J Gerber
@sailorboyj.bsky.social
Retail Concierge, Actor Gone Civilian,Progressive.
Don't worry about the bear... they're a friend from work.
Don't worry about the bear... they're a friend from work.
So... CBS News is not only firing people of color, but also selectively editing news to favor Trump.
Way to tarnish the Tiffany network.
www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-cuts-don...
Way to tarnish the Tiffany network.
www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-cuts-don...
CBS Cuts Trump’s Corruption Tantrum From ‘60 Minutes’ Edit
The moment Trump got testy was missing from Sunday night’s interview.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
So... CBS News is not only firing people of color, but also selectively editing news to favor Trump.
Way to tarnish the Tiffany network.
www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-cuts-don...
Way to tarnish the Tiffany network.
www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-cuts-don...
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“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
Even if society provided the food/shelter level needs for everyone, humans also need to perform useful work just for basic fulfillment. The vast majority of people cannot sit around all day letting AI and robots do everything.
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
“Recontextualization is not enough,” it wrote in its pitch. “Even taken from its pedestal … the social codes engendered by the Lee statue will allow it to remain an icon of violent white supremacy wherever it is placed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/m...
How to Make Art Out of Confederate Monuments
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Recontextualization is not enough,” it wrote in its pitch. “Even taken from its pedestal … the social codes engendered by the Lee statue will allow it to remain an icon of violent white supremacy wherever it is placed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/m...
Dude… Daylight Savings Ended, and no one talked about it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dude… Daylight Savings Ended, and no one talked about it.
'The arrangement, while well within the law, makes it almost impossible for voters or watchdog groups to understand ...financial & business connections of someone who could ... sway over billions of dollars in public contracts, realestate developments & city policy.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Cuomo Earned Almost $5 Million Consulting. He Won’t Name His Clients.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
'The arrangement, while well within the law, makes it almost impossible for voters or watchdog groups to understand ...financial & business connections of someone who could ... sway over billions of dollars in public contracts, realestate developments & city policy.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
My Dad's favorite cousin and his wife have always 'uncle and aunt' to me.
This is not that big a deal.
This is not that big a deal.
“Zohran Mamdani referred to his first cousin once removed as his aunt” is a new low for the muckrakers
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My Dad's favorite cousin and his wife have always 'uncle and aunt' to me.
This is not that big a deal.
This is not that big a deal.
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I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."
Seriously, folks... Thiel's dangerous in so many ways.
And yes... of such questionable mental heath he makes Musk.. well, also mentally unstable, and also a man who should not have security clearances.
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
And yes... of such questionable mental heath he makes Musk.. well, also mentally unstable, and also a man who should not have security clearances.
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
Peter Thiel Explainer Time!
It has come to our attention not everyone knows who this putz is.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Seriously, folks... Thiel's dangerous in so many ways.
And yes... of such questionable mental heath he makes Musk.. well, also mentally unstable, and also a man who should not have security clearances.
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
And yes... of such questionable mental heath he makes Musk.. well, also mentally unstable, and also a man who should not have security clearances.
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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"I disagree with all the vitriol," says Newsom, before asserting that we must find a more polite way to exclude trans ppl from public life.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"I disagree with all the vitriol," says Newsom, before asserting that we must find a more polite way to exclude trans ppl from public life.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
1) All the stupid.
2) Paxton again is wasting Texas taxpayer money while supporting nationally destructive policies.
3) Stop messing with the rest of us, Texas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
2) Paxton again is wasting Texas taxpayer money while supporting nationally destructive policies.
3) Stop messing with the rest of us, Texas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
1) All the stupid.
2) Paxton again is wasting Texas taxpayer money while supporting nationally destructive policies.
3) Stop messing with the rest of us, Texas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
2) Paxton again is wasting Texas taxpayer money while supporting nationally destructive policies.
3) Stop messing with the rest of us, Texas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
Every act of cultural degradation Trump and the American Right engages in deserves recognition as the individual crimes against our nation and history they are.
www.jezebel.com/trump-bulldo...
www.jezebel.com/trump-bulldo...
Trump Bulldozes Away a Century's Worth of Women’s Contributions to the White House
“It’s sort of like, my worst fears realized, to be frank," a women's studies scholar at Ohio University told Jezebel of the East Wing demolition.
www.jezebel.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Every act of cultural degradation Trump and the American Right engages in deserves recognition as the individual crimes against our nation and history they are.
www.jezebel.com/trump-bulldo...
www.jezebel.com/trump-bulldo...
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Academics, sign the pledge, if for no other reason than this petty one: now you can hate on other academics who publish in the Times even more than you already will anyway
1/ Was proud to be among 300 former NYT opinion contributors who pledge to boycott writing for the New York Times opinion section until our demands about Palestine are met www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Academics, sign the pledge, if for no other reason than this petty one: now you can hate on other academics who publish in the Times even more than you already will anyway
'Trump turning his focus on transgender people raises the temperature that when an eventual deal is brokered, Americans could see the inclusion of some of those anti-trans riders as a major policy priority of the President for compromise legislation. '
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown
The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
'Trump turning his focus on transgender people raises the temperature that when an eventual deal is brokered, Americans could see the inclusion of some of those anti-trans riders as a major policy priority of the President for compromise legislation. '
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
“Our public and democracy needs constructive questioning,” she said, speaking in Irish & English. “Together, we can shape a new republic that values everybody, that values and champions diversity and that takes confidence in our own identity.”
Well done, Ireland!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Well done, Ireland!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Leftwinger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide
Independent pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Our public and democracy needs constructive questioning,” she said, speaking in Irish & English. “Together, we can shape a new republic that values everybody, that values and champions diversity and that takes confidence in our own identity.”
Well done, Ireland!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Well done, Ireland!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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In Memoriam this week, we’re honoring Tony Fitzpatrick, who loved Chicago; Brian Harris, who captured historical milestones through photography; Gilles Larrain, who transformed the visual culture of drag queens; and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar, who rebelled against postwar Mexican muralism.
Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick, Gilles Larrain, and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar
This week, we honor a Chicago stalwart, a photographer of drag culture, a Yucatán painter, and others.
hyperallergic.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In Memoriam this week, we’re honoring Tony Fitzpatrick, who loved Chicago; Brian Harris, who captured historical milestones through photography; Gilles Larrain, who transformed the visual culture of drag queens; and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar, who rebelled against postwar Mexican muralism.
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Alaska $25 million
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Alaska $25 million
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
@theadhocstudio nailed it with #dispatch … two fun episodes, with heart and snark. The acting and animation are quality, and your on shift time is equal parts crime & comedy.
My only request: Give us the ability to level up our team outside of dispatch time.
Onto episode #3
My only request: Give us the ability to level up our team outside of dispatch time.
Onto episode #3
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@theadhocstudio nailed it with #dispatch … two fun episodes, with heart and snark. The acting and animation are quality, and your on shift time is equal parts crime & comedy.
My only request: Give us the ability to level up our team outside of dispatch time.
Onto episode #3
My only request: Give us the ability to level up our team outside of dispatch time.
Onto episode #3
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
The Curb App is cozying up to Newsmax.
Well, good reason not to use the Curb App.
Well, good reason not to use the Curb App.
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Curb App is cozying up to Newsmax.
Well, good reason not to use the Curb App.
Well, good reason not to use the Curb App.
A lot actors and film makers get their start working background, and yes... even with cgi and techniques lowering the numbers used, real background talent makes film and tv better.
www.avclub.com/kevin-oleary...
www.avclub.com/kevin-oleary...
Of course Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary wants movies to save money with AI actors
Of course Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary wants movies to save money with AI actors
www.avclub.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A lot actors and film makers get their start working background, and yes... even with cgi and techniques lowering the numbers used, real background talent makes film and tv better.
www.avclub.com/kevin-oleary...
www.avclub.com/kevin-oleary...
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Who would've guessed that the pathological liar would lie about white house demolition.
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Who would've guessed that the pathological liar would lie about white house demolition.
No one was hurt, thank goodness.. but seriously... around 7 million people marched against Trump, and during an effort to try to upstage them, the Trump Admin caused shrapnel to pepper a US Highway.
NO KINGS.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
NO KINGS.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
No one was hurt, thank goodness.. but seriously... around 7 million people marched against Trump, and during an effort to try to upstage them, the Trump Admin caused shrapnel to pepper a US Highway.
NO KINGS.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
NO KINGS.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
That feeling on the subway when the dude blaring hip hop on the subways is playing tunes way wackier then you would ever.
And that you is me.
And that you is me.
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
That feeling on the subway when the dude blaring hip hop on the subways is playing tunes way wackier then you would ever.
And that you is me.
And that you is me.