Jonas
@jonbb.bsky.social
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I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
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Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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Also, it’s owned by a jackass
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Also, it’s owned by a jackass
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Et statskupp gjennomført fra innsiden av staten dag for dag -
i 1933.
Sett gjennom øynene til en vennligsinnet og borgerlig norsk avis.
Del 3.
i 1933.
Sett gjennom øynene til en vennligsinnet og borgerlig norsk avis.
Del 3.
March 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Et statskupp gjennomført fra innsiden av staten dag for dag -
i 1933.
Sett gjennom øynene til en vennligsinnet og borgerlig norsk avis.
Del 3.
i 1933.
Sett gjennom øynene til en vennligsinnet og borgerlig norsk avis.
Del 3.
My work is exploring data. Checking top results is the first thing you do.
You do not publish without checking. If you are competent.
You do not publish without checking. If you are competent.
Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My work is exploring data. Checking top results is the first thing you do.
You do not publish without checking. If you are competent.
You do not publish without checking. If you are competent.
All the adds I see on X these days are from an actual unapologetic Neo Nazi, using symbols from the 1940s Nazi-Quisling party in Norway.
Team X…
Team X…
February 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
All the adds I see on X these days are from an actual unapologetic Neo Nazi, using symbols from the 1940s Nazi-Quisling party in Norway.
Team X…
Team X…
Sound on. Sirens, and a hope that some day they will not be heard again.
All of Noway’s parties pledging more money to Ukraine today
All of Noway’s parties pledging more money to Ukraine today
February 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sound on. Sirens, and a hope that some day they will not be heard again.
All of Noway’s parties pledging more money to Ukraine today
All of Noway’s parties pledging more money to Ukraine today
Gotta be a joke
A pusher of 2020 election and COVID conspiracy theories, who says he wants to “own the libs,” will be filling what is supposed to be a nonpartisan, career FBI job.
“9 Things You Need to Know About Dan Bongino, Trump’s Insane Pick for FBI Deputy Director”:
“9 Things You Need to Know About Dan Bongino, Trump’s Insane Pick for FBI Deputy Director”:
9 Things You Need to Know About Dan Bongino, Trump’s Insane Pick for FBI Deputy Director
A pusher of 2020 election and COVID conspiracy theories, who says he wants to “own the libs,” will be filling what is supposed to be a nonpartisan, career FBI job.
zeteo.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gotta be a joke
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like.
“Don’t go knocking down random fences”… (or fire loads of people without a plan)
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
www.nbcnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Don’t go knocking down random fences”… (or fire loads of people without a plan)
This episode about Elon Musk is really very interesting. Kara Swisher knows him very well and is sharp as a knife:
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
What Elon Musk Wants
The Ezra Klein Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This episode about Elon Musk is really very interesting. Kara Swisher knows him very well and is sharp as a knife:
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
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RFK Jr. is far more than just an “anti-vaxxer.” Over the years, he’s made countless outrageous statements on a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled 10 of the wildest clips—though even that barely scratches the surface.
'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
www.meidasplus.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
RFK Jr. is far more than just an “anti-vaxxer.” Over the years, he’s made countless outrageous statements on a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled 10 of the wildest clips—though even that barely scratches the surface.
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It feels like X was maxed out on insanity and stupidity
and then they turned it up x-times?
and then they turned it up x-times?
January 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It feels like X was maxed out on insanity and stupidity
and then they turned it up x-times?
and then they turned it up x-times?
Since Wapo/ Jeff Bezos won’t print this cartoon, please make sure everyone sees it.
Support independent news
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Support independent news
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Since Wapo/ Jeff Bezos won’t print this cartoon, please make sure everyone sees it.
Support independent news
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Support independent news
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Top of my current X “For you” feed:
18 tweets by Elon Musk
4 by other MAGA-members (Scott Adams etc)
Then, Barack Obama, the first non-MAGA.
X is the most biased medium among the big ones.
18 tweets by Elon Musk
4 by other MAGA-members (Scott Adams etc)
Then, Barack Obama, the first non-MAGA.
X is the most biased medium among the big ones.
December 21, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Top of my current X “For you” feed:
18 tweets by Elon Musk
4 by other MAGA-members (Scott Adams etc)
Then, Barack Obama, the first non-MAGA.
X is the most biased medium among the big ones.
18 tweets by Elon Musk
4 by other MAGA-members (Scott Adams etc)
Then, Barack Obama, the first non-MAGA.
X is the most biased medium among the big ones.
So, if Trump actually does shoot someone on 5.th Avenue, he will not loose any voters, and the LA Times won’t report it, unless they also report that a Democrat did the same? Or that it was right to do so?
gonna give the ol "support independent, worker run, reader funded media" sign a good tap here
LA Times owner asks editorial board to ‘take a break’ from writing about Trump
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who said paper is ‘echo chamber’, also blocked paper’s board from endorsing Harris
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who said paper is ‘echo chamber’, also blocked paper’s board from endorsing Harris
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
So, if Trump actually does shoot someone on 5.th Avenue, he will not loose any voters, and the LA Times won’t report it, unless they also report that a Democrat did the same? Or that it was right to do so?
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman to donate $1mn to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund
https://www.ft.com/content/63f7ddb5-6a40-4a4d-86ef-f47c4b12a4c9
https://www.ft.com/content/63f7ddb5-6a40-4a4d-86ef-f47c4b12a4c9
OpenAI’s Sam Altman to donate $1mn to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund
AI start-up Perplexity also contributes as Silicon Valley seeks closer ties with incoming US administration
www.ft.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:37 PM
OpenAI’s Sam Altman to donate $1mn to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund
https://www.ft.com/content/63f7ddb5-6a40-4a4d-86ef-f47c4b12a4c9
https://www.ft.com/content/63f7ddb5-6a40-4a4d-86ef-f47c4b12a4c9
Meanwhile, on the old site, “Free speech extremist” Elon is doing his “you are a traitor who will be punished” routine.
Anyone daring to claim Russia meddled in 2016 is also on his punishment list.
Free speech for me, punishment for thee
Anyone daring to claim Russia meddled in 2016 is also on his punishment list.
Free speech for me, punishment for thee
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Meanwhile, on the old site, “Free speech extremist” Elon is doing his “you are a traitor who will be punished” routine.
Anyone daring to claim Russia meddled in 2016 is also on his punishment list.
Free speech for me, punishment for thee
Anyone daring to claim Russia meddled in 2016 is also on his punishment list.
Free speech for me, punishment for thee
Twitter/X algorithms seem perfectly tuned for rage bait.
Or maybe that is just the natural product of letting engagement scores run the show?
How is this place different? Are there reasons the same degeneration of conversation won’t happen here too?
Or maybe that is just the natural product of letting engagement scores run the show?
How is this place different? Are there reasons the same degeneration of conversation won’t happen here too?
November 20, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Twitter/X algorithms seem perfectly tuned for rage bait.
Or maybe that is just the natural product of letting engagement scores run the show?
How is this place different? Are there reasons the same degeneration of conversation won’t happen here too?
Or maybe that is just the natural product of letting engagement scores run the show?
How is this place different? Are there reasons the same degeneration of conversation won’t happen here too?