Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Socrates’ position that literacy ruins human intellect and substitutes true knowledge with superficial understanding is being validated and magnified by large language models. 010
Reposted by Jesse CrooksMovieJawn @moviejawn.com · 23/09/2026Where will we be next? Find your friendly MovieJawn pals at Hiway Theater for the annual TerrorThon Tickets and passes for TerrorThon4 here: hiwaytheater.org/terror 044
Reposted by Jesse CrooksCoyote vs. LinkedIn @knabewolf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026September, but I lost my 45 adapter 15568502529
Reposted by Jesse CrooksAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Nation That Set It Up So That This Regularly Happens 127160
Reposted by Jesse CrooksSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us 9186271862
Reposted by Jesse CrooksAll Hallows' Genevieve @gennyradosti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If the team behind The Thief of Bagdad could make actors fly, disappear, AND fight giant monsters (sometimes underwater) in 1924, you don't need to use genAI in your film. 0184
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Next weekend!moviejawn.comThe Hiway Theater Presents: TerrorThon 4 Preview — Moviejawnby Grant Gow, Staff Writer TerrorThon is the annual horror film festival hosted by the Hiway Theater in Jenkintown, and it’s on its fourth go-round. 000
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Taking a brave stance against the HR ladies trying to shut down interoffice romance in the K-9 units. The High-T leadership we need in the FBI. 100
Reposted by Jesse Crooksedeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My badly damaged Mitch McConnell animatronic has been stolen! Please let me know if you hear of any sightings! 218833
Reposted by Jesse CrooksKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We never punished the people who authorized torture and the last 20+ years of our politics are a consequence of that. 152010449
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Maybe the medieval European who thought that you could grind mummies into powder and use it as medicine were onto something. Only one way to find out. 011
Reposted by Jesse CrooksAlex Kittle @alexxkittle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I always love how much animated film really lights up the whole booth 😍🎞️ 0299
Reposted by Jesse Crooks404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 391085618
Reposted by Jesse CrooksAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A major win today for Tupe Smith, the American Samoan mom and school volunteer Alaska has accused of voter fraud and threatened with prison. “The only good news we’ve heard ever since this whole thing started,” Smith’s husband texts me tonight. I wrote in January on this family’s nightmare, ICYMI:boltsmag.orgAmericans by Name, Punished for Believing It - BoltsIn a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official... 018847
Reposted by Jesse CrooksMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Nice surveillance state you have there. It would be a shame if somebody blinded it. 3639
Reposted by Jesse CrooksRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This guy wanted to charge the ICE cop who blindly fired his gun into a house with a child inside, then lied to justify the shooting. DHS also tried to deport a witness, and publicly slandered the man who was shot. Trump's people blocked the prosecution, then fired the prosecutor for going public. 4628263
Reposted by Jesse CrooksBarbara Flueckiger @flueko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Looking forward to talk about Len Lye @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Jesse Crooksmedieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 02/09/2026fall of the damned (detail), dieric bouts, 1470 1639
Reposted by Jesse CrooksBig Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Works by German artist Elfriede Stegemeyer, 1930s, who was associated with the Cologne Progressives and dada movement, known for her photographic experimentation (photograms, montage, etc). Much of her early work was lost during an Allied bombing in 1941. 02911
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A lot of people will be posting their favorite Dolly Parton song, so I thought I should post what is, without a doubt, the worst song she ever recorded. It is so transcendently bad that I defy you to listen to it without laughing. Even her worst song brings me joy.youtu.beI Get Lonesome by MyselfYouTube video by Porter Wagoner - Topic 100
Reposted by Jesse Crooks🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared. 158393148500
Reposted by Jesse Crooksthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026genuinely cannot imagine anything like this ever happening again. 674481772
Reposted by Jesse CrooksKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A man who aided US authorities by testifying against Mexican cartels was illegally removed *three times* in recent weeks — including to Mexico, where he had protection from deportation due to threat of torture/death. A judge in MD has ordered his return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 482339892
Reposted by Jesse CrooksDavid Harvey @davidharvey.org · 22/08/2026Join me for a free online course on my new book, The Story of Capital. Starting September 8th. peoplesforum.org/harvey/peoplesforum.orgVIRTUAL COURSE: The Story of Capital w/ David HarveyJoin us for a public virtual livestream of Prof. David Harvey’s course ANTH 81800: The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Sho 14712
Reposted by Jesse CrooksMovieJawn @moviejawn.com · 20/08/2026JUST ADDED! Join us at @noirfoundation.bsky.social's NOIR CITY, Nov 13-15 at Ambler Theater with the @tcmtv.bsky.social's Czar of Noir @eddiemuller.bsky.social MJ will be in attendance, find us in the lobby Saturday and Sunday. Tickets and Passes available here: amblertheater.org/noircity 0118
Reposted by Jesse CrooksBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Totally normal that the Secretary of Defense needs a babysitter. 50760176
Reposted by Jesse CrooksZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 18/08/2026By enabling the new Xfinity Wi-Fi motion sensing tech, Comcast says it may disclose information generated from a customer’s use of the feature to outside parties under a broad array of reasons — and Comcast also says it doesn’t have to tell you. Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260818...techcrunch.comComcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch | TechCrunchA new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion is inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors. 22617
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Once again, AI proves to be catnip for the lazy and corrupt. 000
Reposted by Jesse CrooksWIRED @wired.com · 13/08/2026Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones. 20362177
Reposted by Jesse CrooksMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026the specific millennial PTSD this triggers 1142912240
Reposted by Jesse CrooksZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 10/08/2026Bill Swearingen spent the past year developing a pattern that can block surveillance camera detections, including vehicles and people. At Def Con, for the first time, he demoed the pattern printed on a car against a Flock camera to prove it works. Ad-blocker bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260810...techcrunch.comThis 'adversarial' pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you | TechCrunchA security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras. 98418
Reposted by Jesse CrooksMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Fellow BUSTER KEATON fans will enjoy Jim Jarmusch telling the story of how if it hadn’t been for JAMES MASON buying Keaton’s old house in the 1980’s almost every film Buster made would’ve been lost to us forever. Incredible. 311543384
Reposted by Jesse Crookseddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports. 85101722926
Reposted by Jesse CrooksErik Gregersen @ctgriffes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As an adaptation of Homer’s epic, the Honda Odyssey is a complete disaster. With its roomy cabin and rear entertainment system for the kids, the minivan foregrounds concerns that only arose with the American nuclear family and say nothing about the brutality that underlay the Bronze Age. 261898385
Reposted by Jesse Crooksdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.wired.comDHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes AbroadHomeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect. 22387191
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ah, yes, protecting us against the crime of crossing state lines. 000
Reposted by Jesse CrooksJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...404media.co‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co... 151621837
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Can’t wait for the State Department to announce that no, this is right, Africa is now the 52nd state and this is how we’re renaming the counties. 000
Reposted by Jesse CrooksVinegar Syndrome @vinsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Meanwhile, over at lowercase vinegar syndrome 05710
Reposted by Jesse CrooksSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 26/10/2025If you're tired of Google maps .... www.omnesviae.orgomnesviae.orgOmnesViae: Roman Route PlannerPlan your journey like a Roman, with a route planner based on Roman sources, the road map Tabula Peutingerina, and the travel guide of Antoninus. 182
Jesse Crooks @jessecrooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Terrible news.nytimes.comLinda Perhacs, Experimental Folk Singer, Is Reported Missing (Gift Article)Friends of the influential psychedelic folk songwriter said they had been unable to reach her since her discharge from a care facility eight months ago. 210
Reposted by Jesse CrooksHobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable. 6757512477
Reposted by Jesse Crooksskáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026new political axis just dropped 732821714
Reposted by Jesse CrooksRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph. 416159863947
