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Jim Teeth

@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
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I enjoy history, economics, politics, foreign policy and technology. I’m actually fairly knowledgeable about some of it. Over educated but under-credentialed. I have a fondness for Existentialism and Judaism.

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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 5h
This is a good ad.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h
Remember how @dansavage.bsky.social Google bombed Rick Santorum's name so it came up as the definition for ""the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex." I think there's the ability to do something similar with Schmitt. www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...
thebulwark.com
Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 10h
garymarcus.substack.com
BREAKING: OpenAI was warned, months before the Hugging Face incident
They raced ahead, anyway
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 11h
The co-pilot seems to have tried to crash it into the ground with a full cabin of (mostly Israeli) civilians. Was stopped by his pilot that got stabbed in the process passengers interfered and another crew on the flight landed it in Saudi Arabia. Israel’s treating it as a terror attack for now.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 11h
It’s not supposed to rain today, but it’s now misting. I hate autumn. Stupid cool, damp weather. Bring fucking winter.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 19h
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 11h
Short of gaining control of the House, Senate and White House there isn’t much that is going to change the course on costs. Republican control of SCOTUS and the White House is a hard check and House Democrats will get punished for not delivering on lower costs though they lack power.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 12h
New track from The Pill.
youtu.be
THE PILL - Big Knife (Official Music Video) 2026
YouTube video by THE PILL
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 22h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every time I hear someone talk about AI automation of business activities the more I realize no one values the learning process that analysis and writing creates. Automating that doesn’t help me. I need that activity to put things together. Long term we are going to be screwed.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You really need to be a denizen of the back deep conservative fever swamps to get where Schmitt got.
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 29/09/2026
The worst part about remote work is how brutal it is to do comedy bits when everyone has their mics muted and you can't see their reactions. For the sake of the needy comedians at your job, please unmute your mic and throw in some pity laughs. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This can’t be real.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt is an asshole.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments
Screenshot of America.gov answering, “Has a president ever been criminally indicted? If so, who?” The response says former President Donald J. Trump has been criminally indicted and that no sitting president is shown in the cited sources as having been indicted. It cites Trump’s August 1, 2023 federal indictment on four counts related to conduct after the 2020 election, as well as Congressional Research Service information noting additional New York and Florida indictments.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech: 
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remind me never to get on the wrong side of Paul Krugman. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...
A table showing 30-year Treasury Yield, for the last 45 days or so. It bounces around for August, then after Bessent said, "I am the house" on september 8, it has shot up twice.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US bans on Canadian products will go into effect at midnight. Some of these are ingredients in common US products, so expect further inflationary pressure. On the high point Crown Royal won’t be impacted
yahoo.com
Trump's Canada import ban kicks off Sept. 29 at midnight
Trump's import bans on Canadian alcohol, dairy products and some motorcycles take effect Tuesday. Here's what's included.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bessent is the “Baghdad Bob of bonds.”
paulkrugman.substack.com
The Beclowning of Scott Bessent
Another Trump enabler pays the price
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I thought Texas was energy independent of the rest of the world.
texastribune.org
Abbott declares disaster over high diesel prices in Texas
Monday marks seven months since the U.S.-Iran war began, which has restricted oil and gas exports from the Middle East, raising prices ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why’s it so damn dark? I hate autumn.
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The Wyzard @thewyzard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Guillotining one or two hundred people now is incredibly mild compared to what happens in a decade or two if we don't.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wisdom.
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Irenaeus AF (Irenaeus Lee Malatesta) @irenaeusaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That’s not good. That’s actually quite the opposite of good.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have four pens at my workstation. First one is dead. Second one dead. Third one dead. Fourth one red. Better red than dead.
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 28/09/2026
Schopenhauer: is the Glass Half Empty? existentialcomics.com/comic/674
existentialcomics.com
Schopenhauer: is the Glass Half Empty?
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
theguardian.com
Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about it
How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
talking about water use policy is impossible because "AI data centers use a lot of water to cool the computers" sounds way more believable than "they're draining the Great Salt Lake so the Governor of Utah can sell alfalfa to Saudi Arabia" and yet
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just set up the budget plan for my home heating oil. I will be spending $140 more per month more this year than last year. Thanks Trump. I’m really loving the Trumpflation.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
elespectador.com
Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later.
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
atlas.jazco.dev
Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is cool.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who would guess the magic plagiarism machines are stealing the hard work of real humans? No one should be feeding private or proprietary information to these machines.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can we talk about the fact that the Neo-Nazi party in Germany may win the next national election and is already winning state elections?
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never heard of either “Choosin’ Texas” or Langley until now. I mainly listen to punk and live in Massachusetts, so I don’t know why I would have.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
timesofisrael.com
Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah
The prime minister’s stealth trip to New York reveals the gulf between his self-image and reality, exposing a squandered legacy that underlines the urgent need for a state inquiry
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This was an interesting perspective.
blogs.timesofisrael.com
The Blogs: When my Israeli son asked me ‘What is Jewish?’
It took moving our family to Australia for me to understand what my 9-year-old had always taken for granted
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The idea that a Twitch streamer is supposed to be held to a higher standard than the president is such an insane phenomenon.”
theguardian.com
Who cares about Hasan Piker?
The popular Twitch streamer has been vilified by Republicans, but the socialist commentator has a large audience that some Democrats have courted
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
theguardian.com
The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A thought. ADHD wasn’t a diagnosis for GenX as kids. It came later. I would like to think if many of us had been diagnosed and treated as kids the world would be different today.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s very exciting when my generation gets noticed.
theguardian.com
Gen X is drinking more as younger Americans cut back on alcohol, study finds
While younger generations are drinking less, adults aged 50 to 64 are drinking more, causing a shift reshaping the US bar scene
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be
Philosophy Street (Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas & John Candy) | SCTV
YouTube video by SCTV
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fantastic.
youtu.be
Social Distortion - "Wicked Game" (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Social Distortion
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