JLRay
@jlray.bsky.social
Texas. Senior director of polling at YouGov. Adviser to Young Men Research Initiative.
johnlray.github.io
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If you need something productive to do today I have found the support page for Starbucks workers striking at the Downtown Disney location where, I can 100% assure you, these folks aren't getting paid enough for what they put up with
gofund.me/a416ad137
gofund.me/a416ad137
Donate to Help Striking Downtown Disney Starbucks Workers, organized by Christi Gomo
We are raising money for the Downtown Disney Starbucks Baristas who are c… Christi Gomo needs your support for Help Striking Downtown Disney Starbucks Workers
gofund.me
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you need something productive to do today I have found the support page for Starbucks workers striking at the Downtown Disney location where, I can 100% assure you, these folks aren't getting paid enough for what they put up with
gofund.me/a416ad137
gofund.me/a416ad137
If you need something productive to do today I have found the support page for Starbucks workers striking at the Downtown Disney location where, I can 100% assure you, these folks aren't getting paid enough for what they put up with
gofund.me/a416ad137
gofund.me/a416ad137
Donate to Help Striking Downtown Disney Starbucks Workers, organized by Christi Gomo
We are raising money for the Downtown Disney Starbucks Baristas who are c… Christi Gomo needs your support for Help Striking Downtown Disney Starbucks Workers
gofund.me
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you need something productive to do today I have found the support page for Starbucks workers striking at the Downtown Disney location where, I can 100% assure you, these folks aren't getting paid enough for what they put up with
gofund.me/a416ad137
gofund.me/a416ad137
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Something that I keep seeing in survey responses but haven't really seen discussed in the media is how figurative and occasionally literal necromancy has become a load bearing GOP heuristic for everything. Voting is compromised by dead people on the rolls, welfare is compromised by dead people, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Something that I keep seeing in survey responses but haven't really seen discussed in the media is how figurative and occasionally literal necromancy has become a load bearing GOP heuristic for everything. Voting is compromised by dead people on the rolls, welfare is compromised by dead people, etc.
Everyone is doing these "how to talk to your MAGA relatives at Thanksgiving" posts and I just wanna say all you actually need to think about is how to insult, embarrass, and generally zing those relatives within earshot of younger relatives who don't have a political identity yet
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Everyone is doing these "how to talk to your MAGA relatives at Thanksgiving" posts and I just wanna say all you actually need to think about is how to insult, embarrass, and generally zing those relatives within earshot of younger relatives who don't have a political identity yet
Hell yeah spaceships, introduce yourself with spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Hell yeah spaceships, introduce yourself with spaceships
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The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : young men and women feel VERY differently about AI. Young men are "excited" and "hopeful" for AI, and are significantly more likely to use it. Young women are "anxious" and use it less.
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : young men and women feel VERY differently about AI. Young men are "excited" and "hopeful" for AI, and are significantly more likely to use it. Young women are "anxious" and use it less.
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
At 56/44 for aliens, in expectation it's another great day for my maximally bummer take that there are definitely aliens, they have definitely never visited us, and we will definitely never meet them
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
At 56/44 for aliens, in expectation it's another great day for my maximally bummer take that there are definitely aliens, they have definitely never visited us, and we will definitely never meet them
Distinct from, but obviously correlated with, religiosity: just having a place to go to hang out with people once or twice a week is a good bulwark against loneliness!
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Distinct from, but obviously correlated with, religiosity: just having a place to go to hang out with people once or twice a week is a good bulwark against loneliness!
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : young men and women feel VERY differently about AI. Young men are "excited" and "hopeful" for AI, and are significantly more likely to use it. Young women are "anxious" and use it less.
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : young men and women feel VERY differently about AI. Young men are "excited" and "hopeful" for AI, and are significantly more likely to use it. Young women are "anxious" and use it less.
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
guess not everyone on bluesky has read the sign yet
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
guess not everyone on bluesky has read the sign yet
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 8.4k) -- Not great. Almost half of Republicans think the military should follow illegal orders if they come from the President
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 8.4k) -- Not great. Almost half of Republicans think the military should follow illegal orders if they come from the President
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
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The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social -- as Trump prepares for war, young people are increasingly isolationist, stemming from skepticism of America's role in the world on the left plus, well, Trump's *original* posture on the right
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
Isolationism Tempts Gen Z
Young America is turning inwards.
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social -- as Trump prepares for war, young people are increasingly isolationist, stemming from skepticism of America's role in the world on the left plus, well, Trump's *original* posture on the right
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
I just constantly think about this result, showing what kinds of people young men interact with on social media versus in real life. The algorithm constantly feeds you unflattering comparison. How can you open your phone without worsening the vibe?
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I just constantly think about this result, showing what kinds of people young men interact with on social media versus in real life. The algorithm constantly feeds you unflattering comparison. How can you open your phone without worsening the vibe?
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
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So the University of Texas at Austin neither signed Trump's higher-ed compact nor rejected it. The deadline passed and UT just did not respond: www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
UT-Austin still silent on Trump compact as deadline passes
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
So the University of Texas at Austin neither signed Trump's higher-ed compact nor rejected it. The deadline passed and UT just did not respond: www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
Never going to forgive these people for making buying James Comey's next insipid little book an Act Of Resistance
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Never going to forgive these people for making buying James Comey's next insipid little book an Act Of Resistance
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Isolationism (yes, 'America First' ideology) is rising in gen z men, but not just amongst gen z conservatives, per @ymriofficial.bsky.social.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Isolationism (yes, 'America First' ideology) is rising in gen z men, but not just amongst gen z conservatives, per @ymriofficial.bsky.social.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
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Fuck these people. Help young Texans organize and win statewide for smarter and morally better leadership than whatever infectious human waste the GOP is excreting onto the ballot every cycle.
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Show your support with a contribution.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Fuck these people. Help young Texans organize and win statewide for smarter and morally better leadership than whatever infectious human waste the GOP is excreting onto the ballot every cycle.
secure.actblue.com/donate/jrsli...
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Gen Z men are among the least civically engaged demographics out there at the moment
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Gen Z men are among the least civically engaged demographics out there at the moment
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social -- as Trump prepares for war, young people are increasingly isolationist, stemming from skepticism of America's role in the world on the left plus, well, Trump's *original* posture on the right
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
Isolationism Tempts Gen Z
Young America is turning inwards.
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social -- as Trump prepares for war, young people are increasingly isolationist, stemming from skepticism of America's role in the world on the left plus, well, Trump's *original* posture on the right
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/isolationi...
last seen on television being arrested for assault and battery of a sex worker. bring back shame.
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
last seen on television being arrested for assault and battery of a sex worker. bring back shame.
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'Our poll, fielded between June 13 and June 30, 2025, shows that service members understand these rules. Of the 818 active-duty troops we surveyed, just 9% stated that they would “obey any order.” Only 9% “didn’t know,” and only 2% had “no comment.”' by @charlicarpenter.bsky.social & G. Santoso
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Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands
A majority of service members understand the distinction between legal and illegal orders.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
'Our poll, fielded between June 13 and June 30, 2025, shows that service members understand these rules. Of the 818 active-duty troops we surveyed, just 9% stated that they would “obey any order.” Only 9% “didn’t know,” and only 2% had “no comment.”' by @charlicarpenter.bsky.social & G. Santoso
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It is so funny that the humans who use that site mostly use it to tell themselves how in touch with normal people they are, unlike us liberal freaks
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It is so funny that the humans who use that site mostly use it to tell themselves how in touch with normal people they are, unlike us liberal freaks
people don't like uncertainty, and trump is a president of chaos. pretty much any anxiety people are having about the future is being exacerbated by donald trump
@jlray.bsky.social explains how voters clearly connect Trump to the tariff policies driving today’s economic uncertainty. Trump pushed these ideas on his own, implemented them without guardrails, and now the chaos is catching up.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
people don't like uncertainty, and trump is a president of chaos. pretty much any anxiety people are having about the future is being exacerbated by donald trump
i know i'll never win on this but if our house ever becomes The Thanksgiving Place we will respect the truth
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
i know i'll never win on this but if our house ever becomes The Thanksgiving Place we will respect the truth
Everybody's already made the good jokes so I'm just here to once again note Boy, Trump sure is sitting down most of the time these days
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everybody's already made the good jokes so I'm just here to once again note Boy, Trump sure is sitting down most of the time these days