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J.T. from Oakland

@oaklandjt.myatproto.social
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Third generation Oaklander, second generation Cal Bear. Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times. (Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/how-f… )

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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 10h
GODDAMN, McSweeney's is meeting the moment here.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 10h
"Unsafe Men don't listen to women ... it has to be you." Whole thread is worth a read, but this is the bottom line. It has to be you because there's no one else.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 22h
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know, researchers since the 1980s have found that men can tell when they don’t have consent. They just choose to continue anyway because they prioritize consent as less important than power, domination, and sexual gratification.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 13h
Really enjoying Tupo (playtupo.com) in my daily game rotation. As the developer says, the best day to start is Monday. The second best day is today.
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Bonus puzzle · Tupo
One of this week’s extra puzzles, one per difficulty, to play just for fun.
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 26/09/2026
This is exactly how you should run a charity.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HOLY SHIT @mayor.lacity.gov is running ads now saying she stood up to ICE and as a parent who is on a phone chain at a school where ICE was terrorizing parents and showing up AT GRADUATION to snag people I say FUCK YOU FUUUUUCK YOUUUU
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Fiyah 💜 Angelou 🪮 🏁 @fiyahangelou.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Joshua Doss on the absurdity of the being Black in America IG @doss.discourse
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026
Without looking, I'm guessing either Bret Stephens or David Brooks has a new column up. How'd I do?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 21/09/2026
AI's only natural predator.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 21/09/2026
As I get older and my brain gets mushier, I wonder how much of the dumbfuckery of Gen X and earlier generations is from growing up playing tackle football on concrete. Does everyone over 40 have CTE?
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You do not need to explain, to Queer or Black or Disabled people in America, that you can't always have a perfect thing. That is not news to us. You are not providing new information. It is the height of arrogance to assume that's not already part of our understanding of the world.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 15/09/2026
If he starts comparing himself to Sirhan Sirhan, cabinet meetings could get really interesting. (This joke is in really bad taste if you're old enough to get it.)
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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
I missed FAMU honoring Dolly Parton at Miami Friday night.
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Dr Paul Williams @drpwilliams.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He heard Republicans in Ireland want to have a unified Ireland. I don’t think he knows who the Irish Republicans are
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 13/09/2026
When you've been a Cal fan since the 1980s, it does something to you.
Screen shot of a text message conversation

Godzilla PFP - (celebrator emjois)
me - Shhh. We don't celebrate until at least an hour after it's over - it's Cal, they can still find a way to lose.
Godzilla - Man, you have been a Bears fan for a really long time.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 12/09/2026
I love my trans friends and support each of you however you decide to vote this year.
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Pearly Sweetcake @sugarblind.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
(i read Daggerbound by @tkingfisher.com and once again my brain has changed irreparably)
Amy Adams holding a sign that says i do not eat human meat
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 11/09/2026
Oakland PD is on year 23 of federal oversight and it's going great. oaklandside.org/2026/05/27/o...
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Oakland police on track to exit federal oversight by September
A federal judge told city leaders OPD has made significant progress in completing court-ordered reforms, but more work remains.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
"When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who built this bridge to be so flimsy? There are permits you have to acquire [& supposed] tests. When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you’ve lost the thread"
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 09/09/2026
If you're in Oakland (or nearby) and think you smell smoke, you're right. Mask up if you have to be outside.
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vivi5cents @vivi5cents.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Grown men having fun in public. It’s so wholesome and I love it—for them and us. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 05/09/2026
Had this stuck in my head today - sharing both because that sometimes makes the earworm go away and mostly because everyone needs to know it.
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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Secure Justice has been keeping track of Flock cancellations [& non renewals, suspensions] throughout the country. The numbers have skyrocketed in the past two months. The graph is vertical
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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Use extreme caution when asking women in your life about the case. At The core is a discussion regarding untreated post partum depression. For a lot of women there’s a “there but for the grace” vibe.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/09/2026
Oh hey, what has two daggers, a giant pillbug, and is #9 on the NYT bestseller list? BECAUSE ALL YOU GLORIOUS HUMAN WEIRDOS BOUGHT IT?!? www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...
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Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, chil...
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 04/09/2026
I'm less impressed with the dialect quiz pinpointing my home town when one of the questions is effectively "Are you from the Bay Area?"
A quiz question: "What do you call a public railway system (normally underground)?" with possible answers "the subway","the L or the El", "the T", 'the metro", "BART", "other." BART is the selected answer.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 04/09/2026
THIS is the kind of vitriol that makes me a happy Golden Bear. "UCLA sold their soul, sold out Pac-12 football, and allied themselves with the craven greed monsters at USC just to finish 13th in an 18 team conference." writeforcalifornia.com/p/pregame-ha...
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Pregame hate: Previewing Dollar Store USC
UCLA destroyed west coast football to become a crappier version of everything their fans claim to hate
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 03/09/2026
Now that we're not playing Outlier anymore, what are we playing? Post your daily games: WordPeaks (wordpeaks.com) is a wordle type game with a fun twist
A winning game from Word Peaks (wordpeaks.com)
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The shooting at a Tucson gay bar last night that left 3 men dead has been confirmed as a hate crime by Mayor Romero. The killer was found with addresses of “multiple LGBTQ+ friendly venues”. To the friends and families of the victims and to the LGBTQ+ community, I send my deepest sympathy.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Republicans have made their election strategy very clear: 1) Islamophobia 2) transphobia 3) blatant lying 4) cheating / suppressing votes 5) throwing endless dark + corporate $$ at all the above When I see Democrats HELPING them on 1 & 2 - or barely mentioning the rest - I want to break bones.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 31/08/2026
feels like it’s inevitable these days that every tool you rely on is one garbage founder or funder away from their app’s version of this post
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Myles Lewando @codemacabre.com · 30/08/2026
"…when I hear a tech person say that something's 'just a tool', I can't help but read it as an unwillingness to take responsibility, as an industry, for what we put into the world and for what we do to ourselves." An excellent read by @iris-meredith.bsky.social. deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such...
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There's no such thing as Just a Tool | deadSimpleTech
Heidegger thinks about tools like so: a tool is something (a thing that has being in the Heideggerian sense, not necessarily an object) that represents an extension of human capabilities in some way. ...
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smamuel @radiopeep.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
to celebrate @tkingfisher.com’s Daggerbound releasing I finished a drawing of Halla I’ve been working on for a bit!! everyone needs to go read swordheart it’ll change your life. see i can make more than zale memes i swear
a decorative painterly(?) drawing of halla (long blonde hair, dark clothes) from swordheart laying down in the grass, holding a sword. she’s framed by a silver rectangle with ornamental rats, and the title “swordheart” is above her head.
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026
the vagueness is purposeful. to acknowledge that "woke" has a meaning that was invented by Black people is to admit that "anti-Wokeness" is really just anti-Blackness, and doing that dismantles and exposes arguments about "wokeness run amuck" for what they are
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The Tea Lady @crissstalitooo.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026
Talent!
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😸 Hugo the pink cat 😸 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Y'all know this is them laying ground for the next moral panic now that their work is done with trans women. DO NOW TALK WITH THEM. DO NOT ACCEPT INTERVIEWS. TELL THEM TO FUCK OFF. SMACK ANY FURRY YOU KNOW WHO PLANS TO AGREE TO BE INTERVIEWED.
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Drex @drex.dev · 28/08/2026
I'm all for throwing your body on the gears to stop the machine but have you considered throwing the bodies of the people who built the machine on it?
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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Right?
kalkindeus › autism 2d
Me: I'm autistic
Person: Does that mean you take things literally?
Me: No, that's kleptomaniacs

This is an incredible joke. Omg.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/08/2026
Centrists cannot bring people on the left "back in line." They have to quit it with this rhetoric. If they treat people on the left as a greater enemy than Trump, the thing that is going to happen is that people on the left will fucking fight them tooth and nail. Include me in that number.
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 28/08/2026
I may have been In A Mood when I ordered t-shirts last week.
A blue t-shirt reading "Leave Tans Kids Alone You Absolute Freaks"A blue t-shirt with individual letters highlighted: Free people pUsh baCK until fascism Is CrushEd."Colored text on a gray t-shirt: introverted but willing to discuss dismantling systems of oppression.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba." 'nuff said.
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