Reposted by Jacob BogleLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 07/10/2026okay i've taken this too seriously on its own terms. when a billionaire says "dictatorship is efficient" what he means is that it's easy to bribe. 522166
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Suddenly the "MAGA Mike Beltran" ads where he pledges undying loyalty to Trump have switched to ads promoting his alleged bipartisan efforts & claiming "I'll work with both parties". I guess things are getting tight here in Florida. 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My latest with Radio Free Asia, a month after opening, the new Tumen River bridge connecting Russia & North Korea remains a symbolic victory rather than an economic one as traffic stays to almost zero and Russia struggles to complete facilities on its side of the river www.rfa.org/korean/in-fo...rfa.org개통 한 달 ‘두만강 다리’, 차량 통행 ‘한산’지난 9월 7일, 북러 두만강 자동차 다리가 공식 개통한 이후 북한과 러시아 측 모두 대형 상업용 차량의 통행 움직임은 확인되지 않았습니다. 개통 이후 한 달 가까이 활발한 모습은 포착되지 않고 있습니다. 010
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We're not really listening unless we're willing to be changed by the other person. - Alan Alda 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026After having abandoned an unfinished retractable radar site decades ago (the big hole), North Korea finally put up an early-warning radar system in 2019-21 west of Nampo. @ 38.739778° 125.260981° #AccessDPRK 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026To be fair, I also stand at awkward angles from time to time. Then again, I'm both gay and have nerve damage 🤔 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very KCNA. Gotta talk about *every* hint of progress since there's nothing else 011
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I couldn't think of a better use for golf courses 000
Reposted by Jacob BogleBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Can we call it apartheid now 71461351
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think a lot of that has to do with how Google destroyed its own algorithm more than people seeking news elsewhere. Anecdotally, my own niche site (DPRK focused) has seen a similar collapse in traffic 001
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He's seriously taking time in his UNGA speech to go over his "super intelligence" v "artificial intelligence" preference. We are not a serious country. 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I thought drug prices were supposed to go *down* 600%, not rise 500% 050
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A quick update on what's been happening with #AccessDPRK lately and a progress report on one of the most involved projects to (soon) come out from it. A Patreon exclusive: www.patreon.com/accessdprk/p...patreon.comAccessDPRK September 2026 Update | AccessDPRKAccessDPRK September 2026 Update by AccessDPRK on Patreon. Join AccessDPRK's community for exclusive content and updates. 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This needs to apply to all of the "yes men" who enable blatant lawlessness. (They're the only reason any of Trump's BS happens) From the janitors, painters, social media managers to agency heads, their ability to serve in office or to ever get tax dollars/contracts again should be over. 010
Reposted by Jacob BogleReason Magazine @reason.com · 19/09/2026Travelers entering the U.S. through New York, Vermont, or Connecticut should be aware: The government can search your cellphone even if it doesn't suspect you of criminal activity. buff.ly/S8KEqD5buff.lyCourt upholds suspicionless cellphone searches at the borderA federal appeals court says it's legal for federal agents to scroll through your phone and take pictures of its contents without a warrant or suspicion of criminal activity. 0139
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I love this. It was Bush! No it was Reagan! No it was Nixon, no JFK...no FDR, Wilson, that psycho Johnson! There was no "it". Our situation is the combined outcome of a century+ of power hungry politicians & moronic voters 3161
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026There were NO major financial problems facing the Kennedy Center prior to 2025 that would require them to close. The only thing that changed, Trump. They're closing out of spite 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I wonder if Bruce's ancestor ever knew my ancestor 🤔 He was given a land grant by Lord Baltimore. They were definitely on different sides of the issue at the time 🤣 But yes, "heritage American" is utter racist nonsense 021
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Elected officials blatantly lying to the public really should be a crime. Even the Trump propaganda rag CBS is willing to post this Pentagon IG report on the substantial munitions shortage caused by the illegal Iran war www.cbsnews.com/news/us-iran...cbsnews.comPentagon inspector general says $22.3B spent on Iran war munitions has caused "strategic inventory shortfalls"The first-of-its-kind report acknowledges the military's munition shortfall and details some of the losses of American assets so far as part of Operation Epic Fury. 092
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Isn't the whole point of attracting international students is to poach them and keep them here? Like, we want them to stay, not take their newly acquired knowledge & skills and set up competition elsewhere 161
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026But not if you trip on a cord and hit your head on a server rack! Game over, bro 000
Reposted by Jacob BogleAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In 1801, Jefferson issued an order to executive branch officers "not [to] attempt to influence the votes of others, nor take any part in the business of electioneering, that being deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution." 013225
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If anyone wants to buy the database & rights to AccessDPRK, Square can facilitate that lol 010
Reposted by Jacob BoglePOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. attempted to enlist its NATO allies in a campaign to “systematically dismantle” the International Criminal Court, straining already fraught transatlantic relations.politico.euUS pressures NATO allies to destroy International Criminal CourtWashington said it “would be watching closely” to see which allies help in its campaign against the court during a closed-door meeting this summer. 1211257
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Checks to individuals technically* may not have, overall COVID spending absolutely did 010
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 10/09/20261) admits it's a war 2) admits we haven't, in fact, won it 17 times already 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Geez, the $1200 in covid checks caused a massive inflation spike. $5,000 (after all the tariff money has already had to be returned) would probably wreck the country 6321
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Maybe I didn't notice similar events when I was a teen bc I was usually out hiking in the woods... but the "teen takeover" thing is real. It's happened numerous times in my own town & is much more than just a few kids loitering or riding bikes 000
Reposted by Jacob BogleJosh Cajun Samurai @khakibluesocks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In honor of Star Trek's 60th anniversary, I would like to pay homage to the woman who made it possible. The woman who took a chance on a little show with endless possibilities that we enjoy to this day. A shrewd businesswoman and America's Favorite Redhead. The one, the only, Lucille Ball. 3107
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"I hear he had a pretty popular book, even outsold The Art of the Deal. I don't like that but here we are" 020
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Idk if they are or not, but there are plenty of craven people. Even actual heros can still turn out to be garbage with no sense of ethics beyond their defining time. 000
Reposted by Jacob BogleForeign Policy Research Institute @fpri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🆕 Nothing New Under the Golden Dome by Sam Lair, Jeffrey Lewis, and Aaron Stein. The authors developed a model to tailor interceptor satellite constellation size to various adversary missile threats and estimate the cost of those constellations. Click below to read their conclusions.fpri.orgNothing New Under the Golden Dome: Space-Based Interceptors in the Trump Administration - Foreign Policy Research InstituteGolden Dome has quickly become the signature defense program of President Trump’s second term. The most contentious element of this ambitious missile defense 034
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Muting this. I don't really care about the views of genocide apologists (on any side) or people who's only argument is "yeah, but what about..." 050
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026That it ended 20 years ago and Lebanese villages aren't currently being razed by Syrian forces. Ask me again if they start bombing Beirut tomorrow. 120
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I understand that Lebanon can't really fight a war and it would end up like Gaza, but this has been nothing but an all-out assault on Lebanese sovereignty and an illegal war of conquest by Israel. 291
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Luckily, this is one power presidents don't have nor have ever pretended to have. Unless the state legislature is filled with MAGA twits... 110
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Just as human trafficking "looks bad" for Trump & the Republicans, but right-wing party bases seem to have stopped caring about the grossly illegal conduct of their fav politicos - while the politicians have simultaneously lost any sense of shame or ethics 010
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Chilling in even a suburban backyard is something that holds so much. Watching the bees hang out a few inches above the ground, going after white and blue and pink flowers, with dragonflies overhead; their shadows zipping along the ground. Squirrels chattering with each other, the birds in trees. 000
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Mossad agent, cuz I guess being named Jacob means I'm Israeli? At least getting called a bot is somewhat rare. The whole "paid shill" thing is so boring 100
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The core of the Appalachian Mountains is older than bones. 021