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I offer help to people who want it. Facilitator and lover of humans. Somewhat retired, but not exactly retiring. Interesting, handsome, shy, erudite. Have accidentally […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.online/@mjt, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
It’s kinda like TFG’s “electrocuted by a sinking electric boat, or eaten by sharks” dilemma: is it better to be eliminated because you’re “lower-value human capital,” or killed by AI as redundantly irritating
Bold black text: “‘Lower-value human capital’ is what bank CEO calls thousands of workers he’s cutting because of AI.” Smaller text: “Standard Chartered plans to eliminate 7,800 jobs by 2028.”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Further proof, as if we needed it, that TFG and his goons don’t give a single crap about the law, Congress, or voters. What’s your over/under on whether Nazi Stephen gets him to declare martial law before the elections just like the best banana republics do […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
Two soldiers in camouflage stand near a DC ballot drop box on a sunny street; timestamp 10/8/26.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
USians, I ask you: do we live in a great country or what?
Online news story headline: “Feds find small alligator, 42 kilos of fentanyl in downtown L.A. luxury apartment”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled?

Making Americans think socialism was the work of Satan and capitalism was the will of God.”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
lessig.medium.com/if-not-now-when-9…
When Citizens United was decided, as the New York Times calculated, billionaires constituted just 0.3% of outside spending; by 2024, they accounted for 19%, a 63-fold increase.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026
“Had those who drew and ratified the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment known the components of liberty in its manifold possibilities, they might have been more specific. They did not presume to have this insight. They knew times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress. As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.”
~Justice Anthony Kennedy, majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
Dangerous words, these.
WE MUST SCRUPULOUSLY GUARD THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ALL CITIZENS, WHATEVER THEIR BACKGROUND.
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT ANY OPPRESSION, ANY INJUSTICE, ANY HATRED, IS A WEDGE DESIGNED TO ATTACK OUR CIVILIZATION
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
#Resist
A cartoon Roman centurion looks at graffiti on wall that reads "Octoginta sex quadraginta septem." This means eighty-six fourth-seven, a phrase the Trump administration find offensive and considers to be a direct threat to the life of Trump. Wankers.

By me in iBisPaintX.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Too late.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026
Masking to hide identity from the populace isn’t new. #ICE #USpol #fascism #SecretPolice
Two robed and hooded Klu Klux Klan members walking down a Montgomery AL sidewalk the night before a cross-burning, after a permit to parade in the street was denied. In the foreground, a woman of color watches.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026
Ain’t that America? Guns drawn, chemicals pointed at photographer, for following ICE agents. For *following*, not assaulting or obstructing. Land of the free! #USpol #fascism #SecretPolice
Photograph of person holding up both hands as they step out of auto, with ICE agents surrounding them. Female ICE agent is pointing a canister of chemical agent directly at the person taking the photo. Headline on photo: “Immigration agents draw guns, arrest activists following them in Minneapolis.”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026
In the future, this day will be remembered as the beginning of the dictatorship. #USpol #DictatorshipOfTheTrumplitariat
New York Times front page shows Trump declaring global power, with US running Venezuela. Weather and interview details included.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026
This, from the agency charged with protecting our “home land,” although apparently not all of its residents or citizens. There are nowhere near 100 million “illegal” residents of the US. 100 millions, though, is quite close to the number of nonwhite citizens […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
A post from the Department of Homeland Security’s social media account (@DHSgov). The photo is of a deserted, pristine beach with a very surfable blue wave breaking, and in the foreground, a 1950’s style sedan.

Superimposed on the blue sky above some palm trees is the text, “America After 100 Million Deportations.”

The text of the post above the picture reads, “The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2025
Sailboats at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle, at night, thanks to iPhone 13 mini.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
Intellectual loneliness isn't about wanting
'deep talks. It's about realising how few people can tolerate complexity. It's noticing how quickly people rush to have an answer not to understand, but to feel right. It's watching people form entire worldviews off headlines, vibes, and whatever reels told them last. It's the silence that follows when you say something that doesn't fit neatly into someone's script. It's not arrogance. It's exhaustion, from always having to code-switch between what you actually think and what's safe to say around people who shut down at nuance. And no one warns you:
Once your brain learns to stretch, small talk doesn't just bore you, it alienates you. You're not looking for smart people. You're looking for people who are still thinking.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2025
The callousness of those who are well-off regarding the unfortunate disgusts me. Their assumption is that everyone who can’t support themselves is a scammer and a cheat. We’re only a few steps away from eugenics and economic euthanasia, never mind forced […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
CNBC post: “Kellyanne Conway: Those on Medicaid who will lose health insurance can always get jobs.””

Cat F’s post: “Dear Kelleyanne: I don’t know any company hiring 80yr old Alzheimer’s patients in assisted living. Please send lists.”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025
Sometimes, we accidentally say what we really mean. This promotional poster posted by ICE on social media was taken down, and ICE says it’s being revised to substitute “intellectual property” for the original “ideas” … The caption of the graphic proclaims […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
Graphic containing the logo and name of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department, with prominent text reading, “If it crosses the U.S. border illegally, it’s our job to STOP IT,” and at a jaunty angle, the following four words:
   PEOPLE
   MONEY
   PRODUCTS
   IDEAS
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2025
“Your great grandfather worked the mines, your grandfather worked a steel plant, and you thought you thought you could be a ‘product manager’?” ~Popular MAGA meme That’s a good point. Just because you think you’ve joined the bourgeoise, the overlords want […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
Cartoon of smiling Donald Trump with his right hand on shoulder of green-shirted worker. Frowning JD Vance is behind Donald Trump. Caption reads “Your great grandfather worked the mines, your grandfather worked a steel plant, and you thought you thought you could be a "product manager" ???  LOL, Buddy
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
This is the kind of Supreme Court that gave us Korematsu v. United_States, Dred Scott, and other such examples of violations of human rights. Japanese-American natural born citizens were rounded up and sent to interment camps without due process. Scott got […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
Japanese-American children and parents flashing “V” for victory or peace signs and waving an American flag as they are forcibly taken from Seattle on a train to internment camps.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025
#USpol
Graphic reading: ‘But Republicans are for the working class! Then why did the Dems pass the law capping overdraft fees at $5 and Republicans repeal it? REPUBLICANS VOTE TOLET BANKS SCREWOVER WORKING AMERICANS The Senate voted 52-48 to repeal a Biden-erarule capping bank and credit union overdraft fees at $5”
By Ryan Bart, MARCH 27,2025
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025
A stage labeled “The Great U.S. Side Show” with two Dr. Seuss—drawn characters, one wearing a shirt with a swastika, one labeled “America First.” The first character wears a rapacious look, the second self-satisfied.

Uncle Sam is pointed with a stick at the beard that both characters share, connected at the bottom. Caption: “And on this platform, folks, those most perplexing people…the Lads with the Siamese Beard! Unrelated by blood, they are joined in a manner that mystifies the mightiest minds in the land!”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2025
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it IS self- preservation,and that is an act of political warfare.” —AUDRE LORDE
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2025
Garrett Graff has written the definitive piece on the past few weeks, taking an angle that I suspect he’ll need to turn into a running series. He’s decided to write about it in the same voice he would use as a foreign correspondent:

With rapidity that has stunned even longtime political observers, forces loyal to Musk’s junta have established him as the all-but undisputed unelected head of government in just a matter of days, unwinding the longtime democracy’s constitutional system and its proud nearly 250-year-old tradition of the rule of law. Having secured themselves in key ministries and in a building adjacent to the presidential office complex, Musk’s forces have begun issuing directives to civil service workers and forcing the resignation of officials deemed insufficiently loyal, like the head of the country’s aviation authority.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025
A black-and-white bold illustration of a wrench falling into emerged gears
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2025
It is 89 seconds to midnight.
Poster from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ press conference showing the Doomsday Clock with the caption “IT IS 89 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT”
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2025
I’ve had similar experiences with groups failing to reach unanimity for…reasons.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025
That’s the post. Because it’s true. A system that rewards people with money for having money denies workers the true value of their work. Bigly.
Hand-written sign reading, "record profits are unpaid wages."
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