Reposted by RJ ShookJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How much US higher education policy makes more sense if a University was understood as a portfolio of sports teams with a large non-profit institution attached to it, in order to generate life-long support and tax advantages? 3213
Reposted by RJ ShookBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 212044382
RJ Shook @rjshook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a great thread and it goes a long ways to explain how boys can be largely raised by women, and still be problematic. 010
Reposted by RJ ShookOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED. 522222602
Reposted by RJ ShookIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026I think Hunter S. Thompson's column in the immediate aftermath pretty much nailed it www.espn.com/espn/page2/s... 261802365
Reposted by RJ ShookRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 23/08/2026This Substack post is gloriously written and made me laugh out loud three times 1725165
Reposted by RJ ShookJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 10/08/2026This week Andy Burnham is going on a tour of the UK talking about dodgy shops. In the spirit of providing him with some ideas, London Centric partnered with Edinburgh Minute to look for the Londoner running gift shops that recently burned down in Scotland. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...londoncentric.mediaExit through the gift shopPlus: "Vertical drinking" politics • Robocop comes to Greggs • Robotaxis controlled by humans • London's festivals-in-parks mess 214034
Reposted by RJ ShookJez 🤍💛💙 @madmidweeker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026No wonder they are constantly on the brink of extinction: they don't breed well and are more reckless and uncoordinated than a 15 year old boy on a BMX in front of a group of girls. 11565
RJ Shook @rjshook.bsky.social · 12/07/2026This must have been written by a saint. Simply brilliant. 000
RJ Shook @rjshook.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This is actually truly fascinating thread. The foreign newspapers are having a great time. 010
Reposted by RJ ShookThe Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/... 28589643760
Reposted by RJ Shookjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/06/2026the single biggest takeaway i have from this interview is that on top of being profoundly incompetent, bari weiss and her flunkies at CBS are genuinely terrible human beings. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...nytimes.comScott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ 299130942879
Reposted by RJ ShookRoss Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/takensinceyouarrived.worldtaken.A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you. 1553902982
Reposted by RJ Shooklauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/04/2026a good touchpad is about 80% as good as a crummy mouse and a bad touchpad is basically abominable. society started to crumble when laptops adopted these finnicky pieces of junk instead of embracing the Red Nubbin 62116372
Reposted by RJ ShookFR🎃 V🎃 @frovo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026WAITER: would you care for dessert JEFF: i’ll have the jello GEOFF: i’ll have the geollo JEFF: jesus christ not this again GEOFF: geosus christ 343040648
Reposted by RJ ShookThe Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-… 251301097142
Reposted by RJ ShookJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Trump administration discovering that somehow the Israelis are even worse allies than they are. 411013
Reposted by RJ ShookNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 03/04/2026BREAKING: Iran says regime change operation in US is well underway as a string of senior officials and military chiefs resign from their roles 👀 291158300
Reposted by RJ ShookShirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If u see me eating alone at a restaurant, do not pity me. Instead be so happy for me that I can have 1 hr without needing to constantly socialize and I can finally rest my voice lol 1093420191
Reposted by RJ ShookJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 26/03/2026New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...404media.coWikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.” 251306345
Reposted by RJ ShookAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026We live in a bizarre world where it's fine to drive a 2 tonne metal box farting filth into the air to a Drive Thru, but the drink you buy there must be consumed through a crappy paper straw "for the sake of the environment". 1021921
Reposted by RJ Shookmeron thee siren 🧜🏽♀️ @meronunfiltered.com · 22/03/2026yall remember the “this is your brain on drugs” commercials? we need a version of that campaign for AI usage 13578270
Reposted by RJ ShookRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power. 2740521035
Reposted by RJ ShookDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Dear journalists: Shut up about the “special relationship”. There is UK reliance on the US but for the time being there is no special relationship in any meaningful sense and talking as if there still is sounds ridiculous 3054177
Reposted by RJ ShookZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Why is Keir Starmer utterly incapable of saying no to Donald Trump? Our national security requires us not to be dragged into illegal wars. The Prime Minister is making us less safe. Did we learn nothing from Iraq? 1111642412
Reposted by RJ ShookHarry Madgwick @hmadgwick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Leading with 'the Greens don't have financial might' is an interesting approach... when you've accepted big donations from shady businesses and your master of the dark arts is being questioned by police over his association with a fancier sex offender 1193
Reposted by RJ ShookDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Very much enjoying how much more direct the players in Irish Traitors are. I’d love to see the Dutch version. I’ve worked with Dutch people. They are, in my experience, quite direct. 91033
Reposted by RJ ShookIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I can think of a much bigger building that's technically owned by his brother where he can stay for a MUCH longer tenancy. 5374
Reposted by RJ ShookSchlist @schlist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026ICE does seem like a population level rerunning of the Stanford Prison Experiment, with the added spice of being able to volunteer as a(n anonymous) guard. Who could have imagined that could go wrong? 0102
Reposted by RJ ShookCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Canada sent so many dedicated young people into the hellfire of Kandahar to help the United States. Now they ridicule us. JD Vance says he is tired of our "sob stories". Trump says they never needed us. Never again, America, Never again. 1401891682
Reposted by RJ ShookAlexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Finally, a flag worth fighting for. 3134421089
Reposted by RJ ShookRhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Who else thinks this is a great idea? 84914
Reposted by RJ ShookDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 15/01/2026OK. Green smoke. Coloured smoke grenades have existed for decades. They are for signalling purposes. They are not meant for riot control purposes. As with any smoke, they are irritating, but they are not meant for that purpose, so use as "riot control" agents is an off-label usage. 26612218
Reposted by RJ ShookPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/01/2026BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise 5221256206
Reposted by RJ ShookAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States: “Enough is enough.” 9132891102
Reposted by RJ ShookJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 02/01/2026used to think the idea of hypnotized sleeper agents turning violent after hearing an activation phrase was far-fetched, but then I heard the Microsoft Teams jingle for the first time in two weeks today 217718
Reposted by RJ ShookCarsmileSteve @carsmilesteve.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it! 17613144
Reposted by RJ ShookDr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Made Nanaimo bars! Recipe from the city of Nanaimo ( on their website) 3542323
RJ Shook @rjshook.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I don’t know what upsets me more., the vain idea or the fact that they could even be bothered to get the new lettering to match. 010
