joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These are my 100 most listened to albums in 2026 by number of song listens. Sorry, Rolling Stone, the monoculture is long dead. Why would top charting songs have any relationship to what I listen to? 110
Reposted by joeStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 27/09/2026It’s very unclear and that’s part of the problem! If any architect, engineer, or other researcher would like to do the work to figure out where exactly they’re required (analyze the code, interview design professionals and developers, etc.), reach out! I could fund such a thing 3212
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great article. I think Karen Bass' ED1, which was good but she immediately made it worse, her ability to hamper HLA street safety projects, and her role in stimying transportation projects on the Metro board made it clear to me how much power an LA mayor has. 053
Reposted by joePaper Skygest Team @paper-feed.bsky.social · 19/08/2025**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network 2113139
Reposted by joejoe @jjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today I'm going to go with: "I spent the next 3 years in a POW camp forced to subsist on a thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice. I came close to madness trying to find it here in the states but they just can't get the spices right." 111513
Reposted by joeThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239371777
Reposted by joejoe @jjoe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Demolition Man has it all: action AND dumb. I love it. My sister turned 17, and she immediately took advantage of it to take me, her ten-year-old brother, to my first rated R movie in theaters. In 6th grade, I wrote a short story that cribbed heavily from the plot. It was called "Cyber Doe." 151
Reposted by joePatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RE: The Atlantic, a few months after this issue a guy in El Paso went on a rampage targeting people he thought looked "Mexican"; he shot 45 and killed 23. when I read some journalists lines from his manifesto and Frum's essay and asked them who wrote which, they couldn't tell, I couldn't blame them 353030787
Reposted by joeAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I wrote this because most journalists facing this pressure can’t. The paper we count on to check authoritarianism spiked an investigation into the Democratic Party because the party’s lawyers threatened to sue. Holding authoritarians accountable starts with holding your own side accountable.data4democracy.substack.comWith Fear and FavorInstitutions don’t have courage. They have incentives. 26633227
Reposted by joeAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 22870347
Reposted by joeGeoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We have just witnessed an incredible A/B test showing how plagiarism allegations at Cambridge University play out depending on how racialized the subject of the allegations are and it says nothing good about our society or the state of "race relations". O'Reilly is still in post.varsity.co.ukPlagiarising professor stays in post and threatens student journalistsMore than twelve pages of an article published under O’Reilly's name had been lifted almost word for word from two essays by one of his students 10607278
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm a bluesky poster aged 35-44, no one will ever discontinue my favorite foods! 010
Reposted by joeMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12/08/2026again, the only way this dishonest whining works is to ignore what happened: a dam broke and the routine police murder of Black people mobilized some white people, and that was scary to other white people 41736397
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Saw coyotes occupying a stalled apartment development in Irvine until they restarted construction a year ago. Glad the new housing is coming (300+ units), but I can't deny the coyotes were a huge improvement on the terrible Irvine vibes 000
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The people are crying out for more dipping areasyoutube.comThe Kids in The Hall Dipping AreasYouTube video by Machina Adore 010
Reposted by joeNowcowan @nowcowan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Most of the US west coast has been throttling housing being built for the last 20ish years, usually to keep “the poors” out & keep housing prices high. Here’s a pretty typical example of how that happens, this time an affordable housing project for retired farm workers in Half Moon Bay 1256
Reposted by joeKenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 11/07/2026For instance: incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who’s running for re-election, bowed to pressure from two cemeteries & halted the long-awaited Forest Lawn Drive safety project. Despite years of planning and outreach for a redesign to make the corridor safer. bsky.app/profile/stre... 44912
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Samuel Delany William Gibson ( @greatdismal.bsky.social ) JV Jones China Mieville Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ) 110
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I see Noah Smith is doing this bit again (via @sharonk.bsky.social ) 100
Reposted by joeYIMBYonese Liberation Army @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Arcadia 2 webcam showing that the smoke layer is indeed moving northeast and capped out at the top of the marine layer. Camera elevation 1800’. 153
Reposted by joeNowcowan @nowcowan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🚨🚨🚨 if you’re in the arts district, Boyle Heights, shut your windows & get inside. Huge toxic warehouse fire. Wind pushing NE but this stuff lingers. Mask up, KN95 or better 01421
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - The Sweetest Gift A Mother's Smile [a song my mom sang to me as a very young child. the lyrics dawned on me at some point years after]youtube.comThe Sweetest Gift A Mother's SmileYouTube video by Hazel Dickens - Topic 110
Reposted by joeUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Maybe it was the whole primitive, hateful idea of the feminine as dark, blind, weak, and evil that I saw shaking itself to pieces, imploding, crumbling into wreckage on a desert ground. And I rejoiced to see it fall. I still do. 09338
Reposted by joejoe @jjoe.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Sob, sightheonion.comThis War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’tGeorge W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more. 021
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Corinthians 7 Santos 1. Carlitos Tevez hat trickyoutube.comO Dia que Carlitos Tévez HUMILHOU o SantosYouTube video by LegadoSCCP 100
Reposted by joeDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The California Public Utility Commission has been a leader in ensuring universal broadband, with subsidies for low-income residents, minimum quality standards, and guaranteed competitive rates. So of course a telecom-funded state legislator (a Democrat!) is trying to strip the CPUC's jurisdiction.prospect.orgA California Democrat Is Trying to Gut the State’s Broadband Watchdog - The American ProspectThe state’s Public Utilities Commission has been a national leader in making broadband affordable for low-income families. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner wants to end that. 512350
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026An org few think about, SCAG, is pretending that future planned metro lines won't exist. Presumably so we won't allow SB79 upzoned housing there? Regional planning org happy to keep rents high even if it hurts transit and broader economic development. Los Angeles and socal NIMBYism, folks. 000
Reposted by joeJoe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026For some reason, SCAG staff decided that, despite the law not giving them this power to add any additional qualifying criteria, they’re only going to count planned stops that have completed their environmental reviews. Let me reiterate that SCAG just completely made this up. 1142
Reposted by joeFive iPads @tomorrowarchive.com · 04/06/2026you know what happened the last time the knicks and the spurs were in the finals? thats right, 9/11, a couple years later. 071
Reposted by joeNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 's endorsement for Steyer would probably convince me to vote for him if I were in CA. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-case-for...meditationsinanemergency.comThe Case for Climate Champion Tom Steyer in the California Governor's RaceLike a lot of you, I'm not, to say the least, a fan of billionaires as a species. Perhaps unlike a lot of you, I'm not a fan of airtight categories either: categories are leaky and a lot of what you m... 5329
joe @jjoe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Not beating the empty suit for consultants and corporate donor allegations. That was Swalwell before he dropped out; the machine just moved on to their next best option. 010
Reposted by joeJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"So anointed candidates gain money, attention, and support from a network of kingmakers and the capital that follows them, without anyone asking core questions about candidate quality or their record. " prospect.org/2026/05/29/d...prospect.orgDoes Xavier Becerra Know What a PBM Is? - The American ProspectThe question speaks to how in the Democratic Party, there is no price paid for the inability to govern. 2198
Reposted by joeJonathan Eby @jonathaneby.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Steyer Vs Becerra and Bass vs Raman would be very good for california politics. genuine debates, and sharpening of the political campaigns. 210910
Reposted by joeJordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 29/05/2026If we get a Becerra/Steyer matchup, every single Democrat in a tight congressional race across the state gains a huge advantage they would not have had otherwise. Not to mention the benefit to progressive state/regional ballot propositions like the Bay Area transit measure. 521628
![Album Cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico & Grogu. Black text on a white background with a pop art image of a banana signed by Andy Warhol. [Good album and Nico's voice is incredible, but please do not take this an endorsement of her terrible worldview, etc. Same praise and caveat applies to Grogu]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6eyah4alx5w7geb34wmtcji/bafkreiarvfzrpzgio7gzb6elbbvqznsj6fq4qsnl4h4sk3l6xtgtmlhk6q)