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Jesse Thorn

@jessethorn.bsky.social
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Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor. “Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”

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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 2h
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 2h
“This is such nice bread.” - me, in Berkeley, where I now live
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 2h
I mean I just moved to BERKELEY that’s how old I am
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The first brand-new MST3K episode STING OF DEATH is available right now, immediately, at once, other words to indicate that concept! If you missed it in movie theaters, now’s your chance. You can also order a package of this plus the three next eps in various formats, as they come out. Enjoy!
MST3K: STING OF DEATH art showing the jellyfish monster menacing two 1960s dancers.  Classic MST3K silhouette guys watch!  (Art by the great Nina Matsumoto)
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 4h
Godzilla is mother 🙏
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 4h
Never trust anyone in any demographic who is not horny for Erykah Badu
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 4h
Pro tip if you have Sonos, Erykah has her own music channel on there called Live From Badubotron and it absolutely overflowing with jams. Also sometimes she comes on there and says weird little IDs that make you love her even more as if that was possible lol
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Erykah Badu's Iconic Vibe - Sadeisthegoat
ALT: Erykah Badu's Iconic Vibe - Sadeisthegoat
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
San Francisco is the New York of the Pacific
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
I do this for my culture / to let em know / what a white boy look like / when he’s another podcaster
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
I’m not gonna tell you how to vote, but it’s worth asking yourself: which is more important? Income inequality or wealth inequality? Does our tax system reflect that?
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
All of this is true for billionaires, and also for millionaires and for people who own a $300,000 home in Iowa City or Fresno. Wealth, which doesn’t directly reflect work, self-perpetuates and predicts happiness, security and comfort.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
Even “self-made” rich people generally were able to access capital through wealth, whether through direct transfer from relatives or from borrowing or investment that would be impossible without wealth.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
The absence of wealth profoundly destabilizes lives and dramatically increases the cost of living. Life is harder, scarier and more expensive when you don’t have a slush fund. Financial gambles - an essential part of capitalism - are also impossible.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
Wealth transfers astonishingly fluidly between generations, especially in a country with very low estate taxes like the US. You can enjoy the wealth that dead people accrued using the wealth their parents accrued, using the wealth their parents accrued, all without meaningful work.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
Wealth in our country reflects the legacies of racism and slavery. White people in the US have about $100 in wealth for every $15 black people have.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h
In a capitalist society, wealth is self-perpetuating. It creates unearned income. Tax systems like home interest deductions, low property taxes and low capital gains tax rates are designed by those with wealth to perpetuate wealth. So should we tax wealth?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis?
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 9h
SF zoo capys were my original favorite animal! As a child!
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 9h
And here I am with this degree in UNDERWATER BASKET WEAVING!!
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Michael @sautter.bsky.social · 12h
Bob Mould knew that reuniting with Sugar decades later would be pretty sweet - Bullseye, Jesse Thorn, 41 minutes. #music | #BobMould | #Bullseye | #JesseThorn | #NPR | #Sugar | #HuskerDu || @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social .
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Bob Mould knew that reuniting with Sugar decades later would be pretty sweet - Bullseye, Jesse Thorn
YouTube video by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10h
Yeah ours is right in the mudroom! A lot of 50s-70s houses in California had those bars in the basement, and once in a while even little projector booths. Regular middle class houses not big mansions or anything. See them at estate sales. The greatest, even as a non-drinker.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10h
We have given up a bedroom and a playroom to afford to move from LA to the Bay, but the elderly couple who previously owned this home put in a dog shower, so to be frank it’s all 100% worth it. Also nice to be closer to family. But mostly: a shower that’s just for dogs!!!
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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 14h
I just made a formal complaint to the BBC about this. If you'd like to do the same, here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23h
This man is pure evil. www.tmz.com/2026/10/09/e...
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Elon Musk Kicked Daughter Off Insurance After She Came Out as Trans, First Wife Says
Elon Musk is revealing the way he treated his trans daughter behind closed doors during their public falling out ... according to his first wife.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That moment when your dog looks up from sniffing the grass, his eyes alight. “Dad! I’ve found it! I’ve finally found it!” And whatever it is, whatever he has found, you realize in an instant… he will be rolling in it.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Such a joy to see you! Hope it won’t be so long next time.
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Bob Mould @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thanks to Jesse Thorn and NPR for having me on Bullseye! Jesse and I have been friends for many years, and we cover a LOT of territory during this conversation.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My brother in law Dan is a scientist who works to protect the San Francisco Bay, and his work is under threat. baynature.org/2026/10/05/s...
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EPA Touts $82M for SF Bay Water Grants, While Trump Administration Proposes Scuttling the Program
President Trump's administration has proposed cutting the program. But Congress funds the program directly, so Congress will have the final say.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Say it with me folks: “WHAT… DID… HE… ROLLLLLLL INNNNNNN?”
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My brother in law Dan is a scientist who works to protect the San Francisco Bay, and his work is under threat. baynature.org/2026/10/05/s...
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EPA Touts $82M for SF Bay Water Grants, While Trump Administration Proposes Scuttling the Program
President Trump's administration has proposed cutting the program. But Congress funds the program directly, so Congress will have the final say.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Being an entertainer is about entertaining the people Peter and I want to hear When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Please play “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These AIs are too smart. Google Maps somehow just KNEW that the most important landmark between my house and the dog park is Adam Borden Trumpet Lessons.
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The face of someone who is HOSTING @catconworldwide tomorrow and Sunday! No Garfield costume this year, I have something much more special planned. I can’t wait to see you there! 😼😼😼
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yeah I took that one a few times
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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn @bullseye.maximumfun.org · 09/10/2026
Bob Mould is a solo artist as well as the frontman of the bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar. On Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, he talks about the pain and trauma of living through the AIDS crisis in the 80s. Full interview: buff.ly/OCXedre
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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/10/2026
MaxFun members, now look what you did
Maximum Fun donated $21,789 to the Center for Constitutional Rights! And we couldn’t have done it without you! The Center for Constitutional Rights champions the rights of the people, inside and outside of the courtroom. We’re proud to support their ongoing efforts to protect the inalienable rights of every human being.Thank you to all of the MaxFun members who helped make this happen! This marks the tenth year that we have run a sale for charity after MaxFunDrive. Since we started, the MaxFun community has raised almost $675,000 for 14 different nonprofits!
In 2026, things are bad. We don’t need to go into all the reasons, we don’t need to dwell on all the ways, but we know they’re bad. Today, we were able to do something good together.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@jordanmorris.bsky.social was tabling next to him at a con!
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026
To be a billionaire is to live a life unthwarted, above the power of your workers, your neighbors, or your government and its laws. It is the right to get high on your own supply. It is the right to live a life in which no one ever calls you on your bullshit.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Right on camera
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Useful information about a different punk rock guy from the one Spock murdered using his famous “death grip” in Star Trek IV.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Everyone in our IG comments loving on Angelique and calling her “mom” and “mama Africa” 💗💗💗
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Probably a different guy because Spock used a death grip on the first guy which is a murderous grip
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My colleague asked Bob Mould what he was doing after recording with us, and he said he was headed back to San Francisco. My colleague asked how long he’d been in town and he said he flew in that morning. Folks, he flew in for us!
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rarely do I get the chance to talk to someone as lovely and fascinating as genuine rock legend Bob Mould. youtu.be/6_2u6ylUMrM?...
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Bob Mould knew that reuniting with Sugar decades later would be pretty sweet - Bullseye, Jesse Thorn
YouTube video by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There should not be two justice systems, one for normal people and one for people wearing bathrobes
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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn @bullseye.maximumfun.org · 09/10/2026
Bob Mould has influenced many acts over nearly five decades of making music. His bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar helped create the sounds that became grunge, pop punk and indie rock. We talked with Bob Mould about being openly gay in the punk scene, wrestling, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_2u...
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