Stephen Jones
@awakeignite722.bsky.social
Hopeful technologist, Dad, Coder. Fan of Pulp Art, Pixel Art, even "evil" AI Art but wishing for a sustainable, abundant future that uplifts everyone.
The news said an aurora was visible tonight even in Chicago. So, I went chasing it here in the NW 'burbs. Here's my shot away from house lights as best as I could get.
#Aurora #Chicago #ChicagoLand
#Aurora #Chicago #ChicagoLand
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The news said an aurora was visible tonight even in Chicago. So, I went chasing it here in the NW 'burbs. Here's my shot away from house lights as best as I could get.
#Aurora #Chicago #ChicagoLand
#Aurora #Chicago #ChicagoLand
Embracing Angels/Mermaids
#AIArt by @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy using #artspace
Partial prompt:
Abstract shallow bas relief cracked granite tile, carving of the upper bodies of two beautiful female [angels|mermaids] embracing, [wings|tails] visible, one European and one African
#AIArt by @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy using #artspace
Partial prompt:
Abstract shallow bas relief cracked granite tile, carving of the upper bodies of two beautiful female [angels|mermaids] embracing, [wings|tails] visible, one European and one African
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Embracing Angels/Mermaids
#AIArt by @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy using #artspace
Partial prompt:
Abstract shallow bas relief cracked granite tile, carving of the upper bodies of two beautiful female [angels|mermaids] embracing, [wings|tails] visible, one European and one African
#AIArt by @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy using #artspace
Partial prompt:
Abstract shallow bas relief cracked granite tile, carving of the upper bodies of two beautiful female [angels|mermaids] embracing, [wings|tails] visible, one European and one African
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#MAGA assault on #FirstAmendment: A Tennessee man spent a MONTH in jail for posting a meme exactly quoting Donald Trump who quipped "We have to get over it." in response to a mass shooting.
The sheriff, DA & judge who signed off on a warrant should be fired.
(Meme in comment)
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
The sheriff, DA & judge who signed off on a warrant should be fired.
(Meme in comment)
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme
YouTube video by NewsChannel 5
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November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
#MAGA assault on #FirstAmendment: A Tennessee man spent a MONTH in jail for posting a meme exactly quoting Donald Trump who quipped "We have to get over it." in response to a mass shooting.
The sheriff, DA & judge who signed off on a warrant should be fired.
(Meme in comment)
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
The sheriff, DA & judge who signed off on a warrant should be fired.
(Meme in comment)
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
Happening NOW at #ICE detention facility in Broadview, IL.
State troopers brought in to clear the street.
(Screenshots from live coverage by Status Coup linked in comment.)
@parkroseperma.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com
State troopers brought in to clear the street.
(Screenshots from live coverage by Status Coup linked in comment.)
@parkroseperma.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Happening NOW at #ICE detention facility in Broadview, IL.
State troopers brought in to clear the street.
(Screenshots from live coverage by Status Coup linked in comment.)
@parkroseperma.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com
State troopers brought in to clear the street.
(Screenshots from live coverage by Status Coup linked in comment.)
@parkroseperma.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com
Love this sassy brass 3D animation. So much character!
#3D #Animation #Blender
youtube.com/shorts/IgENn...
#3D #Animation #Blender
youtube.com/shorts/IgENn...
100k horns #animation #blender
YouTube video by Woźniakowski
youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Love this sassy brass 3D animation. So much character!
#3D #Animation #Blender
youtube.com/shorts/IgENn...
#3D #Animation #Blender
youtube.com/shorts/IgENn...
#Netanyahu says #Israel exercises "restraint" & high #Palestinian death tolls are all propaganda.
Ex-IDF officer says NO: 200,000+ killed while IDF did NOTHING to limit carnage.
FYI: That's 50% MORE than ALL German Jews killed in WW2.
#GazaGenocide #GazaPeace
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Ex-IDF officer says NO: 200,000+ killed while IDF did NOTHING to limit carnage.
FYI: That's 50% MORE than ALL German Jews killed in WW2.
#GazaGenocide #GazaPeace
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#Netanyahu says #Israel exercises "restraint" & high #Palestinian death tolls are all propaganda.
Ex-IDF officer says NO: 200,000+ killed while IDF did NOTHING to limit carnage.
FYI: That's 50% MORE than ALL German Jews killed in WW2.
#GazaGenocide #GazaPeace
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Ex-IDF officer says NO: 200,000+ killed while IDF did NOTHING to limit carnage.
FYI: That's 50% MORE than ALL German Jews killed in WW2.
#GazaGenocide #GazaPeace
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Crazy idea: what if we make electricity cost more for non-residential use.
August 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Crazy idea: what if we make electricity cost more for non-residential use.
If you're in #Chicago, you can check how likely you have lead pipes supplying your water.
#WaterSupply #WaterQuality
grist.org/accountabili...
#WaterSupply #WaterQuality
grist.org/accountabili...
Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
grist.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you're in #Chicago, you can check how likely you have lead pipes supplying your water.
#WaterSupply #WaterQuality
grist.org/accountabili...
#WaterSupply #WaterQuality
grist.org/accountabili...
BIGGEST of BIG BANGS: Hard to believe that 50 years ago this year a nerdy magazine article about a DIY box with toggle switches set off the entire PC revolution.
This kit computer inspired #SteveWozniak, #BillGates and #SteveJobs to build the future we're living in.
archive.org/det.../19750...
This kit computer inspired #SteveWozniak, #BillGates and #SteveJobs to build the future we're living in.
archive.org/det.../19750...
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
BIGGEST of BIG BANGS: Hard to believe that 50 years ago this year a nerdy magazine article about a DIY box with toggle switches set off the entire PC revolution.
This kit computer inspired #SteveWozniak, #BillGates and #SteveJobs to build the future we're living in.
archive.org/det.../19750...
This kit computer inspired #SteveWozniak, #BillGates and #SteveJobs to build the future we're living in.
archive.org/det.../19750...
Ever wonder why #Russians haven't revolted against #Putin 's deadly land grab war in #Ukraine?
The war machine is pumping money into sagging towns & the middle-class even while it creates thousands of Russian war widows & civilian casualties in Ukraine.
#UkraineWar
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The war machine is pumping money into sagging towns & the middle-class even while it creates thousands of Russian war widows & civilian casualties in Ukraine.
#UkraineWar
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Russia’s new middle class can’t afford for Putin’s war to end
The Russian city of Volgograd was the location of one of the bloodiest fights in world history. The seven-month-long Battle of Stalingrad, as the city was known in 1943, claimed half a million Soviet ...
www.yahoo.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Ever wonder why #Russians haven't revolted against #Putin 's deadly land grab war in #Ukraine?
The war machine is pumping money into sagging towns & the middle-class even while it creates thousands of Russian war widows & civilian casualties in Ukraine.
#UkraineWar
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The war machine is pumping money into sagging towns & the middle-class even while it creates thousands of Russian war widows & civilian casualties in Ukraine.
#UkraineWar
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Nuns take to the streets in Atlanta:
500+ Catholic nuns from 18 countries marched in opposition to forced migration, climate change, and racism
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/cat...
#CatholicChurch #CatholicNuns
500+ Catholic nuns from 18 countries marched in opposition to forced migration, climate change, and racism
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/cat...
#CatholicChurch #CatholicNuns
500+ Catholic sisters embark on 'pilgrimage of hope' in support of immigrants
The gathering brought together women religious leaders from 18 countries.
www.goodgoodgood.co
August 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Nuns take to the streets in Atlanta:
500+ Catholic nuns from 18 countries marched in opposition to forced migration, climate change, and racism
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/cat...
#CatholicChurch #CatholicNuns
500+ Catholic nuns from 18 countries marched in opposition to forced migration, climate change, and racism
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/cat...
#CatholicChurch #CatholicNuns
Dreaming Achievers
#AIArt by @awakeignite722.bsky.social using #ArtSpaceAI
Prompt (variation on):
A surreal scene of [subject's] sleeping mind, surrounded by [tools/implements] in [his/her] dreaming subconscious. Extremely detailed scene, cinematic realism, dramatic lighting.
#AIArt by @awakeignite722.bsky.social using #ArtSpaceAI
Prompt (variation on):
A surreal scene of [subject's] sleeping mind, surrounded by [tools/implements] in [his/her] dreaming subconscious. Extremely detailed scene, cinematic realism, dramatic lighting.
August 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Dreaming Achievers
#AIArt by @awakeignite722.bsky.social using #ArtSpaceAI
Prompt (variation on):
A surreal scene of [subject's] sleeping mind, surrounded by [tools/implements] in [his/her] dreaming subconscious. Extremely detailed scene, cinematic realism, dramatic lighting.
#AIArt by @awakeignite722.bsky.social using #ArtSpaceAI
Prompt (variation on):
A surreal scene of [subject's] sleeping mind, surrounded by [tools/implements] in [his/her] dreaming subconscious. Extremely detailed scene, cinematic realism, dramatic lighting.
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Over 750 HHS current and former employees are *on the record* criticizing RFK Jr in the aftermath of the CDC shooting.
They call him “complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure ... by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They call him “complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure ... by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
RFK Jr. Blamed by HHS Staff for Misinformation That Sparked CDC Attack
A group of current and former staff members at the US Department of Health and Human Services are publicly blaming Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for spreading misinformation that led to a deadly sho...
www.bloomberg.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Over 750 HHS current and former employees are *on the record* criticizing RFK Jr in the aftermath of the CDC shooting.
They call him “complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure ... by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They call him “complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure ... by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Soon, very soon the red hat faithful will get enough "let them eat cake" moments and finally comprehend that the #Trump #Oligarchy never was meant to include them.
www.instagram.com/reel/DNA9Un1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DNA9Un1...
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August 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Soon, very soon the red hat faithful will get enough "let them eat cake" moments and finally comprehend that the #Trump #Oligarchy never was meant to include them.
www.instagram.com/reel/DNA9Un1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DNA9Un1...
Reposted by Stephen Jones
Reposted by Stephen Jones
Reposted by Stephen Jones
The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.
August 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.
STOP #ICE: On July 31st, a "kind, role model" #PurdueUniversity pharmacy student Yeonsoo Go, a young woman who graduated from an New York high school, was LURED to a courthouse for a visa hearing and then abducted by #ICEGESTAPO to detention in Louisiana.
scarsdale10583.com/section-tabl...
scarsdale10583.com/section-tabl...
Community Demands the Release of SHS '24 Grad Yeonsoo Go, Detained by ICE in NY and Now in Louisiana
Yeonsoo Go, 2024 Graduate of Scarsdale High School, Detained by ICE
scarsdale10583.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
STOP #ICE: On July 31st, a "kind, role model" #PurdueUniversity pharmacy student Yeonsoo Go, a young woman who graduated from an New York high school, was LURED to a courthouse for a visa hearing and then abducted by #ICEGESTAPO to detention in Louisiana.
scarsdale10583.com/section-tabl...
scarsdale10583.com/section-tabl...
Cowardly Scheme: The Big Beautiful TIME BOMB's wildly unpopular provisions are DESIGNED to go into effect AFTER the midterms. The #GOP is counting on their voters being TOO STUPID to notice.
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Cowardly Scheme: The Big Beautiful TIME BOMB's wildly unpopular provisions are DESIGNED to go into effect AFTER the midterms. The #GOP is counting on their voters being TOO STUPID to notice.
#UN reports that renewable energy beats fossil fuels on COST & GROWTH to GDP. "Solar is 41% cheaper ... Offshore wind is 53% cheaper."
"Countries that cling to fossil fuels" ... [ahem, the USA] ... "are sabotaging [their economies]."
#Energy #greenenergy
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
"Countries that cling to fossil fuels" ... [ahem, the USA] ... "are sabotaging [their economies]."
#Energy #greenenergy
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows
The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”, according to two United Nations reports released on Tuesday.
www.euronews.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#UN reports that renewable energy beats fossil fuels on COST & GROWTH to GDP. "Solar is 41% cheaper ... Offshore wind is 53% cheaper."
"Countries that cling to fossil fuels" ... [ahem, the USA] ... "are sabotaging [their economies]."
#Energy #greenenergy
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
"Countries that cling to fossil fuels" ... [ahem, the USA] ... "are sabotaging [their economies]."
#Energy #greenenergy
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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Op-ed by Ellen Steinke: "Study: Cutting $771 million from Chicagoland’s transit budget could cost Illinois’ economy $14 billion a year. Why is that even on the table?"
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @yonahfreemark.com @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @yonahfreemark.com @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
Study: Cutting $771 million from Chicagoland's transit budget could cost Illinois' economy $14 billion a year. Why is that even on the table? - Streetsblog Chicago
By Ellen Steinke Ellen Steinke is a Chicago-based writer focused on transit, civic engagement, and systemic reform. Last fall, the study “Impact of Transit on Mobility, Equity, and Economy in the Chic...
chi.streetsblog.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Op-ed by Ellen Steinke: "Study: Cutting $771 million from Chicagoland’s transit budget could cost Illinois’ economy $14 billion a year. Why is that even on the table?"
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @yonahfreemark.com @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @yonahfreemark.com @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
#DOGE and #Trump are trying to keep us in the dark about weather events but the satellites are still "shining their data light" if you know where to look.
#NOAA #HamRadio
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/s...
#NOAA #HamRadio
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/s...
Radio geeks say you can still get 'lost' DoD hurricane data
: Hams for the win: Amateur-built decoder taps SSMIS satellite data amid NOAA cutoff
www.theregister.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#DOGE and #Trump are trying to keep us in the dark about weather events but the satellites are still "shining their data light" if you know where to look.
#NOAA #HamRadio
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/s...
#NOAA #HamRadio
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/s...
Why do we keep conjecturing about the existence of #JeffreyEpstein lists? In 2020, a #MotherJones reporter credibly sourced a list of 1,700+ names including private #s of highly-placed people & reports of a safe filled with blackmail CDs.
#GhislaineMaxwell
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#GhislaineMaxwell
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
www.motherjones.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why do we keep conjecturing about the existence of #JeffreyEpstein lists? In 2020, a #MotherJones reporter credibly sourced a list of 1,700+ names including private #s of highly-placed people & reports of a safe filled with blackmail CDs.
#GhislaineMaxwell
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#GhislaineMaxwell
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.