Reposted by Elliot Blakejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5hthe funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1264646728
Reposted by Elliot BlakeSully Dawg @sullydawg2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What would a 5% tax on billionaire wealth actually look like? There are 938 billionaires in America with more than $8 trillion in combined wealth. So Ben and I decided to make the numbers visible—and then ask a simple question: what could that money actually do? 15032
Reposted by Elliot BlakeDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2hSystematically destroying US hegemony in higher-education may feel like "owning the libs" but (1) Education is massive export for US (2) Best & brightest from around world stay in US and start businesses here (3) Higher-education is key employer & medical life-line in many *Republican* states. 15318101
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 1hI guarantee you this mediocre white man fiercely believes guys like him are naturally superior 010
Reposted by Elliot BlakeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2hUniversities bring in foreign students ... to undercut the wages of American residents? What? This is exactly backwards. Foreign students subsidize the tuition of American students. I wonder why the VP who follows Nazis online has this all wrong. Probably an innocent, non-racist mistake. 962261601
Reposted by Elliot BlakeGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2hsetting aside that musk is nowhere near this popular, the US is years deep in a pretty massive accountant shortage, a fairly basic fact about the labor market the vice president should know, but doesn’t 821307240
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 1hVance is smart enough to know this is a stupid conspiracy theory, but he’s a racist and unrepentant liar, so here we are. The end of this administration can’t come fast enough. 000
Reposted by Elliot BlakeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14hNot beating the eugenics accusations 15894283
Reposted by Elliot BlakeJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13hJust pumping out vaccine disinformation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comRFK Jr. to Announce New Vaccine Injury Research at NIHHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new research initiative at the National Institutes of Health to study vaccine injuries on Monday, according to people familiar wit... 32710
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 13hThat’s the way. Good job Bryan Baker. Could have been the solution to the Orioles closer problem, but hopefully that competitive balance pick they traded him for works out. 000
Reposted by Elliot BlakeElliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Let’s lose Yankees clap clap clap clap clap Let’s lose Yankees clap clap clap clap clap 041
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 15hAs I was saying, the inevitable double-down: bsky.app/profile/atru... 010
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 17hSaw Digger today. I thought it was great. It’s a big swing from Inñaritu and Cruise, and without spoilers, I’d say it’s a triple rather than a homer. It’s also as subtle as a brick through a window, but that’s the point. Will the people who it’s calling out see themselves onscreen? Probably not. 050
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 22h…but you have cut through a LOT of clutter to make it. And maybe find some distribution that doesn’t rely on the remaining legacy studios. 010
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 22h…studios have become enormous businesses with shrinking legacy cable networks, and to compete with Netflix and YouTube and each other, they decided they have to continue scaling up. So there’s definitely an opportunity if you can compete on quality and trade on your name, if you’re a Chris Nolan… 110
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 22h…sovereign wealth funds. To close the Paramount/WB merger, the Ellisons still needed Saudi money and even looked to Musk in the last few weeks. Granted, this merger is enormous, but the point remains it’s a very expensive, highly volatile business, and all of this is happening because the existing 110
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 22hDamon and Affleck started Artists Equity, which is growing, and others might give it a go as well, but there’s an allergy in Hollywood to spending your own money when you can spend someone else’s, and because of the costs involved in producing movies and tv, it means involving private equity and 110
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026…who didn’t deserve him, frankly. He didn’t remember the question he was asked and went back to thinking about money. He wished he could swim in it, like Scrooge McDuck. Now there was a smart guy. He should put a pool in the bunker beneath the ballroom, he thought. Where’s Natalie? 000
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026He was not. Self-reflection was for suckers, and he was a man of instinct and high IQ. Look where it got him. “The White House! Kind of a dump until I got here. Still could use some more gold on the walls. Where’s Natalie?” Then he said it all out loud for the jackal reporters in the room, 100
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“How else can I profit off the presidency?” Trump wondered. Thinking of money and how he could sucker people out of it were among the only moments of lucidity he experienced lately; most of the rest was just animal reaction. “Not so different than when I was younger,” he’d muse, if he were capable. 100
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I drove by the WB water tower at around 12:30pm yesterday and if “A Skydance Corporation” was on there, it was too small to see. Nobody tell Ellison. 010
Reposted by Elliot BlakeMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026IN 13 DAYS! THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Three. By me and @maverickogn.bsky.social. In stores October 20th, 2026. 0327
Reposted by Elliot BlakeElliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No special October Prime Days deals on my book, and as far as I know, no free shipping, but if you buy it from this bookstore, you’re supporting a great local retailer and a first-time author whose book has a 4-star rating on Goodreads: vromansbookstore.com/book/9789198...vromansbookstore.comInto the GreatSparks fly when Lilah, a thief from a colony outside the borders of the Federated Solar Republic, meets Bax, an FSR security officer at a colony within those borders, during a time of heightened tensions for humanity as the silent, staring, seemingly invulnerable aliens dubbed The Aureum begin to meddle in human affairs. 022
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There are some people in the Orioles organization who seem intent on making the Orioles organization really unlikable.apple.newsOriole Bird mascot, Mr. Splash employees among layoffs in Baltimore — The AthleticNot even the Baltimore Orioles’ mascots, Oriole Bird and Mr. Splash, have been spared from the team’s downsizing. 041
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This reminds me of one of my favorite Futurama gags, when Fry buys a pack of Big Pink gum, “the only gum with the breath-freshening power of ham.” 000
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No special October Prime Days deals on my book, and as far as I know, no free shipping, but if you buy it from this bookstore, you’re supporting a great local retailer and a first-time author whose book has a 4-star rating on Goodreads: vromansbookstore.com/book/9789198...vromansbookstore.comInto the GreatSparks fly when Lilah, a thief from a colony outside the borders of the Federated Solar Republic, meets Bax, an FSR security officer at a colony within those borders, during a time of heightened tensions for humanity as the silent, staring, seemingly invulnerable aliens dubbed The Aureum begin to meddle in human affairs. 022
Reposted by Elliot BlakeDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Think we really need to keep this moment on file for the inevitable shit-storm Lord Satsuma is badly telegraphing here. 1619927
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Really making it clear there’s one less buyer in town. 010
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Friends, Romans, countrymen, I’ll be taking part in Local Author’s Day at Pasadena’s @vromansbookstore.bsky.social , reading from and signing my sci-fi romance book INTO THE GREAT. October 18 at 4pm! Come by and say hello. 041
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every time Alito opens his mouth, he disqualifies himself further. He needs to resign. 030
Reposted by Elliot Blakeonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8785611692
Reposted by Elliot BlakeDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7737721085
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s too big, it’s too vast, it’s too weighed down by debt. It’s very hard to believe this is going to be good for anyone working in the entertainment industry. I hope I’m wrong. 000
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don’t think this dope meant what he said, but because his brain is mush, he can’t clearly articulate an idea. We know he can’t ever admit he misspoke, so I’m waiting for his inevitable double-down on his statement, where he’ll insist L.A. won’t be missed because “they didn’t vote Trump.” 110
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Let’s lose Yankees clap clap clap clap clap Let’s lose Yankees clap clap clap clap clap 041
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good grief. Some people out there clearly do not understand what it means to be a professional. 120
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You could tell this credulous dope that little green spacemen were flying around delivering fake ballots and encouraging people in Maricopa County to vote ten times each and he’d repeat it as fact. 010
Reposted by Elliot BlakeA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A $550 million dollar bribe. 1027069
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026All they have on Senator Kennedy (R-Louisiana)’s side of the aisle are goobers, and he’s one of them. 010
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I went through college without having an email address. One of my freshman year roommates had an email in 1988 and the rest of us thought he was a nerd. I didn’t get one until I signed up for an AOL account in 1993. Ah, the late twentieth century, when the internet was a relatively new curiosity… 000
Reposted by Elliot BlakeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 582241581
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This guy is going to go down in history as one of America’s biggest grifters, and mythologizing him is part of the grift. 060
Reposted by Elliot BlakeSal Calleros @salcalleros.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“you have to give subscribers what they want, not what you own.” Audiences don't know what they want. That's the fundamental misunderstanding. Were they out there clamoring for Widows Bay or another medical show (The Pitt)? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...nytimes.com5 Challenges David Ellison Faces as Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Merge (Gift Article)The tech scion has given his combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount a new name: Skydance. Now he must make tough decisions about news, movies, streaming, sports and debt. 2125
Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Altman translated: “We’re going to continue shoving our product in your faces until you accept it because if you don’t it’s going to be a disaster for our business, so just ignore all the bad stuff we’re doing, and that it’s designed to take your jobs.” 130
Reposted by Elliot BlakeJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/... 961991571
Reposted by Elliot BlakeElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168143564733