Jim Lawrence
@jim85.bsky.social
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
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No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
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the financial times describing it like this is a big, big deal, especially when you consider the amount of senior leadership in corporate environments who read it
There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
the financial times describing it like this is a big, big deal, especially when you consider the amount of senior leadership in corporate environments who read it
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How much longer are we going to pretend like the BBC is this great progressive institution? It was them who started TERF mania by giving Germaine Greer an uninterrupted platform to spew bigotry in the same kind of format that they're doing with Moldbug now.
Just the BBC, the national broadcaster, mainstreaming a fascist blogger. I guess this is normal now.
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
How much longer are we going to pretend like the BBC is this great progressive institution? It was them who started TERF mania by giving Germaine Greer an uninterrupted platform to spew bigotry in the same kind of format that they're doing with Moldbug now.
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Just the BBC, the national broadcaster, mainstreaming a fascist blogger. I guess this is normal now.
January 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Just the BBC, the national broadcaster, mainstreaming a fascist blogger. I guess this is normal now.
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in 2024 republicans turned the afghanistan withdrawal into a huge negative for dems while simultaneously branding themselves as the “no more forever wars” party despite everyone knowing they live forever wars
its fucking crazy, and all bc dems refused to defend themselves
its fucking crazy, and all bc dems refused to defend themselves
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
in 2024 republicans turned the afghanistan withdrawal into a huge negative for dems while simultaneously branding themselves as the “no more forever wars” party despite everyone knowing they live forever wars
its fucking crazy, and all bc dems refused to defend themselves
its fucking crazy, and all bc dems refused to defend themselves
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this just so perfectly encapsulates the decades-long messaging failures by the dems
Republicans made welfare fraud in Minnesota the most important story in the country. Schumer turned a war for oil into a question about national security briefings.
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
this just so perfectly encapsulates the decades-long messaging failures by the dems
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All according to plan
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
All according to plan
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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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This feels like giving in to a very dangerous misinformation campaign
JUST IN: Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection campaign for governor. He was three months into a campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Trump.
Gov. Tim Walz abandons reelection campaign amid unrelenting fraud attention, Trump clashes
Gov. Tim Walz was three months into a reelection campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Donald Trump.
n.pr
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This feels like giving in to a very dangerous misinformation campaign
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Lord above. You can't just make all the wrong decisions every time. You have to make a good choice by sheer law of averages eventually, right?
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Lord above. You can't just make all the wrong decisions every time. You have to make a good choice by sheer law of averages eventually, right?
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Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
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Trump says they're going to make a "lot of money" from Venezuela's oil, oil companies say that's not possible, Rubio says they're not doing regime change and is now in charge of the government but there's still a Venezuelan government in place, they said it's about fentanyl but no charges mention it
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Trump says they're going to make a "lot of money" from Venezuela's oil, oil companies say that's not possible, Rubio says they're not doing regime change and is now in charge of the government but there's still a Venezuelan government in place, they said it's about fentanyl but no charges mention it
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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I still don’t understand how it could possibly be a violation of U.S. law for a foreign head of state to own or to conspire to own any type of gun in his own country.
So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I still don’t understand how it could possibly be a violation of U.S. law for a foreign head of state to own or to conspire to own any type of gun in his own country.
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As I said the only thing changing for Venezuela, is that American companies are now going to loot the country as well. The regime remains just more US aligned.
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
As I said the only thing changing for Venezuela, is that American companies are now going to loot the country as well. The regime remains just more US aligned.
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I feel like I am inching towards a position of temperance on gambling like we need to shut it all down everywhere for a year and give people a time out.
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I feel like I am inching towards a position of temperance on gambling like we need to shut it all down everywhere for a year and give people a time out.
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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it’s always obviously about oil
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
it’s always obviously about oil
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interesting that "there's no such thing as free" only applies to things like healthcare and housing
January 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
interesting that "there's no such thing as free" only applies to things like healthcare and housing
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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It's actually insane that MAGA was like sorry we gotta triple your healthcare premium and kick 18 million people off medicaid but it's cool because we're gonna give $40 billion to Argentina and run Venezuela and Gaza
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
It's actually insane that MAGA was like sorry we gotta triple your healthcare premium and kick 18 million people off medicaid but it's cool because we're gonna give $40 billion to Argentina and run Venezuela and Gaza
@moderation.bsky.app why is this completely normal selfie being labeled as adult content? Labeling it as adult content is super weird and sexist.
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
@moderation.bsky.app why is this completely normal selfie being labeled as adult content? Labeling it as adult content is super weird and sexist.