Reposted by Jack EdwardsDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 20hI'm not good at math, is $800 million a lot?electrek.coFedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in dieselIn a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from... 811592306
Reposted by Jack EdwardsBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...liberalcurrents.comWe Have No Supreme CourtThe philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court. 1112753715
Reposted by Jack EdwardsDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 16hoh my god lol @sickosfc.bsky.social 68417
Reposted by Jack EdwardsSickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 14hSurely ESPN+ can come up with something other than the howling void to fill their commercial breaks? 18866
Reposted by Jack Edwardsjohn.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 15hGreatest Tradition In All Of Sports, The Iowa Wave 👋🏻 At the end of the 1st Qtr all the fans, players, coaches, refs, everyone waves to the kids in the Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, gets me every time 😭. Caitlin Clark is up there today. The OSU coach is a class act as well! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 28666119
Reposted by Jack EdwardsSerene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 21h'The contrast in E Pacific & Atlantic hurricane activity this year is wild. Through Sept, the E Pacific is having its most active season on record: 9 hurricanes, seven Category 4 or 5. The Atlantic is having its quietest season on record: zero hurricanes.' [Colin McCarthy] x.com/US_Stormwatc...x.comColin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) on XThe contrast in Eastern Pacific and Atlantic hurricane activity this year is wild. Through September, the Eastern Pacific is having its most active season on record: 9 hurricanes, seven Category 4 or... 1152
Reposted by Jack EdwardsRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 21hthere are so many variables in play that it probably isn't worth pointing out but Penn State fired James Franklin immediately after losing 22-21 to Northwestern last year and hired a guy who lost 34-13 to Northwestern last night 721317
Reposted by Jack EdwardsAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19hRussians tried to transport a Mi-2 helicopter on a pickup truck, but overturned along with it. The incident happened in Russia’s Krasnodar region. 57565105
Reposted by Jack EdwardsNational Day Calendar @nationaldaycalendar.com · 02/10/2026Be a smartie and celebrate National Smarties Day with us! Whether you eat them one by one or a whole roll at a time, it's time to celebrate. What's your favorite flavor in the roll? #NationalSmartiesDay #NationalDayCalendar nationaldaycalendar.com/celebration… 1135
Reposted by Jack EdwardsLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I forgot to post this amazing bit of sports journalism from earlier in the week 1922123
Reposted by Jack EdwardsJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Americans carry $1T in credit card debt. But what worries me is how many people don't know basic personal finance. We spend a lot of time explaining the economy. We should spend more time helping people. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comMost People Aren’t Washing Their Financial HandsEveryone trusts that germs exist. So why don’t people trust economists about money? 2525453
Reposted by Jack EdwardsJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise. 641042405
Reposted by Jack EdwardsJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1361191285
Reposted by Jack EdwardsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When nearly all private payroll growth in the last five years has been in health-care or education --> 39645175
Reposted by Jack EdwardsParkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is insane. 1773535885
Reposted by Jack Edwardsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵 10358521658
Reposted by Jack EdwardsRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 464141902830
Reposted by Jack Edwardsdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end” 1773649598
Reposted by Jack Edwardsbasicallydrake.bsky.social @basicallydrake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is... Is it mind boggling? Seems very easy to believe right now. 74541
Reposted by Jack EdwardsNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Shoot this into my veins. 1051077136
Reposted by Jack EdwardsBill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 30/09/202630-year fixed at 7.60% www.mortgagenewsdaily.com 2631492
Reposted by Jack EdwardsNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire! 18174382288
Reposted by Jack EdwardsPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 30/09/2026Gas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 1342887
Reposted by Jack EdwardsZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30825231393
Reposted by Jack EdwardsEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 192927543
Reposted by Jack EdwardsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“.. While crude flows from Persian Gulf nations (ex Iran) have recovered to 80% of pre-war levels, the same is not true for refined products. Their exports of gasoline, jet-fuel, and diesel, remain at around 50% of pre-war levels.” @javierblas.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 525472
Reposted by Jack EdwardsMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Debuted on ABC 66yrs ago today. THE FLINTSONES (1960-66) 901408227
Reposted by Jack EdwardsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14726701204
Reposted by Jack EdwardsLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a pretty stunning thing to admit 232158412
Reposted by Jack EdwardsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw 535139893596
Reposted by Jack EdwardsCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bench chatter picked up on the analyst mic between the benches culminating in someone being called a "f*ckin big bitch" twice. Hockey has returned 718234
Reposted by Jack EdwardsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 835195916175
Reposted by Jack EdwardsKate Feldman @kateefeldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In high school, my teachers taught us to investigate source material. Where information came from, who was telling it, who they were telling it to. Not all information is created equal. Anyway, it took me a while to realize that level of analysis, fundamental in my life, is not widely taught. 17562154
Reposted by Jack EdwardsScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 299213885935
Reposted by Jack EdwardsMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29/09/2026Unabridged: The etymology of 'bucket list' 2139082
Reposted by Jack EdwardsArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 177124412667
Reposted by Jack EdwardsMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The average cost of a domestic airline ticket in the U.S. is $405, up from $302 a year ago. 112031
Reposted by Jack EdwardsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.engadget.comDots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - EngadgetSure, seems safe. 621182384
Reposted by Jack EdwardsAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9652913270
Jack Edwards @jackedwards1975.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comPengu Pudgy Says Hooray!ALT: Pengu Pudgy Says Hooray! 000
Reposted by Jack EdwardsEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17341571400
Reposted by Jack EdwardsDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the undisputed global leader in public health. But after a year and a half in the cross hairs of HHS RFKjr’s drive to remake public health policy, the agency is a skeleton of the powerhouse it was. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 12413225
Reposted by Jack EdwardsJoe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The linked case is very interesting. No false cites, no made-up quotes. But the court found the arguments so frivolous and inapposite that they suspected AI was behind them, even though counsel denies using AI at all. assets.alm.com/75/ff/160ee9...assets.alm.com 3225
Reposted by Jack EdwardsJoe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comJudges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts' Ability to FunctionA panel of three Florida state district court judges blasted a family attorney for using AI to generate "frivolous, scattershot arguments." 49241
Reposted by Jack EdwardsBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026After hackers stole personal data about FBI employees, "past and present personnel remain in the dark about whether their data has been purloined," and some have "anxiously asked Times reporters whether their names are contained in the hacked data" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comEmbarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its EmployeesIn an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees. 47029
Reposted by Jack EdwardsTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance... 1862471898