Jamey
@klocktower.org
GenX leftist anti-racist teacher in Chicago (NBCT, PhD).
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
A thing I just had cause to figure out:
When someone quote-posts you, with a question, but has comments locked so you can’t answer, that person is an asshole, and you should immediately block them.
When someone quote-posts you, with a question, but has comments locked so you can’t answer, that person is an asshole, and you should immediately block them.
January 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A thing I just had cause to figure out:
When someone quote-posts you, with a question, but has comments locked so you can’t answer, that person is an asshole, and you should immediately block them.
When someone quote-posts you, with a question, but has comments locked so you can’t answer, that person is an asshole, and you should immediately block them.
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Time to check in on the free speech absolutist.
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Time to check in on the free speech absolutist.
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
Saw someone post about Mamdani getting shit done straight away and how rare that is. It kind of suggested that a lot of politicians aren’t really trying to get much done, which I don’t dispute, but also, as a dude in my 50s, it’s a lot easier to get shit done when you’re in your 30s.
#!gerontocracy
#!gerontocracy
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Saw someone post about Mamdani getting shit done straight away and how rare that is. It kind of suggested that a lot of politicians aren’t really trying to get much done, which I don’t dispute, but also, as a dude in my 50s, it’s a lot easier to get shit done when you’re in your 30s.
#!gerontocracy
#!gerontocracy
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Everyone thinks they're badass until the snow starts talking with a Minnesota accent
To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it.
Next week is what will break you.
Next week is what will break you.
We've lead charmed weather lives so far in January.
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Everyone thinks they're badass until the snow starts talking with a Minnesota accent
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"Democrats weren't always just the default option when the other guys were worse. Once, we were trusted by working people to fight for their interests. And we delivered!"
Warren blames voters' eroding trust in Democrats on the party's embrace of the rich and powerful.
Warren blames voters' eroding trust in Democrats on the party's embrace of the rich and powerful.
January 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Democrats weren't always just the default option when the other guys were worse. Once, we were trusted by working people to fight for their interests. And we delivered!"
Warren blames voters' eroding trust in Democrats on the party's embrace of the rich and powerful.
Warren blames voters' eroding trust in Democrats on the party's embrace of the rich and powerful.
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Kicking off her analysis of the 2024 election, Senator Warren is blunt: "A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a party doomed to fail"
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Kicking off her analysis of the 2024 election, Senator Warren is blunt: "A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a party doomed to fail"
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Senator Warren's speech this morning on the future of the Democratic Party is no holds barred. From Epstein's pals in the halls of power to the billionaires trying to buy the media and former Senate colleagues who sold out, Warren and took aim at those holding the party back
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Senator Warren's speech this morning on the future of the Democratic Party is no holds barred. From Epstein's pals in the halls of power to the billionaires trying to buy the media and former Senate colleagues who sold out, Warren and took aim at those holding the party back
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Poor FOX News. Not the sound bite they were looking for.
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Poor FOX News. Not the sound bite they were looking for.
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Always remember:
Johnathan Ross blocked Renee Good’s path so he could get out of his car, film, intimidate, and execute her.
Johnathan Ross blocked Renee Good’s path so he could get out of his car, film, intimidate, and execute her.
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Always remember:
Johnathan Ross blocked Renee Good’s path so he could get out of his car, film, intimidate, and execute her.
Johnathan Ross blocked Renee Good’s path so he could get out of his car, film, intimidate, and execute her.
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/4 Trump and ICE and the rest of the fascist scum can murder and lie and oppress, but they can’t kill that decency that some real Americans have. They don’t have it, they are inadequate without it, and it infuriates them. But they can’t kill it.
January 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
/4 Trump and ICE and the rest of the fascist scum can murder and lie and oppress, but they can’t kill that decency that some real Americans have. They don’t have it, they are inadequate without it, and it infuriates them. But they can’t kill it.
Right?!?
Democrats are being handed Easy Mode: Just say literally these two sentences one time each, and that’s a landslide election!
Why are they instead designing AI-powered robots to help them sit on their own balls?!?
Democrats are being handed Easy Mode: Just say literally these two sentences one time each, and that’s a landslide election!
Why are they instead designing AI-powered robots to help them sit on their own balls?!?
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Right?!?
Democrats are being handed Easy Mode: Just say literally these two sentences one time each, and that’s a landslide election!
Why are they instead designing AI-powered robots to help them sit on their own balls?!?
Democrats are being handed Easy Mode: Just say literally these two sentences one time each, and that’s a landslide election!
Why are they instead designing AI-powered robots to help them sit on their own balls?!?
Are you fucking kidding me?
How the FUCK does any member of the Democratic party support *further increasing* ICE funding, in the same week when ICE just shot *three* people in two different cities, for opposing the jackbooted thugs??
This is why I don’t trust Democrats.
How the FUCK does any member of the Democratic party support *further increasing* ICE funding, in the same week when ICE just shot *three* people in two different cities, for opposing the jackbooted thugs??
This is why I don’t trust Democrats.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Are you fucking kidding me?
How the FUCK does any member of the Democratic party support *further increasing* ICE funding, in the same week when ICE just shot *three* people in two different cities, for opposing the jackbooted thugs??
This is why I don’t trust Democrats.
How the FUCK does any member of the Democratic party support *further increasing* ICE funding, in the same week when ICE just shot *three* people in two different cities, for opposing the jackbooted thugs??
This is why I don’t trust Democrats.
Let me fix that headline for you: “Government comfortable appearing beside child sexual abuse material.”
Government should stay on X despite the Grok scandal, Keir Starmer's former communications director has said
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
Government Shouldn’t Quit X Over Grok Scandal, Says Former No10 Comms Director
The government should not quit X as doing so would leave a 'vacuum' for its political rivals to fill, Keir Starmer's former communications director...
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Let me fix that headline for you: “Government comfortable appearing beside child sexual abuse material.”
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Dick Durbin cannot stop Durbining, my god.
By a vote of 53-40, the #Senate confirmed Alexander Van Hook to be a District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.
This is the last vote of the week.
This is the last vote of the week.
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Dick Durbin cannot stop Durbining, my god.
This is a really important moment, possibly an inflection point, in Chicago politics. We're seeing people power in action.
Huge thanks and props to @unraveledpress.com for covering the event.
Huge thanks and props to @unraveledpress.com for covering the event.
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
This is a really important moment, possibly an inflection point, in Chicago politics. We're seeing people power in action.
Huge thanks and props to @unraveledpress.com for covering the event.
Huge thanks and props to @unraveledpress.com for covering the event.
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This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
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Laughing at "I don't know why they do the head." Knowing that the cameras are on them as they do, Bovino proudly, not even cowering behind a mask like the others.
CBP and ICE are (among many other things) inconsistent with a healthy democracy. There's no choice but to abolish all of DHS.
CBP and ICE are (among many other things) inconsistent with a healthy democracy. There's no choice but to abolish all of DHS.
Driver: “Criminals doing Uber? Maybe criminals are doing ICE, how about that, you know what I’m saying? Y’all shoot enough people… You shot her in the head! For what?!”
Agent, heckling: “I don’t know why they do the head, man” [Bovino and other agents laugh].
Agent, heckling: “I don’t know why they do the head, man” [Bovino and other agents laugh].
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Laughing at "I don't know why they do the head." Knowing that the cameras are on them as they do, Bovino proudly, not even cowering behind a mask like the others.
CBP and ICE are (among many other things) inconsistent with a healthy democracy. There's no choice but to abolish all of DHS.
CBP and ICE are (among many other things) inconsistent with a healthy democracy. There's no choice but to abolish all of DHS.
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Hot take: the US should join the ICJ and then submit the former regime to be prosecuted under international, not national, law. Especially if it seeks to, in any way, salvage the idea of a rules based international order. This is the perfect (and only) way to restore any sort of credibility.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Hot take: the US should join the ICJ and then submit the former regime to be prosecuted under international, not national, law. Especially if it seeks to, in any way, salvage the idea of a rules based international order. This is the perfect (and only) way to restore any sort of credibility.
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SOMEHOW, PALPATINE WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
SOMEHOW, PALPATINE WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
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It’s a “keep an eye out for chuds in rental cars” day here in Chicago. Grab your whistle, work near your window, take a walk at lunch
January 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
It’s a “keep an eye out for chuds in rental cars” day here in Chicago. Grab your whistle, work near your window, take a walk at lunch
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So, as has been pointed out, if you get shown some by the twisted algorithm, or if a rando starts telling Grok to make it in your replies, then you're as culpable as someone who found those images by trawling the murkier corners of the internet would be.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
So, as has been pointed out, if you get shown some by the twisted algorithm, or if a rando starts telling Grok to make it in your replies, then you're as culpable as someone who found those images by trawling the murkier corners of the internet would be.
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Banning Plato in the name of protecting western culture is the funniest fucking thing in the entire world. Bankrupt fucking institution
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Banning Plato in the name of protecting western culture is the funniest fucking thing in the entire world. Bankrupt fucking institution
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American Federation of Teachers sues over what it says are unconstitutional investigations into social media comments
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
American Federation of Teachers sues over what it says are unconstitutional investigations into social media comments
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.