Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854353350
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialShudaki @shudaki.bsky.social · 15/09/2026taxing the wealthy fixes the bond problem the wealthy already fund the government because wealthy buy the bonds therefore every dollar taxed is a dollar not needed to be put into a bond more taxes equals less bonds means more scarce, therefore lower yield 011
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialShudaki @shudaki.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Peter thiel has stated that his goal is to turn the world into a prison. a super villain behavior but the reason he wants to turn the world into a prison is the most pathetic thing you've ever seen. #genz #liberal #ai #datacenter #freedomsystems youtube.com/shorts/RbddY...youtube.competer theilPeter thiel has stated that his goal is to turn the world into a prison. a super villain behavior but the reason he wants to turn the world into a prison is the most pathetic thing you've ever… 045
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 18/06/20261 million seconds ago: about 2 weeks ago. 1 billion seconds ago: 1994. 1 trillion seconds ago: 29,000 BC... Predating recorded history. You can't EARN that much money. A system that allows trillionaires while others struggle to afford food needs fixing. 215244
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing 17583482259
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru... 25387982201
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Trump is calling for a record $1.5T defense budget. Roughly half of this spending will go to private contractors, many of whom routinely price-gouge the government. Reminder that Don Jr. and Eric Trump are big investors in drone companies looking to obtain defense contracts. See the problem? 18936201315
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 17/03/2026They don't build prisons to keep them empty. 18944296
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Pete Hegseth's "Department of War" spent $7.4 million on lobster tails, more than $15 million on ribeye steaks, and hundreds of thousands on doughnuts...in September. openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s... 55583249
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.social⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 07/03/2026Welp. The internet had a nice run. Some outlets have lost over 90% of their traffic since the "AI" summaries rolled out. "...the four worst-hit publications [now] get less monthly web traffic combined than the r/ChatGPT subreddit gets on its own."futurism.comEvidence Grows That Google's AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media IndustryGoogle's AI overviews have eviscerated the media landscape, with some top publications losing up to 97 percent of their web traffic. 301564492
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 07/03/2026OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got” 13770812622
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialBenn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Imagine spending an amount of money that could solve American homelessness for 3-4 years on detention centers for people who are generally busy working, renting, parenting, and paying taxes. 935160
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/06/2025Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle theonion.com/bezos-w...theonion.comBezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle VENICE, ITALY—Smiling at the couple’s lighthearted twist on a traditional ring bearer, guests at the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez were reportedly delighted this week by the sight of an Amazon worker with a ring tied to his collar crawling down the aisle. “Oh my gosh, my heart is melting—such a good boy,” […] 19878971333
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialAdam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025let's see what's on Fox News' feed this morning 571260130
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/10/2024"omg if dockworkers strike it will cost billions!" well shit, that makes it sound sounds like their demands are pretty reasonable! lol 14916164
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2024 181343534
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 11/09/2024I think you could phrase a debate question in such a way that it would trick Trump into saying he knows Beetlejuice personally 221397159
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 09/09/2024It’s not really a debate if one of the people involved is committed to overthrowing the government. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comWhat the First Debate Question for Trump Must BeThe moderators ought to start with the fact that he rejects the foundations of the American system of government. 1340067
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialSoren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Now, I’m an idiot, but “awful” sounds like it should be even better than “awesome.” 2726
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/07/2024If we're being serious here the first thing Kamala needs to do with this groundswell of liberal and moderate enthusiasm is to tamp it down and tack hard right on everything to court the votes of the people who hate her already and would never vote for her in a thousand years. 331347181
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 23/07/2024Since Bluesky can't ever have enough Twitter screenshots lemme just brag about this one real quick 6807
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 10/07/2024Project 2025, page 592: make it harder for employees to be paid at overtime rates by allowing employers to average the number of hours worked over 2-4 weeks 39787377
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/07/2024Well this is grim 375133405286
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2024Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. What did corporations do with the money saved? They didn’t invest it or raise wages. They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect. Nothing trickled down to workers. 820179
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialEric @jacksoneem.bsky.social · 15/04/2024My favorite visualization for this is that a million dollars in $100 bills is about waste high. A billion dollars in $100 bills is taller than the Empire State Building. 1344
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialscoutee @scoutee.bsky.social · 15/04/2024A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. This is the most effective way for my brain to attempt to understand the sheer enormity of billion and trillion 27917
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJoad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 08/04/2024 437458
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/04/2024I used to be a tech enthusiast. I am becoming a tech dethusiast. I don’t want any more tech to buy. I don’t want smart appliances. I don’t want smart pants. I don’t want smart dumbbells. I just want things that I can buy and that work for 20 years. 1764558905
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/03/2024Dunning and Kruger Construction 01728
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialKatherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 30/03/2024so much of generative AI excitement boils down to "hey, we can fill this flour bag with sawdust and sell it for the same price!" 181387466
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialMarc Channick @marcchannick.bsky.social · 27/03/2024Why am I always so crabby?" he asks himself, logging on for the 1,856th straight day to a series of finely-calibrated Outrage Generation Systems 648186
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 24/03/2024Double Congress's salary but provide that any income they make after they leave office is taxed at 100% above that number. I believe @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social proposed this a decade ago and I think it's brilliant. 813514
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialThe Red Terra @theredterra.bsky.social · 22/03/2024Weird, you mean the 40-60% rise in food prices we've seen in the last 4 years wasn't based on reality or supply chain issues, but rather on pure corporate greed just like everyone already knew? Thank God the government is here to do absolutely Fuck All about it except confirm what we knew already!nytimes.comLarge Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. FindsA report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.” 6139001535
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 22/03/2024This is basically the current historical sequence we are living in. Someone produces a product or service that makes a profit; finance or hedge funds take notice and take over with the idea that they could make more money; things gets worse; and then DEI is blamed as the most immediate scapegoat. 392568852
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/03/2024The tax gap (the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected) was $688B in 2021 — nearly half the size of last year’s deficit. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing rich tax cheats, it can collect $12. If the GOP truly cared about the deficit, they would fund the IRS, not gut it. 116360
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/03/2024robertreich.substack.comWhy Boeing is such a shitty company (continued)Friends, On Friday, machinists at Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Oregon, discovered that a United Airlines plane that had landed from San Francisco was missing an external panel (see photo, above). The plane was manufactured by Boeing. It… 36932
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 11/03/2024Today's newsletter: We're watching the internet die as it gets overwhelmed with content built to be popular with algorithms, much of it generated by AI, crowding out stuff created by humans. Ironically, this is also an existential threat to generative AI. tinyurl.com/wyea31124tinyurl.comAre We Watching The Internet Die?Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to buy stock at the initial listing price, which it hasn’t announced yet but is expected t... 39943342
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 10/03/2024Madonna and Child, by Sassoferrato, 17th century, 📸 by @brilewerke.bsky.social 128232
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialLast Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social · 07/03/2024For years, BOEING has been ignoring its engineers, slashing research & development and redirecting the profits to shareholders. Injury and death have been the grim result This is a story of peak capitalism where profit seeking overrides all decisions & regulatory bodies are captured by corporations 48534
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialMs "I Want To Eat Your Brain" ugh, no, not YOURS, gross! 🤢 @brainmist.bsky.social · 06/03/2024This one feels like a punch in the chest: Vinay Krishnan on the bird app. 4633431582
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 19/02/2024cars should be built with non-refillable gas tanks. they roll out of the factory with full tanks, and once they're empty, the car goes straight to the scrap yard. this would create lots of jobs 681907213
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Your reminder the organization behind those Christian "He Gets Us" ads you'll see during the Super Bowl also gives tens of millions of dollars to the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right lawyers who overturned Roe and write most of the anti-trans laws in the countryopendemocracy.netNon-profit rebranding Jesus for Gen Z also funds hate groupThe Servant Foundation, known for its He Gets Us ad campaign, is the main funder for Alliance Defending Freedom 5324831430
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 10/02/2024classic weakly regulated capitalism will kill us all headline 401123278
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialmore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 10/02/2024oh wow you went through a whole desert and your horse doesn't even have a name.. hey quick question, where do you think horse names come from 672480459
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 09/02/2024You’d never think anything starting with “Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl” would have a positive ending, but here we are. 11448131501
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/02/2024Socrates was a classic poster. He just walked up to people and asked them what they believed in, then he’d say it was stupid and yell at them. He argued with everybody until he was legally compelled to kill himself. Not one of us has that commitment 743616790
Reposted by @jeffyfromfamcircus.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 07/02/2024Reminder to new users here: The top marginal tax rate in the US in the 1950s was over 90%. The top marginal tax rate now is 37%. If you got $1000/day every day since the year 1AD and saved every dollar, you still wouldn't be a billionaire. But in the next decade the first trillionaire will exist. 525278
