Ivan R. Judson
@irjudson.bsky.social
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made a thing.
t'is the season to be stressed out & broke but maybe there's another way
t'is the season to be stressed out & broke but maybe there's another way
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
made a thing.
t'is the season to be stressed out & broke but maybe there's another way
t'is the season to be stressed out & broke but maybe there's another way
Glad to see this.
“The platforms own the pipes, but publishers can own the intelligence that matters most to our communities.”
By @damon.kiesow.net:
By @damon.kiesow.net:
Publishers fight Big Tech with small local language models
"The platforms own the pipes, but publishers can own the intelligence that matters most to our communities."
www.niemanlab.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Glad to see this.
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The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Between 2020 and 2024, $771 billion in Pentagon contracts went to just five firms:
· Lockheed Martin ($313 billion)
· RTX (formerly Raytheon, $145 billion)
· Boeing ($115 billion)
· General Dynamics ($116 billion) and
· Northrop Grumman ($81 billion)
· Lockheed Martin ($313 billion)
· RTX (formerly Raytheon, $145 billion)
· Boeing ($115 billion)
· General Dynamics ($116 billion) and
· Northrop Grumman ($81 billion)
September 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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September 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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made a thing. karina villa understands the assignment.
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
made a thing. karina villa understands the assignment.
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reminder: you are still free to feel good. just find a way.
August 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
reminder: you are still free to feel good. just find a way.
We used to have movies like this:
The purge
The cleansing
Then the handmaids tale
Now we know those horror stories were conditioning us to feel nothing.
We need more outrage, anger and protest.
The purge
The cleansing
Then the handmaids tale
Now we know those horror stories were conditioning us to feel nothing.
We need more outrage, anger and protest.
Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
Politics may have spurred August purge of 5 veteran FBI agents
Details are emerging about the possible motivation behind the firing of five senior FBI agents.
www.cbsnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We used to have movies like this:
The purge
The cleansing
Then the handmaids tale
Now we know those horror stories were conditioning us to feel nothing.
We need more outrage, anger and protest.
The purge
The cleansing
Then the handmaids tale
Now we know those horror stories were conditioning us to feel nothing.
We need more outrage, anger and protest.
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Modern American fascism will manifest as masked federal thugs taking people to concentration camps viewed through footage on your phone that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one being brutalized and taken away.
August 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Modern American fascism will manifest as masked federal thugs taking people to concentration camps viewed through footage on your phone that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one being brutalized and taken away.
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Reminder: In a UN vote on making food a human right, only 2 countries voted no…
1. The United States🇺🇸
2. Israel
1. The United States🇺🇸
2. Israel
July 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Reminder: In a UN vote on making food a human right, only 2 countries voted no…
1. The United States🇺🇸
2. Israel
1. The United States🇺🇸
2. Israel
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Good time for journos to finally ask the White House if Trump includes China in this proclamation.
June 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Good time for journos to finally ask the White House if Trump includes China in this proclamation.
I’m no expert but what about Miami, phoenix, and those pesky Texan cities that were all over the news in his first term.
This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I’m no expert but what about Miami, phoenix, and those pesky Texan cities that were all over the news in his first term.
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in solidarity with everyone peacefully protesting today.
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
in solidarity with everyone peacefully protesting today.
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Read this horrifying testimony from Israel's massacre of people just trying to get food:
June 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Read this horrifying testimony from Israel's massacre of people just trying to get food:
This should be a screenplay or play script. I can see people singing “who is actually in charge?”
Some women want love.
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
May 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This should be a screenplay or play script. I can see people singing “who is actually in charge?”
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Cancelling research grants that were peer reviewed, recommended & awarded because it threatens the current regime’s political agenda is the real infringement of our rights + a violation of the NSF’s duty to honor contracts & ethically manage public funds appropriated by the US Congress. 12/
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Cancelling research grants that were peer reviewed, recommended & awarded because it threatens the current regime’s political agenda is the real infringement of our rights + a violation of the NSF’s duty to honor contracts & ethically manage public funds appropriated by the US Congress. 12/
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People go to a lot of effort to try to understand the man's thinking and vision, postulating all kinds of complex evils and syndromes.
But it's really quite simple. We have a POTUS who peaked at 10 years old, and is determined to rebuild the world of that time.
But it's really quite simple. We have a POTUS who peaked at 10 years old, and is determined to rebuild the world of that time.
April 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
People go to a lot of effort to try to understand the man's thinking and vision, postulating all kinds of complex evils and syndromes.
But it's really quite simple. We have a POTUS who peaked at 10 years old, and is determined to rebuild the world of that time.
But it's really quite simple. We have a POTUS who peaked at 10 years old, and is determined to rebuild the world of that time.
You know what’s depressingly scary?
Wondering what else he will destroy if congress takes away his tariff toys…
We are dealing with a spoiled child with nuclear codes.
Wondering what else he will destroy if congress takes away his tariff toys…
We are dealing with a spoiled child with nuclear codes.
April 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
You know what’s depressingly scary?
Wondering what else he will destroy if congress takes away his tariff toys…
We are dealing with a spoiled child with nuclear codes.
Wondering what else he will destroy if congress takes away his tariff toys…
We are dealing with a spoiled child with nuclear codes.
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Acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position last Thursday. Read Sassoon's letter that criticizes the Department of Justice for its decision to drop criminal charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
Acting US Attorney Danielle Sassoon's resignation letter
The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.
www.documentcloud.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position last Thursday. Read Sassoon's letter that criticizes the Department of Justice for its decision to drop criminal charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
If you don’t know who started the war in Ukraine, go search for news from 2014 when Russia rolled tanks into Ukraine while looking straight at the camera and denying it.
Then ask yourself - why didn’t we pay attention?
Then ask yourself - why didn’t we pay attention?
February 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you don’t know who started the war in Ukraine, go search for news from 2014 when Russia rolled tanks into Ukraine while looking straight at the camera and denying it.
Then ask yourself - why didn’t we pay attention?
Then ask yourself - why didn’t we pay attention?
@marcelias.bsky.social and his peers may be the only thing holding democracy together.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge BLOCKS Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury Department database systems with personally identifiable information or sensitive data. Must destroy any that was downloaded.
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking democracy news.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking democracy news.
www.democracydocket.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social and his peers may be the only thing holding democracy together.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump OMB order purporting to freeze federal spending. Stay will be in place until court can consider case at hearing next Monday.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for more.
www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump OMB order purporting to freeze federal spending. Stay will be in place until court can consider case at hearing next Monday.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for more.
www.democracydocket.com
Also international sources are still working - bbc, france24, Al Jazeera, etc…
The benefit is they are also balanced - it’s not 24x7 American drama
The benefit is they are also balanced - it’s not 24x7 American drama
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Also international sources are still working - bbc, france24, Al Jazeera, etc…
The benefit is they are also balanced - it’s not 24x7 American drama
The benefit is they are also balanced - it’s not 24x7 American drama