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Jon Bakos

@jonbakos.bsky.social
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Assoc. Professor of TESL and Linguistics at Indiana State University. Sociolinguistics.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential 
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic 
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is 
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted 
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s 
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those 
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is 
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not 
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh dear God, I didn't actually know that. I wish I could say I was shocked
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who the heck is framing him as a leftist? He's a toady for evil rich men
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I remember when the Ukraine war started he was lurking around the Polish border and being like "I see VEHICLES that are MOVING AROUND! Thus we must support Putin unquestioningly"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He clearly hates women very much, but I feel like this is more part of his greater quest to be the most pathetically sniveling person on Earth. If some rich dude was found with a heap of dead boys in his basement, Michael Tracey would be there to say "WHO AMONG US CAN SAY THEY HAVENT etc etc"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They Without Hats
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Even Italy's fascists don't support handing their own country to Putin
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WWIII has been ongoing since at least the annexation of Crimea, and will continue as long as Putin is alive.
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Would you like to pay for Gemini Pro to assist you with the first 50 stages of disabling Gemini?"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Since our metrics now count every time you think of the word 'Google' as a use of AI, AI usage has boomed even though no one touches the actual tools"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm honestly curious too - it seems like they've been sending more missiles to Kyiv but it doesn't look like they've had much military success. Mobilizing a few hundred thousand grandpas and ethnic minorities isn't going to accomplish much
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I love the people that think they can solve the problems by being like 'Claude, solve the problems'
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Name your favorite Disney princess (wrong answers only)
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump's never been bothered by what would make sense - I know there's no rational basis to lower rates, but he's always wanted them, and figured he'd be trying to get them. I'm impressed that even with his influence on the Fed, they're still not dumb enough to do it
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump's thing has always been wanting low interest rates. I'm kind of surprised that even with the board packing he hasn't gotten them
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The one Julia shared has some chestnuts like Pinker, Lehman
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Definitely a dude-heavy list
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The strategy for Bessent has been to issue short-term bonds with high interest, with the plan to consolidate them into long-term bonds locked in at lower interest rates in the future. Interest rates haven't gone down, which means when the short-term bonds come due, he won't be able to do that
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't understand why people go there. I deleted my account after the 2024 election and haven't missed it at all. My understanding is that they drive basically no traffic to businesses, so there's no monetary reason to be there either
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Any time I'm on Threads it's pure engagement bait or AI bros raving about how Claude is Christ
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"You're a Luddite for not embracing a technology that hallucinates constantly (in a way that can't *ever* be fixed), needlessly burns resources, barely works, and is pushed by the worst living humans"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
One of the stupidest people I know is a misogynist cis-gay 'communist' man
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"We'd prefer you elect an insane lunatic who wants to ruin you all, but supports Israel"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Here's your slingshot and T-shirt. Go die for Russia, soldier!"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sam Altman *bursts into the room* "My friends, I have invented AI!" Mark Zuckerberg: "Wonderful! Our Age of the Fuckening has dawned!"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I absolutely think Russia should take their time with this - there's still oil refineries and Wildberries facilities left and a year would be plenty of time to fix that
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Man I'd love if we could elect senators who represent our own country
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Ok so there's five cannons literally sitting in a ring around Putin himself but that's still air defence 😭😭😭
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
There IS no air defense - what little they have has been rushed off to Moscow - the rest of the country is just sitting ducks
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Even better if said assets were split among various African and LGBT+ organizations
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Happy to see the ADs go - makes the path for the next drones safer
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Not posting for sarcasm, but to laugh at them, and then laugh again, even harder :)
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Hahahahaha Funny As Hell
ALT: Hahahahaha Funny As Hell
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
And they still account for 100% of the primary processing capacity, which is now 0 million tons per year 😊
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"We were tearing it down anyway, there were no strikes, it was a controlled demolition. There's actually even more oil now"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Two whole tanks of gas a month! Luxury! Praise Putin
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
For Americans, that's $256 for 11.35 gallons 🫠
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I love how he used spent six years on his elite anti-aging program to age 15 years
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There's no such thing as anti-misogyny right-wing politics, but *lots* of left-wing politics is misogynist
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If there's anything the last couple years have shown, it's that the US is much less consequential on the world stage than everyone thought. It'd be better if we were helping more, but I don't think it's devastating for Ukraine
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"No chance of being both alive and a US senator at any time in the future" "But that's all three!"
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Some them definitely see progressives as much, much more problematic than MAGA, and it really shows
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
They're getting rid of all the staff at the warehouses. This is shoving them onto the street to die
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I do think the misogyny and racism are real, since they connect to power. Like basically everything Elmo says is a lying, cynical grift, but I'm confident that his undying hatred of Black people is a 100% sincere, unwavering core belief. One of very, very few.
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
*Midwestern* Palo Alto brothel/ketamine bar
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
PACKERRRRS
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Giant Spider Trending
ALT: Giant Spider Trending
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I confidently settle my glasses onto my face, secure in the knowledge that this morning will not be the one where my eyes bug out and my bow tie spins around as I make AWOOGAH noises
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why on Earth would anyone want this?
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
MY CHILD STAYED UP TOO LATE, STUMBLED AND FELL ON A VACCINE NEEDLE, BREATHED IN A CHEMTRAIL, AND DIED - THANKS MAMDANI
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Jon Bakos @jonbakos.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This can be tricky because sometimes the 'standards' are artificial bullshit wedged in to make sure nothing changes, and sometimes they really do matter
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
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