owned by Saint Joseph’s health, 3rd largest hospital owner in USA. RNs striking over safe staffing and patient safety. Standing for patients, not profit. You can help here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

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Donate to Support the Providence Strike Fund, organized by Oregon Nurses Association

AGAIN! We hit yet another goal. Maybe we should set the goals higher? For… Oregon Nurses Association needs your support for Support the Providence Strike Fund

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It is a surreal thing with a terminally, ill spouse to be changing, beneficiaries for retirement plans, life insurance plans, and legal names on auto titles from my wife of 25 years name to the family trust. This seemed so academic when we had the trust made up, very real now

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It absolutely amazes me how few people actually understand where we are as a country right now. Democracy is not dying, it is functionally dead. Our system of checks and balances under our constitution relies on the honor system. There is no accountability. It’s the give a penny take a penny dish

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Day 34 of 5K registered nurses at Providence health systems in Oregon being on strike over patient, safety, unsafe working conditions, and safe staffing. If nurses are on the outside of the hospital, there’s something wrong on the inside

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I don’t get the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce hate out there. It’s just a game and these people are entertainers who play the game to entertain the rest of us. They are actually irrelevant in just about everybody’s every day lives

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Dear NFL, I’m not your target audience. I watched less than five professional football games a year. But I do try to watch the AFC in NFC championship games and the Super Bowl. Except when the games are blowouts. If this is championship level football, you would think these would be close games.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Super Bowl is quickly becoming very boring. It’s not that Philadelphia is playing spectacularly, it’s just that Kansas City isn’t rising to the moment. Kansas City played better in the AFC championship game than they are now. They might not survive to halftime to be able to readjust

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

How the fuck did Jackson Browne write “ Doctor, my eyes” at such a young age. As the US descends into oligarchical fascism, the lyrics seem more poignant now than ever before. I think he was in his 20s when he wrote it. Damn.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Yesterday, seven bargaining units making up approximately 4k nurses working for Providence health systems in Oregon rejected tentative contract offers, 92% participation, 83% voted to reject tentative contract offers in remain on strike They remain on strike, 29 days now. The issue, safe staffing.

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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Rick Wilson made an interesting point. Politically there is a coalition three groups supporting Trump, right now, working in harmony for now but not always. 1. Project 2025, transform, destroy the government people. 2. Techno Bros/oligarchs, wanna oligarchs 3. Christian Dominionists

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Did my taxes last night and I’m getting a federal refund. Today I am adjusting my W-4. Reminder that every time you get a tax refund, you have given the government an interest free loan. I know paying taxes sucks, none of us like it, but I’d rather pay than give the government a loan.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

In Oregon, more than 5k doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers represented by the Oregon Nurses association went on strike against Providence health systems. 11 bargaining units in eight hospitals and six women’s health clinics. 26 days on strike, 7 days of intensive 24 hour bargaining with 🧵

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

When times get difficult, it is the voice of my mentors that I often hear in my head. I’m doing my assignment coach, all the way until the whistle blows, win or lose.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It has been a particularly difficult day, and I don’t know how to grieve in public. I’ve always been somebody who works through things in private, but my therapist really feels. I should try to break that habit. It is a weird feeling to feel so trapped by circumstance and emotions.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My spouse of 25 years has metastatic breast cancer, today we learned 12 to 18 month life expectancy because first line treatment didn’t work. In the midst of the chaos of the Trump admin, there are real people living and dying. Be angry. But be kind. Some people carry different burdens.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

More than 4000 nurses and doctors at nine bargaining units at Providence health systems of Oregon remain on strike. Two of the bargaining units, achieved, tentative first-time contracts, and the contracts are not going out to a vote. Hold the line!. www.kgw.com/article/news...

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Providence strike update: Women's clinic staff secure groundbreaking agreement

Both sides announced a tentative agreement between staff represented by the Oregon Nurses Association and Providence Women's Clinic on Sunday night.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The IRA and 401(K) have both been changed to the most conservative investment profiles, funds shifted. I’m ready now within the limited power I have to take a complete bath next week in my retirement accounts thanks to Trump’s insane tariffs. It will be a rough week for 401(k) and IRAs everybody.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Every person in America, regardless of economic status is about to learn how much of the products we buy in the components of the products that we buy are made in Canada, China or Mexico.

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Final comment this morning and then I have to go out onto the strike line Do not use the federal government as an interest free loan. If you’re getting a tax refund, that means you’re paying too much to the federal government in taxes. Hard to find balance, but adjust to break, even or even pay

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Day 23 of 5K plus doctors and nurses and healthcare providers working for Providence health systems in Oregon on general strike over patient safety concerns. Providence is owned by Saint Joseph health systems, third largest hospital owner in the country. Corporate healthcare = profit over patient

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A reminder that many of these problems are multi factorial and that Trump/MAGA are the opportunistic disease that has finally infected the host body. Our representative republic finally got sick enough and weak enough to allow this disease to happen. We may not recover

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am tired of people saying “this is unconstitutional” or “ this is a constitutional crisis”. Live in reality, please. The flaw in our constitution is that it requires people acting in good faith to contain the people who are not. Checks & balances = give a penny/take a penny dish at the minimart

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Middle-aged Wasteland (Jason) 🫘 @mawasteland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Well, the world markets appear to be preparing to short US stock bond and trading markets in response to Trump’s tariffs. It’s gonna be a hard market hit for people with 401(k)s and IRAs. I’m not an investment pro, but it appears next week is gonna be a big market downturn. Big.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

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