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Jefferey J. Reese

@puertopaz.bsky.social
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Author of the novel "Puerto Paz", a modern Huckleberry Finn for adults and literary slap in the face to Ayn Rand. E-book FREE, visit puertopaz.com (structural engineer by day, w/ claim to fame: worked on Independence Hall)

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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Another perspective: "don't let perfection be the enemy of good" (& everyone has a different idea of what perfection even is, & living in a functional society means some compromise for the greater good). Life under Kamala would have been good, not evil, & she'd have been more open to far left ideas.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
In a 1st-past-post system, if a radical extremist leftist was up against Trump, I'd suck it up & vote radical extremist leftist rather than hand it to Trump. What I really want is ranked-choice voting, so we can all vote our conscience, but have our lesser-evil 2nd/3rd choices be what stops a Trump.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Appropriate cartoon. Rational adult calmly talking to imature bratty kid throwing tantrum because he didn't get his exact way & can't get along w/ anyone so best friend is imaginary. Thanks for the vomit pizza, now we all get to starve to death. We would pay for you, just wanted the anti-vomit vote.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Fight for Ranked-Choice Voting FIRST, then you can vote for spoilers all you want
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
If I'm in a big group ordering 1 pizza, and I really really want pepperoni & sausage, but voting is 1st-past-post & leading options clearly either sausage & onion, or vomit pizza, you bet I'm going to be unhappy w/ BOTH vomit voters and abstainers or spoiler vegetarian voters if vomit pizza wins.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Ranked-Choice Voting is the single most critical first step for improving our political system... Would help in solving the problem noted in previous post.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Yes ... Exactly why I think Ranked-Choice Voting is the single most critical first step for improving our political system.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We lost because R's fall in line & vote for their tribe no matter how awful their candidate, but Dems are like herding cats & quickly shoot themselves in foot (abstain or vote for spoiler) if theirs isn't vocal enough on any of 100 pet issues, even when lesser of 2 evils obviously best to vote for.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This post is causing anger to resurface at cable tv channels The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel for their enshittification 25+/- years ago.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If he's anything like his father, he would have flunked out... Imagine Trump's anger then!
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Having POTUS say government is bad ("The nine most terrifying words in the English language...") possibly the most (pre-Trump) irresponsible, untrue, & harmful to our country thing a POTUS has ever said, so to answer your Q: YES!
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
From the "Love to Love You Baby" episode:
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Try Room 12 at Her Majesty's Department of Abuse & Arguments
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
last 3:
year by list of entertainment: 1999-2006year by list of entertainment: 2007-2016year by list of entertainment: 2017-2024
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
For my 50th b'day I made an autobiography just for me (2/3 photos). I made an appendix of year-by-year entertainment that I'm sharing here though... Generally I think our culture drastically over-values entertainment, but it is useful for jogging memory & getting a feel for a year. 3 in comment.
year by list of entertainment: 1975-1981year by list of entertainment: 1982-1988year by list of entertainment: 1989-1993year by list of entertainment: 1994-1998
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Oh, Cat-urday... He thought it was Cat-turd-day.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Happy #caturday , hope your cat isn't as much of a turd as mine is.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Wish I'd filmed it... Just saw a rabbit use the crosswalk to cross the street!
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Somebody keeps voting for them.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
media.tenor.com
a man is laughing in front of a map and a sign that says guy who just bought a boat
ALT: a man is laughing in front of a map and a sign that says guy who just bought a boat
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Same, except I lost most of my hope during the beginning of the pandemic when I had to worry about my immune compromised wife and, even pre-vaccine, people were refusing the simple life-saving courtesy of wearing a fucking mask in public indoor spaces.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
As cruel as it sounds, if Dems did start a government substitute support network, I think they'd be better saying they only have enough $ for registered Dems. Trumpers would take $ & still vote Trump. They only learn empathy through experience, & need to feel the pain of no gov support to value it.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I've already spent $10k on editors, cover designers, etc. for my #novel, & made a miniscule fraction in sales, so despite all the problems of #AI, yes I do plan to submit for Apple's free AI #audiobook narration. Maybe later I'll self-record a version, w/ wife who was voice of 90s precursor to Siri.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
And reducing transmission rates and creating herd immunity to protect people who are immune compromised and who might die if they catch it ... It isn't always about you.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My thoughts exactly. Throw in a few token white people so they can claim they aren't racist.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We've gone from Reagan (R) and the "I don't recall" defense at Iran Contra hearings, to Trump & Friends (R) "I don't know because I never bothered to learn the laws of the land even though that's my job". I think (R) means " regression".
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We've gone from Reagan (R) and the "I don't recall" defense at Iran Contra hearings, to Trump & Friends (R) "I don't know because I never bothered to learn the laws of the land even though that's my job". I think (R) means " regression".
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
When extreme liberals go too far (like $180,000 for street signs in a Native American language), at least their intentions are usually good & hearts usually in the right places. Can't say the same for extreme conservatives (example: basically everything they do, pick anything from Trump/Bush admins)
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
If not compassion, then at least silence. I would hope that if Trump got cancer, I'd at least not say anything. But these days everyone seems to think clicks & attention from a bad hot take are better than no clicks or attention.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Click and Clack, the brother duo (NPR) Car Talk show hosts saying "Don't eat fast-food like my brother"
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Looks fantastic, especially the sharing w/ PBS... For now. With companies like this there's always a catch though. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they stop sharing w/ PBS in a couple years. The Facebook model of get them hooked, then start greedy enshittification. Then poorer families lose
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
If we had Ranked-Choice Voting, this wouldn't be as much of a problem. #RCV. Center-left could vote for moderate liberals 1st, more extreme liberals 2nd, and more extreme liberals the reverse, and still get a rep they feel is better than any conservative candidate.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What I don't get is, if they are all using the same data, how 1 app will say noon tomorrow will be 10 degrees warmer than another app for the same location & time, and similar drastic discrepancies with chance of rain percentage.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Congratulations!!! You are the recipient of my first ever bluesky "show me more like this"!
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I remember being mesmerized by him on CSPAN in circa 1985 (I was about 10 yrs old). Great, passionate speaker (no evidence of a stutter at all). Yes, I lived in the boonies and had to amuse myself, and was a very "creative" kid.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A game show where billionaires compete to show empathy. The winner gets to keep their money, losers have to donate 95% to charity chosen by viewers.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I wish the good people would stop resigning in protest. Make them fire you. Waste their time. Anything to run out the clock for as much of the next few years as possible.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Did you tell him that there hasn't been any good rap music since 1999 (with the exception of Missy Elliot in early oughts)? I will if you won't. I'd also be happy to yell at him to get of your yard.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
It never ceases to amaze me how the "liberal" media grades politicians from different parties by completely different scales. One gets praised if they manage to not start a nuclear war, another gets admonished for wearing an untraditional color of suit.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The "Tea Peter" episode of Family Guy should be mandatory viewing, and being animated, is probably more the speed of those who got us here.
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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
BRAND NEW VIDEO! This one's been in the works for a while: a true deep-dive into space politics, focussing on the human side because why are we still trying to replicate Apollo? It's nearly two hours long. Enjoy! youtu.be/4FcuV4hvGDM
youtu.be
Why Our Space Dreams Keep Getting Grounded
YouTube video by The Vintage Space
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Please be more precise with your language. I'm a man, have been to therapy, and don't like being lumped into stereotypes with guys like that.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
My #caturday butt warmer
Cat resting on my butt
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In winner-takes-all voting system single-issue voters are part of why we're stuck w/ Trump +R majority. Fight for Ranked-Choice Voting, but until then don't ruin the lesser of 2 evils for everyone else w/ "I won't vote for candidate X if they don't comment/promote/agree w/ me on one single issue Y"
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
8647309, I got it, I got your number on the wall.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I think peak technology happened around 2013 to 2015 and it has been nothing but greed and enshittification since.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Put another tub with another goat in it next to that one and you have a Cialis ad.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
If you're not into it, don't worry, I'm sure she'll soon move on to cage matches for poverty-stricken, homeless children fighting for a sandwich.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I'm pro-choice & anti-death-penalty, but I can understand their thinking in terms of an innocent fetus (to them a person) deserving a chance vs a guilty adult who ruined their chance. Not sure whether death penalty condoned by religions though.
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Jefferey J. Reese @puertopaz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Why is this trial constantly in the headlines? It isn't any more important or interesting than any of the other thousands of murder trials each year. I'm sick of seeing it every day in the Globe. Sensationalism isn't journalism.
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