John Keig
@johnkeig.bsky.social
I love talking about history, politics, cooking, polyamory, art, queerness, kink, gardening, among many other things.
Want to build a community of progressives and build a world worth being in.
Want to build a community of progressives and build a world worth being in.
Thinking about taxes a lot given Tax Day is coming soon - what would we need to do from a revenue perspective to close the deficit? Would Clinton era taxes be enough?
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thinking about taxes a lot given Tax Day is coming soon - what would we need to do from a revenue perspective to close the deficit? Would Clinton era taxes be enough?
We spent billions of dollars to put Putin’s nuts in a vice and Ukraine had proper leverage. All to be given away by a capricious and corrupt Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
3 Years Into Russia-Ukraine War, Trump Ushers in New World for Putin
Fresh possibilities have emerged for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia with a change of power in Washington.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We spent billions of dollars to put Putin’s nuts in a vice and Ukraine had proper leverage. All to be given away by a capricious and corrupt Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
Just listened to @podsaveamerica.crooked.com with guess @realbillmaher.bsky.social
That might have been one of the most uncomfortable interviews ever.
That might have been one of the most uncomfortable interviews ever.
February 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just listened to @podsaveamerica.crooked.com with guess @realbillmaher.bsky.social
That might have been one of the most uncomfortable interviews ever.
That might have been one of the most uncomfortable interviews ever.
Quick summary of the German elections - CDU wins ✔️ but needs a coalition, no one will work with AfD 🎉, AfD will “work” with anyone 🙄, SPD won’t work with CDU 🤷♂️, CDU won’t work with the Greens and certainly not with Die Linke…
So how’s this gonna work?
So how’s this gonna work?
February 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Quick summary of the German elections - CDU wins ✔️ but needs a coalition, no one will work with AfD 🎉, AfD will “work” with anyone 🙄, SPD won’t work with CDU 🤷♂️, CDU won’t work with the Greens and certainly not with Die Linke…
So how’s this gonna work?
So how’s this gonna work?
Cancelled Amazon Prime, deleted Facebook and Twitter, also Google Maps and Apple Maps. No fascism on my device.
February 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Cancelled Amazon Prime, deleted Facebook and Twitter, also Google Maps and Apple Maps. No fascism on my device.
Now that I’ve deleted the Facebook app - I get text messages about what’s happening on FB 🙄
February 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now that I’ve deleted the Facebook app - I get text messages about what’s happening on FB 🙄
Fuck that!
Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza as He Hosts Netanyahu: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Fuck that!
New terms for 2025:
(1) Swastikar - a Tesla
(2) Gender Affirming Vehicle - a pickup truck
More to come…
(1) Swastikar - a Tesla
(2) Gender Affirming Vehicle - a pickup truck
More to come…
February 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New terms for 2025:
(1) Swastikar - a Tesla
(2) Gender Affirming Vehicle - a pickup truck
More to come…
(1) Swastikar - a Tesla
(2) Gender Affirming Vehicle - a pickup truck
More to come…
Isn’t the whole point of bullying to pick one person out of the crowd.
Shouldn’t Trump’s tariffs bully their targets into working together around the US?
Shouldn’t Trump’s tariffs bully their targets into working together around the US?
February 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Isn’t the whole point of bullying to pick one person out of the crowd.
Shouldn’t Trump’s tariffs bully their targets into working together around the US?
Shouldn’t Trump’s tariffs bully their targets into working together around the US?
I wonder how Luigi Mangione is doing these days? Haven’t heard much about him recently
January 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I wonder how Luigi Mangione is doing these days? Haven’t heard much about him recently
Great move! I don’t want to fund all those betas in the south who can’t even fight off a hurricane with their bare hands.
We’ll see how viable Florida and Texas are without massive disaster subsidies 😂
We’ll see how viable Florida and Texas are without massive disaster subsidies 😂
Trump Suggests Shutting Down FEMA, Saying States Should Manage Disasters
“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Great move! I don’t want to fund all those betas in the south who can’t even fight off a hurricane with their bare hands.
We’ll see how viable Florida and Texas are without massive disaster subsidies 😂
We’ll see how viable Florida and Texas are without massive disaster subsidies 😂
Reposted by John Keig
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances. nyti.ms/42ok5qL
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances. nyti.ms/42ok5qL
Personal update - I did a pretty good job tiling! New skill unlocked!
January 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Personal update - I did a pretty good job tiling! New skill unlocked!
1461 more days to go
January 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
1461 more days to go
Watching inauguration - clergy talking about Trump and their hopes for the future.
(1) it’s like they are talking about a completely different person
(2) Trump’s and Vance’s political beliefs would have disgusted Jesus
(3) this is disingenuous bullshit that makes people hate the political system
(1) it’s like they are talking about a completely different person
(2) Trump’s and Vance’s political beliefs would have disgusted Jesus
(3) this is disingenuous bullshit that makes people hate the political system
January 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Watching inauguration - clergy talking about Trump and their hopes for the future.
(1) it’s like they are talking about a completely different person
(2) Trump’s and Vance’s political beliefs would have disgusted Jesus
(3) this is disingenuous bullshit that makes people hate the political system
(1) it’s like they are talking about a completely different person
(2) Trump’s and Vance’s political beliefs would have disgusted Jesus
(3) this is disingenuous bullshit that makes people hate the political system
The voice of the oligarchs pretending to care for the common man: “Washington, he said, was also a relative bargain for them. “If you want to buy a home in New York or Southampton, it could cost $100 million to $150 million,” he said. “You can’t spend $25 million in Washington even if you try.””
A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses
Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The voice of the oligarchs pretending to care for the common man: “Washington, he said, was also a relative bargain for them. “If you want to buy a home in New York or Southampton, it could cost $100 million to $150 million,” he said. “You can’t spend $25 million in Washington even if you try.””
They look like white-walkers. Like definitely evil… which tracks.
Trump, Vance official portraits released
President-elect Donald Trump's expression and head angle closely mirror the stone-faced look he wore when his mugshot was taken in the Fulton County Jail.
www.cnbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They look like white-walkers. Like definitely evil… which tracks.
Reposted by John Keig
It's been a wild start to Minnesota's legislative session: lost ballots, contested election results, special elections, a Democratic boycott and Republican-led proceedings that are possibly illegitimate.
How did we get here? Read this ⬇️
How did we get here? Read this ⬇️
5 things to know about the chaotic start to Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session
Republicans moved ahead after Democrats boycotted the first day of business.
www.startribune.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's been a wild start to Minnesota's legislative session: lost ballots, contested election results, special elections, a Democratic boycott and Republican-led proceedings that are possibly illegitimate.
How did we get here? Read this ⬇️
How did we get here? Read this ⬇️
Now that holiday gifting season is over, I’m proud of myself because:
(1) like 2 gifts total came from Amazon
(2) most of my gifts came from local businesses in Chicago
(3) my giving was far more intentional
(4) my gifting extended to build my community
Feeling good about moving away from Amazon.
(1) like 2 gifts total came from Amazon
(2) most of my gifts came from local businesses in Chicago
(3) my giving was far more intentional
(4) my gifting extended to build my community
Feeling good about moving away from Amazon.
January 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Now that holiday gifting season is over, I’m proud of myself because:
(1) like 2 gifts total came from Amazon
(2) most of my gifts came from local businesses in Chicago
(3) my giving was far more intentional
(4) my gifting extended to build my community
Feeling good about moving away from Amazon.
(1) like 2 gifts total came from Amazon
(2) most of my gifts came from local businesses in Chicago
(3) my giving was far more intentional
(4) my gifting extended to build my community
Feeling good about moving away from Amazon.
Reposted by John Keig
State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation this week that would make Illinois the first state to fully decriminalize sex work.
Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law
“The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference…
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation this week that would make Illinois the first state to fully decriminalize sex work.
Reposted by John Keig
In the weeks leading up to Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping changes to Meta’s content moderation policies, he had plenty of time to talk to Trump, but apparently no chance to run the decision past his oversight board.
Zuckerberg Secretly Met With Trump Right Before Trashing Meta’s Rules
Meta’s board was shocked by Mark Zuckerberg’s new, pro-Trump rules.
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In the weeks leading up to Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping changes to Meta’s content moderation policies, he had plenty of time to talk to Trump, but apparently no chance to run the decision past his oversight board.
Aren’t these tech CEOs basically acting like beta cucks to Trump?
Which is funny to me because they are much more powerful and look so weak.
Which is funny to me because they are much more powerful and look so weak.
January 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Aren’t these tech CEOs basically acting like beta cucks to Trump?
Which is funny to me because they are much more powerful and look so weak.
Which is funny to me because they are much more powerful and look so weak.
I think the most insidious message from the last 50 years is “we should run the government like a business.”
But govt is not business, govts have mandates to serve all their residents. Making them “efficient” usually results in means-testing, bad service, overworked staff, etc.
DOGE = bad for you
But govt is not business, govts have mandates to serve all their residents. Making them “efficient” usually results in means-testing, bad service, overworked staff, etc.
DOGE = bad for you
Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
Musk previously said his Department of Government Efficiency would be able to recommend cuts to the federal budget of “at least $2 trillion.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think the most insidious message from the last 50 years is “we should run the government like a business.”
But govt is not business, govts have mandates to serve all their residents. Making them “efficient” usually results in means-testing, bad service, overworked staff, etc.
DOGE = bad for you
But govt is not business, govts have mandates to serve all their residents. Making them “efficient” usually results in means-testing, bad service, overworked staff, etc.
DOGE = bad for you
Mourning this today. Not for Anita Bryant herself, but for the millions of lives she destroyed.
Anita Bryant, the antigay crusader, is dead
She was 84.
www.advocate.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mourning this today. Not for Anita Bryant herself, but for the millions of lives she destroyed.
I really never used Twitter, but here we are at Blue Sky. Hope it’s a meaningful tool to connect to people - old and new!
January 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I really never used Twitter, but here we are at Blue Sky. Hope it’s a meaningful tool to connect to people - old and new!