John
@jthiels.bsky.social
Work in digital scholarship, linguistic anthropologist, painter. BLM, against fascism.
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Please amplify this post and raise your voices.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Please amplify this post and raise your voices.
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🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.
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Powerful thread from @dhnexon.bsky.social about the value of the West as a concept.
🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Powerful thread from @dhnexon.bsky.social about the value of the West as a concept.
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There is no such thing as an entitlement.
All public services are taxpayer funded.
All public services are taxpayer funded.
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
There is no such thing as an entitlement.
All public services are taxpayer funded.
All public services are taxpayer funded.
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@thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social happy Thanksgiving to all of our Bluesky friends to have the most beautiful days with their families wherever they may be know that we are thinking of each other and our community will always give us strength🦃🦃🦃
a cartoon of charlie brown and snoopy standing next to each other with the words `` happy thanksgiving '' .
ALT: a cartoon of charlie brown and snoopy standing next to each other with the words `` happy thanksgiving '' .
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November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social happy Thanksgiving to all of our Bluesky friends to have the most beautiful days with their families wherever they may be know that we are thinking of each other and our community will always give us strength🦃🦃🦃
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Body, remember not only how much you were loved,
not only the beds you lay on,
but also those desires that glowed openly
in eyes that looked at you,
trembled for you in the voices—
—Constantine P. Cavafy
not only the beds you lay on,
but also those desires that glowed openly
in eyes that looked at you,
trembled for you in the voices—
—Constantine P. Cavafy
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Body, remember not only how much you were loved,
not only the beds you lay on,
but also those desires that glowed openly
in eyes that looked at you,
trembled for you in the voices—
—Constantine P. Cavafy
not only the beds you lay on,
but also those desires that glowed openly
in eyes that looked at you,
trembled for you in the voices—
—Constantine P. Cavafy
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Out now in @natgenet.nature.com, our Comment analyzing uses of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP), a controversial dataset in human genomics research. A 🧵
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November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Out now in @natgenet.nature.com, our Comment analyzing uses of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP), a controversial dataset in human genomics research. A 🧵
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For the record!
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
For the record!
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NBC: In June, Don Jr & Eric touted the new Trump cell phone. Months later, there's no sign the phone is real. The Trump Mobile website scrubbed any mention of a release date but continues to collect $100 down payments on the promise of availability “later this year.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ProudBlue #Pinks
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NBC: In June, Don Jr & Eric touted the new Trump cell phone. Months later, there's no sign the phone is real. The Trump Mobile website scrubbed any mention of a release date but continues to collect $100 down payments on the promise of availability “later this year.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ProudBlue #Pinks
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Quiet part, meet out loud.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quiet part, meet out loud.
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X rolled out a new feature that accidentally exposed a massive covert foreign influence operation — more than one, actually — that is currently live on the platform. It’s a huge story and I wrote about it — and what it means for America — here:
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
X Just Accidentally Exposed A Vast Covert Influence Network Targeting Americans
How a new X feature led to the most sweeping public exposure of covert foreign activity on a major platform since 2016.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
X rolled out a new feature that accidentally exposed a massive covert foreign influence operation — more than one, actually — that is currently live on the platform. It’s a huge story and I wrote about it — and what it means for America — here:
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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All of Bluesky this morning:
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Alt: a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
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November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
All of Bluesky this morning:
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Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing students loans. Also excluded are NP’s, PA’s, PT’s. This comes when there as an extreme nursing shortage and $20K sign on bonuses for nurses. 😡
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing students loans. Also excluded are NP’s, PA’s, PT’s. This comes when there as an extreme nursing shortage and $20K sign on bonuses for nurses. 😡
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Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
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Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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When you shoot your own puppy and become the head of HLS… 🫢
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When you shoot your own puppy and become the head of HLS… 🫢
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Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.
The more local police see ICE assholes as criminals, the better it will be for us.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.