Alex Jones

Alex Jones

@alexjones.us

I lead multi-disciplinary, globally distributed Design and Product teams crafting remarkable products for millions of people. Austinite. Barbecue acolyte. Autodidact. Previously @baldman on the bird site.

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In 1990, about 20 million animals a year were euthanized in kill shelters. Today, over half the shelters in the US are designated no-kill and less than 500,000 animals are euthanized.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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🤔Could you afford to spend $80 on an election? Because $80 is 0.04% of the median net worth of a US citizen.🤷🏿‍♂️ $445 million for him, is like $80 for you. Because he doesn't only have $1 billion, or $10 billion, or even $100 billion. He has $1,000 billion. Your silly rules let him get that rich.

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It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: You urged Congress to pass this law in Sen. Graham's memory. Do you agree with President Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russia? LANKFORD: He is choosing the American people first is what he's doing

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That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.

ctinsider.comThe 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics.

Tinycast: a free, native launcher for macOS: "Promising replacement for Raycast that supports Raycast extensions"

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Both can be true

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I guess I’m in the minority for focusing on how Trump’s oil deal helps Putin while most are focused on how little it helps US oil/diesel prices.

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Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.

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The Department of Homeland Security is celebrating that for the first time in ~50 years, more people left America than moved here. These people are so stupid and so racist they don’t realize they are scoring own goals

Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards – Unsung: "A blog about software craft and quality"

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I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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I'd like to remind everyone of the principled courage of the Pentagon press, which walked out of the building their beat relies on rather than sign a loyalty oath. One of them was a dear friend for whom it was a giant sacrifice and I'm so proud of him. The White House press isn't in the same league.

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PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal? P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.

The Design System as the Control Plane for AI-Generated UI: "AI-assisted development has made it easier to generate frontend code quickly. A developer can ask for a form, a dashboard widget, a settings page, or a modal"

"the longevity of dinosaurs was such that we humans are closer in time to the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, than the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex was to the iconic stegosaurus." – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

"Lybia leptochelis, the boxer crab, picks up and carries a pair of stinging anemones with its claws to ward off enemies, though this has also earned them the slightly less hardcore nickname of “pom-pom crabs.” They’ll fight…" – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

"Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay hurdle sea sponges onto their beaks. Around three-fifths of dolphins are spongers in this area, and researchers think that they are doing this to protect their beaks—more technically, the…" – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

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$736MM

Patrick De Haan@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

gas prices seeing slight decline as price cycling states see competition undercutting each other pushing prices slightly lower, but diesel continues to rise... $4.292 for gasoline, $6.191 for diesel. Americans today will spend ~$736 million more on fuel than one year ago

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i think this is the best epitaph for bin laden i have ever seen

eb99@eb99.bsky.social

I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia

MotionSpec — Motion accessibility for AI-generated web apps: motionspec.dev "MotionSpec compiles reduced-motion-safe, on-budget motion for AI-generated web apps. Free motion check for any URL."

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Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory SeasonThis Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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Among other things, Elon Musk now makes clear his belief that women must be disenfranchised. And he's now the sole source funder of the Texas GOP. Shouldn't Texas GOP candidates who are running with his money be asked about this?

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I continue to absolutely detest the word “Herstory.” Let’s leave aside that history comes from the Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (“inquiry”); it’s just ridiculous to separate out the experience of women from the umbrella of history. I don’t want two versions or a binary. I want women implicit in all histories.

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Which reminds me: Mackenzie Scott has given away more than 26 billion dollars and is still about as rich as she was the day she divorced whatsisname. fortune.com/article/mack...

fortune.comMacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it's barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares | FortuneSince her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos, Scott has quietly donated $26 billion to HBCUs, DEI groups, and disaster relief—outpacing her ex-husband's lifetime giving.
Greg Pak@gregpak.net

Any centimillionaire could do what she did and still have more money than any decent human could ever desire.

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Replying to @crampell.bsky.social

Also stupid: Trump is mad about our trade deficit with Canada. But the main reason we have a deficit with Canada is energy. Meanwhile he also wants to expand our energy imports from Canada. Has he ever seen a map of the Keystone XL pipeline that he's ardently trying to resurrect?

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Replying to @crampell.bsky.social

Our energy deficit w/ Canada (~$85B) is more than 4x the size of the overall trade deficit (~$21B) — which means outside of energy, the US actually runs a solid net surplus with Canada overall (goods + services). oil/gas imports are really the whole story behind the headline imbalance

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Not one racist debater can point to the person that they successfully debated into abandoning their racist ways. None. Which is why, to Brooke's point, the only reason they want these debates is for recruiting.

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You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Karoline Leavitt and her team. JFC

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

One you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you

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This is banana republic stuff - we all know that, right?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

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lol since he turned on Trump ex-Alex Jones fans are trying to figure out who finances him now. If you find out, let me know! In the meantime, be wrong a bunch, it'll be very funny.

FluidVoice: altic.dev/fluid "Free open source voice-to-text for macOS. Local-first dictation with Parakeet, Apple Speech, Whisper, AI enhancement, command mode, write mode, and Intel support through Whisper."

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Every time they make it harder for foreign students to study here, they're just jacking up the tuition costs for American students and robbing America of incredible new talent too.