James
@sirjamesa12.bsky.social
Marxist. If you've found me from somewhere else, turn around.
✔️Co-ops, grassroots democracy, progressives, and solidarity economy
🚫Capitalists, con artists, cultists, grifters, accelerationists, and nihilists
I also code in C.
✔️Co-ops, grassroots democracy, progressives, and solidarity economy
🚫Capitalists, con artists, cultists, grifters, accelerationists, and nihilists
I also code in C.
LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
In 2024, Trump won North Carolina by 3.21 points, yet he won 11 out of 14 districts on the current GOP-gerrymandered map (image 1) and the proposed map endangering #NC01 Black congressman Don Davis (image 2). The court-drawn map that was in use for 2022 would have each candidate winning 7 (image 3).
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In 2024, Trump won North Carolina by 3.21 points, yet he won 11 out of 14 districts on the current GOP-gerrymandered map (image 1) and the proposed map endangering #NC01 Black congressman Don Davis (image 2). The court-drawn map that was in use for 2022 would have each candidate winning 7 (image 3).
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I regret to inform my followers that Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors.
Born in Queens, New York, she joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) in 1971. After 7 trials and imprisonment, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 with the help of BLA members and fled to Cuba. Rest in Power. ✊🏿
Born in Queens, New York, she joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) in 1971. After 7 trials and imprisonment, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 with the help of BLA members and fled to Cuba. Rest in Power. ✊🏿
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I regret to inform my followers that Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors.
Born in Queens, New York, she joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) in 1971. After 7 trials and imprisonment, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 with the help of BLA members and fled to Cuba. Rest in Power. ✊🏿
Born in Queens, New York, she joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) in 1971. After 7 trials and imprisonment, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 with the help of BLA members and fled to Cuba. Rest in Power. ✊🏿
Northern Virginians seeing this news:
September 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Northern Virginians seeing this news:
Why tolerance must be viewed as a social contract rather than a set of morals in one paragraph.
September 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Why tolerance must be viewed as a social contract rather than a set of morals in one paragraph.
Fun facts about Nepal. It's the only sovereign nation in the world with two distinct features:
1) A non-quadrilateral flag, and there are special instructions on drawing it.
2) A time zone that is neither an offset of :00, nor :30 (UTC+05:45). They got this from calculating Kathmandu's longitude.
1) A non-quadrilateral flag, and there are special instructions on drawing it.
2) A time zone that is neither an offset of :00, nor :30 (UTC+05:45). They got this from calculating Kathmandu's longitude.
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Fun facts about Nepal. It's the only sovereign nation in the world with two distinct features:
1) A non-quadrilateral flag, and there are special instructions on drawing it.
2) A time zone that is neither an offset of :00, nor :30 (UTC+05:45). They got this from calculating Kathmandu's longitude.
1) A non-quadrilateral flag, and there are special instructions on drawing it.
2) A time zone that is neither an offset of :00, nor :30 (UTC+05:45). They got this from calculating Kathmandu's longitude.
JAMES DOBSON (FOCUS ON THE FAMILY) DIED.
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
JAMES DOBSON (FOCUS ON THE FAMILY) DIED.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on this day 60 years ago. The act enforced the 14th and 15th amendments by banning certain discriminatory voting practices, including, among other things, literacy tests. The act helped increase Black voting power in the South. #VRA60
August 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on this day 60 years ago. The act enforced the 14th and 15th amendments by banning certain discriminatory voting practices, including, among other things, literacy tests. The act helped increase Black voting power in the South. #VRA60
In 2024, Trump carried Georgia by 2 points. Due to GOP gerrymandering, He won 9 congressional districts to Harris's 5.
Under an alternative map drawn by state and local legacy civil rights organizations, Trump and Harris would have won 7 each. #FairMaps
Under an alternative map drawn by state and local legacy civil rights organizations, Trump and Harris would have won 7 each. #FairMaps
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In 2024, Trump carried Georgia by 2 points. Due to GOP gerrymandering, He won 9 congressional districts to Harris's 5.
Under an alternative map drawn by state and local legacy civil rights organizations, Trump and Harris would have won 7 each. #FairMaps
Under an alternative map drawn by state and local legacy civil rights organizations, Trump and Harris would have won 7 each. #FairMaps
I made a simple chart contrasting flawed redistricting commissions (ex. New York & Virginia) with robust ones (ex. California). Progressive-minded organizers must fight for the latter and not the former, especially in swing and red states. #FairMaps
August 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I made a simple chart contrasting flawed redistricting commissions (ex. New York & Virginia) with robust ones (ex. California). Progressive-minded organizers must fight for the latter and not the former, especially in swing and red states. #FairMaps
Here's what a hypothetical fair map of Texas would have looked like. This map uses districts drawn by LULAC and Texas Latino Redistricting Task force as a base. It's a 24–14 Trump map compared to both the gerrymandered 27–11 Trump map in use and the 32–6 map currently proposed. #txlege #FairMaps
July 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The United Kingdom is going to enfranchise 16 and 17-year-olds by the next general election.
The last decent attempt of something similar in the U.S. is California in 2020, where voters blocked a proposition that would have enfranchised eligible 17-year-olds to vote in primaries (nation map below):
The last decent attempt of something similar in the U.S. is California in 2020, where voters blocked a proposition that would have enfranchised eligible 17-year-olds to vote in primaries (nation map below):
July 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The United Kingdom is going to enfranchise 16 and 17-year-olds by the next general election.
The last decent attempt of something similar in the U.S. is California in 2020, where voters blocked a proposition that would have enfranchised eligible 17-year-olds to vote in primaries (nation map below):
The last decent attempt of something similar in the U.S. is California in 2020, where voters blocked a proposition that would have enfranchised eligible 17-year-olds to vote in primaries (nation map below):
In 2024, Trump carried Texas by a 14 point margin and won 27 GOP-gerrymandered congressional districts to Harris's 11. Harris would have won 3 more districts under a nonpartisan map (one in Austin, one from Corpus Christi to Austin, and one in Dallas–Fort Worth). #FairMaps
July 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In 2024, Trump carried Texas by a 14 point margin and won 27 GOP-gerrymandered congressional districts to Harris's 11. Harris would have won 3 more districts under a nonpartisan map (one in Austin, one from Corpus Christi to Austin, and one in Dallas–Fort Worth). #FairMaps
Today is Election Day in Australia. I made a map of when polls close with respect to U.S. Eastern Daylight Time Zone (UTC-04:00). #auspol #ausvotes #democracysausage 🌭
May 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Today is Election Day in Australia. I made a map of when polls close with respect to U.S. Eastern Daylight Time Zone (UTC-04:00). #auspol #ausvotes #democracysausage 🌭
VIRULENT ISLAMOPHOBE DAVID HOROWITZ WENT SIX FEET UNDER!
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
VIRULENT ISLAMOPHOBE DAVID HOROWITZ WENT SIX FEET UNDER!
Good morning! Happy Election Day, Canada! I made a handy map of when polls close in Canada. Compare and contrast with polls closing times in the United States for last year's presidential election (both maps Eastern Time). #cdnpoli
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning! Happy Election Day, Canada! I made a handy map of when polls close in Canada. Compare and contrast with polls closing times in the United States for last year's presidential election (both maps Eastern Time). #cdnpoli
GOOD MORNING! FRENCH NAZI JEAN-MARIE LE PEN KICKED THE BUCKET!
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
GOOD MORNING! FRENCH NAZI JEAN-MARIE LE PEN KICKED THE BUCKET!
PSA: Users on here should NOT have "no DMs" in their bio for any reason. Unlike Some App, there is an option disallowing anyone from DMing you.
Chat → click on the "⛓️" icon (right next to the "+ New Chat" button) → The three radio buttons under “Allow new messages from” pick "No one.”
No regrets!
Chat → click on the "⛓️" icon (right next to the "+ New Chat" button) → The three radio buttons under “Allow new messages from” pick "No one.”
No regrets!
December 30, 2024 at 12:57 AM
PSA: Users on here should NOT have "no DMs" in their bio for any reason. Unlike Some App, there is an option disallowing anyone from DMing you.
Chat → click on the "⛓️" icon (right next to the "+ New Chat" button) → The three radio buttons under “Allow new messages from” pick "No one.”
No regrets!
Chat → click on the "⛓️" icon (right next to the "+ New Chat" button) → The three radio buttons under “Allow new messages from” pick "No one.”
No regrets!
For those who want to keep track of the charges Luigi Mangione is facing across three jurisdictions, I made a handy-dandy one-pager.
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
For those who want to keep track of the charges Luigi Mangione is facing across three jurisdictions, I made a handy-dandy one-pager.
Just a reminder that Nancy Mace owes her #SC01 seat in Congress because the state's legislature gerrymandered the maps. An alternate map drawn by the SC NAACP would have turned it into a swing district.
December 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Just a reminder that Nancy Mace owes her #SC01 seat in Congress because the state's legislature gerrymandered the maps. An alternate map drawn by the SC NAACP would have turned it into a swing district.
Good morning! Bluesky has reached 24 million users! 😎
December 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Good morning! Bluesky has reached 24 million users! 😎