J.T. from Oakland

@oaklandjt

Third generation Oaklander, second generation Cal Bear. Living the most boring life I can in these interesting times. (Quote in banner image is from Fannie Lou Hamer: )

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J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jul 8

Without downloading new pics, how's your mental health?

Pooh and Piglet sit on a log together with the following text:

"What day is today?" asked Pooh

"It's the day we burn this motherfucker to the ground." squeaked Piglet

"My favorite day." said Pooh

(The punctuation is faithfully rendered, even though it's killing me.)

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jun 23

During Trump's first term, I thought about this tweet almost every day. Now, between the President and AI bros, I'm lucky if I can go an hour without thinking about it.

A tweet from Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) dated 28 July 2016 reading:

If experience is necessary for being president, name a political topic I can't master in one hour under the tutelage of top experts.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jun 16

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

A tweet from @cafernblue reading:

i still think my favourite thing that's ever happened to me on the internet is the time a guy said "people change their minds when you show them facts" and I said "actually studies show that's not true" and linked TWO sources and he said "yeah well I still think it works"

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jun 11

Where does this one rank?

A headline reading "Gordon Ramsay's Dwarf Porn Double Found Dead in a Badger Den in Wales" from the Daily Telegraph, Sept 15, 2011

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· May 11

Name a song with girl in the title, but replace girl with squirrel: (we'll eat fudge banana swirl, just you and me) Punk Rock Squirrel

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Apr 24

Imagine making AI slop when crowned pigeons already exist #birds

A stunning blue bird with a bright red eye, purple marking on its chest, and a crown of odd little feathers that look like the most elaborate church lady hat ever.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Apr 2

#Berkeley, #Oakland, #Alameda folks: Autonomous organizers from the Twin Cities share their experiences building rapid response networks, explore how Minnesota thwarted Operation Metro Surge, and draw out lessons about how to defeat fascism. Monday, April 13 near Ashby BART in Berkely

BREAKING THE ICE

LESSONS FROM THE RESISTANCE IN MINNESOTA
Autonomous organizers from the Twin Cities share their experiences building rapid response networks, explore how Minnesota thwarted Operation Metro Surge, and draw out lessons about how to defeat fascism.

Mon. April 13, 6pm
Ed Roberts Campus Atrium
3075 Adeline, Berkeley
(not on the flyer, but it's opposite Ashby BART and fully wheelchair accessible)

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Apr 2

Another all-timer

screencap of a Twitter thread:
ane:
when i was a kid my sister told me that
the paper strip thats in the chocolate
kisses where edible and i ate them w
the chocolate for like a year

isa:
they are

ane:
WAIT FOR REAL??

isa:
why would you believe in this again

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Apr 2

Honorable mention

Tweet from Jezebel's Gem (@AmandaDannielle):
Why can't white people dance?!

Reply from Aegon 'The Conquerer (@RevAWisdom)
Guilty feet ain't got no rhythm

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Apr 2

Funniest ever is the Gerry Adams tweet, but this one's pretty good.

A tweet from Ken Klippenstein: Someone asked me who John McAfee is
and I do not know how to answer that question

Reply by Lindy LaRouche: John McAfee was never convicted of rape or murder but in an extremely different way than you or I haven't been convicted of rape or murder

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Mar 28

Can't decide whether this is too cringe or I-dont-fucking-care-if-its-cringe, stop-fucking-with-my-friends.

T-shirt saying "Preotect Tranks Kids" except "Kids" is half-covered by a piece of tape. It now reads "Protect Trans People"

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Mar 19

I love Oakland so much. www.reddit.com/r/oakland/co...

Two Black men riding horses in Oakland in front of an amazing sunrise.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Mar 7

Hitchcock also edited collections of mysteries (presumably from his magazine) and the stories aren't all winners, but most of them are. Dude was like Kirkland - would put his name on anything, but it's always high quality.

10 well-loved mass market paperbacks that are older than you. The names are all terrible puns and the author (editor) is Alfred Hitchcock.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Mar 5

Post an iconic horror movie image

Kathy Bates in Misery. She's holding a sledgehammer and showing no emotion.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Feb 24

It doesn't come up often, but it definitely has its place.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Feb 17

I'm not saying the Big Valley is why I'm a lesbian, but ... it's probably not unrelated.

An older woman (Big Valley-era Barbara Stanwyck) in a western-style black hat and leather jacket.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Feb 10

The New Testament isn't my area of expertise, but I don't understand why we're not talking more aggressively about Matthew 25. It seems very clear that ICE agents are condemning themselves to hell and they really should be made aware of that.

Matthew 25:41-46, King James version

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Dec 4

Folks this morning talking about not wanting vehicles to go back to the '70s, and of course they're right, but the Datsun 620 pickup truck makes a strong counter-argument.

A yellow-orange schoolbus colored small pickup truck from the 1970s. It has just two doors, no space behind the bench seats, and a proper bed. The platonic ideal of a pickup truck.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Oct 18

My #CWC25 fantasy strategy of dropping anyone playing in Columbo is continuing to pay off. Go ZomBuns!

A table showing that the Zombie Bunnies (owned by J.T. G) are in first place of their fantasy cricket league at 5911 points, second place Indie Aussies have 5284.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Oct 17

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Oct 16

2/2 This is a picture from California Memorial Stadium after the seismic retrofit in 2017. It's a little difficult to see, but they painted in the fault line. It is within _feet_ of this morning's quake. Great job, Go Bears.

The endzone of a football field with CALIFORNIA painted in gold on a navy blue background. To one side of the endzone is a faint painted crooked line, circled in red.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Oct 16

Havin some fun in Berkeley this morning. This is the USGS map of this morning's small earthquake (1.7). The epicenter seems to be under the north endzone of Memorial Stadium. (It was really small - I only felt it because I live nearby.) 🧵1/2

A map showing the epicenter of a small earthquake on 2025-16-10. A star showing the epicenter appears on the map at the north end of California Memorial Stadium.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Sep 27

Tweets by @DrFNFurter reading:

(7 May 2009) So, come up to the lab.
(7 May 2009) and see what's on the slab!
(7 May 2009) I see you shiver with antici ...
(7 May 2014) ... pation,

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Sep 11

Place near me (Berkeley CA) still has Marys patches with CBN. Don't know if it's old stock or only available in CA, but if this is the right stuff, it's showing as in stock.

Label for Mary's Medicinal transdermal patches

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Sep 7

Got it on my calendar

A calendar entry reading "No Kings 2 (Antimonarchial Boogaloo)" set for the whole day of Sat 10/18. Hope to see you there.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Sep 4

I asked Claude to proofread something for me, and the response was how smart and funny I am and how my friends are lucky to have me and holy hell, the dopamine response is crazy and I want more of that SO MUCH.

Dialog with an AI telling me how smart and funny I am. "I really enjoyed reading it ... Your proxies are lucky to have such clear and entertaining guidance."

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Aug 19

My social media experience got a lot better when I (mostly) stopped rage quoting. Shouting "fuck these fuckers" doesn't drive engagement, but it has the exact same practical effect and it gives me more time to hang out with not-my-cat.

Gray and black tabby cat sitting on some steps looking both content and cranky at the same time.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Aug 14

STILL not my cat

A silver tabby cat drifts off to sleep in the shade.

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jul 30

Called it!

A headline from the home page of the New York Times reading "NYC mass shooting was nearly impossible to prevent, experts say"

J.T. from Oakland@oaklandjt· Jul 13

When describing Libertarians, it's hard to choose between the house cats tweet and the car seat tweet.