Jim White
@jimwhitegnv.bsky.social
Lapsed blogger from Emptywheel, obsessed with barbecue and all things cooking, avid baseball fan, retired scientist, proud grandpa and political complainer. Not a football presenter!
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December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A murderous decision. As it goes with this cabal, not a stated ban, but a complicating set of “recommendations” that runs counter to science & will result in thousands of additional, preventable deaths each year.
RFK Jr & many in that room will long be dead before the full pain of this is felt.
RFK Jr & many in that room will long be dead before the full pain of this is felt.
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A murderous decision. As it goes with this cabal, not a stated ban, but a complicating set of “recommendations” that runs counter to science & will result in thousands of additional, preventable deaths each year.
RFK Jr & many in that room will long be dead before the full pain of this is felt.
RFK Jr & many in that room will long be dead before the full pain of this is felt.
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“I’m using it right now to kiss Trump’s ass”
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I’m using it right now to kiss Trump’s ass”
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A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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What's missing from this arrest affidavit, something that appears in ALL other January 6 affidavits, are data points showing that Brian Cole did ANYTHING between December 19, 2020, when Trump announced the rally and when he appears on Capitol Hill on January 5.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What's missing from this arrest affidavit, something that appears in ALL other January 6 affidavits, are data points showing that Brian Cole did ANYTHING between December 19, 2020, when Trump announced the rally and when he appears on Capitol Hill on January 5.
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Bovino's "secret police just swarmed wherever they could find the most brown-skinned people — the Home Depot lot, a white van filled with contractors, Mexican restaurants," essentially waging war on an American city.
Gift link to the @willbunch.bsky.social report from the racist CBP invasion in New Orleans.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Bovino's "secret police just swarmed wherever they could find the most brown-skinned people — the Home Depot lot, a white van filled with contractors, Mexican restaurants," essentially waging war on an American city.
Gift link to the @willbunch.bsky.social report from the racist CBP invasion in New Orleans.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Gift link to the @willbunch.bsky.social report from the racist CBP invasion in New Orleans.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
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It's December 4th, it's never been a better time to think of Fred Hampton, even better to learn who he was, and that the fight for liberation in America is as old as America itself. www.emptywheel.net/2017/12/04/l...
Living Without Shame is a Political Act - emptywheel
Every year on December 4th I tell people about what was done to the 21-year old revolutionary, Fred Hampton, by the government of America and his city of Chicago in 1969. But this year I wanted to tal...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's December 4th, it's never been a better time to think of Fred Hampton, even better to learn who he was, and that the fight for liberation in America is as old as America itself. www.emptywheel.net/2017/12/04/l...
I have a ticket stub from Game 2 of the 1989 World Series, which I attended. Game 3, of course, was the one delayed by the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was at work when that hit.
What is the most "obscure" piece of sports memorabilia that you own? Why do you have it?
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I have a ticket stub from Game 2 of the 1989 World Series, which I attended. Game 3, of course, was the one delayed by the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was at work when that hit.
If you ask the officials of this game, Duke is incapable of fouling and Florida is unable the defend without fouling.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you ask the officials of this game, Duke is incapable of fouling and Florida is unable the defend without fouling.
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Secretary Kennedy, blah blah blah…. Don’t click that link.
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Secretary Kennedy, blah blah blah…. Don’t click that link.
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It’s funny how we debate whether it’s a war crime or murder if we aren’t at war - Yet Pete now wears the title of Secretary of War so at trial all his crime will be an act of the Sec of War. Wear it loud and proud Pete.
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It’s funny how we debate whether it’s a war crime or murder if we aren’t at war - Yet Pete now wears the title of Secretary of War so at trial all his crime will be an act of the Sec of War. Wear it loud and proud Pete.
@profanity.accountant I’m ready for an audit! How potty is my mouth?
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@profanity.accountant I’m ready for an audit! How potty is my mouth?
Any house in Oxford, Mississippi this evening:
“I ain’t bitter.”
[Pops open a Natty Light, downs half the can in one gulp, belches.]
“More like the Lame Train, amirite?”
[Finishes can in one slurp, farts.]
“I ain’t bitter.”
[Pops open a Natty Light, downs half the can in one gulp, belches.]
“More like the Lame Train, amirite?”
[Finishes can in one slurp, farts.]
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Any house in Oxford, Mississippi this evening:
“I ain’t bitter.”
[Pops open a Natty Light, downs half the can in one gulp, belches.]
“More like the Lame Train, amirite?”
[Finishes can in one slurp, farts.]
“I ain’t bitter.”
[Pops open a Natty Light, downs half the can in one gulp, belches.]
“More like the Lame Train, amirite?”
[Finishes can in one slurp, farts.]
Important thread.
It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”
Statement from U.S. AG Pam Bondi:
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Important thread.
Black Friday Special: Free* Rats!
*Free offer open to red shouldered hawks only.
(Limit 4, first come, first served.)
*Free offer open to red shouldered hawks only.
(Limit 4, first come, first served.)
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Black Friday Special: Free* Rats!
*Free offer open to red shouldered hawks only.
(Limit 4, first come, first served.)
*Free offer open to red shouldered hawks only.
(Limit 4, first come, first served.)
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The absolute fucking irony.
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The absolute fucking irony.
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!
Fun thread
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fun thread
Watching the Maui tournament and missing Bill Walton.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Watching the Maui tournament and missing Bill Walton.
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The Oklahoma City singer-songwriter's tunes will break your heart, then mend it. n.pr/44a3QOb
Ken Pomeroy on her latest album, 'Cruel Joke'
The Oklahoma City singer-songwriter's tunes will break your heart, then mend it.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Oklahoma City singer-songwriter's tunes will break your heart, then mend it. n.pr/44a3QOb
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What if Trump can only convince Xi to buy soybeans again if he gives up Taiwan?
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What if Trump can only convince Xi to buy soybeans again if he gives up Taiwan?
Not that long ago, I used to distrust information coming from Wikipedia. After all, ANYONE could edit the entry.
Now, with the proliferation of AI bullshit, I often add Wikipedia to search terms so that I read their article first. At least there, you get citations to where the info came from.
Now, with the proliferation of AI bullshit, I often add Wikipedia to search terms so that I read their article first. At least there, you get citations to where the info came from.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not that long ago, I used to distrust information coming from Wikipedia. After all, ANYONE could edit the entry.
Now, with the proliferation of AI bullshit, I often add Wikipedia to search terms so that I read their article first. At least there, you get citations to where the info came from.
Now, with the proliferation of AI bullshit, I often add Wikipedia to search terms so that I read their article first. At least there, you get citations to where the info came from.
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The Trump/Mamdani meeting turning all political heads at warp speed won't matter in the long run. Tomorrow is another day.
What's funny is how Mamdani showed other politicos, CEOs, and all knee benders, most of whom feared his election, how to play the game without changing who he is. #politics
What's funny is how Mamdani showed other politicos, CEOs, and all knee benders, most of whom feared his election, how to play the game without changing who he is. #politics
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Trump/Mamdani meeting turning all political heads at warp speed won't matter in the long run. Tomorrow is another day.
What's funny is how Mamdani showed other politicos, CEOs, and all knee benders, most of whom feared his election, how to play the game without changing who he is. #politics
What's funny is how Mamdani showed other politicos, CEOs, and all knee benders, most of whom feared his election, how to play the game without changing who he is. #politics
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Bill Ackman and Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon watching this WH presser
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Bill Ackman and Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon watching this WH presser