Aaron Petry
@aaronpetry.bsky.social
A guy who has just been a lot luckier than most.
Who knew Jony Ive was a chump and a sucker?
May 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Who knew Jony Ive was a chump and a sucker?
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I know a lot of centrist and moderate technocrats who have totally reversed opinion on her in the last few years as they've realized she's both way more savvy and tenacious than they expected.
People like fighters. She's a Grant in a party full of McClellans.
People like fighters. She's a Grant in a party full of McClellans.
January 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I know a lot of centrist and moderate technocrats who have totally reversed opinion on her in the last few years as they've realized she's both way more savvy and tenacious than they expected.
People like fighters. She's a Grant in a party full of McClellans.
People like fighters. She's a Grant in a party full of McClellans.
Daredevil Born Again is coming, and I am jazzed. But people who are looking for "What should I watch to get caught up?" are doing it wrong.
Watch it on its own merits. If you like it, dive into the original series, Echo, and anywhere else Matt Murdock or Fisk show up.
Watch it on its own merits. If you like it, dive into the original series, Echo, and anywhere else Matt Murdock or Fisk show up.
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daredevil Born Again is coming, and I am jazzed. But people who are looking for "What should I watch to get caught up?" are doing it wrong.
Watch it on its own merits. If you like it, dive into the original series, Echo, and anywhere else Matt Murdock or Fisk show up.
Watch it on its own merits. If you like it, dive into the original series, Echo, and anywhere else Matt Murdock or Fisk show up.
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Musk is calling USAID “evil” and saying it must die.
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
February 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Musk is calling USAID “evil” and saying it must die.
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
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1. Show up. Go to the places Musk is taking over, bring cameras, demand to find out what's going on and where it breaks the law.
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
1. Show up. Go to the places Musk is taking over, bring cameras, demand to find out what's going on and where it breaks the law.
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
The thing I hated most about Trump's first term that I forgot was the waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that it isn't a bad dream, and then not getting back to sleep.
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The thing I hated most about Trump's first term that I forgot was the waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that it isn't a bad dream, and then not getting back to sleep.
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Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
January 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
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A Roman salute is not actually better
January 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A Roman salute is not actually better
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The SCOTUS piece is the one that irks me most because court reform was a genuine live issue at the start of Biden’s term. They forced it into a study group to ice everyone, and then did absolutely nothing on its recommendation. But now we get the bully pulpit for term limits and ethics reform.
In his farewell address, Biden calls for:
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
January 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The SCOTUS piece is the one that irks me most because court reform was a genuine live issue at the start of Biden’s term. They forced it into a study group to ice everyone, and then did absolutely nothing on its recommendation. But now we get the bully pulpit for term limits and ethics reform.
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If he had come in to office with this as the bar and achieved any of it he would be president still but he and the democrats did nothing of the sort.
In his farewell address, Biden calls for:
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
January 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If he had come in to office with this as the bar and achieved any of it he would be president still but he and the democrats did nothing of the sort.
Alternate headline: Trump and Alito look to see how the Titanic could be made to sink faster.
Just 5 years ago, the SCOTUS was easily the most approved of institution of government. Now, most Americans think they're corrupt and illegitimate.
Just 5 years ago, the SCOTUS was easily the most approved of institution of government. Now, most Americans think they're corrupt and illegitimate.
Alito and Trump make the Supreme Court’s troubles even worse
As the far-right justice faces yet another controversy, he doesn’t exactly have a deep reservoir of credibility he can turn to in response.
www.msnbc.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Alternate headline: Trump and Alito look to see how the Titanic could be made to sink faster.
Just 5 years ago, the SCOTUS was easily the most approved of institution of government. Now, most Americans think they're corrupt and illegitimate.
Just 5 years ago, the SCOTUS was easily the most approved of institution of government. Now, most Americans think they're corrupt and illegitimate.
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🧵 How do we know Trump is full of sh** when he shrieks about “hydrants running dry”?
Because in 2016, a horrendous wildfire hit Gatlinburg Tennessee.
Hydrants ran dry and 14 people died. A higher death toll than the LA Fires.
But Tennessee had a GOP governor, so newly-elected Trump posted:
Because in 2016, a horrendous wildfire hit Gatlinburg Tennessee.
Hydrants ran dry and 14 people died. A higher death toll than the LA Fires.
But Tennessee had a GOP governor, so newly-elected Trump posted:
![Excerpt from Wikipedia:
“President-elect Donald Trump
tweeted: "My thoughts and prayers are with the great people of Tennessee during these terrible wildfires. Stay safe!"[24][25]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dc7hahfvdre6baxdjs65icls/bafkreiajnjn2tx2blwmkbcsvyhmxos3kpxydkj4jymyunw5v7d6vqs74p4@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🧵 How do we know Trump is full of sh** when he shrieks about “hydrants running dry”?
Because in 2016, a horrendous wildfire hit Gatlinburg Tennessee.
Hydrants ran dry and 14 people died. A higher death toll than the LA Fires.
But Tennessee had a GOP governor, so newly-elected Trump posted:
Because in 2016, a horrendous wildfire hit Gatlinburg Tennessee.
Hydrants ran dry and 14 people died. A higher death toll than the LA Fires.
But Tennessee had a GOP governor, so newly-elected Trump posted:
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Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
theonion.com/mark-zu...
theonion.com/mark-zu...
January 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
theonion.com/mark-zu...
theonion.com/mark-zu...
I understand "When they go low, we go high," but that's different to "When they go low, we lie down because we're doormats." Stand up for what's right. Just once. Jesus.
Over on the other site I used to post such stories under the heading of why I'm not a Democrat. The party's lack of courage and toughness has done so much to give us Trump. wapo.st/3DJshaF
Justice Dept. says it won’t yet release Trump classified document report
But Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to make public the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s election interference case, according to a court filing.
wapo.st
January 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I understand "When they go low, we go high," but that's different to "When they go low, we lie down because we're doormats." Stand up for what's right. Just once. Jesus.
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Obama wins by 8%, offers bipartisanship - the GOP: “We will fight him on every single thing every day until we drive him from office.”
Trump wins by 1.5%, offers fascism - the Dems: “Let’s find some common ground!”
Trump wins by 1.5%, offers fascism - the Dems: “Let’s find some common ground!”
December 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Obama wins by 8%, offers bipartisanship - the GOP: “We will fight him on every single thing every day until we drive him from office.”
Trump wins by 1.5%, offers fascism - the Dems: “Let’s find some common ground!”
Trump wins by 1.5%, offers fascism - the Dems: “Let’s find some common ground!”
Just don't put "visionary" in your LinkedIn profile.
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Just don't put "visionary" in your LinkedIn profile.
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Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
People say that pet owners often grow to resemble their pets. Someone should have warned Elon before he picked up Trump's leash.
December 13, 2024 at 12:21 AM
People say that pet owners often grow to resemble their pets. Someone should have warned Elon before he picked up Trump's leash.
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As someone who has a PhD in studying misinformation, I can professionally say that this is a fucking stupid idea.
Soon-Shiong saying "the reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story based on that story" is among the scariest and stupidest things I've ever heard. There'd be an alternative version of each story written by AI in Trumpese??? www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/m...
LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash | CNN Business
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who blocked the newspaper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and plans to overhaul its editorial board, says he will implement an artificial intelligence-power...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:03 AM
As someone who has a PhD in studying misinformation, I can professionally say that this is a fucking stupid idea.
I hate White Elephant gift exchanges like I hate yard sales. Anything where you're attempting to get someone to throw out your trash for you isn't something I want to partake in.
December 7, 2024 at 1:24 PM
I hate White Elephant gift exchanges like I hate yard sales. Anything where you're attempting to get someone to throw out your trash for you isn't something I want to partake in.