the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 10/10/2026More of this please. Call them what they are. 0120
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I hope so, or Dauphin Island might be in real trouble . . . again. (My family used to have a place there, and I love it. We finally sold because hurricane season was so nerve-wracking. All my best to you and all the Gulf Coasters!) 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When's the last time these assholes even bothered to pretend to campaign on policy? Also, I can't believe this nonsense might work. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't suppose anyone replied, "No it isn't, liar"? 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I wonder if they'll put him in a regular chair rather than his wheelchair to better the optics -- or if they consider being in a wheelchair just another reason to execute him (as they're clearly gunning for the disabled in general). I want him cleanshaven & in his chair; no excuses for the masses. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Conservatives believe that life is a zero-sum game and are determined to "win" it for straight cis white people, with white men at the top. The alternative is to "lose" (privilege). Everything else (family values, Christianity) is smoke and mirrors. They want a formal caste system with them on top. 020
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm not shedding a lot of tears for Hasan, but I don't believe in the death penalty, full stop. Still, adding a live-streamed firing squad into the mix is so over the top that I do think there's room for people who have mixed feelings about the death penalty but know the spectacle is just wrong. 0110
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Where there's a rape to defend, Michael Tracey will be there. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What do you love about those cities, Donald? Also, I was afraid of this. His inarticulate garble was pretty parsable this time, and though his and the crowd's relishing the idea is also evident, claiming Trump invited Iran to nuke SD or LA just gives them room to cry 'fake news!' and have a point. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Considering their "manliness" fetish, you'd think grown men would think twice before calling an unrelated man "Daddy." 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Good God, I mean obviously they have huge daddy issues and just want the black boot, but I thought they'd at least keep it as subtext. "Daddy Trump," my Lord. Nobody fetishizes like a fascist claiming to be the normal one. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026People get dumber when they stop reading, stop diverse POVs, start pandering to the lowest common denominator, and get high on their own supply. I'm sure Vance is as evil as but dumber than he was at Yale (though his "smarts" are purely surface level, fueled by grievance and self-aggrandizing). 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Honestly, I think it's because ATVs are coded rural / conservative, while e-bikes are coded urban / liberal. Growing up, I knew a kid who managed to shoot himself in the leg riding an ATV. Everyone teased him about it, but no one rethought giving a 12 year old a loaded gun and an ATV. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If we don't want what seems to be genuine remorse from Trump voters, what do we want? We can't send them back in time to undo their vote. The man shouldn't have needed this epiphany, and the loss is tragic, but he at least is haunted, is hopefully changed. Isn't that the best we can hope for? 500
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here, folks will get into the workforce as quickly as possible -- often with an AAS -- and work the turnarounds, overnights, travel shifts, etc., for as long as they can to make money. Then they want to settle and slow down, and opportunities for degree/career advancement are slim. It's a catch-22. 020
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's literally his only hobby/interest besides watching TV -- and not, like, good TV. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The easiest way to improve one's credit score is to take out high-limit credit cards for a better debt-to-credit ratio. Some people never use those cards, but the companies count on most people using the cards, hurting their scores, and having to get another card to raise their score. It's a scam. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If "doxxing" is such a canard, why aren't Michael Tracey's address and contact info available freely and widely on the Internet? 030
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And to Erin's point, about as many of these folks are encouraging their kids to skip college and be bricklayers as there are encouraging their kids to join the military and go fight all those wars they're so gung-ho for. 030
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And sorry! This was meant to be after a post expressing that men are the problem, by and large, but women sadly play a role in upholding rape culture / victim blaming as well. 010
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The "she must have done something to deserve it" crowd is not short on internalized misogyny, and also some women believe if they just "act right," SA will never happen to them, so they have to believe that assaulted women did something wrong or stupid. 2/2 140
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am not "what about"ing at all, but I must point out that while men are the problem, women play their part in upholding rape culture as well. 210
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why are these guys always the biggest dweebs? 130
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's amazing that he's calling it an oxygen mask situation wherein "we have to save America before the world." The GOP's specious justification for the Iran War has nothing to do with "saving the world"; it has been pitched as necessary to "save America." There's incoherence, and then there's this. 001
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Remember when the Republicans were all about "which candidate you'd rather have a beer with"? Can you imagine anyone, even MAGA, wanting to have a beer with any of these weirdos? 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Love that the NYT makes me log in even to read a gift article. Nope. But I enjoy your post nonetheless! 160
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That situation doesn't sound like "mistaken detention" as characterized in the article; it sounds like deliberate, continued persecution of an American citizen. 010
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He calls it a "bargain" that he "wishes [he] didn't take." My dude, to bargain means both parties give up something to get something. What did RFK, Jr., give up? You didn't "compromise," Doc; you caved. He lied, as everyone saw coming a mile away. Such stupidity should be disqualifying, and yet. . . 010
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh many of them like the hateful, felon, bigot part still; they just expected it to work out better for them personally. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Talk about the epitome of that old adage that people who crave power should never be allowed it. The absolute hubris. 070
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026He clarified. Why on Earth is he responsible for every other Muslim on the planet? 140
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Wow, two almost completely unrelated cases in two completely different states and two completely different juries and judges and different lawyers and cultural contexts ended differently? Well my mind is blown. 101
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm fascinated by how many people suddenly care about volleyball. It's NEVER about "protecting women" -- not swimming, not volleyball, not basketball, not abortion, not bathrooms. It's about policing women. Trans women are women; every anti-trans law is an attack on women, and a prelude to more. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm sorry you're going through it. The Internet is disproportional. So I'll just say you should read some Terry Pratchett, not because he'll prove you right or wrong about the boots thing, but because his works are a delightful balm to the soul, and all of us can use that about now. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I get a little tired of the "this season's writing is a little too on-the-nose" responses to the Trump administration, but holy Christ is this just symbolism that would be dismissed as hack writing in a self-published novel, except it's TRUE. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Well, I did say my neglected feed would be nothing but pet pics eventually, and I erroneously referred to Pesto as "the last of them," so meet Fern, everyone. I foster-failed her. Can you blame me? 020
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Yeah, it's not the "progressive" part that bothers me about Platner. Fetterman, Sinema, and Gabbard is like a murderer's row of bad choices though. 100
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I'm not giving NYT my money, so apologies if I'm glossing over something covered in the article, but one issue is people thinking "higher ed" is limited to Ivy Leagues. Higher Ed also includes community colleges and the like, and I can assure you they're not "indoctrinating" their students. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I'm just pretty sure there's a person in Maine who represents progressive ideals and doesn't have a metric ton of baggage including a goddamn Nazi tattoo on his chest. Could we, I dunno, maybe get behind that person and not elevate White Beardo because I guess it's his due? 3170
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Weirdly, us "liberals" can both reject the Catholic Church's stance on trans people AND applaud the Pope roundly kicking JD's jumped-up ass if they should choose to do so. 120
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Don't forget the rest of the backwards lineup: "Dr." Cassidy, Scalise, Higgins, Landry, Letlow, and Edwards the Lesser! 020
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Louisiana, home of "Cancer Alley" for over 40 years, finally decides to do something about . . . chemtrails. Yeah, that tracks. 000
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The gov't has openly admitted to *losing* people (including kids) who have been detained (not just this administration) -- losing them! If the gov't can't even keep track of who they're rounding up, how is anyone supposed to know their loved one is "just" in a private prison and not someone's trunk? 040
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Badger, it's not even Monday! #catsofbluesky #tuxedocats #cats 070
the_two_jakes @forgetitjake.bsky.social · 01/06/2025She's big mad that Sesame Street taught many of us how to count, and so we know that she tied for 5th, which is really not that exciting. She's also mad that Sesame Street taught us to share, so she looks extra petty for caring this much about who got to hold a 5th-place trophy. 000
