Reposted by JimEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's the job of the media to scrutinize such statements and decide whether there's a story here at all (maybe the story is Anthropic researchers have fallen into a fantasy-land and brought many policymakers with them), not to just platform them. >> 21066131
Reposted by JimWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026this is the only reason why certain people wanted to know—and spread—her name without her consent. so they can abuse her, too.cnn.comCornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after death threats and a swatting incident, her lawyer says | CNNOne month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at... 112792766
Reposted by JimJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Seeing the ever-escalating size of front yard Halloween skeletons better helps me understand the moai of Easter Island 525438
Reposted by JimAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w... 32966484
Reposted by JimAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/10/2026Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. u.afp.com/S9Fe 2185116
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That’s when you just have to say:static.klipy.comHannah Waddingham: F--K THE HATERS (Ted Lasso)Alt: Hannah Waddingham: F--K THE HATERS (Ted Lasso) And by “haters” I mean people who think they are doing the right thing but are woefully misguided or people who woke up that day and picked stupidity. 020
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Both are pretty iconic. If I had to pick, I’d go with “I learned it by watching you” because that’s what I still say anytime someone catches me making a mistake. 010
Reposted by JimMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867341840
Reposted by JimStuffing the Passer @stuffingthepasser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Luther Burden is a man of compassion and forgiveness… *pulls out and cocks a pair of pearl-handled six-shooters* …too bad I’m Luther Burden the Third 333334
Reposted by JimJoel Mendelson @jpmendelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Senate can pass a bill to regulate college sports, but they can't pass bills to lower the price of gas, groceries, or healthcare. They can't rein in Trump's thirst for war in Iran or trade wars with Canada, but they can tell college athletes how often they're allowed to transfer. Cool. 216367
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comJake Gyllenhaal See What You Did There MemeAlt: Jake Gyllenhaal See What You Did There Meme 000
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What is that Stafford player photo? Did he not know it was media day? 000
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Amazing catch. But… he’s not wearing socks but leg warmers? 000
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comCaptain America: I Understood That ReferenceAlt: Captain America: I understood that old video game reference 010
Reposted by JimDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI companies: We’ve invented an unreliable guessing machine which sometimes doesn’t follow instructions. If you give it access to important systems it could kill us all. Also AI companies: Deploy this technology everywhere and replace your employees with it, otherwise China wins. IPO next month. 930986
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comNot Great, Bob! - Mad Men QuoteALT: Not Great, Bob! - Mad Men Quote 010
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“One day I had to pump gas— it was a few years ago” He’s just not living in a reality that we share. Does he know? Why does it matter what he thinks? Might as well be asking for fanfic. 070
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’d be worried if they didn’t blow away a 2 year-old product. Battery pack is a good choice. No one is wearing these outside of sitting on your sofa. 000
Reposted by JimSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station. 571473418
Reposted by JimCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 21/09/2026NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital. 171593657
Reposted by JimSteve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE. 16156621192
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Love it. This from him is great: “Much of the essence of RPG dialogue is allowing players to express their character, but ideally you also provide them with opportunities to discover things about their character they hadn't even realized yet," said Fenstermaker. 06610
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026At that point he just changes his name to Roy and gets different super powers.static.klipy.comTed Lasso Roy Kent Annoyed at KidAlt: Ted Lasso Roy Kent Annoyed at Kid, who enjoys his interaction with his football super hero. 000
Reposted by JimThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 337185625077
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But the delivery is fantastic. “What did he say?” “I dunno, but he nailed it!l 000
Reposted by Jimjames, but scary. @abacadabber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government. 241819700
Reposted by JimJoey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So here's the problem at the bottom of it all: Frenk is engaged in a kind of politics-of-recognition charade, where he wants to tell certain constituents that he really hears them, really sees them, wants to lift them up, and his way of doing that is to endorse their false view of this symposium. 1102
Reposted by JimJoey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So today, the UCLA Faculty Senate, in its understated and careful way, issued a rare rebuke to Frenk, expressing "concerns and reservations" about the obvious lack of respect for academic freedom that his statement conveyed by amplifying these false charges of support for terrorism and antisemitism.dms.senate.ucla.edu 1182
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think you have to be CET, otherwise it is just Sparkling Discourse. 010
Reposted by JimKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comHouse to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November electionsHouse Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9. 22545891438
Reposted by JimFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 291004461
Reposted by JimKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302667907
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Someone once told me that mathematicians only talk to each other to coordinate that they are working in different areas. So, yeah, that tracks. 020
Reposted by JimTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12/09/2026Analysis by @saulelbein.bsky.social, who has spent years documenting dangerous "zombie" oil wells, found more than 25,000 plugged wells across Texas are at critical risk of failure—50 times more than had previously been reported. This map helps you find them.texasobserver.org1.2 Million Oil Wells Are Buried Underneath Texas. Do You Live on Top of a Dangerous One?Our state's homes are built above a hundred years of drilling by an industry that was never made to clean up after itself. 44724
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I was there around the same time. I don’t remember it being busy at all, but it isn’t a large venue— I could see it getting crowded quickly. 100
Reposted by JimMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad. 8043211250
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think you’re right that the experience and execution is everything. 010
Jim @james-howard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m often amazed at the jaggedness of experiences. Sometimes I’m like “This is magic” and then sometimes I’m five replies into a prompt thinking “I should have just looked this up myself” 130
Reposted by JimDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his ̶s̶a̶l̶a̶r̶y̶ trillion dollar IPO depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair (paraphrased) 310017
Reposted by JimAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews. 391309767718
Reposted by JimAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A legendary Medicare fraudster almost slipping up on illegal PAC coordination is pure brand consistency. 262124449