Reposted by Alex 🍉David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 20hWe have armed state agents carjacking, kidnapping and murdering people, all justified by the ludicrous claim that the people they target are the danger. 19319
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In 2016 I was all about never criticizing democrats in an election. It didn’t work! It didn’t seem to make even a tiny bit of difference! Except I did feel very bitter and self-righteous for some time afterwards, I hope you escape my fate 000
Reposted by Alex 🍉Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Too many polls adopt a conservative framework that ask voters *when* the government should ban abortion, instead of *if* they should. When asked the latter, as voters were here, Americans’ answer is clear 07017
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“All these fake issues like trans rights and opposition to genocide! When are we gonna focus on the real issues, like me not feeling guilty for choosing to support transphobes and genocidaires?!” 110
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Desiring composerless music seems like it might be an expression of social anxiety 010
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Insofar as AI functions as an accountability shield, it perfectly lines up with Marx’s observation that within capitalism the first purpose of a commodity is to mediate relationships between human beings 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some ppl get mad about purity tests for good reasons, but some ppl get mad about them bc they lay bare instincts that were socially convenient to keep hidden 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's vastly more comforting to believe in an imminent robot apocalypse than the truth: the things that will destroy us are extensions of the unsexy but obvious problems all around us. We are not doomed in one grand way, but a thousand petty small ways. 783181575
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another kitty sketch 😊 I drew this one upside down, but I think it looks better rotated to the side like this 011
Reposted by Alex 🍉Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think we should consider this historical example when considering the tech industry's rhetoric. 816516
Reposted by Alex 🍉Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026A challenge for legacy-press is that they plainly sympathize with the reactionary grievances of the GOP (their eager amplification of "CRT" attacks demonstrated that), but can't be seen openly co-signing them. So they launder those attacks through "Just Asking Questions" moral panic coverage. 1399
Reposted by Alex 🍉I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026And frankly this is why the push to get rid of ICE is going to face very long odds. Any justification for doing so will also implicate the police and unless something changes we’ve already seen that movie play out. 312219
Reposted by Alex 🍉Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer 11063331674
Reposted by Alex 🍉Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026weird how you never hear about police department layoffs 413487507
Reposted by Alex 🍉Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 26/08/2026All the Democrats not doing their jobs and instead attacking a YouTube streamer are ridiculous. You could have criticized him this whole time for continuing to support Platner, btw. But you actually couldn't, because you supported him too. 1638
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“Legal insurance” sounds better than “murder insurance” but seems like it’s the same thing 020
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“In exchange for a quick return today, fundraising consultants are liquidating the party’s long-term future, turning potential lifelong donors into people who now delete Democratic messages on sight.” data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 000
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I have a pet theory about the appeal of “moderation” in politics: if you’re put on the spot about something you don’t know much about, what do you say? “Oh, I’m somewhere in the middle.” Same answer as when your English teacher asks you about a book you didn’t read and your pride is at stake 000
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The illusion of getting the smartest takes by reading the most well-known outlets crumbles upon basically any scrutiny #supportindependentmedia 000
Reposted by Alex 🍉skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026yeah man this is just racism 181211139
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I remember having a realization that if we ever develop the technology to live on the moon/Mars, why don’t we just deploy it *here* 040
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Read this beautiful comic right now - I am reminded of a video I saw @janeese4dc.bsky.social post just a few days ago! 010
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I just signed up on Patreon, I suggest anyone who enjoys thoughtful political analysis to do the same! 023
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Me too! If you use lichess challenge me! My un is AlexJaco and I promise to be nice 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So what I am saying here is that just claiming that AI is mid misses the political and economic project it’s being leveraged to bring about (upward wealth transfer), while only focusing on that project without noting the flaws of the tech risks missing HOW it’s carrying out that project. 12/n 715735
Reposted by Alex 🍉Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026‼️DONATIONS NEEDED‼️ It’s almost the 1st when we send $150 to recently housed & unhoused people in DC! Help us fill up our Cashap! Donate if able! Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC One time & recurring donations can be made on our Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse Thank you all! 01510
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/07/2026One of my first ever realistic sketches. This took me probably about 3-4 hours. Great way to keep my hands busy while I catch up on podcasts. I will definitely do more! 030
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This was my first time tuning into movement memos, but it won’t be the last! Very thoughtful discussion, I enjoyed it a lot 1174
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 23/07/2026tfw your opening prep pays off and you reach your peak bullet rating 😊♟️ 010
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is a great thread about the experience of being creative in the world. Many aspects of writing and playing music are the same, particularly this bit here ⬇️ 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14/07/2026Magdalene Visaggio was once in seminary, training to become a Catholic priest. Now she's a snarky online trans girl like the rest of us. In a challenging new essay for Assigned, she writes about the toll being hated for who she is has taken on her psyche. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgI Am Not Sorry Lindsey Graham is Dead - Assigned MediaHow a decade of hate made me a worse person 482608833
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 14/07/2026“Law, it couldn’t hurt to know” come on Oscar that took me like 5 minutes 030
Reposted by Alex 🍉I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026It funny because there’s no amount of money that seems to be too much when public safety is framed as hiring and paying more people with guns whereas addressing drug addiction is just too expensive even as we can clearly see the results. 114640
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Today I saw a bird hunting a grasshopper on the beach: the grasshopper leaped near me to escape but the bird didn’t want to approach so it flew off. The grasshopper then hopped on me and I like to think it was saying “make sure you use me to place a non sequitur in the comments” 000
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A lot of folks seem to think that driving is all about rules, when in reality it’s at least half creativity and improvisation 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Doesn’t matter if she texted “Come over, let’s fuck,”—if the next text was “hey actually no, don’t come over,” then that’s the fucking directive. Ryan Grim and his ilk can take a hike, jesus christ I feel physically ill 615914
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I read a theory about DOGE believing that the jobs it was destroying were “computer jobs,” i.e. jobs that were invented out of nothing to give to “unqualified” women to appease affirmative action, and that seems like it’s exactly the same flavor of racism/sexism in the term “Dem HR ladies” 😮💨 0121
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out” lmao 010
