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Johnnyπ

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IT specialist/consultant, music aficionado in training, travel lover, absolute nerd, man of 1,000 names, and jack of all trades. [email protected] https://linktr.ee/johnnypie

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Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · Sep 8

PSA: Lethal force to prevent kidnappings is legal.

What is the legal definition of self-defense?

Explains when you can fight back if you're attacked or if you feel like you're in danger.

www.illinoislegalaid.org

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 20h

Trillions of USD.

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 20h

Maybe if career politicians wouldn't sell out the 99% of us to line their own pockets, we'd have a better distribution.

Some of us were there 84 years ago when we caught the financial world with their collective pants down.

Mark my words, trillions will disappear overnight when the music stops...

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 22h

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety.

The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying:

John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News:

"I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading."

Reingold then quotes it saying:

Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 2d

“If you share your knowledge outside the scientific community, then you’re already exerting societal influence, according to Judi Mesman. This isn’t problematic for the prestige of science: ‘Pretending to be neutral doesn’t make sense to me.’”

www.nwo.nl/en/there-is-...

‘There is no clear boundary between science and activism’ | NWO

If you share your knowledge outside the scientific community, then you’re already exerting societal influence, according to Judi Mesman. This isn’t problematic for the prestige of science: ‘Pretending to be neutral doesn’t make sense to me.’

www.nwo.nl

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Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 @terminallyol.bsky.social · 2d

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Landguy @landguyminor.bsky.social · 9d

Sand dune flora.
#stunday #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #scape #bloomscrolling #grasses #sanddunes #flowers #nature

Field of colorful earth tone ornamental grasses and white blooming perennials on a sand dune on the beach.

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Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sooooo gd tired of this fucking kakistocracy.

NPR @npr.org · 21d

UPDATE: President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.

Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up

President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.

n.pr

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Anonymous @youranonnews.bsky.social · 26d

Just for everyone who has possibly been caught up in the whirlwind of bullsh*t around the FCC violating the law to silence Kimmel, there are basically 2 realms for him to engage in illegal speech. 1 is obscenity. 2 is defamation. [1/4]

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Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 @terminallyol.bsky.social · 26d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26d

Censorship never stops with just one book, one newspaper, one person. The end goal of censorship is always complete control.

For Christ's sake, Kimmel just showed a video of the President's own words.

Stop capitulating. It will never save you in the end.

Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 26d

lmao. LMAO even

usatoday article:

usatoday.com
After Kimmel suspension, Trump sets sights on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers: 'Do It NBC!'
Anna Kaufman
USA TODAY
Updated Sept. 18, 2025, 11:59 a.m. ET

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 26d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 27d

As a forever student of the French language, please say it correctly. Gi-yo-tin. The 'i' makes an 'e' sound (closer to 'teen' for Americans)

yves_G @whygee.bsky.social · 28d

found this pearl in the ‘50501’ subreddit;
h/t: user ‘mindfulmafia’

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 27d

Still wild to me it took down services across the board on release.

Kurt @kaatokunart.bsky.social · 27d

silksamus

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 27d

Are we paying attention yet!? This is exactly why I was crashing out this time last year saying, "History dictates we have 1 decision to make come November."

It really doesn't take much brain power to extrapolate what comes next.

Sari Beth Rosenberg @sari.bsky.social · 28d

They are going after teachers and professors. THEY ARE GOING AFTER TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS. You all see what's happening right?

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · 28d

Okay Google, play Sneakers by Opiuo

RIP

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28d

Planning to honor Robert Redford by finally watching Sneakers.

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Mixmag @mixmag.net · 29d

Launching today, BBC Radio 1 Dance's launch week will feature "new and archive sets" from the "biggest and best DJs"

BBC launches 24/7 Radio 1 Dance station on DAB+ for the first time

It joins new stations BBC Radio 1 Anthems and BBC Radio 3 Unwind, which officially launch today across DAB+ and BBC Sounds

mixmag.net

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 29d

“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...

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AerysRabbits @aerysrabbits.bsky.social · Sep 11

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new guards for their future security."

- Thomas Jefferson

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fascism is not simply politics.

Fascism uses politics as a tool to achieve and maintain absolute power over people.

We don't debate fascism. We fight it.

Know the difference.

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Dorothy Zbornak @cheesecake18.bsky.social · Sep 10

How is it political violence if he was not an elected official/politician. He was a hate monger and promoted fascist views. Oh by the way there was another school shooting today, in Colorado, but nobody is talking about that. So we’re still okay with kids getting murdered all the time I guess.

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Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · Sep 11

No glitch. More than likely, it was the amount of traffic hitting the web server for Media Matters causing an error. Never worth checking thoroughly though. Too many rabbit holes.

Source: I LOVED these tickets in my IT careers past. 5 minutes of work, 15 minutes charged at a couple hundo an hour.

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · Sep 11

*Checks watch*

I expected the propaganda but I really thought we'd have at least one night. *Sigh* Its only Wednesday my dudes....

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Sep 11

FBI: We have no suspect and no known motive

POTUS: It was the "radical left"

www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · Sep 11

Checked them all, all good. Sounds like an ID10T error to me!

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Johnnyπ @johnnypie.bsky.social · Sep 11

Checked them all, all good. Sounds like an ID10T error to me!

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