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Brian Jones

@dingodog19.bsky.social

390 followers 520 following 780 posts

Physics, environmental science, hardware engineering, old school data analysis, philosophy, theology, affordable housing, police reform, mountain biking, dogs. He/him, love is love. 🌈 Influences: Mr. Rogers, Muppets, Richard Scarry 🌩️👀 GmRRRlOYLGfW

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 24m

@nbcsportsbayarea.com you are doing a terrible job of #NBA opening night. We are going to miss nearly the whole first half of the #Warriors game. Even after OKC finishes, you are showing interviews and commercials with no sense of urgency.

Way to kill the buzz for opening night.

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 40m

Still showing OKC in the Bay Area. You have to subscribe to Peacock to get the alternate feed. Booooo

I don't want to watch this

#GSW #Warriors #NBC

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 44m

Not happy about the #Warriors getting pre-empted. No Peacock, I'm not subscribing to another service.
#NBA

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 1h

I support your evidence-based approach

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 3h

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#BlackOutTheSystem
#WeThePeople
#Unite
#StandUp
#WeHaveThePower
@blackoutthesystem.bsky.social

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 3h

Totally agree. Physics is a liberal arts degree that teaches you how to think.

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 9h

Omg that's what it looks like?

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 21h

The polarization of our politics is not a problem, per se.

The problem is that one wing is fascist.

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 1d

It's beautiful how hating the Dodgers can unite a Reds fan and a Mets fan

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 1d

Anybody but the Dodgers

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 1d

He probably thinks he already won that battle, because they are the same as the university

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 1d

It's neither.

Trump is more profitable for media. More people watch, read, click when MAGA causes chaos.

A competent, boring, working government is bad for media business

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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thefoggiestnotion.bsky.social @thefoggiestnotion.bsky.social · Jun 9

The band, Los Jornaleros Del Norte, is apparently comprised of day laborers. They make music about the migrant experience. Just found them and followed their Spotify. Check em out.

open.spotify.com/artist/4vFjw...

Los Jornaleros del Norte

Artist · 105 monthly listeners.

open.spotify.com

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 2d

Oh it will receive a hallowed place in the closet. It hasn't quite fallen apart yet, so it can be preserved. Like, in the Smithsonian or something.

Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 2d

It's finally time to retire Magic Backpack, the backpack I would always take on outings and surreptitiously sneak exciting snacks into, to the delight (and silence) of my children.

My youngest is 19.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 11d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 3d

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 3d

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Dan McTollentosh @danexplainsscience.bsky.social · 3d

Today, Dan explains the reality of protests in Portland.

Girl, hold my earrings. Per tagging request, @wyden.senate.gov

Protest sign showing statue of liberty saying "girl, hold my earings."

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3d

♥️

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

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Brian Jones @dingodog19.bsky.social · 3d

Hero

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.”

Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”

Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”

NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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