Reposted by Jay RatkowskiWhy @why.bsky.world · 26/05/2025The “lets tell anyone we dont like to kill themselves” crowd are not welcome here sorry 501860243
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 13/04/2025The replies to this and the post Yglesias quoted are… nevermind I’m out. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 12/04/2025These CEOs are idiots. Explore AI. Use it. Get excited about it, I guess. But the messaging from these clueless goons shows how disconnected they are from reality and how long it’s been since they created anything remotely meaningful. www.inc.com/sam-blum/ceo...inc.comCEOs Are Telling Their Employees to Embrace AI–or Become IrrelevantShopify’s Toby Lütke and Fiverr’s Micha Kaufman told their workforces that understanding AI tools is more critical to their careers, and survival, than ever before. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 10/04/2025You know what, kill the corner 3. Why not. I don’t care about offensive efficiency. I care about entertainment. Aaron Nesmith nervously waiting to chuck a shot isn’t entertaining. Ending corner 3 might make things worse. I don’t care. Let’s try stuff. 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Recently, a friend alerted me to the IG trend of “ai generated sexy girls with Down’s syndrome” and basically we need to launch Zuckerberg into the sun. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Yep. Silicon Valley did not invent the internet. But they seem to take credit for it as a reason to keep trusting them on each new “life-changing” technology. An increasingly leveraged house of cards. Built on an active volcano. Next to a nuclear plant. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Scammers are doing a better job of monetizing AI than the AI industry. Also, this is gross. www.404media.co/people-are-u...404media.coPeople Are Using AI to Create Influencers With Down Syndrome Who Sell NudesInstagram’s unwillingness to moderate AI-generated content finds a new low. 020
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"I believe a fan... lost the contents of their stomach, courtside." 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Bloody hell, the music world needs more people like Rob Poland. RIP. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 12/03/2025America’s primary contributions to the world are humorless tv shows and shitty subscription software. We have lost the capacity to deeply care about anything, and so we’ve fallen into disrepair. There are still people alive who remember caring about American ideals, but few remain. We’ve failed. 020
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 07/03/2025GPT5 is gonna be incredible when it’s launched in somewhere from 2 to 2937 weeks. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 07/03/2025But also, if you are thirsty, use your Thirsti. You want food crispy, use a Crispi. Frozen but creamy? Creami. More icy than creamy? Slushi. Slushi but not necessarily frozen? Blast. Wait, Blast? Want coffee? Dual Brew XL97R Pod o Matic BRT9 And then there’s like 37 things called Foodi. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Went to the Ninja site to remind myself how stupid their product naming is. 4 pages, 4 different marketing popups. Shit should be illegal. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 07/03/2025We should rewrite 230. The idea it cannot be touched is propaganda from big tech lobbyists. It’s outdated and overreaching in modern application. But simply repealing and leaving no protections of any kind to replace it, would be reckless. 110
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Google Store is publishing terrible health/wellness articles and it's driving a ton of traffic, outperforming publishers that offer much better advice. So I took a closer look. transistordigital.com/blog/google-...transistordigital.comGoogle Store: A Helpful Content Horror Story - Transistor Digital Marketing 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 24/02/2025He beat the odds by making it this far into an nba career. But seems ambitious to expect anything meaningful from here on out. 001
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I know this is angling at a conspiracy/bias. But the real answer is we’ve traded reliability for cost. There’s been 15+ jeep ev fires. 25+ for kia. Etc etc. and millions of vehicles recalled. As a % of fleet, Tesla EVs are safer than what most others are putting on the road. 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Imagine seeing hundreds of articles along the lines of “10 Common Marriott Scams and How to Avoid Them”?! Airbnb announced they were cracking down on committing fraud in 2017 and again in 2023. With tons of “safety guides” released in between. Yet it continues. 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you follow consumer complaints about companies like Tito, AirBnB, Uber, etc… sadly not that wild of a story. So many of these companies are a joke, violate real (existing) laws just by operating, and should be fined out of existence. 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I have watched this video and heard the story easily a dozen times over the years. It was fun to hear Jon continuing to tell it for a generation of people that have no clue what an answering machine is. @davedufour.bsky.social youtu.be/V_h7Lm7C9Nk?...youtu.beThe Untold Story Behind Roundball Rock - NBA's iconic themeYouTube video by John Tesh 141
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Sorry, councilman Matt. The people of this app who only step outside their homes to get their no-contact postmates order have said you’re wrong. It’s actually that the median voter is pro-genocide. 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I hope the rising stars win so we can all blame this on Tatum. 020
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2025All the moments when the ASG was so much better over the last 30 years: - 2 minutes where Kobe & Jordan went at it. - Iverson that one year - The last 3 minutes of the RIP Kobe game. That’s it. It was never the NBA Finals. It’s still gotten worse. But measuring against fantasy. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I won’t watch a second of all star weekend but I’m very upset about a non-nba player is winning the dunk contest. 😂 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Sundar can stand up incredible straight for an invertebrate. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I swapped one pickup on this guitar and even though it’s the same brand and I’m pretty confident the same color/material… the one on the neck side is like 3–4 years older and thus the cream color is a little faded vs the one on the bridge side. This is going to make me crazy. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I choose to live in a world where I believe this headline writer was making a joke. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025To be clear, I think Dallas got a bad return. Like historically wacky. The version of AD where he’s healthy and playing hard would be fun with this Dallas team. But that AD is imaginary. I’m just not super sure Luka is an all star 5 years out. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 14/12/2024There are few things in polite society that are worse than being comfortably sitting at a hotel bar when a wedding lets out. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Bout to head out in a mini-blizzard to see Bucks on a 2nd night of a b2b against @johnhollinger.bsky.social ‘s Hawks. This could require a full bowl of sprinkles to make it through. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Adam Silver, after the last 15 seconds of the Cavs-Celtics game took 187 minutes: “Yes! People are talking about my league! It’s a success! Let’s have even more fouls.” 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I was joking about how the wizards were trying to hard and that would be bad for their draft. A member of their front office who I won’t name turned to me and said, “oh we’re getting Cooper.” I love the conviction. 🤣🤣🤣 100
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 01/12/2024We are fortunate to all have lived at the same time as Al. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Got my first porn bot follower. Bluesky might make it after all. 110
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I’ve booed Giannis, Dame, Ray Allen, Gary Payton and I’m sure several others who are more accomplished than Anthony Edwards. Would have no problem booing this wolves team. I’m sure it feels bad, but was this guy born yesterday? 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I hope Ryan Rollins can make a good career for himself, but if you’re going for a title and he’s your best option as a 3rd (2nd?!?) guard… you’re not actually going for a title. 000
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 09/11/2024It’s interesting there’s an option to show content designed for phishing/hacking. 010
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Sometimes you have to focus on what you CAN control. Like wiring up a direct recording pedalboard. 050
Jay Ratkowski @ratocaster.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Alright, finally taking on the challenge of trying to remember I have an account here. 040
