Jesse David Sykes
@jessedavidsykes.com
Software engineer for DHL Supply Chain (formerly Inmar Supply Chain Solutions)
Musician for Piedmont Opera and Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Writer for myself
Musician for Piedmont Opera and Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Writer for myself
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Jesse David Sykes
@jessedavidsykes.com
· Jan 20
Sorkin Exegesis
The blog in which we celebrate the Sorkinism phenomenon
sykesjd.github.io
Aight, let's give this Bluesky thing a shot.
Might I interest people in a form of light escapism? sykesjd.github.io/sorkin-exege...
Might I interest people in a form of light escapism? sykesjd.github.io/sorkin-exege...
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Hegseth’s Pentagon “renaming” these bases after obscure veterans with the same names as the Confederates the bases were originally named for has all the subtlety of a school bully putting his hand in your face and yelling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hegseth’s Pentagon “renaming” these bases after obscure veterans with the same names as the Confederates the bases were originally named for has all the subtlety of a school bully putting his hand in your face and yelling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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The only throughline to me seems a desire to preserve an imaginary past. For a certain type of conservative, that's happy peasants living off the land locally. For a certain type of leftist, it's happy peasants living off the land that they can visit on a backpacking trip.
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The only throughline to me seems a desire to preserve an imaginary past. For a certain type of conservative, that's happy peasants living off the land locally. For a certain type of leftist, it's happy peasants living off the land that they can visit on a backpacking trip.
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I know not everyone is down for free trade and open immigration, but separate from the particulars, it's both sad and scary to me that every day Earth's countries seem to be closing the doors. There's plenty to complain about with the post-WWII order, but also so many good things taken for granted.
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I know not everyone is down for free trade and open immigration, but separate from the particulars, it's both sad and scary to me that every day Earth's countries seem to be closing the doors. There's plenty to complain about with the post-WWII order, but also so many good things taken for granted.
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"We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline".
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline".
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Realtalk:
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Realtalk:
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
Shooter: *worked for the CIA*
Trump: "Fuckin' immigrants, man..."
We have a deeply unserious man in the White House.
Trump: "Fuckin' immigrants, man..."
We have a deeply unserious man in the White House.
President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. n.pr/4rqeWIA
Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in social media screed
President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Shooter: *worked for the CIA*
Trump: "Fuckin' immigrants, man..."
We have a deeply unserious man in the White House.
Trump: "Fuckin' immigrants, man..."
We have a deeply unserious man in the White House.
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Saying anything the administration does is a distraction from the Epstein files is like saying a psychopath commits mass murder to distract from their tax returns.
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Saying anything the administration does is a distraction from the Epstein files is like saying a psychopath commits mass murder to distract from their tax returns.
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Free trade, open borders, Mexi-Korean Halal trucks on every corner.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Free trade, open borders, Mexi-Korean Halal trucks on every corner.
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Dunno if I'm alone in this but I've noticed that when I encounter someone who is actually, for real, straightforwardly racist... I tend to assume there's something else going on? Like surely the answer isn't simply "they hate these people." Like they're trying to be edgy or performative.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Dunno if I'm alone in this but I've noticed that when I encounter someone who is actually, for real, straightforwardly racist... I tend to assume there's something else going on? Like surely the answer isn't simply "they hate these people." Like they're trying to be edgy or performative.
Even more relevant now that Texas voters have apparently decided teen suicide rates aren't high enough for their liking.
I would like to propose a new amendment to the Constitution:
"The right of the people to access medical care shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State."
I'll wait - but not for long.
"The right of the people to access medical care shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State."
I'll wait - but not for long.
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Even more relevant now that Texas voters have apparently decided teen suicide rates aren't high enough for their liking.
Unpopular opinion: you fundamentally cannot trust an institution to care for people's lives when that same institution is in the business of convincing those people that things will be better for them in "the next life".
Indiana's Christian nationalist Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says "it's not the government's job to feed people" and so tens of millions of people losing SNAP benefits because of the government shutdown represents "a great opportunity for the local church to step up."
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Unpopular opinion: you fundamentally cannot trust an institution to care for people's lives when that same institution is in the business of convincing those people that things will be better for them in "the next life".
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Hot take:
Analytic philosophy is *not* obsessed with word meaning. Correct word meaning is crucial to any discussion! 90% of pointless argument is because nobody defined the meaning of a word or the purpose of an endeavor.
It's like claiming mathematicians are obsessed with symbol meaning. Fah!
Analytic philosophy is *not* obsessed with word meaning. Correct word meaning is crucial to any discussion! 90% of pointless argument is because nobody defined the meaning of a word or the purpose of an endeavor.
It's like claiming mathematicians are obsessed with symbol meaning. Fah!
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hot take:
Analytic philosophy is *not* obsessed with word meaning. Correct word meaning is crucial to any discussion! 90% of pointless argument is because nobody defined the meaning of a word or the purpose of an endeavor.
It's like claiming mathematicians are obsessed with symbol meaning. Fah!
Analytic philosophy is *not* obsessed with word meaning. Correct word meaning is crucial to any discussion! 90% of pointless argument is because nobody defined the meaning of a word or the purpose of an endeavor.
It's like claiming mathematicians are obsessed with symbol meaning. Fah!
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If anybody knows Mr Miller, let him know a simple “Robert who?” would be devastatingly effective and also not make him seem like a guy who has already been banned from commenting on Rotten Tomatoes under three different pseudonyms.
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If anybody knows Mr Miller, let him know a simple “Robert who?” would be devastatingly effective and also not make him seem like a guy who has already been banned from commenting on Rotten Tomatoes under three different pseudonyms.
This is NPR.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is NPR.
Someday, evidence will come out that Republicans goaded Israel into delaying a peace deal for two years just so that one of them would be in office when it happened - just like they did to Carter with Iran.
And no one will take it seriously because people can't fathom such a level of utter evil.
And no one will take it seriously because people can't fathom such a level of utter evil.
October 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Someday, evidence will come out that Republicans goaded Israel into delaying a peace deal for two years just so that one of them would be in office when it happened - just like they did to Carter with Iran.
And no one will take it seriously because people can't fathom such a level of utter evil.
And no one will take it seriously because people can't fathom such a level of utter evil.
I guess the new clocks made the games too short?
With a tap of their head, players will be able to trigger an automated review when they disagree with an umpire's call. In spring training this year, just over half of challenges were successful.
MLB will allow players to challenge balls and strikes starting in 2026
With a tap of their head, players will be able to trigger an automated review when they disagree with an umpire's call. In spring training this year, just over half of challenges were successful.
n.pr
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I guess the new clocks made the games too short?
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Restricting H1-Bs and tariffing solar panels are, in particular, so comically stupid that when you hear them you should find an economist to give a hug.
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Restricting H1-Bs and tariffing solar panels are, in particular, so comically stupid that when you hear them you should find an economist to give a hug.
Saying anything the administration does is a distraction from the Epstein files is like saying a psychopath commits mass murder to distract from their tax returns.
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Saying anything the administration does is a distraction from the Epstein files is like saying a psychopath commits mass murder to distract from their tax returns.
*swiftly rechecks the definition of 'cartel'*
BREAKING: Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel. Both companies will work together on products for data centers and PCs.
Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Intel; companies will work together on AI infrastructure and PCs
Nvidia announces a new partnership with Intel to work on custom data centers and personal computer products. Nvidia is also investing $5 billion in Intel's common stock.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
*swiftly rechecks the definition of 'cartel'*
I received a news alert from the AP this morning that the UN Human Rights Commission (finally) published a report concluding that Israel's actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
Crickets on the matter for the rest of the day.
Fuck this news cycle, man...
Crickets on the matter for the rest of the day.
Fuck this news cycle, man...
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I received a news alert from the AP this morning that the UN Human Rights Commission (finally) published a report concluding that Israel's actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
Crickets on the matter for the rest of the day.
Fuck this news cycle, man...
Crickets on the matter for the rest of the day.
Fuck this news cycle, man...
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Sometimes I just think things. Maybe talk with my wife or a friend about them. Phone doesn't even enter into it.
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sometimes I just think things. Maybe talk with my wife or a friend about them. Phone doesn't even enter into it.
If the Second Amendment is not repealed in my lifetime, then this country deserves to burn to the ground.
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If the Second Amendment is not repealed in my lifetime, then this country deserves to burn to the ground.
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It’s been disorienting to live through these years as our country turns against itself, as some predict or even call for a second Civil War, and having no clear idea what it’s about. I mean, say what you will about the Confederacy, at least they had an ethos.
What are we fighting about? Pronouns?
What are we fighting about? Pronouns?
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It’s been disorienting to live through these years as our country turns against itself, as some predict or even call for a second Civil War, and having no clear idea what it’s about. I mean, say what you will about the Confederacy, at least they had an ethos.
What are we fighting about? Pronouns?
What are we fighting about? Pronouns?