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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 19h

This is Chico. He is the star of this year's hottest film, Fast and the Furriest: Tokyo Drift. 13/10 (TT: mariana_rodrigues_ssilva)

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 19h

"If Ellison and his father [...] get their wish and buy Warner Bros. as well, [Bari Weiss] may also have CNN as part of her fiefdom."

Hollywood executive: "The superrich fucking love her. She’s funny, she’s smart & she’s aligned with their politics.”

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Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 20h

This is Boksil. She is reaching levels of cozy previously unheard of. 12/10 a trailblazer (IG: with_bokdanji)

a small cream colored dog stares up at us. this is Boksil, swaddled in a grey robe, and tucked underneath a thick blanket on a bed. her little paws poke out of the robe's sleeves, and her toe beans are in full view. her tiny pink tongue mlems from her grinning mouth.

a higher angle of Boksil. a small yellow pillow rests beside her for scale, and her eyes are closed peacefully as she rests swaddled under a white blanket, looking very cozy.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 21h

This is a video of Michael Jackson stealing chicken. It's very funny. It's also 100% fake (obviously).

If you're not worried about the impending breakdown of reality, I don't think you've been paying attention.

(H/T @etvpod.bsky.social)

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 1d

Much like how the Mayan calendar was said to end in 2012, Andy Wilson's run on InKredulous is reaching its apocalyptic coda.

Only 3 episodes were ever released, 1 per century.

InKredulous will go into hibernation for a thousand years & if it sees its shadow on the way out Sandy Toksvig takes over.

QED @qedcon.org · 1d

Podcast News at QED 2025:

Andy Wilson’s final episode as host of InKredulous will bring the chaos of God Awful Movies. We genuinely have no idea what is going to happen!

And! The Fabulous Folklore podcast hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 1d

Derek, you're going about this the wrong way. What's the name of your Substack again? You need to put the word "free" in there, or "freedom," or "liberty."

You're failing at this.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when the Canadian two-dollar coin, the "toonie," was released. An aluminum-bronze coin in a ring of nickel.

People would throw it on the sidewalk to see it split into two. That's how little we valued it.

May the same happen to the Trump coin ;)

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 1d

Screw you, Aaron, for making me credibly imagine this could take place in an American court in the near future.

ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and gloves and making a funny face .

ALT: ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and gloves and making a funny face .

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the spiritual attacks, just like with Palpatine.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 3d

His daughter strongly suspects spiritual attacks, so if anyone is sending the ghost of Saint Paul after him, can you please knock it off??

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 3d

Sepsis and pneumonia.
A host of neurological issues.
Unexplainable neuropathy and weakness.
Critical illness polyneuropathy.

He also can’t take most meds without “suffering from paradoxical reactions.”

Thoughts and prayers.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 3d

Anti-trans activist and carnivore-diet aficionado Jordan B. Peterson was in the ICU for a month due to mould and “spiritual attacks”.

His daughter shares a laundry list of diagnoses he had which were not cured by steak and salt.

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Oct 2025 Jordan Peterson Health Update

YouTube video by Mikhaila Peterson

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 4d

"The really bright students at UATX get a hoodie whose logo is so invisible, they can actually wear it outside of campus."

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 4d

From the latest UATX newsletter. I don't thinks these buffoons are living on the same planet as the rest of us.

News:

Steve Doocy, Fox & Friends: “This place seems like exactly the kind of learning place that Charlie Kirk was trying to turn every American campus into.”

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4d

I only ever heard second-hand from my German relatives what the 1930s were like but it sounded like this. You see the story, it feels wrong, but everyone else around you is just carrying on, shopping, working, going to the cinema. So you do the same. Keep your head down, maybe this is fine? Normal?

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

The latest in my growing line of “all the big cases you were taught in psychology class are lies, exaggerations, or taken out of context.”

Today: the Kitty Genovese case.

Will strangers come to your help in a crowd?

Cc @mcgilloss.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

The Bystander Effect Started from a Lie

You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help? If you remember the infamous case of Kitty Genovese in 1960s New York, you may despair at ever receiving assistance. ...

www.mcgill.ca

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 4d

I am actually reading this book as I write this (well, not *literally*) and will be reviewing it for @mcgilloss.bsky.social shortly!

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 4d

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!

The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 4d

To anyone who uses PubMed, it may not be updated while the U.S. government is shut down.

This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

And while the bystander effect has been reproduced again and again in contrived laboratory setups, a very different type of real-world experiment showed the exact opposite.

A few years ago, a completely different study was published that cast all of this carefully controlled laboratory research in a different light. Instead of playing recordings of a person in distress in a room at the local university, these researchers pulled video footage from CCTV cameras in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the Netherlands, specifically of 219 public conflicts. How often did bystanders intervene? In nine out of 10 conflicts, at least one person, but typically several, would do something to help. On average, they found a little shy of 4 interveners per conflict captured on video. In fact, the more bystanders were present, the greater the chances of the victim receiving help. This is the exact opposite of the bystander effect.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

The New York Times in particular really fumbled the bag with this story and perpetuated this myth of urban apathy that is still pervasive today.

People helped as best they could given what they had managed to witness, but The New York Times ran with a completely fumbled story that perpetrated this myth of urban apathy. Ironically, 52 years later, following the death of Winston Moseley who spent the intervening time behind bars, the famed newspaper revisited its erroneous coverage and still managed to make a mistake, mislabelling the street they showed in an accompanying picture. No wonders the residents of Kew Gardens are sick of people coming in and asking about the murder.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

The latest in my growing line of “all the big cases you were taught in psychology class are lies, exaggerations, or taken out of context.”

Today: the Kitty Genovese case.

Will strangers come to your help in a crowd?

Cc @mcgilloss.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

The Bystander Effect Started from a Lie

You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help? If you remember the infamous case of Kitty Genovese in 1960s New York, you may despair at ever receiving assistance. ...

www.mcgill.ca

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

"Every accusation is a confession."

I don't know who said it first, but this seems to be slogan of the era we're in.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d

You don’t own streaming shows. They can alter them whenever… by, let’s say, using AI to crudely upscale the resolution.

Get discs whenever you can.

youtu.be/v0jHHyU7NMg?...

AI "Upscaling" is Ruining Classic Sitcoms

YouTube video by T1J

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