James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 17hgiving GWB a Nobel Peace Prize would be an abomination but I suppose they have a history (yes, PEPFAR was great...but still) 010
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 29/09/202635% first answered "work with Trump" and of those, 62% wanted to change the system. 38% said they should be a check! The remaining 21% prioritized "be a check on Trump" and then 78% said to change the system. Confusing set of questions but I think the overall sentiment is there 141
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 29/09/2026Checking the methods: www.cookpolitical.com/survey-resea... they were asked these questions sequentially. First they were asked which of the three they like, then asked to choose between the second two. 43% first answered "change the system" and then of those, 78% chose "be a check on Trump"cookpolitical.com 170
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 28/09/2026I mean... Tolkien did so much that he had to write an encyclopedia 100
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 26/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkpg...youtube.comwhen you skip all the cutscenes to get to the gameplayYouTube video by ProZD 030
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 24/09/2026I assume that insulting Trump to his face in a way he doesn't understand is an unofficial sport among world leaders. 714916
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 23/09/2026we should work together *rapid eyebrow raising* to solve problems *vigorous head-nods toward the problem* oh by the way, are you going to be here for the Ides 000
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 23/09/2026simple recursive strategy: separate the problem into two smaller brains, then solve each of those by dividing them, and so on 131
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 23/09/2026apply it retroactively, even the Never Trump republicans were happy with every step that got them to that point 0151
Reposted by James WebberNick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trumpuary 2037. AOC's handing over the trumpresidency to her VT Jon Ossoff, who ran on expanding universal trumpcare and instituting trumpolicing reforms. He carried 43 strumps and the Trumpstrict of Trumplumbia. He'll be sworn in by Chief Trumpreme Court Justice Maxwell Frost. This would be fine. 3565
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 23/09/2026People act like I'm just being cynical but I remember the posts about the incoming trifecta last cycle. Great at political analysis, but lousy at election forecasting 100
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 23/09/2026I remember this ride from 2024, I'm gonna wait until the eggs hatch 2761
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 22/09/2026What if it makes his own constituency have an aneurysm, tho 000
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 21/09/2026posting about how Bsky is unpleasant from friggin Substack is a bit rich 140
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 20/09/2026It says something about local dialects that a) I never once heard this in decades of growing up and living in the Boston area and b) I could still believe that there's some hyperlocal enclave that I've never visited where this is true 110
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 18/09/2026tell your kid she's super cool and she shouldn't pay attention to anything people say in middle school 110
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 18/09/2026The outside of the War Remnants Museum is fun because it's like "here's an F-4, we stole it when they left LOL" And then the inside of the museum is different 180
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 18/09/2026in the 4th grade we were assigned to do a research report about an animal of our choosing. As a very precocious nerd I decided I wanted to study the Vietnam War because I liked helicopters. My parents, who first met protesting, were insistent that I read more broadly on the subject. 140
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 17/09/2026I enjoy the first paragraph saying it's totally normal and expected for the incumbents to lose a few seats, and actually they're being very chill about it 060
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 17/09/2026simultaneously intrigued by and dreading the acquisition of the tattoo collection 100
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 17/09/2026i can't respond to that quote without violating community guidelines 020
Reposted by James WebberKevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026found at ucsf 9555116
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 16/09/2026also why say "a competent AI" when you could just as easily say something more fun like "the Oracle of Thebes" or "a genie" 010
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 16/09/2026trick question: scientific journals are inherently a scam 100
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 14/09/2026Oh no the dog has become sensitive to sudden loud noises 150
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 11/09/2026youtube.combath could be the soup??? (mbmbam animatic)YouTube video by meilybox 010
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 11/09/2026Sort of reminds me of Neal Stephenson's version of Admiral Yamamoto. "My bosses have no freaking idea how pissed off they are making America" 011
Reposted by James WebberOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I hope this Ishmael finds you whale 332506548
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 10/09/2026and because they want to portray their work on it as useful and important 040
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 10/09/2026Last time Trump mailed out a ton of cash he was already on his way to losing 2020. The resulting inflationary spike completely torched the Democrats' chances in 2024. Pretty funny for him to try it again with even more money, two years before the next election. 000
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 10/09/2026I vastly prefer papers that are written in a real human voice rather than an affected "academic" style. As long as the language is still precise enough to get things across 100
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 09/09/2026The trick is to fold it closed, then the people on the left are yelling at the ones on the right 0290
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 09/09/2026I kept telling them it wasn't my birthday but they wouldn't stop drinking rum 120
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 09/09/2026I like the flavor of both but the jars are half-full of just oil. I prefer S&Bsbfoods-worldwide.comS&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili oil 110gS&B Foods distributes products, S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili oil 110g, that shall bring natural life and happiness to every household. 000
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 08/09/2026gonna start wearing a distressed TEH shirt to remind people of the early internet era 090
Reposted by James WebberElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24550251557
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 08/09/2026I mean it's not like they've been caught lying about math bef- *holds finger up to ear* hold on I'm being told something 010
James Webber @ja.meswebber.com · 08/09/2026Wow big news from OpenAI, good thing we can implicitly trust them because they don't have a trillion dollars riding on maintained enthusiasm for their product 120
