JD

JD

@cyx37.bsky.social

Ally to 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sympathizes with ✊🌹☮️ Software engineer/architect, dues paying Democratic Socialist, skeptic, Ex-vangelical, Dungeon Master 🐉, Expat 🇺🇸🇦🇺

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shaunt
@shaunvids.bsky.social

even abstracted into hypothetical maths this doesn't make any sense. picking the lesser evil still makes things more evil, just by a lesser amount

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.

JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

Agreed. Donald J Trump HATES competition.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "There is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulent over access to the government than Donald J Trump"

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Jared Yates Sexton
@jysexton.bsky.social

Hey, just a humble, respectful request. For the love of fucking god, stop fucking attacking Donald Trump with blatant and repulsive homophobia. If you think going after fascists by calling them gay or producing AI slop of them in dresses or making out, you're part of the fucking problem.

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Ian Danskin
@innuendostudios.bsky.social

Replying to @innuendostudios.bsky.social

you're at the point where you fully accept "the politicians will never, ever listen to their constituents, so we have to pressure the constituents to align with the politicians." and maybe, in a trolley problem sense, that is the more ethical option. but how can you call that "saving democracy"?

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanmn.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WaPo: Trump officials scrutinized Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019. They didn't find citizenship issues. 
The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.

washingtonpost.comTrump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.

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ffrf.org
@ffrf.org

I’m not sure you understand what “science,” “truth,” or even “understand” mean. But confidently misusing all three in one sentence is impressive.

JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

A fantastic start for someone tasked with communicating the President's policies to the public. Can't even communicate her own resume. An administration of clowns.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, describes herself as a lawyer, and the president called her “an attorney.” The New York Times was unable to find a law license for her. In an interview, she said the confusion is the result of a misunderstanding. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

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Peter Kurze
@peterkurze.bsky.social

This cartoon has been living in my head for at least fifty years. A few years back I found a copy of it in some cartoon museum. That link seems to be gone now, but today seemed like a good time to repost it.

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Jay Thurber Show 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
@jaythurber.bsky.social

But hey, at least some transgender 11th-grader in Iowa can't play on the high school golf team any more, so win-win

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic

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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com

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

JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

One of the only silver linings around fascism is the inevitable ineptitude. It cannot last. Blinded by their smug ego-centric delusions and unquenchable thirst for sycophantic adulation, they ultimately become the architects of their own destruction.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

Texas Republicans redrew the state's congressional map, making a bet that Latino voters who broke for President Trump in 2024 could be the foundation for victory in 2026. But immigration crackdowns and rising costs may be splintering the coalition. https://to.pbs.org/4iQzlor

to.pbs.orgGOP's big bet on Texas Latino voters could backfire in midtermsTexas Republicans redrew the state's congressional map last year, making a bet that Latino voters who broke for President Trump in 2024 could be the foundation for victory in 2026. But as Liz Landers ...
JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

This will end. How much they damage, and how many they kill, before that happens, we are still tallying. May it be soon and sudden.

JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

You can't have a functioning capitalist society unless people are compelled to work. Outright slavery was outlawed, so capitalism turned to wage slavery. A system that allows people to live long without working robs capitalists of their cudgel to force people to work, even in inhumane conditions.

Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social

My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

theguardian.comIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg JerichoLifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

Only the threat of homelessness and starvation keeps people going back to jobs and bosses they hate. People lived for thousands of years without working a job. Capitalists had to create governments and laws to force people out of that lifestyle and propaganda to prevent them from returning.

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Jacobin
@jacobinmag.bsky.social

Daron Acemoglu wants liberal democracy to invite workers inside its home. But in an economy organized around private capital, it’s hard to see how workers can ever be more than tenants — or, as ever, hired hands.

jacobin.comThe Call for Working-Class Liberalism Is Coming From Inside the HouseEconomist Daron Acemoglu wants liberal democracy to connect with working people’s material interests and political power. His case for institutional renewal should be taken seriously, but it needs a fuller account of class, war, and worker organization.
JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

It's ironic for a female pastor to criticize a tribe for practicing its rituals on Biblical grounds. Has she not read in her Bible that she ought to remain silent and let the men teach? If she can reinterpret that, then she has all the tools needed to make space for other peaceful religions.

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JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

Maybe Ed, maybe... but you decided to keep touring without him, so you accepted the decision; you are complicit. Your band and openers certainly felt like they had a choice to make, and they walked away. What a coward.

yahoo.comEd Sheeran says dropping Macklemore from US concert tour was not his decisionBy Kanishka Singh Sept 15 (Reuters) - Pop star Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. concert tour was not Sheeran's decision but that of the tour's promoter,
JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

AI companies want regulation because their lobbyists will get to write it, and they'll use it to kill off smaller, cheaper models. Regulations usually favour large, established companies that can afford the paperwork and hurt smaller companies that are trying to innovate.

JD
@cyx37.bsky.social

I'm not saying regulation isn't needed, but you should always be worried when the companies that need it the most are supporting it – it means they see an opportunity for profit, NOT that they have suddenly grown a conscience.