Jay2
@jay2.bsky.social
I'm just here so I won't get fined.
This is an account about mattresses.
This is an account about mattresses.
The views out back haven't been terrible lately
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The views out back haven't been terrible lately
Chris Evans' Captain America is what DC has so desperately wanted Superman to be but failed to make him: a genuinely likeable hero who is, on account of that likeability, an absolute cash cow.
Everyone pretending they're not happy about Steve Rogers returning for Doomsday is going to see it anyway.
Everyone pretending they're not happy about Steve Rogers returning for Doomsday is going to see it anyway.
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Chris Evans' Captain America is what DC has so desperately wanted Superman to be but failed to make him: a genuinely likeable hero who is, on account of that likeability, an absolute cash cow.
Everyone pretending they're not happy about Steve Rogers returning for Doomsday is going to see it anyway.
Everyone pretending they're not happy about Steve Rogers returning for Doomsday is going to see it anyway.
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ICE is out of control.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ICE is out of control.
Gift cards to restaurants in relatively-low denominations. Like, "here's a $25 gift card to [steak restaurant I never frequent] for you and the Mrs." This means we: A) go get a soda and leave a tip; or B) spend like $40 (minimum) of our own money that we wouldn't otherwise spend to eat.
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Gift cards to restaurants in relatively-low denominations. Like, "here's a $25 gift card to [steak restaurant I never frequent] for you and the Mrs." This means we: A) go get a soda and leave a tip; or B) spend like $40 (minimum) of our own money that we wouldn't otherwise spend to eat.
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"It is going to get so much worse."
For the first of two end-of-the-year episodes of @pandemia.bsky.social, I talked to @drdemetre.bsky.social about what happened in 2025 at the CDC and how he thinks about the future of vaccines and public health in the US.
A quick 🧪🧵
For the first of two end-of-the-year episodes of @pandemia.bsky.social, I talked to @drdemetre.bsky.social about what happened in 2025 at the CDC and how he thinks about the future of vaccines and public health in the US.
A quick 🧪🧵
Impfen | Es wird noch viel schlimmer werden
Podcast Episode · Pandemia · 22/12/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Everything is very normal, very legal, and very cool
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Everything is very normal, very legal, and very cool
10 years running
"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
10 years running
ok so yeah, even before the recent new but *especially because of* the recent news, Firefox is a dumpster fire, so which Browser now?
Firefox is a battery killer on MacOS for tab-hoarders like me (also I've got 36gb RAM and Firefox still ends up using SSD swap!!!). Chrome doesn't allow the most effective ad-blocking extensions anymore. And I forget why I went with Firefox over Safari, but, anyone have any suggestions on browsers?
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
ok so yeah, even before the recent new but *especially because of* the recent news, Firefox is a dumpster fire, so which Browser now?
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
I'll never not think of both Rob Reiner's and Kevin Pollak's interviews about this scene, years apart, telling the story of this scene from their own perspectives (both complimentary of everyone involved, but particularly Nicholson):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSvI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSvI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnp...
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'll never not think of both Rob Reiner's and Kevin Pollak's interviews about this scene, years apart, telling the story of this scene from their own perspectives (both complimentary of everyone involved, but particularly Nicholson):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSvI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSvI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnp...
Damn. This is equal parts nostalgic and poignant. Written in a style reminiscent of King's "On Writing," for those familiar.
Stephen King wrote about "Stand by Me" and his relationship with Rob Reiner. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Damn. This is equal parts nostalgic and poignant. Written in a style reminiscent of King's "On Writing," for those familiar.
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Stephen King wrote about "Stand by Me" and his relationship with Rob Reiner. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Stephen King wrote about "Stand by Me" and his relationship with Rob Reiner. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
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NOW: Boston Ice Tea Party!
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NOW: Boston Ice Tea Party!
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I do not trust anything in this article on the sources of Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth. My former boss Bob Gold was apparently a major source. Bob Gold is a fabulist to the extreme. I heard him retell stories where I was at the underlying event. His tales almost never matched reality.
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
GIFT LINK to New York Times massive story that purports to have the full answer of how Jeffrey Epstein got rich.
Reading now (it’s over 10k words)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
GIFT LINK to New York Times massive story that purports to have the full answer of how Jeffrey Epstein got rich.
Reading now (it’s over 10k words)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I do not trust anything in this article on the sources of Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth. My former boss Bob Gold was apparently a major source. Bob Gold is a fabulist to the extreme. I heard him retell stories where I was at the underlying event. His tales almost never matched reality.
Where are these funds coming from? Can a President simply conjure funds from thin air for an unsanctioned construction project, or is this a violation of the Antideficiency Act? @andycraig.bsky.social @hurricanexyz.bsky.social
Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Where are these funds coming from? Can a President simply conjure funds from thin air for an unsanctioned construction project, or is this a violation of the Antideficiency Act? @andycraig.bsky.social @hurricanexyz.bsky.social
Man Who Thought You Could Inject Disinfectant and/or Bring Ultraviolet Light Into the Body Somehow Doesn't Understand How Other Things Work, Either, But is Somehow Still President of The United States
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Man Who Thought You Could Inject Disinfectant and/or Bring Ultraviolet Light Into the Body Somehow Doesn't Understand How Other Things Work, Either, But is Somehow Still President of The United States
I understand the import of MTG as a bellwether, but she's a giant piece of shit and that hasn't changed at all and neither has my preference to never see nor hear from her ever again unless she's on trial for something eventually.
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I understand the import of MTG as a bellwether, but she's a giant piece of shit and that hasn't changed at all and neither has my preference to never see nor hear from her ever again unless she's on trial for something eventually.
If you see this, WE IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If you see this, WE IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
If this guy and his roving band of criminal DOGE infiltrators don't end up behind bars for decades, I will just carry on as usual but I will be very unhappy about it tbh
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If this guy and his roving band of criminal DOGE infiltrators don't end up behind bars for decades, I will just carry on as usual but I will be very unhappy about it tbh
Who's got a standing desk? Do you like it? Thinking about scooping the UpLift V3, but open to other recommendations. I'm less interested in the standing aspect than the sitting aspect tbh; I'd prefer that it go as low as possible -- though not as low as the GOP over the past 10 years.
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Who's got a standing desk? Do you like it? Thinking about scooping the UpLift V3, but open to other recommendations. I'm less interested in the standing aspect than the sitting aspect tbh; I'd prefer that it go as low as possible -- though not as low as the GOP over the past 10 years.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Is there a more perfect summation of Trump's assault on the American economy than this? Well, yes, almost certainly there is, or else there will be (because he is a cancer to companies, consumers, and laborers to a degree we can hardly even fathom). But this is a pretty stark example, regardless:
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Is there a more perfect summation of Trump's assault on the American economy than this? Well, yes, almost certainly there is, or else there will be (because he is a cancer to companies, consumers, and laborers to a degree we can hardly even fathom). But this is a pretty stark example, regardless:
This is absolutely diabolical. Please read this paper in full.
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is absolutely diabolical. Please read this paper in full.