Derek St. John
@derek117.bsky.social
Pro-democracy California Secessionist. Combat Veteran. Boston University Alum. Hockey. ComicCons.
Jason Arday, the University of Cambridge professor, is leaving the school after plagiarism claims and questions about his life and career exploded into public view.
Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns from Cambridge
Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.
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@ossoff.bsky.social is the only Dem Senator up for reelection in a state Trump won in 2024. MAGA is spending millions to defeat him—and will drop hundreds of millions more by Election Day. Chip in at electjon.com to protect this seat! #BlueWaveIn90Days
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, an opponent of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to be the state’s next governor. She’ll face off against a Republican who opposes virtually everything she stands for. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Michigan election chief Jocelyn Benson to face prominent election denier in governor’s race
Benson has been a frequent target of election deniers and anti-voting activists, who falsely accused her of perpetuating voter fraud during subsequent elections in the Great Lakes State.
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“.. the first congressional candidate to lose despite the president’s support this cycle.” @politico.com #MI08 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
WHAT GOVERNMENT ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET COULD STILL BELIEVE IN OR TRUST AN AMERICA THAT ELECTED A CHILD RAPIST TO THE OFFICE OF "President," SURROUNDED BY HIS GANG OF DEGENERATES❓️🤣
The Golden State's self appointed “rivals” had the largest increases in job losses. Texas was #1 — up 108,000 Florida was #2 — up 79,000 Meanwhile, fewer Californians are out of work!
We were proud to restore this film after programming it at a NOIR CITY festival and only being able to get a 16mm which we had to borrow from a private collector.
Noir Beach Shack ♬@noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 17h ago#FilmNoir Cry Danger (1951)
Aug 5, 1936: Mack Robinson (Jackie Robinson's older brother) won the silver medal at the Berlin Summer #Olympics 90 years ago today. The Pasadena athlete "finished second behind Owens, crossing the line four-tenths of a second after the gold medalist." www.jackierobinsonmuseum.org/learn/storie...
Josh Turek wants something better for Iowans — he’s the Dem running to flip the Senate. Just an amazing human being! He wants to lower costs, raise wages, restore Roe,protect workers, SS & Medicare, reproductive healthcare and will fight for farmers and education. More of this 🙏🏼 #BlueWaveIn90Days
Nevada voters on Trump's economy: You got to decide whether you're going to pay rent or feed your family. It's getting tough out here for everyone... Everything is more expensive now since Trump has been in office.
On one hand, it's a good thing CBS finally told the truth. On the other hand, CBS can still go fuck themselves. Bullshit artist Bari Weiss and the Ellison family, even with all their money, can't buy back credibility. And smart Americans will never forgive them for what they did to Stephen Colbert.
UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani
Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.” The articl...
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It turns out the US is not alone in having MIA leaders. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculation
Cameroon’s Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 June
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The work doesn’t stop with the nomination—we have to work our asses off to Elect EL-Sayd to the Senate. Otherwise we media and corporate Dems to claim Progressives cannot win in purple districts or states. #FollowThough #Win
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 3h agoOne Muslim Senate CANDIDATE is enough to terrify the GOP. Imagine what will happen when El-Sayed wins? What losers.
The Populist Left Has a Theory. We’re All About to Test It. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
Opinion | Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right. (Gift Article)
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund check. Amazon got $600 million.: Walmart got $10 Billion. So basically they got to raise all the prices then cash in?
JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
AND, let's not forget "Body of Evidence" (1992) with Madonna--and the love scene with hot wax.😀
Mitchell Beaupre@mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social · 4h agoHad the great pleasure of speaking with Willem Dafoe for a deep-dive interview on some of his most memorable roles for @letterboxd.social. The Lighthouse, Wild at Heart, To Live and Die in LA, Light Sleeper, Auto Focus and plenty more covered here. Read it on Journal: boxd.it/3ig
#DefeatMikeRogers. Keep Michigan Blue.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4h agoMike Rogers, a former U.S. congressman who pushed false claims of a stolen 2024 election in Michigan and praised Trump’s recent primetime tirade against elections, won Michigan’s Republican primary election for an open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Is Mike Johnson going to throw some more Bible verses at us today while continuing to back Max Miller?
Whomever they pick must be in his early 40s. James Bond is NOT a teen band boy!
Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 5h agoI guess the cat is out of the bag, to coin a phrase. Ronaldo has graciously agreed to consider taking the role after much pleading from MGM. He wishes to be paid in wheatgrass and tube treats.
The “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” people are going to go all in on racism in Michigan.
www.pcmag.com/news/apple-t... But what about META, Google, IG, etc, they are guilty as well ?????
Apple to Face $32.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition in Photos App
Apple is accused of violating Illinois law by collecting users' biometric information without consent. After several efforts to get the case thrown out, a judge ruled that it must go ahead.
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Data centers don't make OUR lives better. What magagop plans or acts do? Put datacenters in gated communities, on tech bros' campuses, not on farm or public land, near poor people, or tiny municipalities. Enough w tech bro domination www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c... #v4v #dv1 #usDemocracy
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)
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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
