Dan Jorgenson
@dtjorgenson.bsky.social
Web developer by trade. A bit of a news & politics junkie. Long-standing interests in science and technology. Hobbyist photographer. YIMBY. Urbanism enthusiast. Liberal. Lifelong Democrat.
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This particular cohort of bluesky needs to decide if putting limits on ICE doesnt matter bc theyll just break the law or if some things are such bedrock laws you dont need to negotiate around them bc right now theyre moving the goalposts back & forth btwn the two in order to keep up this nonsense
This may be the dumbest fucking attack on a Democrat I've ever seen, and the past year has provided a truly exceptional array of options
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This particular cohort of bluesky needs to decide if putting limits on ICE doesnt matter bc theyll just break the law or if some things are such bedrock laws you dont need to negotiate around them bc right now theyre moving the goalposts back & forth btwn the two in order to keep up this nonsense
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It is so cool watching all the usual suspects on this site gas each other up into an incoherent rage just so they can arrive back at where they started—hating Democrats and doing everything they can to demobilize others against them
The only road to accomplish this runs through the Democrats taking both houses of Congress in eleven months and this asshole is doing his utmost to ensure the Democrats are as unpopular as possible by demanding the impossible
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It is so cool watching all the usual suspects on this site gas each other up into an incoherent rage just so they can arrive back at where they started—hating Democrats and doing everything they can to demobilize others against them
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As an American urbanist here are the top 5 things I hope we can learn from the Netherlands:
#5 shared streets
#4 pedestrian only streets
#3 traffic circulation plans
#2 time competitive bike networks
#1 the courage to prosecute crimes against humanity
#5 shared streets
#4 pedestrian only streets
#3 traffic circulation plans
#2 time competitive bike networks
#1 the courage to prosecute crimes against humanity
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
As an American urbanist here are the top 5 things I hope we can learn from the Netherlands:
#5 shared streets
#4 pedestrian only streets
#3 traffic circulation plans
#2 time competitive bike networks
#1 the courage to prosecute crimes against humanity
#5 shared streets
#4 pedestrian only streets
#3 traffic circulation plans
#2 time competitive bike networks
#1 the courage to prosecute crimes against humanity
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So one thing that people advocating for single payer don’t seem to grapple with is that a GOP HHS secretary would be deciding what care you can get roughly half the time
But also that state should run all healthcare
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
So one thing that people advocating for single payer don’t seem to grapple with is that a GOP HHS secretary would be deciding what care you can get roughly half the time
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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If you spend the moments after the Republican secret police extrajudicially murders someone whining about Democrats, you are fundamentally not serious about stopping the people allowing the secret police to perpetrate the violence:
Republicans elected officials.
Republicans elected officials.
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If you spend the moments after the Republican secret police extrajudicially murders someone whining about Democrats, you are fundamentally not serious about stopping the people allowing the secret police to perpetrate the violence:
Republicans elected officials.
Republicans elected officials.
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“Only 97% of the caucus voted against a bill that would have passed if 100% of the caucus voted against” ok
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
“Only 97% of the caucus voted against a bill that would have passed if 100% of the caucus voted against” ok
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I’m watching friends succumb to doom watching what’s happening in Minnesota and I want to shake them and scream “Can’t you see the people organizing? Can’t you see them winning?”. Doom is a warm blanket of helplessness that keeps you from the fight.
doom is cope, everybody's saying it
Please don’t approvingly share absolute horseshit like this written by someone who is deeply miserable and wants you to be miserable too.
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I’m watching friends succumb to doom watching what’s happening in Minnesota and I want to shake them and scream “Can’t you see the people organizing? Can’t you see them winning?”. Doom is a warm blanket of helplessness that keeps you from the fight.
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"new generations cant show up" is just a straight up lie
the people in power are in power because they won elections, not because theyve lived the most years and you can tell this because the younger candidate wins too
the people in power are in power because they won elections, not because theyve lived the most years and you can tell this because the younger candidate wins too
As someone who spent the last 15 years working with aging brains & dementia, I can't stop thinking about this. It is gerontocracy: leaders who are substantially older than most of the adult population. When did we accept this? The new generations can't show up because the old generations never left.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"new generations cant show up" is just a straight up lie
the people in power are in power because they won elections, not because theyve lived the most years and you can tell this because the younger candidate wins too
the people in power are in power because they won elections, not because theyve lived the most years and you can tell this because the younger candidate wins too
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40% of our country is in a cult, idk how else you can explain this shit
January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
40% of our country is in a cult, idk how else you can explain this shit
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Fantastic thread about the benefits of e-biking in winter. Again, e-bikes are an incredible tool for expanding the accessibility of cycling, especially for those who cannot drive.
People who don't ride #EBikes tend to have a lot of misconceptions about them, often assuming they're just about being lazy, wanting to go fast, or (more reasonably) not wanting to get to work stinky and sweaty in the summer.
But for me, it's *wintertime* when my #Ebike shines.
🧵 @bikesky.social
But for me, it's *wintertime* when my #Ebike shines.
🧵 @bikesky.social
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Fantastic thread about the benefits of e-biking in winter. Again, e-bikes are an incredible tool for expanding the accessibility of cycling, especially for those who cannot drive.
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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Something I think about is that 77 million people knowingly voted to elect a man President of the United States who, just months prior, had been found guilty on all counts and convicted at a jury trial.
Something I think about is that if Eileen Canon doesn't get the short straw in the Mar A Lago raid case, Donald Trump is likely indicted before the midterms.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Something I think about is that 77 million people knowingly voted to elect a man President of the United States who, just months prior, had been found guilty on all counts and convicted at a jury trial.
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'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
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Now reading that "we need a system that will prevent a catastrophe like this from ever happening again."
It's called voting, kids. There is no self-operating perpetual motion machine, no magical protection from growing up and being responsible adults in a democracy. Try it, you'll like it.
It's called voting, kids. There is no self-operating perpetual motion machine, no magical protection from growing up and being responsible adults in a democracy. Try it, you'll like it.
January 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Now reading that "we need a system that will prevent a catastrophe like this from ever happening again."
It's called voting, kids. There is no self-operating perpetual motion machine, no magical protection from growing up and being responsible adults in a democracy. Try it, you'll like it.
It's called voting, kids. There is no self-operating perpetual motion machine, no magical protection from growing up and being responsible adults in a democracy. Try it, you'll like it.
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Okay so the insurgent leftist candidate looking to unseat the old lady in the gerontocracy who's just too damn OLD and TIRED to have the job anymore is apologizing for missing events because of heretofore undisclosed narcolepsy causing her to sleep through them, got it
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Okay so the insurgent leftist candidate looking to unseat the old lady in the gerontocracy who's just too damn OLD and TIRED to have the job anymore is apologizing for missing events because of heretofore undisclosed narcolepsy causing her to sleep through them, got it
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AKA "peeing in the no-peeing section of the public swimming pool and thinking its stayed there."
Because no matter how red or blue your state is and no matter how much your individual vote may or may not matter, your toxicity is contaminating the swing state voters.
And you've monetized it.
Because no matter how red or blue your state is and no matter how much your individual vote may or may not matter, your toxicity is contaminating the swing state voters.
And you've monetized it.
i think i figured out what bugs me: the belief that their words both have enough power to sway the Democratic Party and also do NOT have enough power to dissuade anyone from participating in the political process is load-bearing for people
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
AKA "peeing in the no-peeing section of the public swimming pool and thinking its stayed there."
Because no matter how red or blue your state is and no matter how much your individual vote may or may not matter, your toxicity is contaminating the swing state voters.
And you've monetized it.
Because no matter how red or blue your state is and no matter how much your individual vote may or may not matter, your toxicity is contaminating the swing state voters.
And you've monetized it.
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When I think about things that hold back a city like NY, ppl like Hunter who use the totally unearned superlative of "I was born here" as a cudgel to argue that the city should be as unpleasant and exulsionary as possible sits right at the top of the list
January 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
When I think about things that hold back a city like NY, ppl like Hunter who use the totally unearned superlative of "I was born here" as a cudgel to argue that the city should be as unpleasant and exulsionary as possible sits right at the top of the list
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the western alliance was born in the fires of the most catastrophic conflict in the history of the world. republicans are spitting on the graves of the dead. these men and women are human filth.
Genuinely insane we are living in a world where the Danish have to deploy a battlegroup to protect themselves against America. Makes my blood turn molten, honestly
11/
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
the western alliance was born in the fires of the most catastrophic conflict in the history of the world. republicans are spitting on the graves of the dead. these men and women are human filth.
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the problem with "Dems need more than one message" is that Dems HAVE more than one message but any time one of their messages isn't a message you personally want to hear, everyone explodes into a million tiny pieces AND ALSO pretends that was the only message being communicated
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
the problem with "Dems need more than one message" is that Dems HAVE more than one message but any time one of their messages isn't a message you personally want to hear, everyone explodes into a million tiny pieces AND ALSO pretends that was the only message being communicated
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when we talk about messaging, this is the person they have to reach
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
when we talk about messaging, this is the person they have to reach
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trying to imagine what kind of democratic party messaging would have resonated with this person and my brain just BSODs
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
trying to imagine what kind of democratic party messaging would have resonated with this person and my brain just BSODs
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I have to say, I’m not convinced of the productiveness of the Americans who didn’t want any of this and the Europeans who didn’t want any of this yelling at the other lot that it’s all their fault on the website for people who didn’t want any of this
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I have to say, I’m not convinced of the productiveness of the Americans who didn’t want any of this and the Europeans who didn’t want any of this yelling at the other lot that it’s all their fault on the website for people who didn’t want any of this