Just Jeff
@philosophicator.bsky.social
Geopolitics, Strategy, Runner, Star Wars, Semi-Expert in raising 5 kids without screwing it up too bad, Mediocre husband. My golden retriever is my best friend. I buy more books than I could ever read. I run every day.
Already called Sen @markwarner.bsky.social office and got a staffer (at Vienna location). Sen @kaine.senate.gov offices all closed today. WTF is the senate making funding "deals"??
Don Lemon has been taken into custody after anti-ICE confrontation in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4roAO6t
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Already called Sen @markwarner.bsky.social office and got a staffer (at Vienna location). Sen @kaine.senate.gov offices all closed today. WTF is the senate making funding "deals"??
I agree with this take by @lastpositivist.bsky.social. And would add that: not Yarvin or Schmitt, but Ayn Rand should probably go down as the single worst influence of the modern era. The self-validation they received from the junk, pseudo-philosophy of Rand was the gateway drug to shallow ideas.
This is basically the view of the world that Plato sets out to refute in the Republic. One of the core questions asked therein is: why do powerful people think the mere fact of them exercising dominion makes it good for them to do so? Sure, you *can* get away with stuff if you're powerful - so what?
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I agree with this take by @lastpositivist.bsky.social. And would add that: not Yarvin or Schmitt, but Ayn Rand should probably go down as the single worst influence of the modern era. The self-validation they received from the junk, pseudo-philosophy of Rand was the gateway drug to shallow ideas.
I have run at least a mile every day for 604 days in a row and everyone who told me I would develop knee problems was wrong (and it was a lot of people). Big mileage running is fun let me just tell you all about it! / *muted myself*
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I have run at least a mile every day for 604 days in a row and everyone who told me I would develop knee problems was wrong (and it was a lot of people). Big mileage running is fun let me just tell you all about it! / *muted myself*
How has Will Ferrel not done this guy on SNL yet?
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
How has Will Ferrel not done this guy on SNL yet?
I don't understand a single word of this sub-headline. Long live American Baseball!
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Virat Kohli, the world’s most famous cricketer, has announced his retirement from Tests. The 36-year-old’s international future had been the subject of intense speculation in India.
India great Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket
Kohli played 123 Tests in a career which lasted for 14 years after his debut in 2011. He scored 9,230 runs and made 30 centuries.
nyti.ms
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I don't understand a single word of this sub-headline. Long live American Baseball!
Library of Congress is the only way (yes I know this is a British poll - tbh I don't know what they use). @librarything.com
How do you organise your books? Most book owners... don't
Not organised: 45%
By size: 19%
By genre: 17%
Alphabetically, by author: 11%
By whether I've read them: 10%
By colour: 4%
Alphabetically, by title: 2%
Other: 6%
yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
Not organised: 45%
By size: 19%
By genre: 17%
Alphabetically, by author: 11%
By whether I've read them: 10%
By colour: 4%
Alphabetically, by title: 2%
Other: 6%
yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Library of Congress is the only way (yes I know this is a British poll - tbh I don't know what they use). @librarything.com
I mostly use facebook to look at cool used stuff on the market, but its time to go back to the old way of just driving and looking at it.
This is a test post to see how many porn bots follow me by using the f word.
This is a test post to see how many porn bots follow me by using the f word.
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I mostly use facebook to look at cool used stuff on the market, but its time to go back to the old way of just driving and looking at it.
This is a test post to see how many porn bots follow me by using the f word.
This is a test post to see how many porn bots follow me by using the f word.
Listen, in their defense, crime has only been dropping for like - well, since the 70s.
Always struck by how journalists almost never see this kind of dynamic as a failure of journalism.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
The Number of Murders Kept Falling This Year, But Fear of Crime Persists
Crime was a talking point on the presidential campaign trail. But after a spike during the pandemic, murders have been dropping steadily, including in big cities like Chicago and San Francisco.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Listen, in their defense, crime has only been dropping for like - well, since the 70s.
Penn State doing a white-out when SMU is wearing white is so PSU its not even funny. Dumbest school and fans.
December 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Penn State doing a white-out when SMU is wearing white is so PSU its not even funny. Dumbest school and fans.
The entire canon of western "rule of law" is grounded on a pillar of private property rights. If parliament allows this, then every marxist remaining should swoop in for the kill. Let the proletariat rise up with no middle-class of property owners to stand in the way.
I too have had several business ideas thwarted because in order for them to succeed I had to commit crimes
OpenAI is begging the British Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's supposedly "impossible" for the company to train its artificial intelligence models — and continue growing its multi-billion-dollar business — without them. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
December 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The entire canon of western "rule of law" is grounded on a pillar of private property rights. If parliament allows this, then every marxist remaining should swoop in for the kill. Let the proletariat rise up with no middle-class of property owners to stand in the way.
@chanda.bsky.social is so right. The answer to nearly everything that seems illogical or irrational or un-democratic about America is always racism. Always.
So one of the reasons South Korea is a healthier democracy is that it’s a relatively homogeneous country and racism can’t be used as an effective tactic for attacking democracy. The psychological wages of whiteness in the US are a key reason authoritarian attacks on democracy in the US succeed
South Korea is an healthier democracy than some other powerful old democracies.
That actions have consequences, even for the most powerful, is truly the basis. The minimum for a democracy.
That actions have consequences, even for the most powerful, is truly the basis. The minimum for a democracy.
December 14, 2024 at 2:24 PM
@chanda.bsky.social is so right. The answer to nearly everything that seems illogical or irrational or un-democratic about America is always racism. Always.
We need courts that recognize that some minor, correct legal point shouldn't "win" a case of such magnitude. Like, who gives a shit if you find the semantic loophole. (Talking future lawsuit that WILL happen). The Alitos of the world will kill us all. @jamellebouie.net
i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:09 PM
We need courts that recognize that some minor, correct legal point shouldn't "win" a case of such magnitude. Like, who gives a shit if you find the semantic loophole. (Talking future lawsuit that WILL happen). The Alitos of the world will kill us all. @jamellebouie.net
I hear Altoona has a rat problem.
Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Mangione after he was recognized in a McDonalds. Authorities said he was found with a document that indicated “ill will towards corporate America.”
Live updates: Police say 26-year-old man in custody in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
The latest news in the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I hear Altoona has a rat problem.
If only there was a way to elect people who felt that way too...
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in over a decade, say it's the federal government’s responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage, according to new Gallup polling.
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility
Americans' agreement that the federal government must ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage now exceeds 60%, after declining to as low as 42% during the years when the Affordable Care Act was...
news.gallup.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM
If only there was a way to elect people who felt that way too...
Reposted by Just Jeff
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in over a decade, say it's the federal government’s responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage, according to new Gallup polling.
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility
Americans' agreement that the federal government must ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage now exceeds 60%, after declining to as low as 42% during the years when the Affordable Care Act was...
news.gallup.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in over a decade, say it's the federal government’s responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage, according to new Gallup polling.
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
news.gallup.com/poll/654101/...
Leaving X is the best thing I've done for my mental health in years. Hands down.
“Leaving X because you don’t like Elon is the kind of purity politics that landed Democrats in this mess to begin with.”
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Leaving X is the best thing I've done for my mental health in years. Hands down.
Example 2: A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is
#bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
#bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Example 2: A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is
#bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
#bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is #bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is #bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is #bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
November 20, 2024 at 12:06 PM
A great heuristic - 'the answer to every question is money'. Why do other sites/ media suck? Money. Why is #bluesky good? No one is trying to get rich (yet).
@darthbluesky.bsky.social forgot to put this under your post!
November 20, 2024 at 4:17 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social forgot to put this under your post!
Winter says hello
November 20, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Winter says hello