johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 04/02/2026And what I would see as “my position” is that em dashes are (then AND now) one of the best indicators of AI that exists. If your writing features a lot of em dashes, you probably used AI. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Smash, I am genuinely curious about your take on em dashes these days. I feel like I was among the first to recognize em dashes in AI, and I feel like time has only validated my position here. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026As a Wyomingite, I’ve been making this exact comment for years. It’s incredibly ironic but wholly predictable. Because the village that is Wyoming is positively jam packed with idiots. Per the 2024 election, for every intelligent person in Wyoming, there are more than 2 idiots. Let that sink in. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Getting Trump vibes here. You need to punish this stuff, South Korea. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Dear Germany. Please resolve this quickly! (Obviously in a fair way). I’m trying to get my pitbull to Ireland and she has to go through Frankfurt. They canceled her flight on Monday. I’m going to bleed all my money if I have to keep rescheduling things. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Just heard someone on news refer to "DOGE" as the "Department of Government Efficiency Initiative." Lol. So it's not even a department. It's an "initiative," got it. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025They’ve thrown the country in the trash. There are better places to live a good life. Just because you were born in 1888 Germany doesn’t make you a coward for getting the fuck out in 1925 after you read Mein Kampf for the first time. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Bro I’ll buy calls on concentration camps for the undesirables from overseas, I don’t need to be put in one myself. You do you but there’s no shame in leaving a budding fascist state. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I’d recommend getting the hell out, tbh. Writing it off as a lost cause. If you can. It’s not gonna end well for anyone here. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I mean I definitely have a decent idea. I live in the Trump capitol of the nation. Look up the top percentage votes for the past three cycles. That’s where I live. That’s where 1/2 my family has gone full cult status. We’re to the point where excuses don’t hold much weight. It’s downhill from here. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I promise I don’t. But it’s likely a classic FAFO. If I wanted to be a dickhead I’d have voted for Trump. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025He sure isn’t, but anyone unwilling to say who they voted for probably voted 99.9% voted for Trump or failed to vote for Harris. I think that’s damn pretty damn obvious. 300
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I was under the impression that people wanted what they voted for (or failed to vote against). There were an abundance of warning signs but I guess everyone is just blameless. I guess no one needs to learn any kind of lesson at all. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I cared enough to turn out against him, that’s for sure. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I agree. I'd go so far as to say it should be FREE for anyone who needs it. Sorry if what I wrote implied that I didn't... I'm not clear how that's the case, though. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This is the most blatantly autocratic takeover EVER. This is like a bad kids movie. It's like watching the obvious bad guy Jafar or w/e in a Disney movie, but completely over the top with it, to the point where people are swooning for him to kill them. Why the fuck is no one paying attention. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025And again, spending time on your niche interests, ignoring the world around you, is FAFO. 110
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I agree to some extent. But you need to examine what they were doing. When you do it USUALLY falls apart. It becomes clear they were just being lazy. They were spending time reading pop music magazines (or really whatever niche interest they might have) instead of making an attempt to be informed. 220
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Oh and I literally am leaving... The entire country. If any swing state voters want to help me obtain residency using their address I'd be happy to have my vote and my phone calls actually matter for once. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Yeah but I hate talking on the phone. Also I'm pretty sure they'd just hang up on me or worse. #1 state percentage-wise for Trump, for every cycle for the past 3 cycles. It's only gotten worse over time. 2016: 68.17% 2020: 69.94% 2024: 71.60% Frankly, I'm leaving. It's a lost cause. 110
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Put yourself in the shoes of someone who actually turned out against Trump. It doesn't seem like you're doing that. I wouldn't give two shits if I saw some "FAFO" post that is misinterpreting what I said, assuming I voted for Trump or failed to vote against him. I'd clarify my position & move on. 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025It's not the southern accent. If he wants to clear the air here, I'm sure that's an option available to him. No one would be saying FAFO if he made it clear where he stood in the election. I'm sorry, but in this case both declining to vote for Harris and voting for trump qualify as FAFO. 550
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Fact is, we'll be lucky if there are any more free and fair US elections ever again. If you aren't politically informed enough to actually confidently state your position when you say some shit like this, then I'm sorry but you're part of the problem. Reality is tough and sounds like a FAFO to me. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Eh. Maybe the poster could have clarified the point with "If you voted for Trump, you just got FAFO'd. If you voted for Harris, I'm sorry your fellow citizens are fucking idiots." Beyond that, it's likely a total FAFO. 110
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Bloodborne “cartooned,” like when Blizzard butchered StarCraft. Or really any other gritty game getting a “cartooned” treatment like that. Look what they did to my girl Kerrigan. It’s a downright crime. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I feel like @johnleguizamo.bsky.social is kind of MIA here. *The Pest is my favorite movie if you're reading this, John. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025After interacting with deepseek more I'm convinced that one of the criticisms I heard, that they tuned their AI to the tests well, seems right. I can't do nearly as much w/ it as Chat GPT. I mean leading it down rabbit holes of conversation/roleplay, etc. Deepseek devolves into nonsense quickly. 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Careful. Now that DOJ is becoming weaponized there will be a lot of “criminals” who otherwise wouldn’t be. The 14th amendment should’ve been more than enough. Fact is Trump is illegitimate—sworn in despite the 14th amendment saying a 2/3 vote from congress is required. Still waiting for that vote. 020
Reposted by @johntdowney.bsky.socialBenevolusPF 🇺🇸🏴🇮🇪🇸🇪🇩🇪🇺🇦☕️🥃🍺 @benevoluspf.bsky.social · 19/02/2025And btw, not investigating this election all but assures losses in 2026 and 2028. 3222
Reposted by @johntdowney.bsky.socialJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The single greatest failure of the Democrats was not investigating this election. 3363623750
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Whew, I was worried they somehow traced my account to all of my other banned accounts, without me even saying anything subversive! (I promise it's all "fuck trump" and "free mangione" kind of bullshit) 130
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Honestly, my assumption is that the only bit of actual legislation being worked on in the next 2-4 years is to fill congress with enough sycophants for a constitutional amendment permitting: A. The re-election of DJT and/or B. The election of Elon Musk 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025They’ve been going after future elections since Nov 3, 2020 Anyone who assumes 2024 was above board, that no ratfuckery took place, is gullible We’re likely looking at a decisive red wave once again demoralizing democrats, who will subsequently fail to fight against such a massive improbable loss 100
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025like it when shiny car go vroom vroom Mm yupmedia.tenor.coma shirtless man in overalls is sitting in front of a windowALT: a shirtless man in overalls is sitting in front of a window 000
Reposted by @johntdowney.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them. 214312428331286
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025media.tenor.coma group of people are driving a red and yellow toy car down a road .ALT: a group of people are driving a red and yellow toy car down a road . 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025does anyone, please raise your hands, have any goddamn desire to use this trash? ANYONE? PLEASE STEP FORWARD 000
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025you know you can just said shit-filled diapers right? Let's not $ugarcoat thi$ 0180
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025media.tenor.coma man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane .ALT: a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane . 010
Reposted by @johntdowney.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is what oligarchy looks like. 10045159817617
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 16/02/2025@sohrabahmari.bsky.social I just listened to an NPR story that featured you. No, but seriously when you say “Elon Musk is a danger to Trumpism,” what exactly do you think Trumpism is? “Naked oligarchy betrays the MAGA base”? Lol! Naked oligarchy is the goddamn point of Trumpism, dude. 010
johntdowney.bsky.social @johntdowney.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Lol. Yeah he’s definitely not an attorney and he’s definitely not knowledgeable on the law. 000
Reposted by @johntdowney.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw” Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start 30397426210128
