Reposted by Jay JacksonLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4083523010605
Reposted by Jay JacksonBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think it's closer to the truth that LLMs *can* save time on *some tasks* which can be valuable *if* you monitor them and check their output. But that doesn't get you a trillion dollars so they have to squint into the middle distance and say stupid sci fi bullshit instead 573636441
Reposted by Jay JacksonCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games. 393124853
Reposted by Jay JacksonRic Stubbs @stubbazubba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's unnerving that the Pentagon leadership doesn't know how to prepare for, fight, or win wars, but does know how to make internet content, so Pentagon policy and resources are being altered and diverted to make content rather than defend the nation. 0378
Reposted by Jay JacksonPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026People who remain silent during atrocities are NOT neutral. They are complicit. Have a day 391801349
Reposted by Jay JacksonA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I wrote about the necessity of persuasion (and its pitfalls), a disappointing statement from a national figure, and how we might disrupt traditional popular exclusionary and bigoted stories of Them, by challenging them with open and expansive stories of Us. www.the-reframe.com/us-and-them/the-reframe.comUs and ThemExclusion isn't good for the team. Telling disruptive stories in a fascist locker room. 731897
Reposted by Jay JacksonTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at. 6072212560
Reposted by Jay JacksonMaggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026They took 9/11 "Never Forget" very seriously when they rolled in that TV and blasted the digital image into our 9 year old developing neocortex, huh 611513
Jay Jackson @justjayjackson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026No, but really, this is the *exact* reason French Hill hasn't done an in-person town hall in nearly a decade, because I was at the last one he held, and I'm telling you that man was *absolutely* in his feelings afterwards 020
Reposted by Jay Jacksonscubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Got to put this out there today: Check your voter registration! TX is getting screwed right now. In every state make sure your registration is valid! Get it done my friends. We can’t afford to miss this. 35226
Reposted by Jay JacksonAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/08/2026This is so bleak. We're marching towards a horrific future we were warned about endlessly. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...nytimes.comA Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. 33501166
Reposted by Jay JacksonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is how you show love to everyone 🌈❤️comicsands.comResurfaced Clip Of Dolly Parton Speaking Out About Why She Supports LGBTQ+ People Has Us Sobbing 311524250
Reposted by Jay JacksonJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Gary, Indiana. Look…I don’t exactly tip toe around the obvious: Trump hates black people. There you go. I just saved you the time of sorting through someone else’s more subtle explanation. 43847217
Jay Jackson @justjayjackson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Listen, my parents were a lot of things, but at least they were present for us. This is... idk wtf THIS is. 020
Jay Jackson @justjayjackson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This feels like the premise of a Black Mirror episode 000
Reposted by Jay JacksonSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We kept our votes because we WORKED. And there's a lot of preemptive work we can do to to keep votes from being stolen in the first place! You can: Sign up as a poll worker at your local polling place! www.powerthepolls.org This is the #1 thing to do to protect elections. And it's paid work!powerthepolls.orgPower the PollsPoll workers power democracy. We help recruit them! Sign up now to make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all! 3328102
Reposted by Jay JacksonKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve. 533232662
Reposted by Jay JacksonBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A very positive sign that, nearly a year after Kirk's death, many if not most of the people punished for speaking truthfully about him have won legal cases against their former employees and compensation. Again, panicked compliance with Trumpism has only *cost* institutions. 6491271782
Reposted by Jay Jacksonℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So far the only vegetable that hasn't been recalled is Mitch 29581302347
Reposted by Jay Jackson🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 20/08/2026i swear to god, asking: “what is the problem you are trying to solve? followed by: “what information or data do you need to solve this problem?” are like, some of the single most important questions you need to ask a stakeholder on all kinds of projects, and so many people skip it 541648232
Reposted by Jay JacksonCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Gonna start "pulling a Darline Graham" and responding to those calling out my willful incompetence with a reminder that I support the troops. "Ma'am, you can't park here. This is a handicapped zone. I'll have you towed." "Excuse me, but I support the troops." 361541200
Reposted by Jay JacksonFrankenstein's Mons Pubis 🏳️⚧️💖🏴☠️ @samanthaduke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026in less than 9 minutes @jessiegender.bsky.social summarizes my feelings on the Hairy Poophands reference in Lanterns — from the shattering of immersion to the fact that both are WB properties and they're probs using the one to launder the otheryoutu.beHow Hollywood Is Laundering Harry PotterYouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark 418564
Reposted by Jay JacksonBruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 14/08/2026go on say some shit again about how concern about data centers is overblown 8664283
Reposted by Jay JacksonG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are. 8188732755
Reposted by Jay JacksonDaniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This site lets you scan barcodes to see if they’re part of Taylor Farms: www.taylordetector.comtaylordetector.comTaylor Detector — Scan for Taylor Farms brandsWondering if a product is made by Taylor Farms? Scan any barcode to instantly check brand ownership and affiliations. Free, no signup required. 3424801687
Reposted by Jay JacksonJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Someone at the @mediajustice.bsky.social @conmijente.bsky.social Take Back Tech event I attended recently said something that sticks in my head- basically, "when we see what's being built, it reminds us of what is NOT being built" 09813
Reposted by Jay JacksonDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 06/08/2026Honestly, it feels like so many moderate Dems are stuck in a pre-2016 timeline, where tacking right used to help some when the middle was wider and much more reasonable. What they don't understand is that with Republicans going more extreme into fascism, compromise with them is seen as betrayal. 3747
Reposted by Jay JacksonSeán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026All of the people who are telling you to 'just get used to AI because it's here to stay' are the ones who feel the need to convince you not to fight it. Just a thought. Happy Wednesday! 2121223
Reposted by Jay JacksonDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.news.com.auAI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines. 14336901922
Reposted by Jay JacksonCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Having a weird AI guy crashing out in my mentions for days is really informative of how AI can boil your brain, 'cos he's treating other human beings like chatbots he just has to repeat himself to in order to get the desired response and is baffled he's not getting obsequious "my bad, you're right" 331240178
Reposted by Jay Jacksonthe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Democrats meeting: maybe we can win voters by being more like the republicans Republicans meeting: Satan is turning everyone into trans homeless Mexican communists and the only way we can stop them is by being bigger pedophiles 012933
Reposted by Jay JacksonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Opinion | No president should be allowed to confirm a judge the Supreme Court in his last two years. Every senator should get to vote for at least two years after they die. 1247042
Reposted by Jay JacksonSophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We're going to end up in some horrible world where we'll never be able to tell what's real and what's not. We'll spend our entire lives not trusting anything we see and feeling slightly gaslit. It'll be like a living hell 5364
Reposted by Jay JacksonJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I just had a twenty-minute phone convo with Mitch McConnell. he said Andrew Tate's outfit was to die for 409134291829
Reposted by Jay JacksonMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Never forget that they had to spend trillions of dollars, build massive data centers, consume millions of galloons of water and insane amounts of electricity, just to kind of do what you can do better with your imagination and a cup of coffee. That's how envious they are of what you can do. 5256211795
Reposted by Jay JacksonCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It's not enough to be against AI, you need to be pro art. You need to be a champion of the art you love, you need to share that passion and joy, and do what you can to support the artists who make it, because it's not enough to hate AI, to hate what it's doing to art and media; you gotta love. 5788564090
Reposted by Jay JacksonMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026every time someone complains about BIPOC people being cast i wish they'd just say what they mean, which is "I only prefer stories about white people;" an overtly dickish thing to say and also accurate 111321
Reposted by Jay JacksonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Try to live your life so you are remembered with fondness, like Sam Neill, not contempt, like Lindsey Graham. 271635227
Reposted by Jay JacksonHerr Spooky Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Right there in the middle is the unforgivable crime: We do the work, we help each other, and we make make change happen -- in other words, we ruin the grift. Before long, you won't just be able to sit on your ass collecting lobbyist paychecks for maintaining the status quo. 0225
Reposted by Jay JacksonHerr Spooky Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Please, let's think of the loved ones of the most horrible shits to ever walk the face of the Earth, men who lived in contrariness to God and all his works, who were pleased by the suffering they caused and sought to make more forever, let's think of the people who loved them and hope they die next. 17215
Reposted by Jay JacksonAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026I was speaking with Mitch McConnell by phone for twenty minutes when he said, "hey, what's Lindsay Graham doing here?" 643772654