Michael Joneas
@jmikegra.bsky.social
Putting the "So?!?" back into philosophy ('00). Leftist-ish homunculus (est. '77). Marx: right diagnosis, wrong treatment. Language & science are outside my expertise but inside my dilettantery. Yes, that's a word—ask Wittgenstein about meaning as use.
My neighbor showed me this AI slop video: "Rachel Maddow" commenting on China demanding debt repayment from Russia on debts owed. Less than 5 mins in, "Rachel" says, "Today, December 11th..." I stopped him: "Dude. This is fake. Today's the 10th."
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My neighbor showed me this AI slop video: "Rachel Maddow" commenting on China demanding debt repayment from Russia on debts owed. Less than 5 mins in, "Rachel" says, "Today, December 11th..." I stopped him: "Dude. This is fake. Today's the 10th."
There is conceptual tension at the heart of GOP politics: a white supremacist, Christian nationalist ideology of human hierarchy ... a "Napoleonic Principle" in practice: Sure, everyone is equal, but the 'chosen' (white, Xtian) are more equal. Great at invoking Orwell, terrible at comprehending him.
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There is conceptual tension at the heart of GOP politics: a white supremacist, Christian nationalist ideology of human hierarchy ... a "Napoleonic Principle" in practice: Sure, everyone is equal, but the 'chosen' (white, Xtian) are more equal. Great at invoking Orwell, terrible at comprehending him.
The "network state" crowd thinks they can merge two incompatible prototypes: Dubai's wealth (low tax, high tech petro-state) with Rhodesia's racial purity ideology. They want $5 Dubai chocolate and racial exclusion. They are mistaking a racist wishlist for a constitution.
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The "network state" crowd thinks they can merge two incompatible prototypes: Dubai's wealth (low tax, high tech petro-state) with Rhodesia's racial purity ideology. They want $5 Dubai chocolate and racial exclusion. They are mistaking a racist wishlist for a constitution.
The visible corruption is clear to anyone with a functioning brain.
The hidden issue: How deregulation works in synergy with that corruption to inflate prices for everyday goods.
The GOP has no answer for this cost-of-living crisis. Their economic philosophy is a large part of the cause of it.
The hidden issue: How deregulation works in synergy with that corruption to inflate prices for everyday goods.
The GOP has no answer for this cost-of-living crisis. Their economic philosophy is a large part of the cause of it.
Your donors and voters aren't motivated because they supported a feeble, aging con man for President who pretended he cared about them and high costs and then when he won turned the White House in a 24/7 grift machine to enrich himself, his family and his friends.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The visible corruption is clear to anyone with a functioning brain.
The hidden issue: How deregulation works in synergy with that corruption to inflate prices for everyday goods.
The GOP has no answer for this cost-of-living crisis. Their economic philosophy is a large part of the cause of it.
The hidden issue: How deregulation works in synergy with that corruption to inflate prices for everyday goods.
The GOP has no answer for this cost-of-living crisis. Their economic philosophy is a large part of the cause of it.
For this match: I demand a halftime show featuring rainbow confetti, not 1, not 2, *but 3* tearaway burqa reveals, and para-dropping a gaggle of the gayest drag queens performing the gayest pop anthems ever!
It’s the aesthetic contrast the world deserves.
It’s the aesthetic contrast the world deserves.
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
Seattle Has Designated A World Cup ‘Pride Match’—Between Two Countries That Punish Homosexuality
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For this match: I demand a halftime show featuring rainbow confetti, not 1, not 2, *but 3* tearaway burqa reveals, and para-dropping a gaggle of the gayest drag queens performing the gayest pop anthems ever!
It’s the aesthetic contrast the world deserves.
It’s the aesthetic contrast the world deserves.
I’m definitely encouraged, but still not calling it a "blue wave." We're a little less than a year out from the midterms. The BPD-esque volatility the news cycle show that almost the entire political landscape can change overnight.
Let's not mistake a good night for a finished fight.
Let's not mistake a good night for a finished fight.
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m definitely encouraged, but still not calling it a "blue wave." We're a little less than a year out from the midterms. The BPD-esque volatility the news cycle show that almost the entire political landscape can change overnight.
Let's not mistake a good night for a finished fight.
Let's not mistake a good night for a finished fight.
Trump confuses a signed document with actual peace.
His 8 conflict claims are BS; peace requires adherence, not just a photo-op.
It's always the pomp, never the circumstance. It's always the style (if you call what Trump has style), never the substance.
Always the 🎪, never the 🍞.
His 8 conflict claims are BS; peace requires adherence, not just a photo-op.
It's always the pomp, never the circumstance. It's always the style (if you call what Trump has style), never the substance.
Always the 🎪, never the 🍞.
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trump confuses a signed document with actual peace.
His 8 conflict claims are BS; peace requires adherence, not just a photo-op.
It's always the pomp, never the circumstance. It's always the style (if you call what Trump has style), never the substance.
Always the 🎪, never the 🍞.
His 8 conflict claims are BS; peace requires adherence, not just a photo-op.
It's always the pomp, never the circumstance. It's always the style (if you call what Trump has style), never the substance.
Always the 🎪, never the 🍞.
Here's my crackpot theory for this crackpot president:
Trump's band-aids conceal IV sites for his pre-public appearance k-holes.
It explains why he nods off during cabinet meetings and then rants that Dems want universal, whim-driven gender reassignment surgeries.
I blame Elon.
Trump's band-aids conceal IV sites for his pre-public appearance k-holes.
It explains why he nods off during cabinet meetings and then rants that Dems want universal, whim-driven gender reassignment surgeries.
I blame Elon.
Trump: "Transgender for every member of your family. If they're not feeling well that night, let's just change their sex."
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Here's my crackpot theory for this crackpot president:
Trump's band-aids conceal IV sites for his pre-public appearance k-holes.
It explains why he nods off during cabinet meetings and then rants that Dems want universal, whim-driven gender reassignment surgeries.
I blame Elon.
Trump's band-aids conceal IV sites for his pre-public appearance k-holes.
It explains why he nods off during cabinet meetings and then rants that Dems want universal, whim-driven gender reassignment surgeries.
I blame Elon.
As a Kelly constituent: Stop treating every Trump ad hominem attack as a leveraged fundraising opportunity. You're not up for re-election until 2028 and your Senate salary puts you in the top 5-10% of earners. Be mindful of our fiscal limitations.
Whoever is running Mark Kelly’s fundraising texts is doing him a great disservice.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
As a Kelly constituent: Stop treating every Trump ad hominem attack as a leveraged fundraising opportunity. You're not up for re-election until 2028 and your Senate salary puts you in the top 5-10% of earners. Be mindful of our fiscal limitations.
The GOP has been feeding this dog since Hilary ran against him and now that it's just about chewed through its leash, they're afraid that one of their hands are going to get bit.
Not to mix my metaphors, but its like an all-you-can-eat face buffet for the leopards at this point.
Not to mix my metaphors, but its like an all-you-can-eat face buffet for the leopards at this point.
Comer: "One of the things I think President Trump has always been concerned about is there are people that have maybe been listed as someone who associated w/Epstein, they may have attended a party w/Epstein - the president was concerned the public would assume that person was guilty by association"
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The GOP has been feeding this dog since Hilary ran against him and now that it's just about chewed through its leash, they're afraid that one of their hands are going to get bit.
Not to mix my metaphors, but its like an all-you-can-eat face buffet for the leopards at this point.
Not to mix my metaphors, but its like an all-you-can-eat face buffet for the leopards at this point.
Yeah, the evidence actually points to a correlation between heightened immigration enforcement and lower test scores.
So instead of deporting people maybe we should just stop with turning ICE into the Gestapo?
Just a thought.
So instead of deporting people maybe we should just stop with turning ICE into the Gestapo?
Just a thought.
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yeah, the evidence actually points to a correlation between heightened immigration enforcement and lower test scores.
So instead of deporting people maybe we should just stop with turning ICE into the Gestapo?
Just a thought.
So instead of deporting people maybe we should just stop with turning ICE into the Gestapo?
Just a thought.
Does this mean that people are going to start transvestigating holiday treats?
Does everything that is even vaguely anthropomorphic require gender assignment?
Help us Judith Butler, you're our only hope!
Does everything that is even vaguely anthropomorphic require gender assignment?
Help us Judith Butler, you're our only hope!
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Does this mean that people are going to start transvestigating holiday treats?
Does everything that is even vaguely anthropomorphic require gender assignment?
Help us Judith Butler, you're our only hope!
Does everything that is even vaguely anthropomorphic require gender assignment?
Help us Judith Butler, you're our only hope!
The idea that Crockett's foreign policy mirrors Graham's due to some Israel overlap ignores the facts. Her votes to cut defense spending and couple Gaza aid with military assistance are diametrically opposed to Graham's military-first maximalism.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The idea that Crockett's foreign policy mirrors Graham's due to some Israel overlap ignores the facts. Her votes to cut defense spending and couple Gaza aid with military assistance are diametrically opposed to Graham's military-first maximalism.
It’s not just legacy media you should question -- it’s all media.
Especially partisan creators: your favorite YouTuber, TikToker, Bluesky poster.
If they never update their views with new info, be wary.
In the age of disinfo, nothing deserves prima facie trust.
Especially partisan creators: your favorite YouTuber, TikToker, Bluesky poster.
If they never update their views with new info, be wary.
In the age of disinfo, nothing deserves prima facie trust.
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It’s not just legacy media you should question -- it’s all media.
Especially partisan creators: your favorite YouTuber, TikToker, Bluesky poster.
If they never update their views with new info, be wary.
In the age of disinfo, nothing deserves prima facie trust.
Especially partisan creators: your favorite YouTuber, TikToker, Bluesky poster.
If they never update their views with new info, be wary.
In the age of disinfo, nothing deserves prima facie trust.
Tariffs make China ditch U.S. soybeans. Farmers lose their top buyer. We bail them out with tariff cash. Now we OK the GPUs China was banned from buying. This is the “Art of the Deal”? This is the big accomplishment of Trump's keen business mind?
Gurl, please! Xi played Trump like a Stradivarius.
Gurl, please! Xi played Trump like a Stradivarius.
Leavitt: "As President Trump has been screaming from the rooftops, Republicans need to remain tough and smart, and they need to be more vocal about touting the accomplishments of this administration."
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tariffs make China ditch U.S. soybeans. Farmers lose their top buyer. We bail them out with tariff cash. Now we OK the GPUs China was banned from buying. This is the “Art of the Deal”? This is the big accomplishment of Trump's keen business mind?
Gurl, please! Xi played Trump like a Stradivarius.
Gurl, please! Xi played Trump like a Stradivarius.
I'm not here for the MTG pity party.
No, she shouldn't be an object of misogynistic threats but also, she weaponized that same political fervor to get herself elected. So, it's kind of a "you're bound to catch a bullet if you play Russian roulette long enough" situation.
No, she shouldn't be an object of misogynistic threats but also, she weaponized that same political fervor to get herself elected. So, it's kind of a "you're bound to catch a bullet if you play Russian roulette long enough" situation.
Greene: “Because I stood with…women that were raped at 14 and 16, victims of Jeffrey Epstein…Because I chose to stand with them, that’s what caused the president that I fought so hard for…to call me a traitor.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm not here for the MTG pity party.
No, she shouldn't be an object of misogynistic threats but also, she weaponized that same political fervor to get herself elected. So, it's kind of a "you're bound to catch a bullet if you play Russian roulette long enough" situation.
No, she shouldn't be an object of misogynistic threats but also, she weaponized that same political fervor to get herself elected. So, it's kind of a "you're bound to catch a bullet if you play Russian roulette long enough" situation.
Rand Paul loves collective bargaining, *but only* if it’s fragmented among Costco and credit unions. He opposes maximizing that power into Medicare-for-All because it fails his Howard Roark purity test.
It’s not about bargaining; it's about making sure your buyer is never bigger than the industry.
It’s not about bargaining; it's about making sure your buyer is never bigger than the industry.
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Rand Paul loves collective bargaining, *but only* if it’s fragmented among Costco and credit unions. He opposes maximizing that power into Medicare-for-All because it fails his Howard Roark purity test.
It’s not about bargaining; it's about making sure your buyer is never bigger than the industry.
It’s not about bargaining; it's about making sure your buyer is never bigger than the industry.
Trump: "We must have one rule to win the AI race against China!"
Also Trump: Greenlights the import of crucial US GPUs that boost China's AI edge.
The delusion required to sell that stance to the public is astronomical.
Also Trump: Greenlights the import of crucial US GPUs that boost China's AI edge.
The delusion required to sell that stance to the public is astronomical.
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump: "We must have one rule to win the AI race against China!"
Also Trump: Greenlights the import of crucial US GPUs that boost China's AI edge.
The delusion required to sell that stance to the public is astronomical.
Also Trump: Greenlights the import of crucial US GPUs that boost China's AI edge.
The delusion required to sell that stance to the public is astronomical.
The tapeworm piloting RFK Jr.'s brain majored in computer science, not biology.
It mistakenly believes breasts are just flesh-covered Similac dispensers.
The only question is whether that ignorance stems from its major or from being a tapeworm.
It mistakenly believes breasts are just flesh-covered Similac dispensers.
The only question is whether that ignorance stems from its major or from being a tapeworm.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The tapeworm piloting RFK Jr.'s brain majored in computer science, not biology.
It mistakenly believes breasts are just flesh-covered Similac dispensers.
The only question is whether that ignorance stems from its major or from being a tapeworm.
It mistakenly believes breasts are just flesh-covered Similac dispensers.
The only question is whether that ignorance stems from its major or from being a tapeworm.
My grasp of AI and cars is pure Underpants Gnomes logic. Phase 1: Gas/Algorithms. Phase 2: ??? Phase 3: Driving/Chatbots.
And yet, I am certain I still know more about both topics than Donald Trump.
Which makes me question which tech oligarch texted him right before he posted this.
And yet, I am certain I still know more about both topics than Donald Trump.
Which makes me question which tech oligarch texted him right before he posted this.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My grasp of AI and cars is pure Underpants Gnomes logic. Phase 1: Gas/Algorithms. Phase 2: ??? Phase 3: Driving/Chatbots.
And yet, I am certain I still know more about both topics than Donald Trump.
Which makes me question which tech oligarch texted him right before he posted this.
And yet, I am certain I still know more about both topics than Donald Trump.
Which makes me question which tech oligarch texted him right before he posted this.
I find it funny that Harrison Butker thinks women shouldn't pursue Ph.D's while simultaneously making it seem like he desperately needs one to kick a football through the uprights.
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I find it funny that Harrison Butker thinks women shouldn't pursue Ph.D's while simultaneously making it seem like he desperately needs one to kick a football through the uprights.
My general rule of thumb is that I don't get more offended than the person who is the object of ire/negative criticism.
And since I've heard naught from Paul Dano about Tarantino's criticism of his acting in There Will Be Blood, I won't be publicly white knighting for him.
And since I've heard naught from Paul Dano about Tarantino's criticism of his acting in There Will Be Blood, I won't be publicly white knighting for him.
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My general rule of thumb is that I don't get more offended than the person who is the object of ire/negative criticism.
And since I've heard naught from Paul Dano about Tarantino's criticism of his acting in There Will Be Blood, I won't be publicly white knighting for him.
And since I've heard naught from Paul Dano about Tarantino's criticism of his acting in There Will Be Blood, I won't be publicly white knighting for him.
Really hope Jasmine Crockett wins in TX. I think she's got the primary locked down if you go by the hype.
Also, the last time Texas was represented by a Democrat in the Senate was ... Lloyd Bentsen in 1988?!
Yikes!
Also, the last time Texas was represented by a Democrat in the Senate was ... Lloyd Bentsen in 1988?!
Yikes!
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Really hope Jasmine Crockett wins in TX. I think she's got the primary locked down if you go by the hype.
Also, the last time Texas was represented by a Democrat in the Senate was ... Lloyd Bentsen in 1988?!
Yikes!
Also, the last time Texas was represented by a Democrat in the Senate was ... Lloyd Bentsen in 1988?!
Yikes!
Being able to troll Trumplethinskin does *not* a viable presidential candidate make.
There, I said it. I got it off my chest. Good day.
There, I said it. I got it off my chest. Good day.
DEM Presidential Polling:
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 18%
AOC: 16%
Buttigieg: 14%
Booker: 5%
Shapiro: 4%
Pritzker: 4%
Walz: 3%
Beshear: 2%
Cuban: 2%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 18%
AOC: 16%
Buttigieg: 14%
Booker: 5%
Shapiro: 4%
Pritzker: 4%
Walz: 3%
Beshear: 2%
Cuban: 2%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Being able to troll Trumplethinskin does *not* a viable presidential candidate make.
There, I said it. I got it off my chest. Good day.
There, I said it. I got it off my chest. Good day.
I'm sorry, but the fact that Cotton believes that a man taking off a T-shirt after his boat has been blown up is signalling other drug cartels is at all a plausible alternative to the obvious call for aid is disgusting.
God, I wish we could send these people to The Hague!
God, I wish we could send these people to The Hague!
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm sorry, but the fact that Cotton believes that a man taking off a T-shirt after his boat has been blown up is signalling other drug cartels is at all a plausible alternative to the obvious call for aid is disgusting.
God, I wish we could send these people to The Hague!
God, I wish we could send these people to The Hague!