Jack Erdie
@jackerdie.bsky.social
#Actor, #voiceover, #writer, #composer, musician, gear head, #gamedev wannabe, and #futurist.
Dude of a thousand voices. Richard Speck in Mindhunter.
Dude of a thousand voices. Richard Speck in Mindhunter.
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Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
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So what’s next? Tomorrow’s mass call of movement leaders and activists is all about that. Our pro-democracy movement is surging, and it’s up to each of us to channel this incredible energy into the organizing power it will take to win. Let’s get to work: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So what’s next? Tomorrow’s mass call of movement leaders and activists is all about that. Our pro-democracy movement is surging, and it’s up to each of us to channel this incredible energy into the organizing power it will take to win. Let’s get to work: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
New favorite podcast of #political and #cultural commentary and analysis. Incredibly smart, funny, succinct and entertaining:
Unf*cking The Republic
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer.
...
podcasts.apple.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New favorite podcast of #political and #cultural commentary and analysis. Incredibly smart, funny, succinct and entertaining:
One of my new favorite comedians and activists/citizens, speaking truth to the power-crazed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA may do it again Monday 😂
YouTube video by Cliff Cash Comedy
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June 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One of my new favorite comedians and activists/citizens, speaking truth to the power-crazed.
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Republicans keep lying about Trump’s Tax Scam because they know gutting Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts is extremely unpopular. We can’t make GOP senators admit the truth, but we can hold them accountable for screwing over their constituents: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
June 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Republicans keep lying about Trump’s Tax Scam because they know gutting Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts is extremely unpopular. We can’t make GOP senators admit the truth, but we can hold them accountable for screwing over their constituents: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
You know which parts of these terror agents aren’t well covered?
Their moral integrity.
Also, their balls.
Their moral integrity.
Also, their balls.
The use of inappropriate clothing and weaponry that makes them look more like military cosplay terrorists than actual government agents performing a garden-variety low-risk domestic police action is both intentional and incredibly dangerous.
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You know which parts of these terror agents aren’t well covered?
Their moral integrity.
Also, their balls.
Their moral integrity.
Also, their balls.
I’ll be there.
Read about it in my book:
A Brief History of American Kings.
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Read about it in my book:
A Brief History of American Kings.
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June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ll be there.
Read about it in my book:
A Brief History of American Kings.
(blank inside)
Read about it in my book:
A Brief History of American Kings.
(blank inside)
Dropping at 3pm EST:
Trump’s First 120 Days.
What has he done for us?
What do we owe him?
The crisis is here.
No cavalry is coming.
Fight on all fronts.
Win.
Never Surrender.
#civildisobedience
#goodtrouble
#constitutionalcrisis
#savedemocracy
Trump’s First 120 Days.
What has he done for us?
What do we owe him?
The crisis is here.
No cavalry is coming.
Fight on all fronts.
Win.
Never Surrender.
#civildisobedience
#goodtrouble
#constitutionalcrisis
#savedemocracy
Trump's First 120 Days Demand a Defiant Response!
YouTube video by Good Trouble Troops
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May 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dropping at 3pm EST:
Trump’s First 120 Days.
What has he done for us?
What do we owe him?
The crisis is here.
No cavalry is coming.
Fight on all fronts.
Win.
Never Surrender.
#civildisobedience
#goodtrouble
#constitutionalcrisis
#savedemocracy
Trump’s First 120 Days.
What has he done for us?
What do we owe him?
The crisis is here.
No cavalry is coming.
Fight on all fronts.
Win.
Never Surrender.
#civildisobedience
#goodtrouble
#constitutionalcrisis
#savedemocracy
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June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
I value my liberty over my life.
I also value your liberty, assuming it poses no heightened threat to the common good, over my life.
I will never allow my country to become an #autocracy, #theocracy, #kleptocracy, or #muskocracy
no matter what it takes.
#democracy
@handsoffnow.bsky.social
I also value your liberty, assuming it poses no heightened threat to the common good, over my life.
I will never allow my country to become an #autocracy, #theocracy, #kleptocracy, or #muskocracy
no matter what it takes.
#democracy
@handsoffnow.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I value my liberty over my life.
I also value your liberty, assuming it poses no heightened threat to the common good, over my life.
I will never allow my country to become an #autocracy, #theocracy, #kleptocracy, or #muskocracy
no matter what it takes.
#democracy
@handsoffnow.bsky.social
I also value your liberty, assuming it poses no heightened threat to the common good, over my life.
I will never allow my country to become an #autocracy, #theocracy, #kleptocracy, or #muskocracy
no matter what it takes.
#democracy
@handsoffnow.bsky.social
I love the new, #bipartisan ban on #RevengePorn.
It’s actually a very clever way to end #Trump, since at least half of his MO is revenge.
Also makes me wonder what Gotcha Tapes of Trump or Melania are floating around out there, about to go public…
It’s actually a very clever way to end #Trump, since at least half of his MO is revenge.
Also makes me wonder what Gotcha Tapes of Trump or Melania are floating around out there, about to go public…
Congress Passes Bill To Ban Online Revenge Porn And Unauthorized Sexually Explicit “Deepfakes”
Donald Trump is expected to sign the Take It Down Act after it passed the House in a 409-2 vote.
deadline.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I love the new, #bipartisan ban on #RevengePorn.
It’s actually a very clever way to end #Trump, since at least half of his MO is revenge.
Also makes me wonder what Gotcha Tapes of Trump or Melania are floating around out there, about to go public…
It’s actually a very clever way to end #Trump, since at least half of his MO is revenge.
Also makes me wonder what Gotcha Tapes of Trump or Melania are floating around out there, about to go public…
Did #Vance just see #Conclave & bark “Get me alone with the #Pope”?
Because if some #OpusDei lover replaces #PopeFrancis, the #Christfascist faction of the #NewOrder will be complete.
Get me in a room alone with the #VP and I’ll be the last to see him alive.
Because if some #OpusDei lover replaces #PopeFrancis, the #Christfascist faction of the #NewOrder will be complete.
Get me in a room alone with the #VP and I’ll be the last to see him alive.
April 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Did #Vance just see #Conclave & bark “Get me alone with the #Pope”?
Because if some #OpusDei lover replaces #PopeFrancis, the #Christfascist faction of the #NewOrder will be complete.
Get me in a room alone with the #VP and I’ll be the last to see him alive.
Because if some #OpusDei lover replaces #PopeFrancis, the #Christfascist faction of the #NewOrder will be complete.
Get me in a room alone with the #VP and I’ll be the last to see him alive.
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Cleanse your timeline and scatter the cortisol. Two minutes of inspiration from @andrewlseidel.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/swaj/p/t...
open.substack.com/pub/swaj/p/t...
The Most Inspiring Two Minutes You'll Watch This Week
The Separation of Church and State is an American Original
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Cleanse your timeline and scatter the cortisol. Two minutes of inspiration from @andrewlseidel.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/swaj/p/t...
open.substack.com/pub/swaj/p/t...
Here’s a smart, lucid piece about how porn — that gateway drug to misogyny — has warped our culture and our perception of women.
#porn
#misogyny
#metoo
#sexualobjectification
#dehumanization
#porn
#misogyny
#metoo
#sexualobjectification
#dehumanization
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
www.theatlantic.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here’s a smart, lucid piece about how porn — that gateway drug to misogyny — has warped our culture and our perception of women.
#porn
#misogyny
#metoo
#sexualobjectification
#dehumanization
#porn
#misogyny
#metoo
#sexualobjectification
#dehumanization
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Remember Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's False Jefferson Prayer? Word & Way ed. Brian Kaylor and Willamette U. history prof Seth Cotlar explain the backstory in the first segment of Telling Jefferson Lies. We discuss the Christian nationalist origin & purpose.
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Mike Johnson's False Jefferson Prayer: The Rest of the Story
Podcast Episode · Telling Jefferson Lies: Debunking the Myth that America was Founded as a Christian Nation · 04/14/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Remember Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's False Jefferson Prayer? Word & Way ed. Brian Kaylor and Willamette U. history prof Seth Cotlar explain the backstory in the first segment of Telling Jefferson Lies. We discuss the Christian nationalist origin & purpose.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how you should never, ever ascribe a good intention to Trump. It will just blow up in your face.
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Music by Library Card.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Library Card.
April 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how you should never, ever ascribe a good intention to Trump. It will just blow up in your face.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Library Card.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Library Card.
Originalist Sin
When conservative ACTIVIST judges interpret the constitution by its original intent, WHEN it favors preselected outcomes, causing Americans to suffer, down to the last generation, for the failure of the framers to foresee and address all future progress.
Please read:
When conservative ACTIVIST judges interpret the constitution by its original intent, WHEN it favors preselected outcomes, causing Americans to suffer, down to the last generation, for the failure of the framers to foresee and address all future progress.
Please read:
The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Originalist Sin
When conservative ACTIVIST judges interpret the constitution by its original intent, WHEN it favors preselected outcomes, causing Americans to suffer, down to the last generation, for the failure of the framers to foresee and address all future progress.
Please read:
When conservative ACTIVIST judges interpret the constitution by its original intent, WHEN it favors preselected outcomes, causing Americans to suffer, down to the last generation, for the failure of the framers to foresee and address all future progress.
Please read:
Grateful for the morale boost and encouragement at our #handsoffpittsburgh rally.
And… And… AND I feel the need to say “Let’s #mobilize to #strategize !
Beyond registering more Dems to vote, what are our immediate Calls To Action?
And how are we going to make them instantly Actionable???
And… And… AND I feel the need to say “Let’s #mobilize to #strategize !
Beyond registering more Dems to vote, what are our immediate Calls To Action?
And how are we going to make them instantly Actionable???
April 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Grateful for the morale boost and encouragement at our #handsoffpittsburgh rally.
And… And… AND I feel the need to say “Let’s #mobilize to #strategize !
Beyond registering more Dems to vote, what are our immediate Calls To Action?
And how are we going to make them instantly Actionable???
And… And… AND I feel the need to say “Let’s #mobilize to #strategize !
Beyond registering more Dems to vote, what are our immediate Calls To Action?
And how are we going to make them instantly Actionable???
Donald Dictraitor & Felon Mask think this nation belongs to them.
Pittsburgh is fighting back.
Join us this Sat, April 5 at 12:30 or 5pm.
Link for deets.
#handsoff
#mobilize
#protest
#activism
#democracy
Pittsburgh is fighting back.
Join us this Sat, April 5 at 12:30 or 5pm.
Link for deets.
#handsoff
#mobilize
#protest
#activism
#democracy
Hands Off! Pittsburgh Presents · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** Pittsburgh is fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services...
www.mobilize.us
April 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Donald Dictraitor & Felon Mask think this nation belongs to them.
Pittsburgh is fighting back.
Join us this Sat, April 5 at 12:30 or 5pm.
Link for deets.
#handsoff
#mobilize
#protest
#activism
#democracy
Pittsburgh is fighting back.
Join us this Sat, April 5 at 12:30 or 5pm.
Link for deets.
#handsoff
#mobilize
#protest
#activism
#democracy
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Reposted by Jack Erdie
Read my former colleague Ruth Marcus, explaining why she left the Washington Post
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Read my former colleague Ruth Marcus, explaining why she left the Washington Post
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Don’t pledge allegiance to a flag. A flag is a piece of cloth onto which people project wildly different meanings.
Pledge allegiance to the constitution and make that your basis for whether a person or thing is American or not.
#usconstitution
#prodemocracy
Pledge allegiance to the constitution and make that your basis for whether a person or thing is American or not.
#usconstitution
#prodemocracy
February 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Don’t pledge allegiance to a flag. A flag is a piece of cloth onto which people project wildly different meanings.
Pledge allegiance to the constitution and make that your basis for whether a person or thing is American or not.
#usconstitution
#prodemocracy
Pledge allegiance to the constitution and make that your basis for whether a person or thing is American or not.
#usconstitution
#prodemocracy
Enough vibe shift.
Churchill said of Hitler “you cannot argue with a tiger while your head is in its mouth.“
And I say of Trump “You can’t give the benefit of the doubt to a black hole as it is devouring your universe.“
Please listen to this dead-on diagnosis:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...
Churchill said of Hitler “you cannot argue with a tiger while your head is in its mouth.“
And I say of Trump “You can’t give the benefit of the doubt to a black hole as it is devouring your universe.“
Please listen to this dead-on diagnosis:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...
Autocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Enough vibe shift.
Churchill said of Hitler “you cannot argue with a tiger while your head is in its mouth.“
And I say of Trump “You can’t give the benefit of the doubt to a black hole as it is devouring your universe.“
Please listen to this dead-on diagnosis:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...
Churchill said of Hitler “you cannot argue with a tiger while your head is in its mouth.“
And I say of Trump “You can’t give the benefit of the doubt to a black hole as it is devouring your universe.“
Please listen to this dead-on diagnosis:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...