Reposted by Chris JWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10hTop ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read. 563908629
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 13hAll of the percentages in Star Trek: The Next Generation.... ....in ascending order! 000
Reposted by Chris JKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14hDocuments released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.washingtonsun.comTrump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by TaxpayersNewly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations. 1621812885
Reposted by Chris JCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version. 7453401289
Reposted by Chris JAlan Siegel @alansiegella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"The apotheosis of insanity.” For the 20th anniversary of 30 Rock, I went deep on my favorite thing about it: all the fake shows, movies, and songs. With help from Tina Fey. www.theringer.com/2026/10/08/t...theringer.comFrom ‘MILF Island’ to ‘The Rural Juror’: Inside the Fake World of ‘30 Rock’Nothing explains the greatness of the NBC sitcom—which premiered 20 years ago—like its TV, movie, and song parodies. “They were a treat to write,” says Tina Fey. 35564112
Reposted by Chris JLauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 22hScoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...nytimes.comInside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His MoneyA leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself. 22974408
Reposted by Chris JI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22hWhen your PR sounds like a one shot story on what Lex Luthor is doing after he kills Superman. 113739
Reposted by Chris JBugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 08/10/2026maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me 2687686896
Reposted by Chris JWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 11169171765
Reposted by Chris JMan Bartlett @manbartlett.com · 06/10/2026desired: CYNDI LAUPER'S PERSONAL CASSETTE TAPE COLLECTION up for auction www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2409523... 1321861
Reposted by Chris JSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i don't think this is a wise decision and i think the Pentagon's own experts on preventing violent extremism would agree 2572889
Reposted by Chris JGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 806205024592
Reposted by Chris JI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Just constantly indulging the most entitled people while demanding poor prove they’re actually human. 215530
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They’re going to make a really awkward episode of “Teen Titans Go!” to explain corporate mergers. 010
Reposted by Chris JLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 07/10/20269-reporter story at Reuters saying Tesla successfully pressured automotive safety regulators and evaluators in the Netherlands to approve their FSD (Supervised) systems - partially automated driving systems - for use in customers' cars in EU. www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comTesla is browbeating the EU to approve its ‘Full Self-Driving’ tech. The pressure is working.Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle. 718480
Reposted by Chris JKevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 07/10/2026Well done to the person in charge of Surface for doing a presentation where Surface wasn’t spelled correctly. 401261254
Reposted by Chris JMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Putin killed 16 people last night but it’d be rude to ignore his birthday 2386
Reposted by Chris JChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New strong candidate for best sentence of journalism in 2026 just dropped in this wild Kimberly Guilfoyle story from WSJ “‘Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,’ she texted [Eric] Deters, adding a prayer hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from American Express.”wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Pay Her $100,000 Amex BillText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 29909279
Reposted by Chris JDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it. 1493744836
Reposted by Chris JDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 07/10/2026Strib biting super-fucking-hard on linking everything, even an isolated alleged mass attack plan, to ”Somali gangs.” Played like a violin. 811812
Reposted by Chris JI Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You ever hear about how Dianetics has remained a bestseller for 75 years? Yeah. 181327413
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A good story from Reuters about why you should be skeptical of the claim that #Tesla FSD saves lives. www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comTesla is browbeating the EU to approve its ‘Full Self-Driving’ tech. The pressure is working.Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle. 021
Reposted by Chris JChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Decompiling closed source software using Claude into non-functional open source software is not how this shit works but more to the point if I go to a project’s website that purports to be about this shit and see “Pricing” that’s a huge red flag. 291426247
Reposted by Chris Jseason of the bitch @m01r4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026if you aren’t otherwise familiar, bobby kotick is the guy who drank an employee’s breast milk out of the office fridge. 1256108
Reposted by Chris JMike Feher @saxmike71.bsky.social · 07/10/2026apnews.com/article/resc...apnews.comOrphaned kittens meet sharks and stingrays on an aquarium field trip at the Mall of AmericaRescue kittens with names like Turkey Leg and Mouth Trap got to explore the aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota, watching in awe as fish soared by just out of reach. 132
Reposted by Chris JMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 571214924188
Reposted by Chris JReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 06/10/2026he created a SAP??? 1318622
Reposted by Chris JLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 07/10/2026Delta and Air Canada planes collide on taxiway at Los Angeles International Airportlatimes.comDelta and Air Canada planes collide on taxiway at Los Angeles International AirportA Delta Air Lines plane collided with an Air Canada aircraft at LAX Tuesday morning, according to authorities. 153
Reposted by Chris JTina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s... 641121359
Reposted by Chris JWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute. 421996383
Reposted by Chris J@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sinclair- the absolute worst owner of local TV stations in the country- has a *news* thing on substack hosted by a Liberty Univ grad & former GOP staffer who *reported* for Dr. Phil's now defunct web site? That'll be a hot mess of MAGA bullsh*t. www.axios.com/2026/10/06/s...axios.comExclusive: Sinclair launches national news brand on SubstackIt's a huge bet for the family-controlled local news giant as it looks to build trust and loyalty among users beyond the TV screen. 97625
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026School superintendent shows off the school’s terrible plumbing in order to secure funding to fix it. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...mprnews.orgShow-and-tell: How Montevideo schools convinced voters to increase taxes after failing 3 timesBig changes are coming to the schools in the small central Minnesota city of Montevideo after voters passed a $42 million bond referendum earlier this year. The money will be used to fix up and add on... 000
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Me: So… Hal Jordan keeps the boots on. Friend: Don’t ruin this finale for me. #Lanterns 040
Reposted by Chris JJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Truly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case. 941787491
Reposted by Chris JRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This always happens when we find out the details a few days later on Trump and Nutlick’s Big Announcements. Art of the Deal. 16427871004
Reposted by Chris JSarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Teays Valley School District in Ohio needs more funds to better serve its students. Yet, the school district still voted in favor of 30+ years of property tax breaks for Anduril. Incredible story by @tkbarnes.bsky.social about how weapons companies are literally taking money from needy schools.inkstickmedia.comAn Ohio School Needs Funds. It Voted to Cut Anduril’s Tax Bill, AnywayIn rural Ohio, the defense manufacturer Anduril is receiving tax breaks even as locals are left to foot the school bill. 0126
Reposted by Chris JMatt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As we close in on the midterms, a friendly reminder to check your voter registration status early and often, but ONLY on the state websites. Those third-party databases might be accurate, but you're gonna be passing along a lot of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) to whoever manages them. 22220
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Gold-plated Cybertruck TRICARE fraud. (Yeah, I’m just typing in buzzwords) taskandpurpose.com/news/tricare...taskandpurpose.comMulti-million dollar TRICARE fraud bought a gold-plated Cybertruck and casino partiesA mental health clinic owner used military beneficiaries in a $26 million TRICARE fraud scheme that funded a gold-plated Cybertruck. 000
Reposted by Chris JEmily Hunt @emily.space · 05/10/2026translation: "The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of my personal fortune" 47313
Chris J @cpj1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This week's NPR's Weekend Edition had a good story covering Miranda Lambert. www.npr.org/programs/wee...npr.orgWeekend Edition Saturday for October 3, 2026Hear the Weekend Edition Saturday program for Oct 03, 2026 000