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Jacob Harris

@jacobharr.is
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Former Twitter user, but I left when it became a Nazi bar. Made the nytimes Twitter bot, worked for the NYT before moving into civic technology. Living in Takoma Park, MD and fighting for a hopeful and humane future. (He/him) More info at jacobharr.is

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
Wrote about the National Design Studio a while back, and two things worth noting. *It is led by a white nationalist *They do skins, not services. America.gov is a chatbot with a .gov skin. They are promising to make services work better but its all TBD.
Skins vs. services: the National Design Studio is building a handful of attractive single page websites, but not fixing digital services that most of the public relies on when they interact with government. Skins is easy to do, but not very impactful.
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 5h
A CT scan of Trump's brain probably looks like a QR code by now.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 5h
I'm glad we're finally outsourcing the horrible bits of life like making plans with friends so we can have more time to consume ads.
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Secretary Of Diarrhea @senorgreygoose.bsky.social · 6h
One of the best takedowns of the "rationalists" and Libertarians is in Fargo, season 5: Roy: "I want freedom without arbitrary rules.” Lorraine: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son, there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal." Roy: "The President?" Lorraine: "A baby.”
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 6h
It’s particularly cruel to do this to Garbo, who protected her privacy and peace but it’s not surprising she was chosen. After all, she told the world “no” and AI pushers love to run roughshod over consenf www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 6h
By raking in $2.2 billion last year, President Trump made the equivalent of a presidential salary about every two hours. And he made the median American's annual income about every 10 minutes.
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 8h
How BrooklynVegan Went From Indie Rock Blog to Ghost Site www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
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How BrooklynVegan Went From Indie Rock Blog to Ghost Site (Gift Article)
It started as an internet outpost for die-hard music fans. Then came success. Then came corporate ownership.
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 11h
ok but she and everybody else should still get off twitter
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 16h
It seems weird that only one basketball game is allowed in the US on any given night. I like how he just assumes basketball game must be NBA
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 17h
One thing I’ve learned from spy and criminal dramas is that if you identify low-level hapless goofs in a large conspriacy, it’s very important to make a highly publicized arrest of them immediately
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21h
At the 25th Anniversary screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I saw the musical twice when it was at the Jane Street Theater, including John Cameron Mitchell’s last performance. So I’m that annoying hipster tonight!
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21h
I can think of a few hot witches in Ohio
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21h
Trump signs executive order proclaiming all dogs are now named Fred
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 21h
*SIgh*
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 22h
In France they call it "a Royale with Intelligence"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h
A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 22h
FWIW, I think a fuckup on this scale in time to wreck them electorally was *almost* inevitable from Day 1, precisely because this is the Special Birthday Boy presidency in which there are almost no limits on Trump's madness and every proposed policy disaster has a real shot at going all the way.
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 29/09/2026
"uhh well how would u even do anything if they banned AI!" buddy, up until 2007 the world got along just fine without fuckin *smartphones* we'd figure something out lol
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22h
tfw every brainfart becomes an executive order
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 22h
More like Subpar Intelligence
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Remember, the President is irreparably harmed if he can't be allowed to inflict actual harm on other people
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Has anybody asked Senator Schmitt if he can tell a hawk from a handsaw?
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
America.gov will tell you what offices to contact if you need to report a civil rights violation by an ICE agent. In the future, it might even let you submit an application. What it won't tell you is these offices might not take any action on it, and you've fallen for the illusion of action:
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 29/09/2026
For every complicated problem, there is an extremely simple solution, if you are very stupid. Our government is now run entirely by "Why Don't We Just" guys.
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scotthowardftw.bsky.social @scotthowardftw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Democrats should each open their questioning by asking Smith if he’s been to a different Hawks game: Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Seattle Seahawks game? Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Miami RedHawks game? Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Kansas Jayhawks game?
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do recall I was playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Actually, Sir, I might have been watching Hudson Hawk at that time.”
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Senator Schmitt, I do recall I was listening to the song Hawkmoon by Hurray for the Riff-Raff
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Death recorded.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
I remain fascinated by DOGE's lingering hold on the CIO position (or TTS Commissioner at GSA) at several agencies (I also am uncertain if Eric Sidle counts or not). Source here: dogetrack.info/people/agenc... Theories: SSA+Treasury+DHS = data sharing for the big surveillance project by ICE
A chart of DOGE CIOs across government agencies showing near continuous coverage of DOGE in GSA, SSA, DOI, Treasury, and USDA. In SSA, they've gone through 4 different DOGE CIOs. Each is different colored spans depending on the person.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Lol
Me asking the America.gov site where its nonexistent privacy impact assessment is (you know, the actual legally mandated way to document privacy). There doesn’t seem to be one.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Zed @behindthebluemotel.com · 29/09/2026
Waiting for more people to realize the sudden increase in this is because of AI crawlers constantly taking sites down, and that the longer the AI push continues to harder it is to actually do anything online
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Such nobility and dignity
A gray and white pit bull (Sugar) looking like a goof ball on her back with her mouth slightly open Another shot showing her goofy mouth with its ridges and weird coloration
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Hits different when proclaimed by a eugenicist.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
swearing aside, the strategy of just making the right stand by the things they say to each other seems pretty good. that was the secret sauce behind the "weird" messaging way back when (that they abandoned for whatever reason)
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Inside of you, there are two quote bots
Moby Dick quotes: to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me

Disco Elysium quotes: EGG HEAD - THE R, THE C, THE M, THE THEOLOGY! AROOO!
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nope can't have nice things not ever nope:
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
When you reach a certain age, you can name a specific pasta shape you despise. For me, fusilli
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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
me, in front of the tv
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026
Remembering when I was at MIT and we were told by the admin that drinking in the dorms was a real problem but the fraternity council could police themselves. The next weekend, the student president of said council got drunk at a party and fell down an elevator shaft in his building. I think he lived
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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026
meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.
An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 28/09/2026
Who among us
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The warning signs are dropping. More people are hungry and fewer people can afford to help.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
“Impeachment says that you can’t get into an illegal war in Iran without constitutional approval. Impeachment says that you can’t just start firing federal employees in defiance of what Congress says. Impeachment says you can’t do deals with foreign governments to allegedly enrich your own family.”
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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🐋
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy Annual Fire Safety Report Publication Day! Today, UMD put out its annual listing of the ways that mostly students unintentionally caused fires on campus in the previous year. essr.umd.edu/sites/defaul...
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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026
Q: Why do you need tankers to move iron ore? A: You can move taconite via rail, of course. But it's very, very, heavy. An ore car is dramatically smaller than a standard rail car, and as this railfan forum post puts it, "a loaded taconite train is like ... a coaster wagon filled with concrete."
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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