Jay Garmon
@jaygarmon.bsky.social
writer | husband | father | geek
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phew Kentucky Shop is on a heater
The Shine Tee
The Bluegrass soft tee is the shirt that started it all over a decade ago. Our classic modern unisex fit crewneck t-shirt sewn with US grown cotton blend and completed with the trademark Kentucky Shop...
thekyshop.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
phew Kentucky Shop is on a heater
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
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just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
This, but Mitch McConnell
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This, but Mitch McConnell
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
Louisville is doing to NC State whan Tennessee did to Louisville.
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Louisville is doing to NC State whan Tennessee did to Louisville.
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IDK who needs to hear this (Ok, I do, but I'm being diplomatic) but you cannot simply report what DHS says as fact in 2026 without looking into it
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
IDK who needs to hear this (Ok, I do, but I'm being diplomatic) but you cannot simply report what DHS says as fact in 2026 without looking into it
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‘i wish (artist) wouldn’t bring politics into it’ is almost always a complaint about being reminded your beliefs are reprehensible to the people you admire
February 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
‘i wish (artist) wouldn’t bring politics into it’ is almost always a complaint about being reminded your beliefs are reprehensible to the people you admire
[rips off Bluesky band-aid]
"Actually, it implies *53* other Hannahs, unless you're comfortable erasing the valid identities of Hannah Guam, Hannah Puerto Rico, Hannah District O'Columbia, and Hannah U.S. Virgin Islands."
"Actually, it implies *53* other Hannahs, unless you're comfortable erasing the valid identities of Hannah Guam, Hannah Puerto Rico, Hannah District O'Columbia, and Hannah U.S. Virgin Islands."
when i save "hannah montana implies the existence of 49 other hannahs" as a draft, what good does that do except delay your eventual suffering?
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
[rips off Bluesky band-aid]
"Actually, it implies *53* other Hannahs, unless you're comfortable erasing the valid identities of Hannah Guam, Hannah Puerto Rico, Hannah District O'Columbia, and Hannah U.S. Virgin Islands."
"Actually, it implies *53* other Hannahs, unless you're comfortable erasing the valid identities of Hannah Guam, Hannah Puerto Rico, Hannah District O'Columbia, and Hannah U.S. Virgin Islands."
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I speak Spanish *and* I lived in the Caribbean as an AP reporter.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
You can't expect the country's (formerly) most-respected newspaper to have both someone who understands Spanish (PR dialect) *and* someone who knows their Caribbean history, can you? 🌴🤣
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I speak Spanish *and* I lived in the Caribbean as an AP reporter.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
Because there's no simpler bypass than dad leaving his phone unlocked and kiddo using his profile. Vendors want to stringently verify the user, not the device.
Honest question: why aren’t we doing age verification at the device level? I trust Apple to do it way more than basically everyone
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Because there's no simpler bypass than dad leaving his phone unlocked and kiddo using his profile. Vendors want to stringently verify the user, not the device.
GAAP is just a list of a tournament-legal artifacts, after all
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
GAAP is just a list of a tournament-legal artifacts, after all
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If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
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Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions.
more…
9to5mac.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
Very annoyed at the people who decided to open the floodgates to online sports betting, it is absolutely a scourge. Great piece from Gabrielle Gurley on people spending hours a day on these predatory apps.
The Scourge of Online Sports Betting - The American Prospect
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
prospect.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
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I read an essay that compared GOP racism to drug addiction; they can't stop, even when it hurts them. It's the lens through which they view the world.
The Hispanic pop of the US is its largest minority, only growing, and it's in the best interest of every party to court that vote.
But they won't.
The Hispanic pop of the US is its largest minority, only growing, and it's in the best interest of every party to court that vote.
But they won't.
Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I read an essay that compared GOP racism to drug addiction; they can't stop, even when it hurts them. It's the lens through which they view the world.
The Hispanic pop of the US is its largest minority, only growing, and it's in the best interest of every party to court that vote.
But they won't.
The Hispanic pop of the US is its largest minority, only growing, and it's in the best interest of every party to court that vote.
But they won't.
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I’ve never liked Berger. It’s not exactly a secret I keep close.
But calling him “Historically a Musk fanboy) is a huge understatement. He is a major reason SpaceX developed such a cult like following, and is also financially tied to their successes from his access journalism and book deal.
But calling him “Historically a Musk fanboy) is a huge understatement. He is a major reason SpaceX developed such a cult like following, and is also financially tied to their successes from his access journalism and book deal.
Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
arstechnica.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I’ve never liked Berger. It’s not exactly a secret I keep close.
But calling him “Historically a Musk fanboy) is a huge understatement. He is a major reason SpaceX developed such a cult like following, and is also financially tied to their successes from his access journalism and book deal.
But calling him “Historically a Musk fanboy) is a huge understatement. He is a major reason SpaceX developed such a cult like following, and is also financially tied to their successes from his access journalism and book deal.
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
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This is a fatality
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This is a fatality
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every single "principled libertarian" put on the red hat in 2016 and i don't think we should let them take it off and pretend like they're real intellectuals again now that he's unpopular
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
every single "principled libertarian" put on the red hat in 2016 and i don't think we should let them take it off and pretend like they're real intellectuals again now that he's unpopular