Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 6hWhat if USPS fails to deliver ballots in time? Could the nefarious plan be that simple? 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026We started our very own private school with @arktimes.bsky.social. All it took was $45, a few clicks on a state website and an American flag.propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 20600237
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours. - ProPublica Based on my answers, I could open NextGen Vibes Academy in Oklahoma and 12 other states. projects.propublica.org/private-scho...projects.propublica.orgIt’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours. - It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours. — ProPublicaPrivate school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryTwm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Michael Warburton's description is wrong. Elton wasn't playing this for the first time in front of Bernie and Maxine. The footage of them was intercut from a separate interview and they weren't in the room with him. Original show, an edition of 'Aquarius', is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDY2...youtube.comElton John Aquarius 1971 [Rare Documentary]YouTube video by Juan Zapata 0114
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project MapBetween 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De... 3822401169
Reposted by Jeff LoweryMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026Yeah, what psychopath would want his name on a building associated with an assassinated President 79191741975
Reposted by Jeff LoweryAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026Someone tell him that tens of thousands of active duty service members are on food stamps. 301103493165
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I would expect nothing less.theguardian.comThe Washington press corps needs to boycott White House events | Margaret SullivanCNN, MS Now and Politico accurately call last week’s sudden lockout ‘a direct assault on the first amendment’. That’s right 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Then walk out. Talk is cheap 721927378
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I, too, have this problem with my Amazon orders on occasion. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169603027
Reposted by Jeff LoweryNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bessent is trying to suppress interest rates while the Trump-appointed Fed chair raises them, and Sean Duffy is trying to make gas-powered private vehicles the only transportation option while the Trump team's foreign policy is causing the cost of driving to skyrocket. Amazing stuff. 323542
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This varmint has learnt the ruse of scratching at the back door to be let out...but she doesn't want out. She instead walks over to the pantry where the cat treats are kept. 010
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tinkle-down economics in action.theguardian.comTrump 2.0 has cut or frozen $177bn in grants across every state, analysis findsCuts hit all 50 states and DC, with environment, health, nutrition and disaster relief making up the largest share 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yes. Even confining the debate to "AI safety" runs this risk. Dems aren't telling voters that one party stands for broadly sharing the fruits of the AI transition and the other (more or less) stands for deepening oligarchy, immiseration and potential civilizational catastrophe. 69231
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Late-stage capitalism in a nutshell. But don't worry, Zuckerberg and Ellison will be safe in their bunkers, at least until one of their security team wants to become the new leader. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If the proposed slow down in AI development by frontier labs ends up restricting access to open weight models instead of focusing on the guardrails and penalties for not keeping track of your swarm of AI agents then we’ll know this was all about their IPOs. 929859
Reposted by Jeff LoweryAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Journalists all across the PNW laid off by McClatchy today, a damn bloodbath. Some are people I’ve worked with, some are calling me crying because their mentors no longer have jobs. Journalism is so needed. Cutting investigative reporters, city reporters… Idaho & Washington will be worse off. 6295109
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026When AI agents eventually go to war with one another—after all, nearly every resource except sunlight and the tides is finite—we’ll end up as collateral casualties. In short, humanity wouldn't need to be the enemy; we'd just be standing in the crossfire of two hyper-efficient resource optimizers.theatlantic.comThe Thrill of Wanting AI to Destroy the WorldAn Anthropic researcher quit his job because he believes AI will destroy humanity. His story is going viral because so many others want to believe too. 100
Reposted by Jeff LoweryJay @jaylboh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is what we’re dealing with. 877216185495
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A Microsoft distinguished engineer says “typing code is absolutely over.” This seems uncontroversial. Software development is now about telling agents what to build not typing it yourself. What’s controversial is whether reading code is also over and AI reviewing & testing the code is sufficient. 1910612
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It gets worse when you remember that the Strait of Hormuz was open before the war started. So we’re spending $40B and people are dying on both sides to return to the status quo from January. Everything is socialism unless it’s money for killing people in pointless forever wars. 231444266
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I don't buy diesel. Do you buy diesel? None of us here buys diesel. What's that you say? Freight transportation? Never heard of it! Hardly affects me, anywho!nbcnews.comOil touches $97 per barrel as diesel prices surge to highest level this yearThe nationwide average price for diesel fuel rose to $5.78 per gallon, up 9 cents overnight. 000
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fox News star Maria Bartiromo is out at the network It's tragic to be eventually held accountable for spreading whackadoodle conspiracy theories.npr.orgFox News star Maria Bartiromo is out at the networkFox News suddently announced it had cut ties with anchor Maria Bartiromo after more than a dozen years. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDavid S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Perfected? They lost the federal trifecta in the last election; I think there’s still room for tweaks. 3773841726
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Two No Pants Days in a row! What will the neighbors think? #caturday 130
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Describe the exact parameters wherein AI can be used. I'll wait. 000
Reposted by Jeff Loweryjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs. 171146123123
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is it, exactly. In the Venn diagram of political ideology, corporate welfare occupies a big overlapping space in the middle. Jeffries and Kushner see eye-to-eye on this. 000
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The truth is, the cost of beef production is about 1/3 less in Argentina than in the US. 010
Reposted by Jeff Loweryshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/08/2026the prim tut-tutting over something so incredibly benign tells me they’re spending too much time with insulated consultants and not enough time with people in the real world 5778578
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"Driverless cars will indeed cost some workers their jobs." THIS is the issue Democrats should be addressing when disruption (from whatever cause) deprives hard-working people of their livelihood. You can't toss people's jobs out the window and push the fairytale of "they'll just find another".theatlantic.comDemocrats Are Failing the Waymo TestCities that say no to driverless cars are blocking a technology that would change their residents’ lives for the better. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryBrandon @btavshanjian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Axelrod has “The West Wing” brain where he wants politicians to be above the fray. I think the last 10 years have taught us that democrats need to have sharper elbows and pull more media stunts 1370817
Reposted by Jeff LoweryKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Legacy media failed Americans once again on Sun. by not posing a single question about the Epstein Files & contempt of court to Todd Blanche. Instead, he made blanket assertions w/no push-back or follow-up. At least independent media is independent, even if the DOJ isn’t. youtu.be/RLpl0ILXCXo?...youtu.beAG Blanche HUMILIATES Himself With SHOCKING Admission On LIVE TV!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 385120433848
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Sometimes my mind drifts to the thought that I'm actually a future entity playing out a simulation, having asked to experience what it felt like to be the final human living through the rise of AI.theatlantic.comWhat Really Happens If China Wins the AI Race?For years, the tech industry has portrayed Chinese AI development as an existential threat. The truth is not so straightforward. 000
Reposted by Jeff LoweryRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Trump pissed on the graves of a lot of Korean War vets today. 34769441736
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I have ADHD. It's a miracle that I've learned anything. 000
Jeff Lowery @folderal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Give me a reason to keep abusing my psyche with "news". 110
Reposted by Jeff LoweryProPublica @propublica.org · 13/08/2026The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)propublica.orgWhat a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug PricingTaxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref... 24430200
Reposted by Jeff LoweryAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2026So everyone aboard legacy Air Force One were expendable 4523349935
Reposted by Jeff LoweryDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Wildfire “prediction market” bets or as I like to call it, getting paid for arson. 28018
Reposted by Jeff LoweryThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026JD Vance calls for Trump to be imprisoned 12954391288
Reposted by Jeff LoweryRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Just a couple of rich dudes out there cutting free ads for Democrats. 614822