Jim Getzen

I'm trying to make sense of this crazy universe.

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." –– Mark Twain

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

Danger factor: 12 out of 10.

[Magnetic Norse @MagneticNorse]

In this scene, a young man begins exploring his white male privilege

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@ofcrdeonjoseph "What's cracking, baby?" 😂

[Joseph Massey @jmasseypoet]

During Pride Month, I’d like to acknowledge all of the ordinary gay people who simply want to be left alone to live their lives, and who refuse to participate in a corporatized kink fest.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

People often ask me if manners are still relevant today.

They are.

Manners are visible signs of discipline, self-control, and respect for others.

In a culture that seems to celebrate disrespect, your conduct can set a different standard.

Be the example.

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@pdhsu On the surface, to a layman like me, it seems like good news, but not earth-shattering: an extension of life for 6-7 months for those with pancreatic cancer. I understand though that this may be just the beginning for many breakthroughs.

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@valigo @kenwheeler Each state has different laws, e.g. it's much easier to evict a squatter in, for example, Florida, than NY.

Still, if you and your friends physically force someone out in the US, you are risking an assault charge, even if you are in the right.

[ABC News @ABC]

Mexican authorities say they found a 869-foot tunnel in Tijuana that likely connects to a well-known street in San Diego. https://t.co/fJIFbY4606

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Britain had a moment of silence for George Floyd. Our politicians kneeled en masse to show their outrage at his killing. "I can't breathe" became a slogan.

George Floyd died on the other side of the world. He wasn't British.

Henry Nowak *was* British and his treatment by the police was shocking and negligent in the extreme. Yet there is no minute of silence. There is no coordinated public campaign. There is no kneeling at sporting events.

And we all know why.

During the summer of BLM, some people said "All Lives Matter". This was treated as the highest form of racism and anyone who said this was immediately cancelled. Why? Because the people in charge don't actually think all lives matter in the same way.

They have created a racial hierarchy of victimhood where a career criminal who died through mistreatment by police in a foreign country with 0 evidence of racism like George Floyd is automatically sanctified because of the colour of his skin.

And Henry Nowak, a British man, one of ours, is automatically dismissed and ignored because of the colour of his.

This is the ugly fruit of so-called "anti-racism", an obsession with race that has created a two-tier society which treats people differently because of the colour of their skin.

This needs to stop.

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@hemultiplyus @mikeroweworks What fun would that be?

[B. Miller @BlaiseInKC]

There’s some quirk in physics where, if there’s a small hole in a bag of mulch it will leak all over your vehicle.
But if you rip a giant hole in the bag and try to dump it out into your landscaping, almost none will fall out.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Ten years ago, WIRED was concerned that California was becoming too dry because of climate change.

But more recently, WIRED is concerned California is becoming too wet.

Rain or sun, it’s your fault!

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@ID_AA_Carmack “I wish there was a viable cryogenic peristaltic pump!”

I don’t know how many times I’ve said that.

[MichaeloKeeffe @Mick_O_Keeffe]

Foreign born population of each country :

Jan 2001 Jan 2025
🇦🇹 8.7% 22.5%
🇧🇪 8.4% 20.2%
🇩🇰 4.8% 14.4%
🇫🇷 5.5% 14.0%
🇩🇪 8.9% 20.5%
🇬🇷 6.9% 11.0%
🇮🇸 3.1% 21.8%
🇮🇪 4.0% 23.3%
🇱🇺 37.5% 51.5%
🇳🇱 4.1% 16.8%
🇳🇴 4.1% 18.7%
🇸🇮 2.1% 15.5%
🇪🇸 3.4% 19.3%
🇸🇪 5.3% 20.8%
🇬🇧 4.3% 20.0%

Now add children born to foreign parents and the situation looks even worse.

We are living through the demographic annihilation of the people of Europe.

[Jim Getzen @JimGetzen]

@WhiteHouse I'm so disappointed in this administration, and I'm a lifelong Republican. Sure, the Dems aren't any better, but if the GOP is now the party of Trump, then we need a third party for those of us who want a return to traditional conservatism.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

Unpopular opinion: Hip-hop culture has done enormous damage to society.

It glorifies crime, promiscuity, materialism, and disrespect towards others, while convincing young men that these behaviors are admirable.

Society eventually becomes what it celebrates.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’m actually pretty pissed at how badly they’ve bungled America 250. First they tried to invite Milli Vanilli and a bunch of other absurdly washed up geriatric one hit wonders. Then when that didn’t work they decided to convert the event into a Trump rally where Trump will talk about himself for 90 minutes. This should have been a massive, raucous celebration of the country and its 250 year history. Now it will be a political rally identical to the ten million other ones we’ve already seen.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

A state government has no authority over the federal income tax, and we don’t have our own in FL.

Government doesn’t control the price of rent. That said, Florida has seen rents decline due to an increase in supply. Some markets like SWFL have seen 20% declines from the peak.

Government also doesn’t control the price of car insurance. That said, FL’s insurance reforms have led all major auto insurers to lower rates. In addition, FL has assisted with tens of thousands of deportations of illegal aliens, who cause upward pressure on insurance rates.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

If you hated the hero worship around Obama—as I did—then I don't understand making excuses for a president putting his face on buildings, currency, and passports.

Private individuals making a politician a personality trait is unhealthy. Forcing the public to do so is grotesque.

[Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾 @kevinvdahlgren]

San Francisco: A Shoplifting Paradise for the homeless. I visited San Francisco to document the homelessness crisis and witnessed some of the most blatant shoplifting I’ve ever seen. Every store I entered, someone was actively stealing while security guards stood by, often

[Kristen Mag @kristenmag]

This is a real photo of university students in Iran in 1971. A few years later the government forced all women to cover their heads with hijabs.

It happened so fast.

So forgive me if I’m not amused by AOC and Mamdani wearing garments that represent this oppression of women.