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John Stoner
@jstoner.bsky.social
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In knowledge is power; in wisdom, humiility.
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Dook of Url @uglydook.bsky.social · Sep 7
Is this a "HELLHOLE"???
chicritmass.bsky.social Chicago Critical Mass @chicritmass.bsky.social · Sep 7
A beautiful September Chicago Southside CriticalMass bicycle ride on Friday. #Chicago
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · Sep 6
Courting 'moderate Republcans' went so well for Kamala.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · Aug 28
kind of a big deal
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Scientists Make Breakthrough in Solving the Mystery of Life’s Origin
For years, researchers have puzzled over how two ingredients for life first linked up on early Earth. Now, they’ve found the “missing link,” and demonstrated this reaction in the lab.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 4
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Jul 4
holy shit a guy who was born in Uganda listed himself as African American on an old college application this is certainly bigger news than the concentration camp in Florida
jbenmenachem.com jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · Jul 3
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · Jun 25
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 25
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · Jun 9
Car crashes have killed or seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year, but only one of these things is treated as a public safety crisis.
injuries and deaths from reported shootings and traffic crashes in Chicago from January to May 2025
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · Jun 5
kinda cool

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Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · Jun 3
When Lyft or Uber asks you to contact elected officials to "keep rideshare affordable" remember that they profit from undermining public transit and increasing congestion. Use them where necessary, but don't let them use you.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · Jun 1
closer to what happened to the fascists in Britain. They had them too, people just stood up to them.

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Battle of Cable Street - Wikipedia
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 30
a bit of a misleading title (Hilarious). I'm reminded of my own family: my mom's Irish parents came here a century ago, had four kids, three of whom started successful businesses.
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The truth about mass migration
YouTube video by The Market Exit
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 25
which, let's remember, is millenial. He has a long career of fuckery ahead of him.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 25
I call him the Roy Cohn of his generation
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 25
The Ghost Knife of Callisto recognized you?
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 24
@edzitron.com thoughts?
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 24
so... is current generative AI the opposite of the Singularity? As in, producing middle-of-the-road, conventional content instead of revolutionary world changing stuff? Maximizing predictability instead of destroying it?
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 19
Idiocracy with more performative cruelty. Idiocracy combined with the Hunger Games. Infuriating
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 17
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
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New Reality Show That Sees Immigrants Compete for Citizenship Being Developed by Trump Admin
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is developing a reality TV series where immigrants will compete for a chance to earn U.S. citizenship.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 13
I think it's mostly just knowing and asserting your rights and standing up for yourself. Asking to see a warrant signed by a judge. Not an administrative warrant. Not opening a door. That kind of thing. It's like an index card.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 13
That's what it looks like from my perspective anyway.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 13
We do vet folks we organize with, people who are solid, trustworthy, discreet, but we have a pretty good community of folks who know each other. So it's not that hard.
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 13
The biggest one is having know your rights training. Having printed cards to hand out in all the languages, having events where people can come to learn, just getting that knowledge out there.

Also, it's your neighbors, not some people from elsewhere. It's the community working together
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 13
I'm so proud of the people here in Chicago responding the migra bullshit. They're organized, they're smart, and they're effective. I love it
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John Stoner @jstoner.bsky.social · May 8
the headline of 2025 has been written

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We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution
Wave of crypto kidnappings hits Europe.
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