Adam Rogers
@jetjocko.bsky.social
Journalist and author. Ex-Business Insider, ex-Wired. Hosted a podcast about an Alien TV show. Wrote a book about booze and a book about colors.
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https://adam-rogers.net
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Adam Rogers
@jetjocko.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Here’s my booze book:
bookshop.org/p/books/proo...
And here’s my color book:
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bookshop.org/p/books/proo...
And here’s my color book:
bookshop.org/p/books/full...
In the US, public money spent on scientific research—not including defense research—redounds somewhere between 140 to 210% in total productivity.
Fieldhouse and Mertens. “The Social Returns to Public R&D.” doi.org/10.3386/w33780.
Fieldhouse and Mertens. “The Social Returns to Public R&D.” doi.org/10.3386/w33780.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In the US, public money spent on scientific research—not including defense research—redounds somewhere between 140 to 210% in total productivity.
Fieldhouse and Mertens. “The Social Returns to Public R&D.” doi.org/10.3386/w33780.
Fieldhouse and Mertens. “The Social Returns to Public R&D.” doi.org/10.3386/w33780.
Interesting! The round shape and crimped edges are functional, but Smuckers made them part of the product's trade dress...and then Trader Joes immovated their own house-brand version using similar tech, necessarily echoing the design, too. (via @ibogost.com)
smucker's sues trader joe's for infringing their trade dress in round peanut butter & jelly sandwiches w/ crimped edges--but aren't all those design features functional?
i talked w/ @NUGlobalNews about why i think the uncrustables lawsuit is a stretch
news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/14/u...
i talked w/ @NUGlobalNews about why i think the uncrustables lawsuit is a stretch
news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/14/u...
Why Smucker’s is taking Trader Joe’s to court over PB&Js
Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s, claiming the grocery chain copied their Uncrustables in a lawsuit filed in Ohio. Will they succeed?
news.northeastern.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Interesting! The round shape and crimped edges are functional, but Smuckers made them part of the product's trade dress...and then Trader Joes immovated their own house-brand version using similar tech, necessarily echoing the design, too. (via @ibogost.com)
George Miller’s Justice League
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
George Miller’s Justice League
Lotta folks trying to make it easier to build green energy infrastructure, transit, and new homes, and then a few guys’ ears and bank accounts perk up and they go “oh so data centers and fulfillment warehouses?”
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Lotta folks trying to make it easier to build green energy infrastructure, transit, and new homes, and then a few guys’ ears and bank accounts perk up and they go “oh so data centers and fulfillment warehouses?”
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To try to avoid the Trump administration’s ire, Duke has instructed faculty not to speak to reporters dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke has sought to tighten faculty media engagement to minimize federal scrutiny
The messages reflect a broader University strategy: keeping Duke out of the national spotlight by exercising caution at the faculty level when it comes to politically sensitive topics.
dukechronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
To try to avoid the Trump administration’s ire, Duke has instructed faculty not to speak to reporters dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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Yes. The writing is not the problem these days. It’s the fear of buying/development the studios/nets seem to have, it’s the lack of opportunities; the town feels like it’s been shut down since LAST October. And we only had about 2 good weeks before then.
It's good practice, absolutely. And it's good to have an arsenal of samples when the time eventually comes (if it ever comes!) But to continue to insist that if we just write something GOOD ENOUGH someone will SEE US is at a certain point, absolutely ignoring the industry's current failures.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes. The writing is not the problem these days. It’s the fear of buying/development the studios/nets seem to have, it’s the lack of opportunities; the town feels like it’s been shut down since LAST October. And we only had about 2 good weeks before then.
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
This website plays all of the departure tunes for each station on the Yamanote ring train line around central Tokyo. Real city heads will want to click Ebisu. Akihabara is the banger you hope it will be.
yamanot.es#current
yamanot.es#current
Yamanotes
Yamanotes (/jamanoʊts/) is a web-based music box for playing the departure melodies of each station on the JR Yamanote Line/山手線!
yamanot.es
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This website plays all of the departure tunes for each station on the Yamanote ring train line around central Tokyo. Real city heads will want to click Ebisu. Akihabara is the banger you hope it will be.
yamanot.es#current
yamanot.es#current
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Very grateful to have been part of this wonderful show over the years! ❤️
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Very grateful to have been part of this wonderful show over the years! ❤️
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The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
The third rule of Fight Club is that Fight Clubs should protect their own existence, except where such actions would conflict with the first and second rules of Fight Club
The second rule of Fight Club is actually "you may allow nine people with direct knowledge of its deliberations to speak anonymously to the New York Times"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The third rule of Fight Club is that Fight Clubs should protect their own existence, except where such actions would conflict with the first and second rules of Fight Club
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The second rule of Fight Club is actually "you may allow nine people with direct knowledge of its deliberations to speak anonymously to the New York Times"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The second rule of Fight Club is actually "you may allow nine people with direct knowledge of its deliberations to speak anonymously to the New York Times"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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Elevate charismatic figures such as Charlie Brown
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Elevate charismatic figures such as Charlie Brown
Hhhhhhh.
You are hereby reminded that Berkeley could have had Pixar. Steve Jobs wanted to specifically place Pixar HQ near the "creative and intellectual center of Berkeley." But at the same time Berkeley created the West Berkeley Plan to maintain little hobbit workshops instead of attracting real business.
Undoubtedly. Pixar, and the others. Look at my assessment density map. Emeryville sticks out for how many huge, valuable parcels they have.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hhhhhhh.
Like maybe they took away from their attacks on John Kerry and then on John McCain that this stuff can work. But I dunno. This seems like they’re messing with the wrong guy (johnwickishly).
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Like maybe they took away from their attacks on John Kerry and then on John McCain that this stuff can work. But I dunno. This seems like they’re messing with the wrong guy (johnwickishly).
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
I want to know where accounts on here are based, too.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I want to know where accounts on here are based, too.
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Statement from @health.nationalacademies.org "...based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism."
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Statement from @health.nationalacademies.org "...based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism."
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
The "hide distracting items" action in Safari is uncannily satisfying. Ads and sidebars blow up real good.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The "hide distracting items" action in Safari is uncannily satisfying. Ads and sidebars blow up real good.
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again, this is a Europe regulations vs U.S. regulations thing! there are a total of five pages discussing the different beam strength at different wavelengths in the european standard, whereas the DOT says headlights must be "white."
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
again, this is a Europe regulations vs U.S. regulations thing! there are a total of five pages discussing the different beam strength at different wavelengths in the european standard, whereas the DOT says headlights must be "white."
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the problem isn't LED lights, though, it's DOT having far less strict standards for beam pattern & glare than Europe (whose regulations are followed by much of the rest of the world). The allowed height of the lamps and the allowed height of the beam is much lower in the ECE standard.
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
the problem isn't LED lights, though, it's DOT having far less strict standards for beam pattern & glare than Europe (whose regulations are followed by much of the rest of the world). The allowed height of the lamps and the allowed height of the beam is much lower in the ECE standard.
I don’t know nothing about nothing but court martialing a fighter pilot-astronaut-combat vet for saying “don’t follow illegal orders” seems like it could make that astronaut into a presidential candidate.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don’t know nothing about nothing but court martialing a fighter pilot-astronaut-combat vet for saying “don’t follow illegal orders” seems like it could make that astronaut into a presidential candidate.
If Rogue One suffers when decoupled from Andor—and I think it does—then Solo actually *benefits* from being considered standalone. The nominal fan service showing of stuff the other movies obliquely refer to are the worst parts. It’s kinda charming by itself.
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If Rogue One suffers when decoupled from Andor—and I think it does—then Solo actually *benefits* from being considered standalone. The nominal fan service showing of stuff the other movies obliquely refer to are the worst parts. It’s kinda charming by itself.
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Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
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The Ekranoplan we could have had, designed by Luigi Colani in 1981. cc: @burritojustice.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Ekranoplan we could have had, designed by Luigi Colani in 1981. cc: @burritojustice.bsky.social