iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 12h

Now, if Abbott and Patrick lose, that’s a conversation.

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 12h

Texas is a purplish state, but the Republican Party here has a mortal lock on its voters. They pull the R lever no matter what. So, if Paxton loses, don’t read too much into it. He’s a historically terrible candidate running at the worst possible time (for him).

110

Reposted by Jon Hall

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Republicans are openly cheating across the country in this election cycle because they believe if they win, they won't face any consequences for the cheating and also know from experience that if they lose they also won't face any consequences for the cheating.

539073

Reposted by Jon Hall

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Any Democrat suggesting that there is any political mission other than bringing all elected Republicans to justice for their participation in an insurrectionist hate group needs to be booed and hissed without cease until they can be fired at the next available opportunity

12817194

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My dad’s been dead for nine years this month, and in that time he’s remembered my birthday exactly as many times as he did in the preceding nine years.

030

Reposted by Jon Hall

Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

AAA's Your Driving Costs 2026 report came out last month. Unsurprisingly, the researchers found that the average cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has shot up—it's now estimated at $12,863/yr or $1,072/mo. newsroom.aaa.com/2026/09/aaa-...

newsroom.aaa.com

AAA: New Vehicle Ownership Costs Hit $12,863 Annually – AAA Newsroom

14823

Reposted by Jon Hall

Lyta 🐅 Dangerous Fictions is OUT 🐅 Gold @lytagold.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

it’s real and Douthat really went with “Emperor of all Narsil” bc like every rightwing asshole he robs Tolkien’s names at will and thinks you’re fucking stupid

2129526

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The captioner was an actual human: We could see her from where we were sitting. Just a hell of a thing.

010

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They also thought Lucinda Williams (who was there for some reason) was “Miss Cindy Williams.”

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Something I think about a lot is how at my nephew’s college graduation, the closed captioner thought that something the university president said in her speech was “the sex hand sign.” Like, multiple times.

220

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I guess it’s following the line of thinking from the military wherein “general officer” becomes “general,” but it just seems weird and pretentious to me.

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s common for Texas AG employees to refer to the AG as General Lastname. It struck me as weird as well, but there you are.

110

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My related gripe is you can get as artsy and indecipherable as you want with your music and your album art, but goddamnit not with your track listings.

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If only there were nonpetroleum means of producing energy that we could have been prioritizing for the last few decades.

030

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One thing that just hit me is that 40 years ago I was a freshman in college, and Jesus Christ.

220

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think that not being the Most Important Country in the World will be very, very good for us, but the process will be extremely painful.

032

Reposted by Jon Hall

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

5264351784

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fuck sake. “Chilblain” is a word.

130

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Governor Gavin Newsom of California with his swept-back hair that looks very much like Dracula’s. But he is not Dracula. That is not his name.

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think the best non-actor voiceover job in Simpsons history was done by Peter Frampton. He’s absolutely perfect.

010

Reposted by Jon Hall

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 01/10/2026

If you are still wondering what rape culture is think of what it would be like if rape was so explicitly endorsed by institutions and systems that a known rapist was the president.

012640

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s the thing with Michael Tracey, whose image I am apparently doomed to be occasionally confronted with: He’ll never be a handsome man, but he could look okay if he’d pick a side between long and short hair and between bearded and shaven. No half-measures after thirty, my man.

020

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why do they all wear those fucking orange shoes?

001

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Inexplicable that people continue to eat even when food costs more.

010

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve never had one, but as a Payday fan, I believe I would very much enjoy it.

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can’t even tall you how despondent Austinites were when Lamme’s Candies closed down. My wife made a run on Coffee Crunch and stowed it in our freezer before they sold the last of it.

000

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look, man, I have a weird-shaped rib cage too, but I wear clothes that fit.

110

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Between Karl Rove and MTG, pot/kettle incidents are having a real moment right now.

010

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Car-friendly sidewalks are just about the most American thing I can think of.

011

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I live in a neighborhood full of strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers, and nearly everyone uses them in the street because the fucking driveway cutouts make the sidewalks useless.

110

Reposted by Jon Hall

ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026

We can't afford not to build better transit to get folks out of cars and car payments.

111

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m 58 years old. If I haven’t heard a popular song it’s because I’m 58 years old.

150

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Jesus. I grew up in Abilene. Anyone who is leaving you to live in Abilene has such impaired judgment that you’re better off without them anyway.

000

Reposted by Jon Hall

never linger; rightly grow @nlrg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

kinda wild that we as a society decided to designate the left lane as the crime lane where ppl get mad at you for following the law

313617

Reposted by Jon Hall

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This Friday’s favorite is “For Phoebe Still a Baby” by Cocteau Twins.

youtu.be

For Phoebe Still A Baby by Cocteau Twins

YouTube video by Michael Harris

001

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And Jesus Christ, what has happened to Kleenexes?

010

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Murph has summed up how I feel about an awful lot of well-known people.

Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, and Brian Murphy are sitting on one side of the colorful Dimnsion 20 set. Ally and Lou are laughing at Murph, who looks exasperated and is speaking. The subtitles read “I need hell to be real so you can go to it.”

010

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why any Texas Democrat is betraying trans kids instead of hammering away incessantly on data centers and gas prices is beyond me.

010

Reposted by Jon Hall

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Obama’s charisma often gets put in terms of speeches but I think it was much more stuff like this, if he saw some little kid he’d be like oh hey there dude in a way that didn’t make him seem like a maniac and 90% of politicians can’t do that anymore

21107645

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I didn’t have a computer until I was thirty.

110