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Jon Wong (黃智義) 🏳️‍🌈🧧
@thewongmann.bsky.social
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Social justice activist, foodie, avgeek, transit nerd. 📍DC 🏛️ ✈️ Frequently
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thewongmann.bsky.social
Oh no, it's the season again 😩
Shen yun mailer
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Who wants some cake this hump day?
Picture of Jon from behind fully nude
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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thewongmann.bsky.social
Happy towel Tuesday my dear bloomfies
Jon naked in a towel in a hotel room
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
lol twice in a row I chat with a guy, we make plans for me to come over soon, they give me the address to their building and then when I'm about to head over they block me? Like if you're not interested then just...tell me that? Why waste our times...
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Happy towel Tuesday my dear bloomfies
Jon naked in a towel in a hotel room
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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mikesacks.bsky.social
This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating
April 7 Brian McEntire, Civil Rights Division: My goal was always to become an attorney in the Civil Rights Division. That was my dream. I ended up working a lot on fire department cases. In Cobb County, Ga., we got information that even though African Americans and whites were applying for positions at about an equal rate over the previous decade, 90 percent of the hires had been white and 10 percent had been African American. And we didn't quite understand why that was. So we did an investigation and found out that there was a credit check that was disproportionately knocking out African Americans, particularly for student loan debt. And when we asked them why they were doing that, their response was essentially, Well, if a firefighter is deeply in debt and he's fighting a fire, he might steal grandma's pearls. So we brought suit. In February, we got a note saying that the attorney general wanted us to withdraw the case. The next day, division leadership insisted that we put additional language in the notice of dismissal that implied it was all about reverse discrimination. I didn't know, quite frankly, if I could sign it. If I have to say what I argued before was illegal, then I could have been accused of misleading the court, which could have ended up with me being disciplined, sanctioned and my bar license revoked. So I did not sign it. My colleagues didn't sign it. They pulled us all into a room, and we were all prepared to get fired because none of us were going to sign. My boss signed a modified version of the notice of withdrawal on our behalf. We also had a racial-discrimination case involving the sole African American attorney working for the Mississippi State Senate, who, during the years she worked there, was paid less than half of what her similarly situated white colleagues were making. It was as clear-cut a case of disparate racial treatment you could find. The Senate stalled the case until Trump's appointees could come in and order our section to drop it. When you talk about the rule of law and treating people fairly and equally, that's obviously a slap in the face.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Me: I want to go to the Cheesecake Factory!

Mom: We have Cheesecake Factory at home

The Cheesecake Factory at home:
Picture of a Pizza Pizza sign in Montreal advertising "Cheesecake Factory at home" featuring 3 different slices of cheesecakes
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Indeed it is!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 #SkateAmerica
Men's medal podium at Skate America with Kevin Aymoz as gold medalist
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Omg Grand Prix gold medalist KEVIN AYMOZ???? Queer power!! 🏳️‍🌈
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Many of you this fcf
Bottoms up bobsled poster for the 1980 Winter Olympics
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Self ID for trans folks is fine. Trans panic by centrist Dems just accedes to right wing moral panic. And obv if anyone is using self ID laws to be a creep (which, again, doesn't happen despite alleged instances) there's already rules and laws against it
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 5d
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
This is important context and these are important facts. Pass it on.
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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spacing.bsky.social
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.

spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy - Spacing Toronto
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as “Dom’s” — for the owner, Domenico Cozzi. He and his wife Ros...
spacing.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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chimeracoder.bsky.social
Yes, even in “"'liberal'"” New York, prisoners can legally be paid as little as a dime an hour. Less than a dollar for eight hours of work.

There is a reason that people who want to abolish prisons are called abolitionists. Prisons are modern-day slavery.

www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/carow-...
Subminimum Wages in New York State Prisons
Matt Saleh, Timothy McNutt and Alex Herazy from ILR's Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative examine the payment of sub-minimum wages to prisoners in New York State and beyond.
www.ilr.cornell.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Well I guess today is the day...first message on an app saying "hey daddy" 🫠 Well I guess I'm in my daddy era now
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
Better things are possible!
warrenjwells.bsky.social Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 5d
I just went by the new traffic circle with splitter islands and *raised crosswalks* at Woolsey and Eton in Berkeley.

Wow! Let's get more of these, please!
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.

bsky.app/profile/arid...
aridrennen.bsky.social Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 7d
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
hook JD up to one of those "experience period cramps" machines and watch him crumble before your eyes
heartlandsignal.bsky.social Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7d
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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lauragmitchell.com
If it fits, I sits.

The only vehicles legally allowed to park/idle/drive in bikelanes are emergency vehicles.

Not delivery vehicles.
Not private construction vehicles.
Not people moving with a Uhaul.

Blocking a bikelane endangers the lives of everyone who relies on the bikeway.

Don’t do it.
Box truck is parked in a painted bikelane right next to a no parking sign, despite plenty of free curbside parking on the other side of the street + an alley Zoomed in photo of the no parking sign
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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dgschell.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
thewongmann.bsky.social
It's cold outside. Anyone want to snuggle me warmly in bed?
Mirror selfie of Jon in bed
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
States where I would live 😀
Map of states where Jon would live, with dark green states being most willing to live (CA, CO, DC, MD, NM, WA, VA) to red being never (AR, ND, SD, MS, OK, WY)
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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bradtakei.bsky.social
Air traffic controllers work under impossible pressure every day. The President couldn’t do their job for five minutes, yet he’s lecturing them like they’re the problem.
Social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially “docked.” For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the “Democrat Shutdown Hoax,” I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last “Administration” wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated “junk.” They had no idea what they were doing! Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU - I won’t be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
thewongmann.bsky.social
It continues to boggle my mind that Gorsuch is such a fierce defender of Indigenous sovereignty but absolutely caves to his colleagues to dismantle protections for Black and Brown folks
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 9d
Justice Gorsuch argues that the Supreme Court should overturn precedent that gives Congress near-absolute power over the internal affairs of tribes. Only Justice Thomas—who typically disagrees with Gorsuch on these issues—joins him. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
GORSUCH, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES QUENTIN VENENO, JR. v. UNITED STATES ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 24–5191. Decided November 10, 2025 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. Petitioner asks us to grant review in this case to reconsider United States v. Kagama, 118 U. S. 375 (1886). Kagama helped usher into our case law the theory that the federal government enjoys “plenary power” over the internal affairs of Native American Tribes. It is a theory that should make this Court blush. Not only does that notion lack any foundation in the Constitution; its roots lie instead only in archaic prejudices. This Court is responsible for Kagama, and this Court holds the power to correct it. We should not shirk from the task. As “sovereign and independent states,” Native American Tribes have governed their internal affairs “from time immemorial.” Worcester v. Georgia, 6 Pet. 515, 559–561 (1832) (internal quotation marks omitted). Among the sovereign powers Tribes have always enjoyed is the power to redress crimes involving their own peoples. Reflecting as much, a great many Tribes today have courts, not wholly unlike those found in States and counties across the country, open to render justice when one tribal member commits an offense against another on tribal land.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
As I explained when Davis' lawyers filed this petition, there was virtually no chance that the Supreme Court would seriously consider her case. I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell—but if there were, this case does not present a clean vehicle for doing so. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat
Kim Davis’ case will not be the vehicle the court uses to eradicate the equal dignity of same-sex couples.
slate.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM