James Kirk
@basswampus.bsky.social
Musician | Bassist | Cat lover 🐈| Student of Life | Ornette Coleman | AACM | Sun Ra | Conducting | John Cage | Choral Performance | Lover of Democracy | Anti-Fascist | Pacifist | Blue Water Sailor ⛵️| Session Musician | Jazz | World Music |
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ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
October 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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I’ve been saying exactly this for over a year.
September 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I’ve been saying exactly this for over a year.
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Thou shalt ban AI data centers. Thou shalt primary anyone not on board with banning AI data centers.
September 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Thou shalt ban AI data centers. Thou shalt primary anyone not on board with banning AI data centers.
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Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
September 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
August 31, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
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The richest man owns X.
The second and fourth richest men control Google.
The third richest man owns The Washington Post.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second and fourth richest men control Google.
The third richest man owns The Washington Post.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
August 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The richest man owns X.
The second and fourth richest men control Google.
The third richest man owns The Washington Post.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second and fourth richest men control Google.
The third richest man owns The Washington Post.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
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The governor of Florida and his wife stole ten million dollars from a charity, but CNN would rather spend another week on blatant Islamophobic character assassination of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, because they work for MAGA billionaires.
August 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The governor of Florida and his wife stole ten million dollars from a charity, but CNN would rather spend another week on blatant Islamophobic character assassination of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, because they work for MAGA billionaires.
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Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
August 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
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Seems the Orange 🤡's renaming Lake Ontario is just as popular as his renaming The Gulf of Mexico, which is... NOT AT ALL.
Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!
Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!
August 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Seems the Orange 🤡's renaming Lake Ontario is just as popular as his renaming The Gulf of Mexico, which is... NOT AT ALL.
Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!
Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!
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WOW!
JD VANCE: “We’re about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11.
Sir, the word is COMMEMORATE. Nobody’s celebrating 9/11.
JD VANCE: “We’re about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11.
Sir, the word is COMMEMORATE. Nobody’s celebrating 9/11.
August 31, 2026 at 7:22 PM
WOW!
JD VANCE: “We’re about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11.
Sir, the word is COMMEMORATE. Nobody’s celebrating 9/11.
JD VANCE: “We’re about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11.
Sir, the word is COMMEMORATE. Nobody’s celebrating 9/11.
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Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
August 31, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs.
📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
August 29, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs.
📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
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Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades.
No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
August 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades.
No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
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A mail-in ballot does not pose a health risk. It will not cause panic if exposed to the public. It's a piece of paper marked with a pen that is only dangerous to authoritarians wishing to rule rather than govern with the consent of their citizens. newsletters.democracydocket.com/cremated-rem...
Cremated remains, fake explosives and your ballot
newsletters.democracydocket.com
August 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
A mail-in ballot does not pose a health risk. It will not cause panic if exposed to the public. It's a piece of paper marked with a pen that is only dangerous to authoritarians wishing to rule rather than govern with the consent of their citizens. newsletters.democracydocket.com/cremated-rem...
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Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"
August 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court majority of "taking its eye off the ball" — lifting restrictions on Trump's mail-in voting executive order weeks before early voting begins, while the administration's real goal, she wrote, was to "foment chaos."
Blistering dissent warns Supreme Court just handed Trump a 'chaos' plan
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lost patience with her colleagues who moved on Monday to lift restrictions on President Donald Trump's executive order to restrict mail-in voting.The order directs the U.S. Postal Service to create new rules that would prevent the delivery of mail-in ballo...
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August 25, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court majority of "taking its eye off the ball" — lifting restrictions on Trump's mail-in voting executive order weeks before early voting begins, while the administration's real goal, she wrote, was to "foment chaos."
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DO NOT LOOK AWAY!
Take action! 📞✉️ 🪧 🫂
Take action! 📞✉️ 🪧 🫂
August 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
DO NOT LOOK AWAY!
Take action! 📞✉️ 🪧 🫂
Take action! 📞✉️ 🪧 🫂
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Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN.
He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy.
#Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy.
#Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
August 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN.
He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy.
#Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy.
#Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
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God bless this person in particular! 😂
Bless The US Service Member Who Scribbled “Operation Epstein Fury”
Dear Humans,
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August 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
God bless this person in particular! 😂
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I got to stay off ‘For You’ for a while on X because Elon has the MAGA Fake Outrage Meter algorithm dialed up to 10 with all the Trump worshipping snowflakes melting down while clutching pearls.
August 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I got to stay off ‘For You’ for a while on X because Elon has the MAGA Fake Outrage Meter algorithm dialed up to 10 with all the Trump worshipping snowflakes melting down while clutching pearls.
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Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting reut.rs/4i4z295
Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting
Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly brought her into conflict with the authorities, and on Iran's National Journalist Day on Saturday she learned she had been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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August 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting reut.rs/4i4z295