Jeff
@jefffreyspies.bsky.social
Wish I’d known I had ADD back then. Part of the problem but doing my best to limit the damage and help when I can. Can tell a hawk from a handsaw in most (many?) environmental conditions.
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Jeff
@jefffreyspies.bsky.social
· Aug 7
Until the revolution. And when the revolution comes, all I can say is that I except I’ll be in the vicinity of a wall
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Sincere question and I hope we can make a safe place for this discussion, are there people out there who feel like they don't know how to get involved and make a difference?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
January 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Sincere question and I hope we can make a safe place for this discussion, are there people out there who feel like they don't know how to get involved and make a difference?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
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Syllabus help: Looking for an article about eugenics history that can help introduce students (especially upper level undergrads) to the history of eugenics in the 19th-20th c in the US.
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Syllabus help: Looking for an article about eugenics history that can help introduce students (especially upper level undergrads) to the history of eugenics in the 19th-20th c in the US.
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
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You’ll survive, but you’ll be funnier in a way that worries people
January 5, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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If this were a team of humans, liability would be obvious. Because it’s not, and because “safety” is theater (especially in this case), responsibility is intentionally obscured. It’s like stochastic exoneration.
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
If this were a team of humans, liability would be obvious. Because it’s not, and because “safety” is theater (especially in this case), responsibility is intentionally obscured. It’s like stochastic exoneration.
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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In a system structured so heavily around binary political outcomes, when one party is fully arsonist it is exceptionally reasonable for those targeted by reactionary violence to demand allies work on breaking arsonist power, because that becomes the whole of the political project until it is done.
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 AM
In a system structured so heavily around binary political outcomes, when one party is fully arsonist it is exceptionally reasonable for those targeted by reactionary violence to demand allies work on breaking arsonist power, because that becomes the whole of the political project until it is done.
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sufficiently advanced postmodernism is indistinguishable from the effects of getting kicked in the head by a horse
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
sufficiently advanced postmodernism is indistinguishable from the effects of getting kicked in the head by a horse
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Ah yes. The Cato Institute. Known pinkos.
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Ah yes. The Cato Institute. Known pinkos.
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this is giving very very strong Emperor Maximilian I potential, but let us hope for a speedrun
Don't worry, they're considering putting Stephen Miller in charge....
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
this is giving very very strong Emperor Maximilian I potential, but let us hope for a speedrun
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An entire site of people at their safety schools fuming that not everyone else takes student government as seriously as they do
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
An entire site of people at their safety schools fuming that not everyone else takes student government as seriously as they do
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The people yelling at you on the internet also don't know what to do. That's because these problems are much bigger than individual people. You always have to keep that top of mind & act accordingly. Humility is a virtue.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The people yelling at you on the internet also don't know what to do. That's because these problems are much bigger than individual people. You always have to keep that top of mind & act accordingly. Humility is a virtue.
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Ok seriously dc folk let’s do a karaoke night that’s ONLY THESE SONGS.
Cmon. Cmon let’s do it.
Cmon. Cmon let’s do it.
The Billboard Modern Rock tracks from 30 years ago
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
January 5, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Ok seriously dc folk let’s do a karaoke night that’s ONLY THESE SONGS.
Cmon. Cmon let’s do it.
Cmon. Cmon let’s do it.
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Hey internet: we have hit the Chicken Bone Deficit part of the year (in which we need more chicken stock for recipes than we generate chicken bones to make it with).
What are everyone’s favorite whole chicken recipes?
Presumably roast but we’re not dying on that hill.
What are everyone’s favorite whole chicken recipes?
Presumably roast but we’re not dying on that hill.
January 5, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Hey internet: we have hit the Chicken Bone Deficit part of the year (in which we need more chicken stock for recipes than we generate chicken bones to make it with).
What are everyone’s favorite whole chicken recipes?
Presumably roast but we’re not dying on that hill.
What are everyone’s favorite whole chicken recipes?
Presumably roast but we’re not dying on that hill.
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I agree with this, and I agree with the reply that says it's kicking the can down the road, BUT I'll also say this:
There's an adherence to Twitter/X in DC circles, which is enabling Big Tech/Musk, etc. by proxy. A lot of boomers in power are clinging onto the idea of Twitter = relevance.
There's an adherence to Twitter/X in DC circles, which is enabling Big Tech/Musk, etc. by proxy. A lot of boomers in power are clinging onto the idea of Twitter = relevance.
For everyone saying the solution is just to get off Twitter/X—that’s not going to cut it. This problem preceded Grok, it preceded Twitter, it preceded the internet itself. It will outlast the AI boom. It’s a problem of patriarchy, which is reinforced with violence.
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I agree with this, and I agree with the reply that says it's kicking the can down the road, BUT I'll also say this:
There's an adherence to Twitter/X in DC circles, which is enabling Big Tech/Musk, etc. by proxy. A lot of boomers in power are clinging onto the idea of Twitter = relevance.
There's an adherence to Twitter/X in DC circles, which is enabling Big Tech/Musk, etc. by proxy. A lot of boomers in power are clinging onto the idea of Twitter = relevance.
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I turned that way-too-ambitious paper into two paper concepts but haven't gotten around to writing them
"On Godly Kings and Kingly Gods:Modern Money & its Symbolization of the Incommensurability of Being"
"Monies, Corporations and States Exist:The Cultural Turn in State Theory After Neochartalism"
"On Godly Kings and Kingly Gods:Modern Money & its Symbolization of the Incommensurability of Being"
"Monies, Corporations and States Exist:The Cultural Turn in State Theory After Neochartalism"
January 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I turned that way-too-ambitious paper into two paper concepts but haven't gotten around to writing them
"On Godly Kings and Kingly Gods:Modern Money & its Symbolization of the Incommensurability of Being"
"Monies, Corporations and States Exist:The Cultural Turn in State Theory After Neochartalism"
"On Godly Kings and Kingly Gods:Modern Money & its Symbolization of the Incommensurability of Being"
"Monies, Corporations and States Exist:The Cultural Turn in State Theory After Neochartalism"
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You hold a house meeting on calling in the exterminators, half the housemates don't turn up, and the ones who do show agree by a small margin to put the cockroaches in charge instead. This goes predictably well. Now the housemates who didn't turn up are yelling at the exterminators
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You hold a house meeting on calling in the exterminators, half the housemates don't turn up, and the ones who do show agree by a small margin to put the cockroaches in charge instead. This goes predictably well. Now the housemates who didn't turn up are yelling at the exterminators
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this thread makes me crylaugh every time i run across it and read it again. please, treat yourself.
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
this thread makes me crylaugh every time i run across it and read it again. please, treat yourself.
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“Frog, I am glad that you are here,” said Toad.
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Frog, I am glad that you are here,” said Toad.
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If Trump and his friends really love underage women, then how come MAGA women like Karoline Leavitt do things to make themselves look 20 years older than they actually are?
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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@apocalypticanow.bsky.social Responding off thread, so as not to derail, but I think that you are going a little too far forensic science and behavioral psych. I think it’s more that prosecutors have overstated their value, and the FBI has been particularly problematic.
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social Responding off thread, so as not to derail, but I think that you are going a little too far forensic science and behavioral psych. I think it’s more that prosecutors have overstated their value, and the FBI has been particularly problematic.
@chadstanton.blacksky.app Sorry if you felt that was rude, I meant it as a fun supportive post.
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@chadstanton.blacksky.app Sorry if you felt that was rude, I meant it as a fun supportive post.
Slowly reengaging with the world, but it’s going well so far
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Slowly reengaging with the world, but it’s going well so far