David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Totally in character and consistent with all his public statements. He‘s very stable and unchanging, he’s just unbelievably selfish and an asshole. 020
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why does everyone blame it on mental illness? What if he’s a totally rational actor, but he literally and obviously cares only about himself? Grampa didn’t become a racist because he got old, he became a louder, more obnoxious racist because he stopped caring what other people thought. 011
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@gruber.foo who do you like for leather iPhone cases lately? You had recommended one that was not Bullstrap once but I forget who it was 200
Reposted by David Hamcageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026can we even say "sold" anymore when they're just shoving "AI" into everything we use without even giving us a chance to say no? this feels more like an invasion than a sales pitch. they're not selling a product. they want us to stop thinking for ourselves. 324249
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My raised-in-the-80s self is still amazed to see billboards advertising cannabis stores and French fries fried in beef fat. Up is down! 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Especially sharp and poignant essay from @monteiro.bsky.social this week, if you don’t subscribe, you should. 031
Reposted by David HamMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oh no Dolly Parton died. She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book. Thank you Dolly 11879251202
Reposted by David HamAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121515978
Reposted by David HamMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 24/08/2026If we had journalism instead of access journalism, someone would have asked Jeffries: * Who called the meeting, you or Jared? * What was the topic of the meeting? * What was decided at that meeting? * Jared is not an official member of the government, so in what capacity did you meet with him? 1042899
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I have attained Laundry Basket Zero, congratulate me! 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Dear @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @durbin.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social If Democrats win the House, and maybe the Senate, what will you do with the power? Why should we vote for you? 110
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Putting aside how gross it is to deal with the Trump people AT ALL: what could Jeffries be asking for, that he thinks Trump will actually follow through on? On what basis would he or anyone trust Trump? Jeffries has to go. 010
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Susan Collins is one of the five wirst people in this whole rotten administration (and I know she’s a Senator and not in the admin). But her Concerns give them a lot of cover and she never lifts a finger to check them. Up there with RFK and Hegseth. 010
Reposted by David HamCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Bessent’s bond-market battle “is starting to look like his boss’s war in Iran .. a tangled set of objectives, an underestimated opponent and an implausible path to victory. And like the conflict in the Middle East, we are all going to suffer ..” @katie0martin.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b9e7... 651269397
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Everyone should keep Canada in mind whenever any talk of an Iranian peace deal comes up. Our closest ally doesn’t trust Trump on what should be simple trade agreements. There won’t be a deal with Iran—and maybe anyone else—until Trump is out of office. 010
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I’ll stack Blazing Saddles against any other work of 20th century literature in any medium 110
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026When was the last time anyone in the media recorded video of McConnell speaking and functioning? I don't buy any "statements" from him or any of his staff or cronies. 020
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026There won’t be a peace deal on Iran—meaning a written agreement that both sides publicly affirm—until after Trump leaves office. 001
Reposted by David HamMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 02/08/2026People have such a hard time accepting that more people died of Covid under Biden because of specific policy decisions that he made. It wasn't just spill over from Trump. The Omicron surge killed more people than the initial surge. Spending Covid money on more cops and jails, was a bad call. 47319
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I have to unfollow @doctorow.pluralistic.net because his relentless reposts of people who link to his content are drowning out the rest of my feed. Once is enough @doctorow.pluralistic.net ! 000
Reposted by David HamMontana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Happy fraudiversary! 391904328
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The Devo version of “Satisfaction” is so great y’all, much prefer it to the original 140
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Maybe? But I’m not sure what they should do differently. He announces a pirate’s toll? Report that. He walks it back days later? Report that too. The press can’t impeach him or article 25 him. And the craziness of his actions speaks for itself. 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What rift? Democrats want someone who will fight for the rights of all citizens, but we don’t want Nazis and we don’t want rapists or sex pests. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...nytimes.comVideo: What Graham Platner’s Implosion Reveals About the Democratic Party 000
Reposted by David HamMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I remember reading an article about Fred Trump. A journalist was having lunch on Coney Island with Fred and Fred’s secretary/mistress. The reporter said that Donald was on a plane and Fred wiped mustard off his lip and muttered, “I hope it crashes.” Explains a lot about Donald’s neediness. 23614111
Reposted by David Hamjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/07/2026new video up with more thoughts on trump v barbara youtu.be/kjvAnWSBz4Eyoutu.beJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told the True Story of Birthright CitizenshipYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 8450101
Reposted by David HamAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is what the moderates got us. 532199440
Reposted by David HamAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump 26985341968
Reposted by David HamLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 22/06/2026For some reason the first movie I thought of for this was “Manhattan” and it checks out and Mariel Hemingway is the heroine 010
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026It’s shouting into the void, but it feels good anyway. 000
Reposted by David HamAnil Dash @anildash.com · 01/06/2026People will say it's "Tech Week" here in NYC. Well, any event run by Andreessen Horowitz is illegitimate, because the NYC tech community has values, and one of its most fundamental is its humanity. They have forfeited theirs. 9506162
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 22/05/2026@katmabu.bsky.social you probably can’t say this because you’re a public figure and recent candidate for office, so I will: fuck those fucking fucks. And they deserve the million-pound shithammer now falling through the sky towards them. Congrats to you and your team. 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Maybe send a few dollars to Kat and Andre. Because fuck ICE and let’s support democrats who fight. 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Never mind the bollocks of “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” this album slaps, Bobby McFerrin can bring it music.apple.com/us/album/sim...music.apple.comSimple Pleasures by Bobby McFerrin on Apple MusicAlbum · 1988 · 10 Songs 000
Reposted by David HamMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Brad voted for Trump because he hates Black people. 0153
Reposted by David HamGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Just listen to this short post by @jamellebouie.net on the destruction of #USAID by #ElonMusk. Hundreds of thousands have died, millions-mostly black & brown people-more will die due to the white supremacist vision of this man. Bouie says it so directly, so clearly. www.instagram.com/reel/DXfJWyF...instagram.comJamelle Bouie on Instagram: "i'm really not exaggerating when I say that elon musk is one of history's great monsters."12K likes, 467 comments - jbouie on April 23, 2026: "i'm really not exaggerating when I say that elon musk is one of history's great monsters.". 9553201
Reposted by David HamShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals 46102202359
Reposted by David HamDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay 120111864070
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 16/04/2026@seancasten.bsky.social I enthusiastically endorse this move, more like this please 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I love that Trump thinks “I posted an AI generated painting of me as a doctor” is less weird than “I posted an AI generated painting of me as Jesus.” Maybe? But what are you, six years old? Post one of you as a fireman next. Race car driver. He’s the President. 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Apparently it’s wagyu and not way-goo as I’ve been saying in my head all this time 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Fuck Graham Platner and fuck Eric Swalwell. No more Nazis, no more rapers, no more racists, no more triangulators, no more reach-across-the-aislers. Let’s be done with that. 062
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Politicians, and especially Democratic politicians: saying "let me be clear" is dumb. It doesn't give the following sentence any more power. If you're clear we'll know. 000
Reposted by David HamGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first: 6327991110
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 08/04/2026@hunterw.bsky.social so what drink do you make with your moka pots? I used to have one, but my main jam is a nice pot of drip coffee made in my chemex, I don’t know what to do with the smaller, stronger quantity from the moka. Willing to learn! Do you make like espresso drinks with it? 000
David Ham @mrdavidham.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Fuck Graham Platner, fuck @warren.senate.gov , fuck all fascists and Nazis and Trumpers. If Platner is what it takes to win the Senate I hope we lose it. 020