Jim Patterson

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com

Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on

Got my updated COVID and flu shots today because I prefer not dying and also fuck RFK jr and this whole willfully ignorant and malicious administration.

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

9/11 should evoke many things. Memories of those lost. Admiration for the courage of those who sacrificed so much. But it also should engender humility. Before and after the attack, the U.S. national security establishment failed repeatedly. Intel failed. Our reactions to the attack...

My #Smithsonian experience

I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups.

I read today in an article in The Daily Beast that some military leaders have privately begun referring to Pete Hegseth with the nickname "No Tab Pete" and I nearly spit my drink out. I then realized that everyone should have the knowledge to appreciate this ruthless nickname. (thread)

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

And think about college and high school athletes… This is a sport that needs to change.

As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege": pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 1/

I’m not saying Hakeem Jeffries is controlled opposition. I am saying that controlled opposition would absolutely be having secret meetings with Jared Fucking Kushner.

Use our military…on the bond market??

The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture.

This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.

In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/

1/ Over the weekend, RFK Jr. was interviewed on CNN, and as I'm sure many of you have seen, he made a number of inaccurate statements. The conversation covered Covid-19, RSV, measles, vaccines, and autism. Let's fact-check some of the biggest claims.

Ok so this lady says solar panels are getting built on "the most productive farmland" in her area. Which just ain't true at all. It ain't true here in NC either. Where I ALSO hear that talking point over & over again. Smells like astroturf! So let's get the dirt on solar farms & dirt ✨

Admirable clarity @science.org

Gutting USAID is why it took so long to find out where this outbreak came from. A lot of CDC's budget for dealing with Cyclospora came from USAID. When that was cut, most of the CDC's Cyclospora people were fired!

13/ In the meantime, the practical advice is straightforward. If you live in one of the 27 states included in the recall, avoid shredded iceberg lettuce. If you're pregnant, 65+, or immunocompromised, I'd also be extra cautious around produce with lots of crevices until investigators know more.

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

and see this good Q&A with @kkjetelina.bsky.social

Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."

Oral rehydration should be with an electrolyte solution, not just water, juice or soda. Pedialyte is optimized. Gatorade is okay. Both can be expensive. You can also make it at home - 1L water, 1 tsp sugar, 1 pinch salt, squeeze of citrus if you have it. This optimizes absorption. 2/

"Carcinization" is a biological phenomenon: given time, across environments, many species turn into crabs. The body of a crab, with its low center of gravity, sideways gait (for evading predators), ease of concealment and protected organs is endlessly suitable: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcini... 1/

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

Trump wears tons of makeup, loves interior decorating, his favorite band is the Village People, and he can’t stop talking about how hot guys are. Just an observation. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

I have read the San Francisco Chronicle’s account and I am deeply distressed by its allegations. This woman was brave to come forward, and we should take her story seriously. I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race.

When Trump blinks tonight, remember...we may have dodged a disaster temporarily based on a pathetic face-saving ploy...but there is still a raving lunatic in charge of the world's strongest military.

TACO Tuesday, as we all hoped. Breathing a big sigh of relief for at least the next two weeks.

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

It's really hard to overstate the catastrophic failure of legacy media to present the ascendancy of a psychotic criminal to the presidency for what it was. Time and again, they normalized, sanitized, sane-washed and thus assisted a madman as he seized and began to serially abuse awesome power.

Happy War Crimes Day to all who celebrate.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Anyway this is mostly a plea for US citizens to denounce their own government. We are absolutely the baddies here. This is partially a Trump thing but we have been doing this forever and nobody has cared.

Truly obscene. Every member of Congress who takes their oath to the Constitution seriously should be seeking him impeachment now. He proves once again, he is the greatest threat America faces.

Even if rich people were no more prone to believe stupid shit than you or me, it would still be a problem. After all, I believe in my share of stupid shit (and if you think none of the shit you believe in is stupid, I'm afraid we've just identified at least one kind of stupid shit you believe). 1/

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Trump multiple times just today has said the country is at war. War can only be declared by Congress, and Iran posed no imminent threat. What Trump is doing there is a textbook illegal war and impeachable offense — if we still had a Congress.