jsthorpe2.bsky.social @jsthorpe2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why would Democrats ever agree to a spending bill again? 000
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A good reminder from Ed that not everyone will be able to afford a personal agent — even as the Internet is re-wired around them. @edmundlee.bsky.social #Muse 32382102
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12871151700
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud 13775061561
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. n.pr/3SK34ozn.prNASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missionsNASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. 25427185
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/09/2026Despite initial fears of decline, New York City has transformed significantly since 9/11, becoming larger, wealthier and more diverse. New Yorkers share their stories of resilience and how they continue to adapt to a changing post-9/11 world:washingtonpost.comNew York changed in dramatic and surprising ways in the 25 years since 9/11Some of the most positive changes have come with downsides that are straining the city. 13711
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345113687
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Real Americans are watching the game on NBC right now with an over-the-air antenna while second-screening social media. 661080116
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI set $22M on fire just to steal $1M from a human who did the actual work, and that’s the business plan our economy is betting everything on? Lol. 181631486
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialKonner Knudsen @penzerker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Werner Herzog's scathing quote about Ai is what I needed this morning. 81041317
jsthorpe2.bsky.social @jsthorpe2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A decade defined by growth in so many ways with these boys. Thank you everyone who has been with us for any part of the journey 000
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialHo! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Yup, you’re getting screwed. Since 2022, streaming prices have risen more than three times as much as inflation (which is also too high)." Progress! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comStreaming Is Raising Prices Faster Than Cable Ever DidCongrats, you cut the cord. Now you have six more cords. Streaming prices are rising three times as fast as inflation, making escaping cable company greed now seem quaint. 210142
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialBrian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New collections, organizations, and a few tweaks to the page are live. Check it out to support my work. Free memberships are welcome and keeps you up-to-date on what I am working on! #ttrpg #webcomics #battlemaps www.patreon.com/cw/d20monkeypatreon.comd20Monkey — Creating webcomics and maps for TTRPGGet more from d20Monkey on Patreon. Creating webcomics and maps for TTRPG. Support d20Monkey and get exclusive access to their work. 03029
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialJacob Graveison @jacobdavison.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sad to hear we could have gotten an Order of the Triad spin-off from The Venture Bros. only for it be turned down. The possibilities it could have had! 418651
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/09/2026"Bottom 60% of households" is a wild phrase 12559701617
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialj❓❗ @jeeznomad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Coming from a former HP kid: You can just be an adult with taste and integrity. It's not even hard. You have the capacity to make that choice any time you want. 15710
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“.. there are really two separate economies: one for people who make their primary income through investment and passive income . . . and then typical workers who clock in day in and day out.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6f3a... 931656686
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Then the Haitians did it The Right Way. And now after Americans lured them here and practically begged them to come to Springfield — Springfield! — now they’re having Trump’s armed secret police inflicted on them, and being told they all need to go back to an incredibly dangerous place or else 91391248
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Something else - and no, I’m not making an original point here — that endlessly infuriates me about the trump administration’s siege of Springfield Ohio is that the Haitians are there primarily because they were invited there, largely by local conservative political and business leaders… 252679582
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What a lede, @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social. 💔 @nytimes.com #Dolly www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a... 350276
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026APOLLO: Since 2006, US debt “is up nearly fivefold over that period. The economy is up less than 2.5x.” (via Schwab) 🇺🇸 16428135
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 26/08/2026As a tribute to Dolly, why not donate a book? Leave one is a free library. Give one to a friend or neighbor or child. Buy one for a teacher’s wishlist. If you have book donation ideas, add them to this thread. Dolly would love to see people getting books! 22650205
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialjordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"I'm sure of my talent and I'm sure of my love for life." 174128789
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialPhillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026No amnesty. No mercy. No fucking plea deals. Nothing but relentless pursuit and vigorous prosecution for every last one of these fucking monsters 22755245
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialDavid Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/202621 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history. 14042911478
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026(FT) - Almost two years since Donald Trump won election pledging to slash prices and fix the US’s public finances, his Iran war and tax cuts have delivered a different outcome: record-high debt, soaring fuel costs and punishing mortgage rates. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6cb3... 60935330
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21/08/2026you can write a lot of thinkpieces about the structural problems with american governance but also "don't elect grandpa cheesebrain" 412422387
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialSeung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.' 442498608
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Your regular reminder Republicans in Congress fully support this. 1552390603
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialTim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Forget "In space, noone can hear you scream." This is still the greatest tagline ever printed on a film poster. 1715434
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187843445
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Hey remember when the media and gop freaked out when bill clinton spoke to the attorney general for five seconds? 863931888
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026look, you can serve the 8 million residents of new york city, or you can serve the people who really matter: people who are trying to sell their second luxury homes and have national political reporters saved as contacts 61371241
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026so, we can now see that Steven Cheung was just completely lying here 1843321715
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11/08/2026As a reminder, In every war-game simulation US has run during this century about an attack on Iran: * Counter-move #1 was closing Hormuz * #2 was attacking US bases/assets/allies in the region * #3 was retaliation against US and Americans—over the years, "at time and place of their choosing." 14720220
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I dunno...I think it's time to stop interviewing James Carville. 1743145223
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/08/2026A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 652250715
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That was the stated purpose behind the establishment of the branch of government in which you serve but go off king 161428181
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I don’t really think it’s a stretch to say this is Republicans breaking the federal government intentionally. This truly is one of the reasons a national government exists. If what government means under Republicans is just patronage and corruption then, uh, we have a problem. 44614
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It is 2005. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2012. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2018. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations.. It is 2025. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2026. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allega-- 7843851796
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.sociallowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 25/07/2026zohran is a completely normal (mixed-market socialist/new-deal liberal/whatever) and it’s completely frying the brains of people with too much money or whose livelihoods are built on catering to the opinions of people with too much money 373711557
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The Pentagon has tried to mask the total price tag — including from Congress — by taking the funds from a classified budget for nuclear modernization.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u... 751422702
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I previously reported that the growth rate and composition of Trump's wealth gain in office are unprecedented in recent history. Upon request, here is the data on the relative size of Trump's presidential windfall. The extent of his self-enrichment is even more striking. 29439271
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026People will say the big 3 didn't see it coming but US auto executives knew this was happening 15 years ago and largely acted accordingly, making huge investments in EV tech and lobbying the US govt for subsidies to those investments. Then Trump got reelected and it all got thrown out the window 491835462
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 372277966
Reposted by @jsthorpe2.bsky.sociallaperry2.bsky.social @laperry2.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...worseonpurpose.comYour Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying. 511294459
