My wife suggested that this moniker was a better representation of the content of my postings. All opinions are mine, and not those of funding agencies or the State of Arizonahttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlyua56qts2nI was recently pondering why I spend time reading and posting on Bluesky, given that so much of the content is depressing and infuriating. After due consideration, I concluded that it is significantly cheaper and healthier than punching a wall.16 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyua56qts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlxwbop6ps2zSo the two biggest winners in the Iran war are Trump‘s oil company, donors, and Russia. Who would’ve thunk https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/business/energy-environment/iran-war-oil-countries-winners-losers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share16 May 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwbop6ps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlu6woiau226Can we finally stop pretending that Israel believes in rights or equality. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/israel-nationalists-jerusalem-day-march-anniversary-protest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other15 May 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu6woiau226https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlu6s772c226Once again, when someone, or a political party, shows you who they are, believe them. Any woman who vote Republican does not want herself or her daughters in the rooms where decisions are made. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/us-china-delegation-photo-no-women?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other15 May 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu6s772c226https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlszv22iu22wSo the question is whether you can be disbarred for inappropriately interfering with disciplinary actions of a Bar Association. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/doj-lawsuit-dc-bar-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share14 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlszv22iu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlsyp3q62k2rI would be willing to bet a lot that the energy company claimed that it could supply the data centers with no negative impact on its existing customers. This is why people don’t want data centers. Companies lie, people get hurt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsyp3q62k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlql6ng75227And if you don’t want this data center, you have to pay $15 to say that you will oppose it. Whatever happened to the constitutional right to petition the government for redress? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other13 May 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlql6ng75227https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlotpdmgvk2wShame on the NYT. Hiding the fact that this was a transgender student and that this was likely a hate crime over half way through the article. And please never say that right wing hate speech does not incite violence. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/university-of-washington-student-stabbing.html?smid=bs-share12 May 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlotpdmgvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlojy5squc2cWhy are prices high? Because Trump doesn't care. Trump: "I don't think about Americans’ financial situation." [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlojy5squc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlogvallfs2l Israel screams about groups, acting as proxies for Iran, but it looks like UAE is a proxy for Israel. That will probably not end well. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/uae-secret-attack-iran-risks-gulf-states-regional-conflict?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 May 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlogvallfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlm6udt3oc22Let's keep it from disappearing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm6udt3oc22https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlk7i3vglc2iIf it is not over, then Trump is breaking the War Powers act. This is not Schödinger's War, it cannot be both over and not over. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/trump-netanyahu-iran-war.html?smid=bs-share11 May 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk7i3vglc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mlelfge73s2jIs this to commemorate Trump's victory over the Constitution? [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlelfge73s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mldy2pws2222This should not be a citation. This should be a criminal charge for reckless endangerment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldy2pws2222https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3ml4yq5yebk2uThis is huge! This is not people disagreeing with him. This is people actually believing that he has lost his marble and cannot be trusted with governing, and especially not trusted with nuclear weapons. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4yq5yebk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mkvcdfjeis2sRoberts is not even trying to maintain the illusion of judicial independence. Like Trump, his corruption is now out in the open and unapologetic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvcdfjeis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mkvbuyhy422sLet’s get the terminology right. These are not “militants“. These are terrorists. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/israeli-militants-attack-west-bank-schools-settler-violence?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other02 May 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvbuyhy422shttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mkuump7rqs2gHistory has shown that restrictions on abortions, including ones like this, don’t reduce abortions. They only reduce safe abortions. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/01/us-court-blocks-mail-order-abortion-drugs-mifepristone?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other02 May 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuump7rqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mksiv64nok2gIf they keep starving, the working class and enriching themselves, at some point “eat the Rich” will become a reasonable alternative. We are getting close. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other01 May 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksiv64nok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mksc2i2cdk26Remember when the Republicans said it was too close to an election to make a change that would benefit Democrats? They are willing to crash an active election to benefit themselves. This is absurd and should be criminal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksc2i2cdk26https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mknpvx6b4k2zWe don't need to over think this. Iran has enriched uranium because Trump pulled out of Obama's deal because he could not stand others getting credit for anything. Trump created this whole mess. He owns it. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/29/science/iran-enriched-uranium-stockpile-nuclear-energy-bomb.html?smid=bs-share29 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknpvx6b4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mk6kd3igts27This is so overdue. Anyone who reads the Schedule 1 definition can see that cannabis never qualified as a Schedule 1. It was so wrong that it was as if the government declared that water was not wet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6kd3igts27https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mk6jo4fgnk27Did Schlage get bought by private equity? Been using Schlage keypad deadbolts for two decades. Latest one is not working right. Tried to call Schlage. No way to talk to human, the phone triage just send me a text. Why have a phone number if callers cannot actually talk to anyone?23 Apr 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6jo4fgnk27https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mk4c2jytfs2tIt is important to get this data out there. It is not surprising. Carrying a weapon with you likely indicates a more negative view of the world in general than does moving through the world unarmed. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2847992?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=04222622 Apr 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4c2jytfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mjzsrniin22xIsraeli Soldiers Sentenced to much more rapid and severe punishment for Damaging Jesus Statue than for murdering unarmed children. That is messed up. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/middleeast/israel-soldiers-statue-lebanon-replaced.html?smid=bs-share21 Apr 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzsrniin22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mjzp77o6lc27The last thing we need is a fed chair who doesn’t believe in the rule of law. His refusal to accept a legal election should disqualify him. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/21/kevin-warsh-federal-reserve-senate-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other21 Apr 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzp77o6lc27https://bsky.app/profile/justinstarren.bsky.social/post/3mjzp4lpmu227Any republican who does not immediately denounce this has abandoned the constitution and should be challenged by the media and their constituents. Ask them, “The president called me a traitor, do you agree?“21 Apr 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:nebtsq5o7wyhwmpwfqoxi4um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzp4lpmu227