jdm
@jdm0079.bsky.social
editor of books in archaeology and anthropology. hobbyist gamemaker. gundam scholar. cat and bird enjoyer. my views are my own and not a representation of my employer or anyone related to me.
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jdm
@jdm0079.bsky.social
· Oct 21
i'm john d. moore. i'm an acquiring editor of scholarly books and a freelance copyeditor. also a hobbyist solo game developer with 100+ released games. have also made movies and comics. i like gundam and taking pictures of birds. cat enjoyer. i live in utah. i post about politics too much.
someone should whisper in trump's ear that america can't host the world cup if fifa continues to call it "football."
Q: Mr President, have you been told that you're going to receive the inaugural FIFA peace prize today?
TRUMP: I have been told. There's a rumor about it. That would be a great honor.
TRUMP: I have been told. There's a rumor about it. That would be a great honor.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
someone should whisper in trump's ear that america can't host the world cup if fifa continues to call it "football."
on the other hand, if an enemy force slaughters prisoners of war live on tv, that gives pete hegseth cause to enact a fuckin' sick revenge mission, bro
The United States laws and international laws against war crimes not only protect the enemy, but those laws also protect your sons and daughters if they are wounded or captured after a military action. Whatever you do to them, they are perfectly justified in doing to your soldiers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
on the other hand, if an enemy force slaughters prisoners of war live on tv, that gives pete hegseth cause to enact a fuckin' sick revenge mission, bro
it's pretty darkly funny how this bullshit, insincere promise concocted spur-of-the-moment only to somehow denigrate tim walz for the unforgivable sin of... having used medical reproductive services... probably did actually get a few thousand people to push the button for trump instead of harris.
I'm old enough to remember when Trump promised to make IVF free.
www.ms.now/news/mike-jo...
www.ms.now/news/mike-jo...
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
it's pretty darkly funny how this bullshit, insincere promise concocted spur-of-the-moment only to somehow denigrate tim walz for the unforgivable sin of... having used medical reproductive services... probably did actually get a few thousand people to push the button for trump instead of harris.
he found an architect who both agreed to build a literal throne room *and* to be buried alive under the ballroom floor once it's completed, as proof of loyalty
Breaking news: President Trump replaced the architect he handpicked to design his $300 million White House ballroom.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the two had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
he found an architect who both agreed to build a literal throne room *and* to be buried alive under the ballroom floor once it's completed, as proof of loyalty
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the only thing trump seems to be actively engaged with as president is this ballroom
Breaking news: President Trump replaced the architect he handpicked to design his $300 million White House ballroom.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the two had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
the only thing trump seems to be actively engaged with as president is this ballroom
i remember when my republican mother would speak apocalyptically about the prophecy that one day, seven companies would own everything in the world.
she's a giant trump fan, so presumably she thinks that's great now.
she's a giant trump fan, so presumably she thinks that's great now.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
i remember when my republican mother would speak apocalyptically about the prophecy that one day, seven companies would own everything in the world.
she's a giant trump fan, so presumably she thinks that's great now.
she's a giant trump fan, so presumably she thinks that's great now.
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The purpose of their killing is to show off how badass it is that they can kill
If you live under one of these regimes you should not count the people who carry out these crimes as morally distinct in any sense from Jeffery Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy
If you live under one of these regimes you should not count the people who carry out these crimes as morally distinct in any sense from Jeffery Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The purpose of their killing is to show off how badass it is that they can kill
If you live under one of these regimes you should not count the people who carry out these crimes as morally distinct in any sense from Jeffery Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy
If you live under one of these regimes you should not count the people who carry out these crimes as morally distinct in any sense from Jeffery Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy
if he's not going to move to impeach and remove, he could at least resign in humiliation and/or [redacted] himself
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
if he's not going to move to impeach and remove, he could at least resign in humiliation and/or [redacted] himself
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ICE arrest Chicago woman days after C-section birth as baby abandoned in NICU
ICE arrest Chicago woman days after C-section birth as baby abandoned in NICU
A 22-year-old Mexican migrant living in Chicago was arrested by ICE, just days after she had given birth to her daughter, who was in the NICU.
www.themirror.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
ICE arrest Chicago woman days after C-section birth as baby abandoned in NICU
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"There's a quasi cult of accelerationist satanic Nazis who manipulate teens into giving them CSAM and then try to blackmail them into commit suicide and Big Balls the DOGE kid used to sell them DDOS protection services" is both real and impossible to communicate to normies.
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"There's a quasi cult of accelerationist satanic Nazis who manipulate teens into giving them CSAM and then try to blackmail them into commit suicide and Big Balls the DOGE kid used to sell them DDOS protection services" is both real and impossible to communicate to normies.
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they really expect you to believe these are such inhuman villains that after seeing their fellows murdered, stranded in the open ocean, they are sosinglemindedly obsessed with their dream of killing Americans with cocaine that the only thing they want to do is deliver their cargo to ruin the US
Rep. Crawford defends Hegseth's second strike on a demolished boat: "They were trying to right that ship. It was still laden with cargo. They were potentially signaling other vessels in the region."
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
they really expect you to believe these are such inhuman villains that after seeing their fellows murdered, stranded in the open ocean, they are sosinglemindedly obsessed with their dream of killing Americans with cocaine that the only thing they want to do is deliver their cargo to ruin the US
how can one be expected to “message” away people’s economic/material discontent with so many higher priorities: protecting rapists and pedophiles, enabling war crimes, dismantling everything that keeps people safe and healthy, shredding the constitution, and advancing the cause of white supremacy
VARNEY: Do the Republicans have a messaging problem with affordability?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. It's just that we've had so many things to message.
MIKE JOHNSON: No. It's just that we've had so many things to message.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
how can one be expected to “message” away people’s economic/material discontent with so many higher priorities: protecting rapists and pedophiles, enabling war crimes, dismantling everything that keeps people safe and healthy, shredding the constitution, and advancing the cause of white supremacy
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
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the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
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So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
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I'm sorry, what?????
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I'm sorry, what?????
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
love that they’re killing people in the ocean over ‘cocaine’ when that’s the weakest stuff half the White House is using hourly
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
love that they’re killing people in the ocean over ‘cocaine’ when that’s the weakest stuff half the White House is using hourly
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Dismayed to hear that ICE will be taking enforcement actions at the USCIS office here in Salt Lake City. Immigrants are our neighbors & these are folks who are following the rules. I’m committed to investigating the ICE facility in WVC on day one if I’m elected to Congress.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Dismayed to hear that ICE will be taking enforcement actions at the USCIS office here in Salt Lake City. Immigrants are our neighbors & these are folks who are following the rules. I’m committed to investigating the ICE facility in WVC on day one if I’m elected to Congress.
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"My buddy Steve, who doesn't wash his ass and calls women 'females,' whose last steady job was cleaning the 7-Eleven hot dog machine and he got fired, can't get laid. Here's 4,000 words about why that's the fault of Susan, a constitutional lawyer/supermodel who rescues puppies in her spare time."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"My buddy Steve, who doesn't wash his ass and calls women 'females,' whose last steady job was cleaning the 7-Eleven hot dog machine and he got fired, can't get laid. Here's 4,000 words about why that's the fault of Susan, a constitutional lawyer/supermodel who rescues puppies in her spare time."
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It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
uh… for 41 minutes they watched two men struggle desperately for their lives and then were just like “fucking murder them”
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
uh… for 41 minutes they watched two men struggle desperately for their lives and then were just like “fucking murder them”