Jeff Beardsley
@jbeardsley.bsky.social
Husband & dad. Interests: sports, technology, history. Pastimes: golf, pickleball, fishing. Fandom: LSU/Capitals/Nationals/Virginia Tech. Job: Cloud Ops leader @NetSuite. Solidarity: Oxford commas, 0-based lists, Ukraine. Views are my own. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌮
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Bunch of new people following recently, I guess another uptick in BSky users. To get you started, may I recommend @deck.blue to you. If you used Tweetdeck back in the day on Twitter, you'll feel right at home.
Happy Winter Solstice. Days get longer starting now! 🌞😎
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Happy Winter Solstice. Days get longer starting now! 🌞😎
Didn't expect to go to Brno, CZ, wander around the Christmas Markets, and bump into a local blues band on the main stage, of all things. And even more, they rocked. Blues is my favorite genre, and Band of Heysek is legit. Made my night, would see again. Great job guys!
December 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Didn't expect to go to Brno, CZ, wander around the Christmas Markets, and bump into a local blues band on the main stage, of all things. And even more, they rocked. Blues is my favorite genre, and Band of Heysek is legit. Made my night, would see again. Great job guys!
Just discovered another helpful AI use case - figuring out which company a recruiter is representing when they give you *just* enough info to try an entice you, but without identifying the actual company. Decision-making gets a lot easier once you know.
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Just discovered another helpful AI use case - figuring out which company a recruiter is representing when they give you *just* enough info to try an entice you, but without identifying the actual company. Decision-making gets a lot easier once you know.
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Dear President Zelenskyy,
I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans, stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans, stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
To President Zelenskyy, From an Embarrassed American
Dear President Zelenskyy,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dear President Zelenskyy,
I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans, stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans, stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
Reposted by Jeff Beardsley
Randall Munroe created a beautiful thing today, and now I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Thanks, @xkcd.com.
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Randall Munroe created a beautiful thing today, and now I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Thanks, @xkcd.com.
So now that both the House and Senate have passed the Epstein files bill, are we going to see another big signing ceremony in the Oval office? You know, the one where Trump scratches his name on the binder and then displays it to the press, with a crowd of Rs standing behind him?
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So now that both the House and Senate have passed the Epstein files bill, are we going to see another big signing ceremony in the Oval office? You know, the one where Trump scratches his name on the binder and then displays it to the press, with a crowd of Rs standing behind him?
Release the files, Piggy!
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Release the files, Piggy!
'WICH HUNT!!!
The guy who threw a sandwich at the Border Patrol agent.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'WICH HUNT!!!
Per @wired.com, USDA data shows that :
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Per @wired.com, USDA data shows that :
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
Mike Johnson continues the months-long paid vacation at taxpayer expense for the House, all while shafting taxpayers by increasing heathcare costs, & forcing our military, ATC, TSA, & other workers to work for free. Meanwhile I'm giving money to my TSA-employed child so they can exist.
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mike Johnson continues the months-long paid vacation at taxpayer expense for the House, all while shafting taxpayers by increasing heathcare costs, & forcing our military, ATC, TSA, & other workers to work for free. Meanwhile I'm giving money to my TSA-employed child so they can exist.
This whole article is 🔥 and worth your time to read. It truly sucks that people like @bedoyausa.bsky.social are not in the service of We The People any longer.
Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social's new piece in @newrepublic.com gives a glimpse of what’s at stake for Americans if SCOTUS allows the president the authority to fire FTC officers without cause.
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
newrepublic.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This whole article is 🔥 and worth your time to read. It truly sucks that people like @bedoyausa.bsky.social are not in the service of We The People any longer.
As a former print and online subscriber for 30 years, this is the direct result of Bezo's asskissing of the current administration. I seem to recall >250k subscribers left a year ago, and now they're under 100k? Wow.
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As a former print and online subscriber for 30 years, this is the direct result of Bezo's asskissing of the current administration. I seem to recall >250k subscribers left a year ago, and now they're under 100k? Wow.
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
My two favorite anitifa organizations.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My two favorite anitifa organizations.
Every bit of news from late last year until this week about how the @washingtonpost.com is being run just further confirms that canceling my 30-year subscription was the correct move. Kathrine Graham would be ashamed.
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every bit of news from late last year until this week about how the @washingtonpost.com is being run just further confirms that canceling my 30-year subscription was the correct move. Kathrine Graham would be ashamed.
If I'm one of these flag officers who left my command to travel around the world then forced to sit & listen to a drunk weekend news anchor & a senile old man ramble on about nothing of value, I'm SOOO pissed inside. But I''d sit there unmoving & unresponsive until it's over, then go back to my job.
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If I'm one of these flag officers who left my command to travel around the world then forced to sit & listen to a drunk weekend news anchor & a senile old man ramble on about nothing of value, I'm SOOO pissed inside. But I''d sit there unmoving & unresponsive until it's over, then go back to my job.
"Shambolic" is such a great word, and unfortunately applies widely to much of the world today, especially here in the US.
September 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Shambolic" is such a great word, and unfortunately applies widely to much of the world today, especially here in the US.
Found a new critter outside today.
August 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Found a new critter outside today.
Color me shocked. SHOCKED, I say. 🙄
“Upon closer inspection, Trump’s trade deals aren’t nearly as impressive as they sound,” Rogé Karma argues. “In fact, they aren’t really trade deals in the traditional sense, and they might not benefit the U.S. at all”:
So, About Those Big Trade Deals
If you read the fine print, the “concessions” from America’s trade partners don’t add up to much.
bit.ly
August 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Color me shocked. SHOCKED, I say. 🙄
@washingtonpost.com - This photo, currently the top-center photo on your home page, is not "tanks positioned bla bla". It's clearly a wrecked tank storage or repair yard. The front tank is missing a tread, and workers on the right are laying out treads while a crane lifts parts in the background.
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
@washingtonpost.com - This photo, currently the top-center photo on your home page, is not "tanks positioned bla bla". It's clearly a wrecked tank storage or repair yard. The front tank is missing a tread, and workers on the right are laying out treads while a crane lifts parts in the background.
Incredibly sad to think that all the childhood shows that we grew up on, our kids grew up on - all sacrificed & killed by the all-time worst administration in US history. Counting, the alphabet, kindness, Sesame Street, Electric Company, Mr Rogers, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Schoolhouse Rock - gone.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it will close following Congress’s decision to strip its current funding and foreclose on future appropriations.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces shutdown following funding loss
Trump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Incredibly sad to think that all the childhood shows that we grew up on, our kids grew up on - all sacrificed & killed by the all-time worst administration in US history. Counting, the alphabet, kindness, Sesame Street, Electric Company, Mr Rogers, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Schoolhouse Rock - gone.
Reposted by Jeff Beardsley
A surprise revelation in the Trump administration’s release of thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr. is that the Trump administration could similarly release thousands of FBI records on Jeffrey Epstein.
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A surprise revelation in the Trump administration’s release of thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr. is that the Trump administration could similarly release thousands of FBI records on Jeffrey Epstein.
Same for the Fox queen, Pam.
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Same for the Fox queen, Pam.
I love a good pun
June 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I love a good pun