Todd Lemoine
@toddlemoine.bsky.social
Wayward web developer • Ennui sufferer • Japanese learner • Fairweather Buddhist
Creator of slidewriter.io.
Trying hard to do the right thing.
Made a home in Portland, Oregon
Creator of slidewriter.io.
Trying hard to do the right thing.
Made a home in Portland, Oregon
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"A simple shot of Elba’s character taking off a helmet is infused with such emotion, thanks to its placement in the story and the sunlight haloing the actor’s head, that it would have made John Wayne cry." #FilmSky
April 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"A simple shot of Elba’s character taking off a helmet is infused with such emotion, thanks to its placement in the story and the sunlight haloing the actor’s head, that it would have made John Wayne cry." #FilmSky
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I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM
I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever
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This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
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Grandpa, tell me the story again about the day the historians all became the Joker.
March 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Grandpa, tell me the story again about the day the historians all became the Joker.
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Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
March 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
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My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.
open.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
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I don't think Democrats should surrender on "DEI" for the same reason I don't think we should surrender on "trans sports". The actual demand in both cases is that the affected caste of people disappear from public society, and that is not something we should (or can!!) deliver upon.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I don't think Democrats should surrender on "DEI" for the same reason I don't think we should surrender on "trans sports". The actual demand in both cases is that the affected caste of people disappear from public society, and that is not something we should (or can!!) deliver upon.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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If you thought that one-year-behind crisis in K-12 caused by covid was bad, wait til we straight up stop making doctors
UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you thought that one-year-behind crisis in K-12 caused by covid was bad, wait til we straight up stop making doctors
It’s really hard to overstate how much Kevin’s writing and perspective helped me cope with the Bush years. He used his time and talents well and will be missed.
1/ Really heartbroken to learn that Kevin Drum, a long time blogger and essayist for @motherjones.com has died after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Here's a note from his wife Marian, who's also set up a memorial page on Facebook. jabberwocking.com/health-updat...
Health Update - Kevin Drum
With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flowers, ple...
jabberwocking.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It’s really hard to overstate how much Kevin’s writing and perspective helped me cope with the Bush years. He used his time and talents well and will be missed.
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one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP
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Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”
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he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
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There are no illegal protests in a democracy. Fuck that guy.
If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There are no illegal protests in a democracy. Fuck that guy.
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
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How it started/How it's going
February 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
How it started/How it's going
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I swear to God, the Venn Diagram of Americans who think National Treasure was a documentary and Americans who voted for Trump is a circle.
You’re laughing? We’re going to Ft. Knox to see if the gold is there because maybe somebody stole the gold, tons of gold, and you’re laughing??
February 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I swear to God, the Venn Diagram of Americans who think National Treasure was a documentary and Americans who voted for Trump is a circle.
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
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NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand
CALIFORNIA: Rep. @JayObernolte (R) becomes the latest to hear from the people 🇺🇸 🔥
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand
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Here’s another way to think about it.
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says President Trump’s goal is to abolish the IRS and “let all the outsiders pay.”
February 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Here’s another way to think about it.
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
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Happening in our name
nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Administration Taken to Jungle Camp
The group of unauthorized migrants, which includes children, were bused to the camp late Tuesday night. “It looks like a zoo, there are fenced cages,” said one of the detainees.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happening in our name
nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh
If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
www.motherjones.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh