Jeff Martens
@martensjd.bsky.social
Retired computer scientist, avid reader, dabble in mathematics, hike. If we work together, we can slow climate change. I oppose fascism, racism, sexism, and the like. Big fan of the rule of law. I also endorse kindness and honesty.
I hated the need to destroy dirty tankers, but I hated the killing and abduction of Ukrainians worse. War is dirty, releasing large amounts of carbon and other harmful chemicals.
🌊✨ Don’t worry about Ukraine taking out Russia’s shadow fleet tankers—it’s the best strategy to dismantle Russia’s war machine and keep our oceans safer. These rusty tankers were just a loophole to dodge sanctions. Now, one more got neutralized in the Black Sea—empty and safe for the environment. 🌐💥
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I hated the need to destroy dirty tankers, but I hated the killing and abduction of Ukrainians worse. War is dirty, releasing large amounts of carbon and other harmful chemicals.
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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Join us again tomorrow Thursday at Independence Ave and New Jersey across from Longworth House office building from 4-7pm.
Keep calling your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Keep calling your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Join us again tomorrow Thursday at Independence Ave and New Jersey across from Longworth House office building from 4-7pm.
Keep calling your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Keep calling your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
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Schumer never came around. He caved on the shutdown. He’s hated by most Dems.
He’s vulnerable. Let’s replace him with a populist lefty.
He’s vulnerable. Let’s replace him with a populist lefty.
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Schumer never came around. He caved on the shutdown. He’s hated by most Dems.
He’s vulnerable. Let’s replace him with a populist lefty.
He’s vulnerable. Let’s replace him with a populist lefty.
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Senator Murphy, please whip 22 Senators and declare a vote of no confidence ✅ to replace Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader (soon to be Majority Leader, if we’re lucky).
Enough of strongly worded letters.
Enough of strongly worded letters.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Senator Murphy, please whip 22 Senators and declare a vote of no confidence ✅ to replace Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader (soon to be Majority Leader, if we’re lucky).
Enough of strongly worded letters.
Enough of strongly worded letters.
Is the US doing the right stuff to notice and deter terror attacks? Timothy Snyder
youtube.com/shorts/KPeyq...
youtube.com/shorts/KPeyq...
The danger of invented dangers.
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Is the US doing the right stuff to notice and deter terror attacks? Timothy Snyder
youtube.com/shorts/KPeyq...
youtube.com/shorts/KPeyq...
Trump receives feedback on Ukraine from European leaders.
youtube.com/post/UgkxmKI...
youtube.com/post/UgkxmKI...
Post from Kyiv Independent - YouTube
A group of European lawmakers has signed on to a letter cautioning U.S. President Donald Trump against pandering to Russia. The 47 signatories include parlia...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump receives feedback on Ukraine from European leaders.
youtube.com/post/UgkxmKI...
youtube.com/post/UgkxmKI...
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Cartoon by Matt Davies | Andrews McMeel
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Cartoon by Matt Davies | Andrews McMeel
#Nuremberg is an excellent film with excellent performances and script. #RussellCrow #RamiMalek #LeoWoodall
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#Nuremberg is an excellent film with excellent performances and script. #RussellCrow #RamiMalek #LeoWoodall
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I keep getting texts from Chuck Schumer asking for money. Did he stand up to Republicans at the end of the shutdown? No. Did he endorse Mamdani? No. Will I ever respond positively to a request for money from him? No. @schumer.senate.gov
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I keep getting texts from Chuck Schumer asking for money. Did he stand up to Republicans at the end of the shutdown? No. Did he endorse Mamdani? No. Will I ever respond positively to a request for money from him? No. @schumer.senate.gov
Did Kristi Noem pay a nocturnal visit to Nanvy Mace's dog?
youtu.be/D7tOd6ddf3A?...
youtu.be/D7tOd6ddf3A?...
Trump Braces for Hurricane Epstein, Spews Nonsense & Elon Joins for Dinner with Saudi Crown Prince
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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November 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Did Kristi Noem pay a nocturnal visit to Nanvy Mace's dog?
youtu.be/D7tOd6ddf3A?...
youtu.be/D7tOd6ddf3A?...
Today in British humor: "Let's move away from the corruption scandal and let's and take a look at what's happening in the US."
youtu.be/wJu6QkOql_Y?...
I apologize almost for not including any context.
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I apologize almost for not including any context.
Russian ship fires lasers at British war plane & Trump 'in secret consultation' with Kremlin
YouTube video by The Telegraph
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today in British humor: "Let's move away from the corruption scandal and let's and take a look at what's happening in the US."
youtu.be/wJu6QkOql_Y?...
I apologize almost for not including any context.
youtu.be/wJu6QkOql_Y?...
I apologize almost for not including any context.
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
Classic Collection
Inspired by infoboxes, blue hyperlinks, talkpages, and everything that makes Wikipedia unique, this collection features new and well-loved designs, reimagined.
store.wikimedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
Steve Martin might be on drugs: youtu.be/_qIcYkEIVdc?...
Steve Martin and Bill Murray Cracker Monologue - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Steve Martin might be on drugs: youtu.be/_qIcYkEIVdc?...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Women in Mexico protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLO...
Women in Mexico protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem
YouTube video by Associated Press
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November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Women in Mexico protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLO...
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Science's Adam Rutherford thinks not.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Science's Adam Rutherford thinks not.
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Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
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The Epstein files are a Democrat hoax? Really?
Then why are Trump and Republicans fighting to not have them released?
Then why are Trump and Republicans fighting to not have them released?
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Epstein files are a Democrat hoax? Really?
Then why are Trump and Republicans fighting to not have them released?
Then why are Trump and Republicans fighting to not have them released?
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October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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