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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · Sep 3

A billionaire says I’ll give you a green bank, you just help me skirt the NBA’s salary cap. Who says no? #nba #pablotorre

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 23

Actually I take it back. The amount of advertising in general is weird, but when there’s an actual human advertisement… yeah u right. That’s a whole new level

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 23

Gotta do what you gotta do

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 22

Imagine getting the news that you got into Harvard, that your life was gonna change forever, and your family’s lives, and then seeing this. Fucking assholes. Rot in hell.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Trump Admin Revokes Harvard’s Authorization To Enroll International Students | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday, dramatically escalating the administration’s fight with the University and threatening thousands of cur...

www.thecrimson.com

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 17

(haiku)

the first day without
any playoff basketball
in thirty days, crap

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 13

Between Paige Buckets and Cooper Flagg, i ain’t even mad anymore. Go Dallas hoops

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 13

As a Mavs fan for life, what an effin rollercoaster…

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Rick Riordan @rickriordan.bsky.social · May 12

National Literacy Institute: 21% of adults in the US were illiterate as of 2024. 54% of US adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level). Worldwide the US ranks 36th in literacy. This is horrifying. It also explains a lot.

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 9

Listening to this to hype myself up to send work emails

youtu.be/gbefvqyM1rA?...

Jay-Z - Renegade (Feat. Eminem)

YouTube video by Bailey Music Unedited

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 8

When that kid who yelled racial slurs in class then claimed “freedom of speech” to the teacher giving them detention announces their bigotry and ignorance on the national stage

Based Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic.bsky.social · May 7

Piers Morgan is a POS but man is this interview wild - based on the way her tone changes I don't think she realized the implications of what she said until after she said it.

If you look closely you can see her realize she is absolutely cooked in real time.

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 8

Watching the Knicks defense allow Tatum to go full court in four dribbles and yam one play -> to then completely smothering Tatum on the last play of the game the next… convinces me that was more of an offensive screw up than great defense

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 7

The men sort into 2 groups of 50. Strongest in Group 1, weakest in Group 2.

Group 1 are the shield-holders, Group 2 are the shields.

We form a shield wall. We encircle the gorilla and smother the gorilla.

We lose 5-10 kings tops.

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Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social · May 7

Watch yourself in Lady M’s garden. 🗿

Read the full poem in the May issue at our site.

#poetry #poem #poet

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · May 7

Brian Cox ~ The purpose of life?

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · May 6

Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · May 6

Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election.

Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · May 6

Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States.
That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 6

I’m on it dad

Rick Riordan @rickriordan.bsky.social · Apr 28

Super strength day. Flying day. Invulnerability day. Laser-vision day. In fact, someone write that book. I would read it.

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 5

Reading Jade City and Mistborn at the same time really has me wanting to accessorize

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Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social · May 2

May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!

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Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social · May 5

A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 5

Buddy Hield is an absolute menace in these playoffs, up there with Rudy Gobert

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 4

This is a such a great thread.

A lot of times people put me on lists of "actually good male role models" which always makes me a little uncomfortable because very little of what I do speaks to the insecurity and fear young men have and sometimes I feel pretty guilty about that.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · May 4

I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:

I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic

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Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 4

Nobody said that

Jake Ott @jakeott.bsky.social · May 4

Totally agreed. there are lots lots of bad male role models today tho (eg our president) and when I hear about the “the dearth of male role models” that’s what I think about. Manosphere etc

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