JAllen
@tjamesallen.bsky.social
Pro-science liberal, not religious.
I support a free multicultural multigender society.
I studied philosophy of language. I built parts of the www. I collect vintage and antique technology.
I support a free multicultural multigender society.
I studied philosophy of language. I built parts of the www. I collect vintage and antique technology.
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JAllen
@tjamesallen.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Trump is purchasing the military's loyalty.
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Trump is purchasing the military's loyalty.
About 1.45 million warriors eligible for Trump's $1776 payment.
1,450,000 x $1776 = $2.575 Billion dollars.
Trump is giving away 2.575 Billion dollars with no Congressional approval. The deficit will be so huge when he's done. We're bankrupt. #ETTD
1,450,000 x $1776 = $2.575 Billion dollars.
Trump is giving away 2.575 Billion dollars with no Congressional approval. The deficit will be so huge when he's done. We're bankrupt. #ETTD
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
About 1.45 million warriors eligible for Trump's $1776 payment.
1,450,000 x $1776 = $2.575 Billion dollars.
Trump is giving away 2.575 Billion dollars with no Congressional approval. The deficit will be so huge when he's done. We're bankrupt. #ETTD
1,450,000 x $1776 = $2.575 Billion dollars.
Trump is giving away 2.575 Billion dollars with no Congressional approval. The deficit will be so huge when he's done. We're bankrupt. #ETTD
The Republican Congress gave him huge tax cuts AND allows him to spend the tariff money. The US will have not have enough income to meet its obligations. Congressional Republicans do not care about the deficit at all. The country is bankrupt.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Republican Congress gave him huge tax cuts AND allows him to spend the tariff money. The US will have not have enough income to meet its obligations. Congressional Republicans do not care about the deficit at all. The country is bankrupt.
How can Trump be spending the tariff income when it is supposed to offset his massive tax cuts? We are going to have a huge deficit and nothing to pay it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How can Trump be spending the tariff income when it is supposed to offset his massive tax cuts? We are going to have a huge deficit and nothing to pay it.
Google AI: "No, current economic analyses from nonpartisan groups like the Tax Foundation and Penn Wharton indicate that the tariffs will not generate enough revenue to offset the cost of the proposed tax cuts. The combination is projected to significantly increase the national deficit."
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Google AI: "No, current economic analyses from nonpartisan groups like the Tax Foundation and Penn Wharton indicate that the tariffs will not generate enough revenue to offset the cost of the proposed tax cuts. The combination is projected to significantly increase the national deficit."
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Chatting to my neighbour who said they prefer the old-style AI - Actual Intelligence. Couldn't agree more.
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Chatting to my neighbour who said they prefer the old-style AI - Actual Intelligence. Couldn't agree more.
Okay, Mr. Trump, the time has come for you to resign. Let your Vice President take over. I'm sorry it has come to this. You have lost the ability to run the country. You need to move into seclusion. A caretaker administration will complete your term.
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Okay, Mr. Trump, the time has come for you to resign. Let your Vice President take over. I'm sorry it has come to this. You have lost the ability to run the country. You need to move into seclusion. A caretaker administration will complete your term.
Does mob justice have a good history?
Google AI: "No, mob justice does not have a good history; it has a long and tragic history marked by violence, injustice, human rights violations, and racial terror. Historical accounts show that it consistently undermines the rule of law..."
Google AI: "No, mob justice does not have a good history; it has a long and tragic history marked by violence, injustice, human rights violations, and racial terror. Historical accounts show that it consistently undermines the rule of law..."
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Does mob justice have a good history?
Google AI: "No, mob justice does not have a good history; it has a long and tragic history marked by violence, injustice, human rights violations, and racial terror. Historical accounts show that it consistently undermines the rule of law..."
Google AI: "No, mob justice does not have a good history; it has a long and tragic history marked by violence, injustice, human rights violations, and racial terror. Historical accounts show that it consistently undermines the rule of law..."
Gaddafi, Ceaușescu, Najibullah, Doe, de Witt, Mussolini, Petronius Maximus - all famously suffered "street justice" at the hands of angry mobs. Extrajudicial killings like these happen when law and order breaks down. Anarchy is not a thing to be encouraged, and often bites back.
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gaddafi, Ceaușescu, Najibullah, Doe, de Witt, Mussolini, Petronius Maximus - all famously suffered "street justice" at the hands of angry mobs. Extrajudicial killings like these happen when law and order breaks down. Anarchy is not a thing to be encouraged, and often bites back.
John Pavlovitz has this right. Trump's post is deranged, and anyone who defends it is similarly deranged.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-dera...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-dera...
Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.
Trump Derangement Syndrome.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
John Pavlovitz has this right. Trump's post is deranged, and anyone who defends it is similarly deranged.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-dera...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-dera...
In 192 AD, after a failed poisoning attempt, Roman Emperor Commodus was strangled to death in his bath by a professional wrestler named Narcissus.
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In 192 AD, after a failed poisoning attempt, Roman Emperor Commodus was strangled to death in his bath by a professional wrestler named Narcissus.
In 455 AD, Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus was stoned to death by a Roman mob, after serving only two months.
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In 455 AD, Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus was stoned to death by a Roman mob, after serving only two months.
In 312 AD, Roman Emperor Maxentius drowned in the Tiber River. His body was recovered and decapitated, and his head was paraded through the streets of Rome.
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In 312 AD, Roman Emperor Maxentius drowned in the Tiber River. His body was recovered and decapitated, and his head was paraded through the streets of Rome.
I block you and you're gone,
I block you and you're gone,
Hi Ho, The Derry O,
I block you and you're gone.
I block you and you're gone,
Hi Ho, The Derry O,
I block you and you're gone.
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I block you and you're gone,
I block you and you're gone,
Hi Ho, The Derry O,
I block you and you're gone.
I block you and you're gone,
Hi Ho, The Derry O,
I block you and you're gone.
In the past, measles quarantines outweighed religious freedom, but now we have religious freedom extremists who will violate measles quarantines.
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In the past, measles quarantines outweighed religious freedom, but now we have religious freedom extremists who will violate measles quarantines.
What will happen when "patriots" refuse to quarantine for measles?
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What will happen when "patriots" refuse to quarantine for measles?
It's a myth that if we could just just speak more clearly, our philosophical problems would go away. I believe the opposite is true. The more clearly we speak, the more clearly we see the problems, and more of them, too.
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's a myth that if we could just just speak more clearly, our philosophical problems would go away. I believe the opposite is true. The more clearly we speak, the more clearly we see the problems, and more of them, too.
Getting clearer about something often means seeing more problems with it.
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Getting clearer about something often means seeing more problems with it.
The coherence of almost everyone's worldviews depends on a certain looseness of language. When language gets more precise, the conflicts and contradictions become more clear. They problems don't disappear, they come into better focus.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The coherence of almost everyone's worldviews depends on a certain looseness of language. When language gets more precise, the conflicts and contradictions become more clear. They problems don't disappear, they come into better focus.
What good will a machine who knows the truth do for people whose political views depend on falsehoods?
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What good will a machine who knows the truth do for people whose political views depend on falsehoods?
Evolution does not guarantee the perfection of any design, or even high quality; only the adequacy of most individual creatures to keep reproducing. Individual body parts can be quite imperfect, even counter-productive, as long as the whole creature keeps going.
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Evolution does not guarantee the perfection of any design, or even high quality; only the adequacy of most individual creatures to keep reproducing. Individual body parts can be quite imperfect, even counter-productive, as long as the whole creature keeps going.
Just pointing out the cumulonimbus clouds over the stadium.
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just pointing out the cumulonimbus clouds over the stadium.
When a football player scoring a touchdown points to heaven, are they claiming God acted through them? Are they claiming we just saw God at work, through their body? Not a very humble claim, is it?
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When a football player scoring a touchdown points to heaven, are they claiming God acted through them? Are they claiming we just saw God at work, through their body? Not a very humble claim, is it?
I won a Sangean RCR-22 Radio-Alarm Clock at my local auction. It sets itself to the time signal from the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado, about 1700 miles away from me. At first it didn't work, and I had to set the time manually, but overnight it found the signal and has worked perfectly since.
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I won a Sangean RCR-22 Radio-Alarm Clock at my local auction. It sets itself to the time signal from the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado, about 1700 miles away from me. At first it didn't work, and I had to set the time manually, but overnight it found the signal and has worked perfectly since.
One reason there are many Windows 10 machines that users are reluctant to upgrade to Win 11 is that these are really Windows 7 machines that barely ran Windows 10.
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One reason there are many Windows 10 machines that users are reluctant to upgrade to Win 11 is that these are really Windows 7 machines that barely ran Windows 10.