Reposted by JohnSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10hIt is remarkable how badly the Russians treat their troops. 2017447
Reposted by JohnPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 10hthe best part about living in anticipation of inevitable AI parousia is that unlike the early christians you don't have to do communism or help actually existing needy people - instead you can just accumulate obscene wealth for grandiose purposes of helping hypothetical generations of future ones! 25214
Reposted by JohnMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 17hHere, and elsewhere, people talk about “efficiency” when what they really mean is “efficacy”. People want government that works, that can deliver desired results, and that’s absolutely possible with the right people in charge. 39425
Reposted by JohnMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19hAgain, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 572172566
Reposted by JohnGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some dude popped into my mentions to say that demolishing the ballroom is "retribution" and would alienate swing voters, I replied that I didn't give a shit, and they blocked me. Neat. Cards on the table: either you want the rule of law vindicated or you don't. And if you don't, get the fuck out. 4579
Reposted by JohnGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"I will demolish the ballroom and the arch on Day 1" is table stakes for the 2028 primary. None of this wishy-washy "come together to solve problems" bullshit - the monuments to his ego must go, period, end of sentence. 1023554
Reposted by JohnThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10h29. It is widely believed that the president thought Iran would be as easy as Venezuela. Did he consult artificial intelligence in the run-up to war. Did he privilege Grok's "genius" over the counsel of top Pentagon officials? 1154
Reposted by JohnThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10h28. Trump asked the AI chatbot how Venezuelans would react to the US kidnapping Nicolás Maduro. Grok reportedly said they would dance in the streets. After Trump ordered Maduro's capture, there was some celebrating. Trump "came away thinking Grok was ingenious." time.com/article/2026...time.comWhat Trump Has BuiltAn interview with the President at a pivotal moment in his second term 2175
Reposted by JohnThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10h20. This week, oil executives told the Financial Times that the price of diesel "will not" return to "normal" for another year. www.ft.com/content/0d74...ft.comUS oil industry warns diesel prices will not return to normal for a yearDallas Fed survey finds energy executives believe high cost of fuel will persist 1169
Reposted by JohnThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10h14. Faith Williams, a policy analyst for Common Cause, said that a new Gallup poll showing nine in 10 Americans believe corruption is widespread is a sign that majorities of voters are making the connection between corruption and affordability. pennsylvaniaindependent.com/politics/mor...pennsylvaniaindependent.comMore Americans are concerned about political corruption89% of Americans believe government corruption is widespread, a Gallup poll found. 1237
Reposted by JohnThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10h4. For those keeping score at home, that's the billionth time (give or take a million) in which Trump has promised to do something about the extortionate cost of healthcare. Whenever he makes this promise, it's a lie. The lie, however, only services to cover up his corruption. 1408
Reposted by JohnSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16hThe thing about the Tucker Carlson//Jacob Rees-Mogg interview is that Tucker is an American moron whose entire tactic is “assume the other guy won’t question my premises”, up against a British aristocrat that debates for fun at Oxford Union. Its like a small animal encountering an Apex predator 6266690
Reposted by JohnWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US historyesquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 331228362
Reposted by JohnJenny @ hhhnnnnggg @slowedmountains.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For the protection of the berry patch 51183440
Reposted by JohnZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It takes a lot to make Jacob Rees-Mogg the voice of (relative) sanity (and not by a small margin in this case). But by gawd Tucker Carlson is up to the task. Dude's gonna be crazier than Ye ever was soon, and without the excuse of literal manic psychosis. 4537586
Reposted by JohnJohn C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So you want Bruce Wayne. That's - That's Bruce Wayne. Textually. 1330632
Reposted by JohnGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo. 17744711798
Reposted by JohnMatt Salomone @matthematics.com · 24/09/2026See also: Trump's displaced anxiety over his own mortality and his party's impending midterm collapse, expressed as "I must build and brand every last monument in D.C. in my royal image" 2264
Reposted by JohnLP @peristy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When I think about how much money is being poured into "data+compute build out" and compare it to what would happen if those same sums went into decarbonization and energy transition, it really drives home how the people at the top of the AI ecosystem are probably the sickest fucks ever to live. 217134
Reposted by JohnShaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've said this before, but moral panics are always about inventing an easier/more satisfying/more fun problem to fight instead of a real problem. Of course these jagoffs don't want to clean up the environment when the alternative is getting paid millions to have sex parties for Zardoz. 210927
Reposted by JohnDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending. 8460661072
Reposted by JohnTuring Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sanctions are not about punishing people for sharing an identity group with a perpetrator. They are about crippling the aggressor state's economy, a thing they have been extremely effective at doing. If you still don't understand this, go back to remedial school. 2413
Reposted by JohnPride Ott 🦦 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ngl everyone has their cutesie ideas but people hate inflation so much I think that if there wasn’t any deeply deeply costly way to handle it we’d have figured it out by now. You just gotta be paranoid and make it not happen in the first place! 4192
Reposted by JohnCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My much smarter than me wife had this observation about AI use. People who can't draw or write or create are jealous that they don't have that spark in them. And it isn't something that can be taught. And they're really mad about it so they tell themselves this is the same as creating. 610810
Reposted by JohnpolitiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oh yeah, that's good bluesky right there 1051665181
Reposted by JohnFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026Almost the entire US technology policy space has been taken over by rich funders and consultants who genuinely believe the below wackadoodle sci-fi AI scenario is extremely likely, and that preventing it is the most important thing we could be doing right now. www.verysane.ai/p/ai-safety-... 2539378
Reposted by Johnworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this was already apparent to everyone with eyesnewrepublic.comMitch McConnell Is Entirely Nonverbal in New VideoThe 84-year-old senator also appeared to freeze up. 6866478
Reposted by JohnConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean, if they were wearing their fur mitts in the cockpit and couldn't properly manipulate the controls but otherwise no. 161
Reposted by JohnDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"First as tragedy, then as farce" doesn't quite capture the distinction between "L'Etat, c'est moi" and "I am the [fire] code" 1623463
Reposted by JohnProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh look, Trump plans to kill $3.2B in aid approved by Congress 🤬 This includes: —> $1.3B for global health —> $115M to counter the international drug trade & prevent human trafficking —> $300M for economic growth programs www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comDemocrats warn Trump plans to kill $3.2B in Hill-approved foreign aidTop appropriators say the White House wants to use billions of dollars to shutter USAID. The rest would go unspent. 45339
Reposted by JohnMike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Martin Kao–who set up the LLC–in email: “Whatever… just a pack of bitches getting free $” 153
Reposted by JohnNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026the whole thread is a nested set of people having temper tantrums that their emotional support Nazi tattoo guy was replaced by a different very progressive candidate who is on track to win, but Stoller always finds a way to outdo himself 547636
Reposted by JohnHaydon @haydonmp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026She is his cloth mother and devotional concubine. As discussed and established. 061
Reposted by JohnChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/09/2026Republicans don’t suddenly discover empathy. They discover proximity. 752175649
Reposted by Johnferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sometimes I get caught up in complicated compositions with lots of elements. This was going to be one of them, but I was completely stuck—not realizing that the solution was a simple render with three heads, a piece of meat, a pretty sky, a bunch of flies, and some editing 416056
Reposted by JohnTania Herrero @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Selling this original Fomoria art of a Valiskar character in my shop! thebreadwyrm.com/products/ori... 3497129
Reposted by JohnBirb_at_Arms @birblib.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It makes a lot more sense when you consider that bin Laden was tragically afflicted with one of the world's most devastating cognitive impairments: rich parents 019012
Reposted by JohnGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump's $5000 midterm bribe is so buffoonish that even Fox figures are poking holes in it. It's also pure desperation: Fittingly, it hit right as two new polls show Dem lead on generic ballot at +11. On the pod, @schaller67.bsky.social takes it all apart so well: newrepublic.com/article/2153...newrepublic.comTrump Tailspins as His New Plot to Rig Midterms Is Mocked Even on FoxAs Trump’s rants about the elections grow more unhinged, a political scientist explains how a perfect storm of Trumpian idiocy is what landed him and the GOP in such a deep political hole. 2333389
Reposted by JohnBetty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I don’t know whether the “AI will go rogue and kill us all” claims are a weird form of hype or describe a real threat. But the timing sure is unfortunate since a greedy, demented buffoon runs the government and the tech in question is largely controlled by sociopathic billionaires. 3398
Reposted by JohnKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10/09/2026As heat waves scorched Europe and North America this summer, nuclear and fossil fuel plants closed down ... but solar and batteries kept the lights on. Read on!patreon.comPowering through the heat | Talking Climate with Katharine HayhoeGreen energy keeps the lights on, heat impacts on children, and how to Play it Cool Europe endured a succession of scorching heat waves this 024088
Reposted by JohnThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Every Rahm Emanuel for president boomlet is sourced to Rahm, Rahm in a hat, Rahm wearing a fake mustache, and Rahm in jeans with a toothpick in his mouth. Bluesky convinces itself those are four different guys who represent, conservatively, 98% of the Democratic Party. 721231
Reposted by JohnThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dude claims to come from poor white people who think trash on their front lawns is decorative, but he still thinks non-white immigrants are the dirty ones. There’s a word for that. 810124
Reposted by JohnEmber @ember-energy.org · 11/09/2026In 2025, China's clean economy is estimated to have generated up to $2.1 trillion USD in 2025 📈 Clean energy sectors now provide as much economic value as China’s traditional growth pillars like construction and real estate. ember-energy.org/lat... 04217
Reposted by JohnJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The point isn't to diminish the threats AI can facilitate or accelerate, but what I always emphasize to the 8-y.o.: The problem is people. 1241
Reposted by JohnKung Hei FYat Choy!-Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Wan-li emperor up at 2am every other night decreeing that eunuchs of the 4th and 5th level distributing hastily drawn ink paintings of him blowing up Manchu cannons, stomping on Nurhaci, kissing consort Zheng, sinking Japanese ships. 0375
Reposted by JohnSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's not a real political party, folks It just isn't 25450111890
Reposted by Johnflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich 2993949701