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Jason Aycock

@alphajason.bsky.social
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Au Courant. Journalist. Executive Editor, Seeking Alpha (@MarketCurrents). We cover news about business and investing. Ex-newspapers. Austin.

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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A thread wherein Helen Kennedy asks Trump's freshly launched AI site whether he is allowed to do any of a dozen policy moves he has undertaken, and the site does the AI equivalent of smirking and saying "you kidding me?"
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You all don't show up for interviews with a samovar on a shoulder sling? 🤔
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤨
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not today, Rick
"Rick Springfield Claims He Killed a Man While Entertaining Troops During Vietnam War"
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
getting owned by 9-year-olds at online multiplayer games?
Picture of mass-murder and ruined penis possessor Elon Musk in a tuxedo
The Richest Person Alive Spends Five Hours a Week on Something Most People Quit in School
Blinkist Magazine | Ad
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wonderful thread 🧵👇
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
oh my
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
lmao
The trolley car problem with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The trolley car defies the laws of physics and slams into Wile E. Coyote.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🐳 You’re God damned right @hesterblum.bsky.social & I made a TWENTY-FIVE EPISODE PODCAST just about 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐘-𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐊. Subscribe now at exploringthegreats.com/moby-dick & enjoy our thrilling trailer:
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 04/08/2026
public libraries ftw
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arcadus @birdapp.rip · 29/07/2026
A scene from The Odyssey where Penelope stands before the suitors, but Tim Robinson has been added in. It’s a reference to I Think You Should Leave. Penelope says “Ronnie, I feel like you’re just here for the zip line” and Tim Robinson says “what?”
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pinky Herman? 🤔
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Errrrrrrrr
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 12/07/2026
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peligrin @pel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wanted to capture the full exchange
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"have ... update[d] the Kennedy Center's official website to remove all references to the institution as the Trump Kennedy Center,' " Except, you know, not:
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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Is anyone counting the huge numbers of people just watching the Kennedy Center wall across various streams? Gotta be over 100,000, right? www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880... @helenkennedy.com you have been on top of this, surely six figures, yes?
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"So does the integrity of how we treat a 22-year-old who sought help, entered residential treatment, and is working every day toward recovery. Those two things don't have to be in conflict." But they are, Blanche, they ARE in conflict! Kirby: You can aid his recovery AND he can't play for the team
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Oh great
"Trending in United States:
The Troubles"
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 26/05/2026
static.klipy.com
Killian in Running Man: Time to Start Running
ALT: Killian in Running Man: Time to Start Running
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One reason I get frustrated every time Trump says a bad thing has dropped 400% (or whatever) is that it makes me flash back to college statistics more than I'd like
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Yoga, allegedly @yoganerd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
this is the most millennial dad joke ever conceived
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Another in the growing list of ClankerDances®️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
Q: Trump's financial disclosures show a lot of stock trades in companies he has promoted-- JD VANCE: This is a hell of a question Q: How can you argue you are cleaning up corruption when the president is doing this? VANCE: C'mon man. Have a little bit of objectivity in how you ask these questions
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14/05/2026
The lede of our Ben Shapiro story on Saturday and the lede of the @nymag.com story today washingtonpost.com/technology/2... nymag.com/intelligence...
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bluesky eh
Trending topics on Bluesky:
1. Epstein
2. Star Fox
3. Starfox 64
4. Fox McCloud
5. Star Fox Direct
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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
youtu.be/Exu1SEZE9Ug
youtu.be
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Tim Heidecker Gives A Major Friday Night Update On The Future Of InfoWars
YouTube video by The Onion
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
How much coffee does one witness need
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill with many takeout coffee cups in front of him
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A Reddit post showing that the Mets lost to the Cubs today and are now 7-14 on the season 

FranklinBenedict writes: I just want to say that the New York Mets are now 47-70 since playing "Kokomo" on the day Brian Wilson died last June. The curse no one is talking about.

yumyumapollo replies: Met Sounds
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Not to whistle past all the Tim Cook headlines but so far my main takeaway is that nobody at Apple knows how to spell Johnny seekingalpha.com/news/4576899...
From Seeking Alpha News on Tim Cook leaving AAPL CEO spot:
In addition to Ternus taking over the top spot, Apple announced that, effective immediately, Johny Srouji will become its chief hardware officer.

“Johny is one of the most talented people I have ever had the privilege to work with,” said Cook. “He has played a singular role in driving Apple’s silicon strategy, and his influence has been felt deeply not just inside the company, but across the industry. He has always led his organization with remarkable deftness and judgment, and time and again, his team has delivered breakthrough innovations that have transformed our products. We are incredibly fortunate to have him as Apple’s chief hardware officer.”
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
the penne opticon
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
America's most consistent senator saying typical Tuberville-type stuff: Americans need to "wake up and smell the roses"
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
👀
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/04/2026
When I was an aspiring and then baby journalist, I dreamt of going to the WHCD one day. Within a few years I got how vapid and weird that whole class of chummy journalists were. After the Michelle Wolf backlash in 2018, I understood it was corrupt and antithetical to real journalism.
On April 28, 2018, Wolf was the featured entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. U.S. President Donald Trump chose not to attend the dinner, for the second consecutive year, instead sending White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Wolf delivered a 19-minute stand-up comedy roast, receiving both praise and criticism for her "harsh and stinging" jokes targeting the
Trump administration, in particular Sarah
Sanders, as well as the U.S. news media. Her criticism of journalists was deemed by one commentator "the most consequential monologue so far of the Donald Trump era.”
However, managers at C-SPAN Radio considered the monologue so risqué that they stopped broadcasting it half-way through, worried that she might violate broadcasting
"indecency" guidelines and that the company might be subject to fines by the FCC.Wolf's pointed joke about Sanders' using "the ashes" of "burn[ed] facts" to create her perfect eye makeup became the most controversial issue among the criticisms aimed at Wolf's presentation:
"I actually really like Sarah. I think she's very resourceful.
She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a
perfect smoky eye. Like maybe she's born with it, maybe it's lies. It's probably lies.”
Journalists including Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, criticized Wolf on Twitter for targeting Sanders. Ed Henry of Fox News stated that "[ilt was disgusting, despicable."
CBS News executives reportedly considered ending its participation in future dinners, but later changed its stance after the network was assured that the Correspondents' Association would "seriously consider changes to the dinner's format." Former press
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Calvin’s dad as the Sicko meme, wearing a helmet and bike outfit, looking through the window saying “yes… ha ha ha… yes!”
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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So this happened when we called the White House switchboard yesterday.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
FRIDAY!
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Delighted to return from vacation to something I missed: a surprisingly comprehensive ranking of weird Texas political-battle music from @hooks.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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John Cornyn Released a Demented AI Ad of Ken Paxton Grooving to “Love Shack.” We Can’t Look Away.
Plus, a definitive ranking of the many weird installments in the surprisingly varied genre of Texas-politics music.
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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Gang. GANG. Here's that Ghanian bootleg Cheers artwork you were looking for.
A Ghanian hand-printed Cheers (the show) poster. It's ace and a bit mental. I don't know what more to say.
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I was an Of Montreal skeptic but then after seeing their show I started seeking out more
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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
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Sarah @slwein.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
he’s eliminating the Oklahoma Sooners 🙌🏻 thank you sir!!!!
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vineyille @vineyille.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
More songs should start like Monkey Gone to Heaven. "There was a guy." Ok I'm listening, what's this guy up to
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting

Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom.

Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry.

By Isaac Chotiner
March 4, 2026Excuse me.

Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me.

I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are.

Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train.

I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015?

If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 21/11/2025
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down TRUMP: Uh huh MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade? TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Starting to think this new, tech-conference-type dimmer lighting is just something they were working on for a while to jazz up briefings, and it just happened to be ready today
President Trump appears in a White House briefing room with the lights dimmed for whatever reason
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
2026 basically
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
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Jason Aycock @alphajason.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I thought I had gleaned everything there was to get about this story before reading it. But then I read it and there is so, so much more www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
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