John Plante

I feel bad I haven't been on here in so long. September 2024 I lost my job as a software engineer - well, I was a lead and I live somewhere where there aren't a lot of tech jobs leaving me looking mostly for remote ones. It's been a long slog to be honest.

Tonight’s reminder

2022 My daughter:[looking at a scrap of paper on the table in front of my wife]: What's that? My wife: I had to do math My daughter [sympathetically]: that sucks . . .

It's #Pride Month. Crestview, Fl, Okaloosa county. Come out and join the festivities.

Trump Pardons Truth Bomb

Turnip: Ukraine doesn’t have any cards. Zelenskyy: How about this? [plays card] Or this? [plays card] apple.news/AmwY4CNb2TfS...

June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square Student Demonstrations China's ruling party, the CCP, suppressed the New Enlightenment movement and halted liberalisation. June 2025, America: Trump tries to censor Harvard, expel foreign students, and end WOKE . Tiananmen Square Anniversary; don't China America.

Moskowitz: "Nothing has been made more efficient. Here are the wins for congressional Rs. You ready? They're gonna do a $9b recession bill. They're gonna get rid of Elmo, which the American people were clamoring for, but they're gonna add $2.4t for the debt. And then they want us to cheer for them."

Florida HD 3 June 10 election for Dondri Wise The district covers most of Santa Rosa County and the top half of Okaloosa County. Let's finish the job of flipping this district blue. secure.actblue.com/donate/dwise

Folks run ICE, FBI, and cops off the streets of Minneapolis

Miami Weather guy, @johnmoralestv.bsky.social re: the impact of gutting the National Weather Service & NOAA: "This type of staffing shortage is having impacts across the country -We may be flying blind" 📱 your MOC. Demand they fix it: 202- 224-3121

Perfect.

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

Happy Wednesday! Here’s your midweek moment of zen. 😴 #wolfconservation #ambassadorwolf

Nashville ICE raid reignites city’s turmoil with GOP leaders.

David Hogg’s fight for the future of the Democratic Party

@tombrinton.bsky.social @johnplante.com

Hope and Action, Indivisible Fort Lauderdale, Florida Avelo Airlines faces backlash across the country for deportation flights they contracted for with DHS. The parent company, CSI Aviation, has a history of CEOs embroiled in political intrigue; the 2020 fake electors scheme is one of them. 1/3

@pnerissa.bsky.social, ‪@weslar.bsky.social‬, @tombrinton.bsky.social‬ - had a great time at Niceville Write! Thursday. Hope to see you all there again soon!

Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff

I think sometimes efficiency isn't measured in how few people can manage the work of more people; it's properly resourcing a task or operation so you don't lose efficiency to cleaning up the problems caused by understaffing.

When I was in high school in Japan, I saw THE MOTOWN REVUE on base w/ The 4 Tops, Martha & the Vandellas & "Little" Stevie Wonder. To this day, one of greatest live shows I've ever seen & w/ the military supplementing the cost, easily the best $1.50 I've ever spent. For Stevie: 🎂(also: many 🙏's!)

Health in the Hood works w/ underserved neighborhoods thru sustainable urban gardens &food distribution. Due to DOGE, funds are being withheld and their abilities to feed the community is at risk. If you’re able, consider donating: shorturl.at/soOYG #DCFL

❣️ Coast to Coast Vigils for Human Rights❣️ Spread the Good Word Trump asked SCOTUS to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians. The Court directed TPS beneficiaries to file a response by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 8. The lawyer and people's response are coming!

Moskowitz: We’re not talking about this, but hurricane season is starting, and I’m worried about whether FEMA is going to work. There are people in the Trump West Wing from Florida who know this. They’ve got to stop the secretary—who has never done disaster cleanup in her life…

This Saturday. Do not hesitate to help @lettercarriers.bsky.social in the fight to #StampOutHunger in our Nation. It's incredibly easy. Leave a bag or bags of non-perishable, non-expired food by your mailbox and your letter carrier will take it where it's needed.

This is where we are as a Nation these days. While cuts to USAID hurt children overseas, cuts to USDA food support hurts food pantries and schools here in the USA, a non-sensical act considering even the President acknowledges hardship will come to the American people as whole due to tariffs.

This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

Tell us you don't when Veteran's Day is without saying you don't know.

When does the winning start?

🚨 BREAKING NEWS from Santa Rosa Democrats 🚨 Special Florida Election on June 10th, 2025 We have an upcoming election if you live in Navarre, Milton, Pace, Jay, or Munson! Support and Vote for Dondre Wise FL HD 3 on June 10th. Early voting starts May 31st

Local Florida School Districts are reeling from Republican Voucher expansions or Family Empowerment Scholarships. Nearly 70% of Pinellas schools accepting vouchers are unaccredited, yet accredited schools like Miami Northwestern may face cuts to AP courses that help make college degrees affordable.

A pencil #drawing of an orange that looks so realistic, you might think it’s about to roll off the page!

An unlikely coupling: @nikkifried.bsky.social & Roger Stone: “It’s almost as if Ron & Casey DeSantis think the law doesn’t apply to them,” Stone remarked, before bemoaning how the current administration has “gutted the Sunshine Laws.” floridapolitics.com/archives/733079-fried-stone-desantis/ #DCFL

"As Governor Sanders noted in her request, these storms caused catastrophic damage across the state, resulting in disastrous amounts of debris, widespread destruction to homes and businesses, the deaths of 3 Arkansans, and injuries to many more . . ." Great - can't wait for Hurricane Season in FL

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Cohen: Take MeidasTouch Network. They’re beating Joe Rogan, they’re beating Fox, they’re beating the lame stream news. So when there’s a march, all you have to do is contact the Meiselas brothers — next thing you know, you’ve got ten million people showing up. That’s an army.