Jarrod
@jarrod18.bsky.social
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there was a brief but important period in america when you saved your fanciest suit for the opportunity to be in a studio audience watching videos of people getting whacked in the nuts
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
there was a brief but important period in america when you saved your fanciest suit for the opportunity to be in a studio audience watching videos of people getting whacked in the nuts
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Sometimes America is so beautiful it just makes you want to cry. From beauty.
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Sometimes America is so beautiful it just makes you want to cry. From beauty.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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If you live in California, today is an excellent day to call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 79. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
Newsom's Fateful Choice
Why the governor needs to sign SB 79
publiccomment.blog
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If you live in California, today is an excellent day to call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 79. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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The bigger problem is the deregulation that led to the television climate we have today, in which only 6 companies own 90% of the nation's media.
These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America
Discover how six corporations dominate 90% of the media landscape in America, shaping public perception.
www.businessinsider.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The bigger problem is the deregulation that led to the television climate we have today, in which only 6 companies own 90% of the nation's media.
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I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.
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We don't do propaganda to make you believe something. It's to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.
September 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We don't do propaganda to make you believe something. It's to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.
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After the Tsar abdicated early in 1917, one provisional government after another rose and fell, each failing to bring parliamentary democracy to Russia. It went on for months. They squandered their tiny window of opportunity arguing over buttons. I say use whatever words you want, but do something.
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
After the Tsar abdicated early in 1917, one provisional government after another rose and fell, each failing to bring parliamentary democracy to Russia. It went on for months. They squandered their tiny window of opportunity arguing over buttons. I say use whatever words you want, but do something.
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my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
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“What do we lose when nostalgia is weaponized to obscure today’s rise of state-sanctioned violence?”
Art historian Sigourney Schultz, who grew up inside Pixar, examines the Studio Ghibli AI trend—and why Miyazaki’s magic can’t be replicated, and what we lose when we try.
Art historian Sigourney Schultz, who grew up inside Pixar, examines the Studio Ghibli AI trend—and why Miyazaki’s magic can’t be replicated, and what we lose when we try.
Dispirited Away: In the wrong hands, ‘Ghiblified’ genAI images erode ethos, empathy, and our very humanity - DesignObserver
An art historian who grew up inside Pixar Studios reflects on what we lose when art once rendered through deliberate labor and deep care can be reproduced in seconds — and weaponized just as quickly.
designobserver.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“What do we lose when nostalgia is weaponized to obscure today’s rise of state-sanctioned violence?”
Art historian Sigourney Schultz, who grew up inside Pixar, examines the Studio Ghibli AI trend—and why Miyazaki’s magic can’t be replicated, and what we lose when we try.
Art historian Sigourney Schultz, who grew up inside Pixar, examines the Studio Ghibli AI trend—and why Miyazaki’s magic can’t be replicated, and what we lose when we try.
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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The political theory behind IRA was roughly as follows: We have lost control of the information landscape and can no longer win rhetorical or purely political battles; however, if we make substantive policy progress that directly touches voters' lives, they will notice and reward us.
May 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The political theory behind IRA was roughly as follows: We have lost control of the information landscape and can no longer win rhetorical or purely political battles; however, if we make substantive policy progress that directly touches voters' lives, they will notice and reward us.
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Your periodic reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - dating back through torture to Iran-Contra to Watergate all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any actual consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
The open monetization of the presidency, in plain sight. Of course he's doing it, because he did it at his hotel the last time in 2017-21, & there were absolutely no consequences for it. As it turns out, people respond to incentives. Total, complete, shameful failure of the constitutional order.
Trump dined last night with (largely-foreign) interests who accumulated $150 million worth of his personal cryptocurrency.
How the 47th president is cashing in on public office, and making the world safe for corruption:
How the 47th president is cashing in on public office, and making the world safe for corruption:
May 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Your periodic reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - dating back through torture to Iran-Contra to Watergate all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any actual consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
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i don't rise and grind. i wake and spiral
April 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
i don't rise and grind. i wake and spiral
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com
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The corollary of “with great power comes great responsibility” is “with no power comes no responsibility” and what we’re discovering is that most of our institutions and leaders fear responsibility more than they want power, and will happily cede the latter to avoid the former
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The corollary of “with great power comes great responsibility” is “with no power comes no responsibility” and what we’re discovering is that most of our institutions and leaders fear responsibility more than they want power, and will happily cede the latter to avoid the former
How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/m...
How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom
The reality of being a contractor includes labor shortages, brutal competition and low, low margins.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/m...
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To put in perspective, the total cost of U.S. military aid to Ukraine throughout the entire conflict is .005% of the total stock market cap lost since the beginning of Trump's presidency.
If you wanted a sense of the scale of how utterly incomprehensibly stupid our political policies have become.
If you wanted a sense of the scale of how utterly incomprehensibly stupid our political policies have become.
April 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To put in perspective, the total cost of U.S. military aid to Ukraine throughout the entire conflict is .005% of the total stock market cap lost since the beginning of Trump's presidency.
If you wanted a sense of the scale of how utterly incomprehensibly stupid our political policies have become.
If you wanted a sense of the scale of how utterly incomprehensibly stupid our political policies have become.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.