James
@therealjames.bsky.social
Belfast born Irish boy living in New York
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No one is going to want to come here
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
No one is going to want to come here
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
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The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
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New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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A very worthwhile read. If we actually applied the "common sense" that politicians love to tout, pragmatic reforms like a government-run payment system would be on the table. But imagine the uproar if Dems pitched this. No way do they have the stomach for that fight.
"It makes no more sense to want a large financial system than to have a hugely expanded trucking sector where many millions of people are moving goods around from place to place. " cepr.net/publications...
Jeffries’ Strong Floor and No Ceiling: We Need to Fix the Roof
Owen Libby promotes old policies, like UBI and patent monopolies, as new solutions that still favor the rich.
cepr.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A very worthwhile read. If we actually applied the "common sense" that politicians love to tout, pragmatic reforms like a government-run payment system would be on the table. But imagine the uproar if Dems pitched this. No way do they have the stomach for that fight.
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
Agreed, though if Alito/Thomas retire next year, the GOP will push the media to question Dems roughly about expansion when “the issue resolved itself” since they’ll push the narrative that any new Trump appointees will act with more restraint and Dems are the radicals, so they will chicken out.
we have to make supreme court expansion a 2028 nominee litmus test, we have to get every candidate on the record about what their plan is to rein in this rogue court of unaccountable ideologues
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Agreed, though if Alito/Thomas retire next year, the GOP will push the media to question Dems roughly about expansion when “the issue resolved itself” since they’ll push the narrative that any new Trump appointees will act with more restraint and Dems are the radicals, so they will chicken out.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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The Dems should make a point of applying the pitchforks to crypto bros, the private equity crooks, Big Pharma and the insurance companies.
Great piece on the failure of centrist governments in the UK, France, and Germany to give voters anything to actually vote for and their fueling of the far-right by elevating its message, and the contrast that Spain offers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Dems should make a point of applying the pitchforks to crypto bros, the private equity crooks, Big Pharma and the insurance companies.
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Trump to America: drop dead
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump to America: drop dead
There’s no way this guy is serious, right? I’ve stayed in plenty of hotel rooms in NY before I moved here and never did I have as much space as he has. He has no concept of cost in Midtown. The price is high, but he didn’t pick a hotel in a cheaper area so that’s how it goes!
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
There’s no way this guy is serious, right? I’ve stayed in plenty of hotel rooms in NY before I moved here and never did I have as much space as he has. He has no concept of cost in Midtown. The price is high, but he didn’t pick a hotel in a cheaper area so that’s how it goes!
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Trump drooling over Mamdani in the Oval Office the same day Hakeem Jeffries voted to condemn socialism could not be funnier to me
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump drooling over Mamdani in the Oval Office the same day Hakeem Jeffries voted to condemn socialism could not be funnier to me
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
If the aim is to ambush @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, you'd say it was a closed meeting and then by happy accident a group of right wing "journalists" would mysteriously find their way to the Oval Office to corner Mamdani. JD Vance would also coincidentally be walking by and offer some questions.
The president’s Oval Office meeting with New York’s incoming leader is not open to the press.
Trump, 79, Chickens Out of Public Showdown With Mamdani, 34
The president’s Oval Office meeting with New York’s incoming leader is not open to the press.
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If the aim is to ambush @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, you'd say it was a closed meeting and then by happy accident a group of right wing "journalists" would mysteriously find their way to the Oval Office to corner Mamdani. JD Vance would also coincidentally be walking by and offer some questions.
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Hi judges! Upholding the constitution is punishable by death
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hi judges! Upholding the constitution is punishable by death
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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Yes, Mr. Madison, I get your concerns about fiendish foreign princes and such, but here's the thing: in the year 2026 the literal Pope will be eligible to run for POTUS while the mayor of New York City is not. Maybe go back to the drawing board and give that one another go. Not your best work.
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yes, Mr. Madison, I get your concerns about fiendish foreign princes and such, but here's the thing: in the year 2026 the literal Pope will be eligible to run for POTUS while the mayor of New York City is not. Maybe go back to the drawing board and give that one another go. Not your best work.
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Had to log into Twitter for a quick sec today for work and this got dropped in my feed and whew.
Firstly, I've got no idea wherever this stat came from
Secondly, 37% of the city is foreign born
Thirdly, there's like 20k rent controlled units out of 3m apartments
Fourthly, I'm tired
Firstly, I've got no idea wherever this stat came from
Secondly, 37% of the city is foreign born
Thirdly, there's like 20k rent controlled units out of 3m apartments
Fourthly, I'm tired
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Had to log into Twitter for a quick sec today for work and this got dropped in my feed and whew.
Firstly, I've got no idea wherever this stat came from
Secondly, 37% of the city is foreign born
Thirdly, there's like 20k rent controlled units out of 3m apartments
Fourthly, I'm tired
Firstly, I've got no idea wherever this stat came from
Secondly, 37% of the city is foreign born
Thirdly, there's like 20k rent controlled units out of 3m apartments
Fourthly, I'm tired