virtuallyjack
@virtuallyjack.bsky.social
I love music, wildlife and paying it forward.
I like my politics non-violent and non-fascist.
I’m a Sacramento Kings fan and have passed that burden to my children.
I like my politics non-violent and non-fascist.
I’m a Sacramento Kings fan and have passed that burden to my children.
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Fish heads, fish heads…
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Fish heads, fish heads…
So what do you do when you have an objectively racist President using a private army to harm citizens in order to nationalize elections? Totally just a hypothetical question.
February 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
So what do you do when you have an objectively racist President using a private army to harm citizens in order to nationalize elections? Totally just a hypothetical question.
What happened to all the debate about whether the United States is in a constitutional crisis? Is there a pearl shortage and nothing left to clutch?
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
What happened to all the debate about whether the United States is in a constitutional crisis? Is there a pearl shortage and nothing left to clutch?
East Portal Bald Eagle
February 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
East Portal Bald Eagle
Just an otter day in Paradise
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Just an otter day in Paradise
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I see we are going for a world record for the longest January possible
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I see we are going for a world record for the longest January possible
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
Those that violate the Constitution cannot validly claim to be enforcing the laws of the United States. Prove me wrong!!!
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Those that violate the Constitution cannot validly claim to be enforcing the laws of the United States. Prove me wrong!!!
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Murdering and gassing their own people? They've a history of it!
On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable...
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On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Murdering and gassing their own people? They've a history of it!
On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable...
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On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
Why am I jealous of a bird that can smash its head against things with minimal consequences?
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Why am I jealous of a bird that can smash its head against things with minimal consequences?
Bird is the word.
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bird is the word.
Oso and I and a natural collaboration
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Oso and I and a natural collaboration
