Joel Lava
@joellava.bsky.social
Director, Creative Director, Imaginist, Politicist - #TelsaTakedown
My weekly political gems (short!):
https://www.youtube.com/@YeahISaidIt-r9p/shorts
My portfolio:
www.joellava.com
My anti-gun violence work:
https://tinyurl.com/5xje696y
My weekly political gems (short!):
https://www.youtube.com/@YeahISaidIt-r9p/shorts
My portfolio:
www.joellava.com
My anti-gun violence work:
https://tinyurl.com/5xje696y
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INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER OF BUILDING THAT IS BLOCKED BY THE TESLA SCREEN
YouTube video by Yeah I Said It
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INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER OF BUILDING THAT IS BLOCKED BY THE TESLA SCREEN
The screen blocks their view and the power supply is so loud, the tenants can no longer even open their windows.
It's another example of how Tesla is, at best, a bunch of douchebags.
#teslatakedown
youtube.com/shorts/GcYT4...
The screen blocks their view and the power supply is so loud, the tenants can no longer even open their windows.
It's another example of how Tesla is, at best, a bunch of douchebags.
#teslatakedown
youtube.com/shorts/GcYT4...
Trump is running out of the Browns, so he's shifting to the Blacks. Who is next?
(Asians)
(Asians)
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Trump is running out of the Browns, so he's shifting to the Blacks. Who is next?
(Asians)
(Asians)
Trump/MAGA say an MRI is "preventative", as if getting the MRI itself will inoculate against a disease... like a vaccine!
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Trump/MAGA say an MRI is "preventative", as if getting the MRI itself will inoculate against a disease... like a vaccine!
When my first child was 1-2 years old, i fell asleep during meetings. In that context, I don't want to bag on Trump.
But i don't think he was involved with raising his kids, and I don't think he's involved with running our country, so F this guy.
But i don't think he was involved with raising his kids, and I don't think he's involved with running our country, so F this guy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
When my first child was 1-2 years old, i fell asleep during meetings. In that context, I don't want to bag on Trump.
But i don't think he was involved with raising his kids, and I don't think he's involved with running our country, so F this guy.
But i don't think he was involved with raising his kids, and I don't think he's involved with running our country, so F this guy.
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It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
By refusing to stand with @algreen.house.gov in support of Trump's impeachment and removal from office, Members of Congress are as good as complicit in his lawless destruction of the Constitution and the rule of law. @jessicadenson07.bsky.social #ImpeachTrump
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For someone who has never had unrivaled power, it is intoxicating once possessed.
This kind of talk is like someone getting their first sportscar and speeding around a neighborhood.
This kind of talk is like someone getting their first sportscar and speeding around a neighborhood.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For someone who has never had unrivaled power, it is intoxicating once possessed.
This kind of talk is like someone getting their first sportscar and speeding around a neighborhood.
This kind of talk is like someone getting their first sportscar and speeding around a neighborhood.
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The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
I think that maybe we should reform our pardon laws.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think that maybe we should reform our pardon laws.
If the US military fired on survivors, that's a war crime.
But the bigger issue, let's not forget, is the initial strike was ALREADY A WAR CRIME!
But the bigger issue, let's not forget, is the initial strike was ALREADY A WAR CRIME!
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If the US military fired on survivors, that's a war crime.
But the bigger issue, let's not forget, is the initial strike was ALREADY A WAR CRIME!
But the bigger issue, let's not forget, is the initial strike was ALREADY A WAR CRIME!
I don't know why this is controversial:
We shouldn't just raise taxes on the rich. We should raise taxes on everyone.
We should go back at least to 1996 tax rates, but really 1966 - a time with a powerful middle class and effective distribution of resources.
We shouldn't just raise taxes on the rich. We should raise taxes on everyone.
We should go back at least to 1996 tax rates, but really 1966 - a time with a powerful middle class and effective distribution of resources.
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I don't know why this is controversial:
We shouldn't just raise taxes on the rich. We should raise taxes on everyone.
We should go back at least to 1996 tax rates, but really 1966 - a time with a powerful middle class and effective distribution of resources.
We shouldn't just raise taxes on the rich. We should raise taxes on everyone.
We should go back at least to 1996 tax rates, but really 1966 - a time with a powerful middle class and effective distribution of resources.
There needs to a "PURGE" styled window for announcers to have fun with Washington Commanders player "Yankoff"
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
There needs to a "PURGE" styled window for announcers to have fun with Washington Commanders player "Yankoff"
Jared's job in term 2 is to secure $$ billions on the side for the Trump family.
What is Jared Kushner's job in the administration?
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Jared's job in term 2 is to secure $$ billions on the side for the Trump family.
Which is to say, Jews and Palestinians were both f*cked and helped at the same time. Then the MidEast played to 2 sides against each other until this day.
Nov. 30th commemorates the expulsion of ≈ 850,000 Jewish people from their homes in the Middle East and North Africa following the birth of the State of Israel in 1948. The violence and discrimination they faced long predated the modern era
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December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Which is to say, Jews and Palestinians were both f*cked and helped at the same time. Then the MidEast played to 2 sides against each other until this day.
At what point to announcers stop comparing Bo Nix to Drew Brees?
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
At what point to announcers stop comparing Bo Nix to Drew Brees?
This is an excellent must listen about AI, click the referral link. It's a 2 hour pod, so if you're not gonna listen, TLDR:
doac-perks.com/r/ASinApRSWV
- RSI - Recursive Self Improvement is where Ai leaves humanity behind
- perils of the people running AI
- really good ideas for regulation
doac-perks.com/r/ASinApRSWV
- RSI - Recursive Self Improvement is where Ai leaves humanity behind
- perils of the people running AI
- really good ideas for regulation
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is an excellent must listen about AI, click the referral link. It's a 2 hour pod, so if you're not gonna listen, TLDR:
doac-perks.com/r/ASinApRSWV
- RSI - Recursive Self Improvement is where Ai leaves humanity behind
- perils of the people running AI
- really good ideas for regulation
doac-perks.com/r/ASinApRSWV
- RSI - Recursive Self Improvement is where Ai leaves humanity behind
- perils of the people running AI
- really good ideas for regulation
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Thanks to Joel Lava for the inspiration on this one. @joellava.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thanks to Joel Lava for the inspiration on this one. @joellava.bsky.social
As far as I can tell, my alma mater Northwestern paid a shakedown of $75m, giving up nothing except - no longer providing gender affirming care. I'm not saying this is right, but I can't find any other concessions to the government.
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
As far as I can tell, my alma mater Northwestern paid a shakedown of $75m, giving up nothing except - no longer providing gender affirming care. I'm not saying this is right, but I can't find any other concessions to the government.
Can we all just agree that hand air dryers don't work?
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Can we all just agree that hand air dryers don't work?
Why don't football teams have a 7 footer on the roster, just to block kicks?
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Why don't football teams have a 7 footer on the roster, just to block kicks?
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We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
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This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
I watched BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER on Netflix. I felt like watching a Netflix random. Visually gorgeous. Wes Anderson meets photographer Liam Wong. Every frame was wall art. And the sound of leather gloves was prevalent. I'm not sure it wasn't boring?
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I watched BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER on Netflix. I felt like watching a Netflix random. Visually gorgeous. Wes Anderson meets photographer Liam Wong. Every frame was wall art. And the sound of leather gloves was prevalent. I'm not sure it wasn't boring?
I watched DEATH BY LIGHTNING. Was good, only 4 episodes. I had no idea how randomly Garfield was elected, not that he was a progressive wet dream. Like Jed Bartlett's wet dream.
History is fun! Do this for every president! Cool to see how Chester Arthur turned out.
History is fun! Do this for every president! Cool to see how Chester Arthur turned out.
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I watched DEATH BY LIGHTNING. Was good, only 4 episodes. I had no idea how randomly Garfield was elected, not that he was a progressive wet dream. Like Jed Bartlett's wet dream.
History is fun! Do this for every president! Cool to see how Chester Arthur turned out.
History is fun! Do this for every president! Cool to see how Chester Arthur turned out.
Wherein a GOP politician goes "woke" only after it affects him personally. Oh well, welcome to the club, senator.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Wherein a GOP politician goes "woke" only after it affects him personally. Oh well, welcome to the club, senator.
Why are pro football players MORE marketable after they retire?
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Why are pro football players MORE marketable after they retire?