jfpollard

The social media discourse I yearn for.

very well said from @meredithmeredith.bsky.social

One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.

🫣 Fiber-optic cables left behind by FPV drones.

The one where @allisonjo1.bsky.social visits an acoustics lab at an abandoned nuclear power plant. www.theverge.com/tech/644385/...

“When words stop meaning what they’re meant to mean, then we’re in trouble.” In a new interview, the novelist Katie Kitamura talks about why writing is particularly important right now. glfdig.st/wRx6yw2

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

This isn’t funny it’s just mesmerizing and beautiful

“I shouldn’t have to read about it in The Atlantic,” Kim said.

snowball fight, italy, ca. 1400

Charming www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...

buying a big weirdly shaped electronic gizmo is a humbling reminder this is a cardboard engineer's world and we're just living in it

New pic of a drone over New Jersey.

Ah, but it’s a FABULOUS Marxist one, Pete!

Border resident: “No white people pick strawberries for any price. We’re going to be totally screwed.” 🍓

Aaron Rodgers Takes Blame For Parts Of Game Where Jets Were Winning theonion.com/aaron-rodger...

I should’ve pardoned my son too. I let Jebus go through all that, and for what?

BREAKING: Trump threatens tariffs on Scotland unless they immediately outlaw their national pastime of hurling insults at him. In particular: "Mangled apricot hellbeast" "Clueless numpty" "Weapons-grade plum" "Toupeed fucktrumpet" "Witless cocksplat"

“When he was asked to speculate on his longevity, Tinniswood said he had no special secrets. The only dietary rule he followed was fish and chips on a Friday.” A life well lived, Mr. Tinniswood. 🙌🏻

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy.

this sounds like the primordial soup of a toxic planet with evolving sulfuric-acid-based life forms

Global climate policy is still moving too slowly. CO29 does not seem to have done much to change that. $300B in investment in green technology for developing nations by 2035 seems too modest a target. But it's hopeful that we keep underestimating the rate at which renewables will deploy. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

Try to imagine this headline five years ago www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...

Timeline cleanser: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/m...