Jesse David Sykes
@jessedavidsykes.com
Software engineer for DHL Supply Chain (formerly Inmar Supply Chain Solutions)
Musician for Piedmont Opera and Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Writer for myself
Musician for Piedmont Opera and Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Writer for myself
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Jesse David Sykes
@jessedavidsykes.com
· Jan 20
Sorkin Exegesis
The blog in which we celebrate the Sorkinism phenomenon
sykesjd.github.io
Aight, let's give this Bluesky thing a shot.
Might I interest people in a form of light escapism? sykesjd.github.io/sorkin-exege...
Might I interest people in a form of light escapism? sykesjd.github.io/sorkin-exege...
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Posted everywhere and simply wrong. This is a measure of premiums collected minus benefits paid. Fewer benefits paid with everyone staying home for Covid, hence higher numbers then reversion. It isn’t a measure of your premium. I don’t think it’s malicious but please be careful.
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Posted everywhere and simply wrong. This is a measure of premiums collected minus benefits paid. Fewer benefits paid with everyone staying home for Covid, hence higher numbers then reversion. It isn’t a measure of your premium. I don’t think it’s malicious but please be careful.
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Stupid question:
Why do people favor universal basic income over a generous negative income tax? Seems silly not to means test, if the goal is to provide a basic living and a backstop against calamity.
Why do people favor universal basic income over a generous negative income tax? Seems silly not to means test, if the goal is to provide a basic living and a backstop against calamity.
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Stupid question:
Why do people favor universal basic income over a generous negative income tax? Seems silly not to means test, if the goal is to provide a basic living and a backstop against calamity.
Why do people favor universal basic income over a generous negative income tax? Seems silly not to means test, if the goal is to provide a basic living and a backstop against calamity.
Kid Rock was at the Rally to Restore Sanity back in 2010.
I'm pretty sure many people there with me wiped that from their memory considering the almost audible thud with which his name landed on us at the end of his introduction.
I'm pretty sure many people there with me wiped that from their memory considering the almost audible thud with which his name landed on us at the end of his introduction.
Back when I was a car blogger in the early 2000s I went to an event for dealership owners in a big tent in a parking lot and Kid Rock performed and no one got out of their seats and it was so embarrassing but now everyone’s seen it so at least I’m not alone anymore.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Kid Rock was at the Rally to Restore Sanity back in 2010.
I'm pretty sure many people there with me wiped that from their memory considering the almost audible thud with which his name landed on us at the end of his introduction.
I'm pretty sure many people there with me wiped that from their memory considering the almost audible thud with which his name landed on us at the end of his introduction.
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Compiler: warning: statement has no effect
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BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
February 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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Welcome, y'all.
North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States. North Carolina was the top destination for domestic migrants in the U.S., attracting 84,000 people from other states last year.
The Carolinas emerge as new population boom states. Affordability and lifestyle drive growth
North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States. North Carolina was the top destination for domestic migrants in the U.S., attracting 84,000 people from other states last year.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Welcome, y'all.
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Darin Smith, a Trump nominee, wants to be Wyoming’s top prosecutor.
He has cosponsored drag show and book bans, opposes marriage equality and LGBTQ+ worker protections, and thinks homosexuality is “harmful.”
This is the same state where Matthew Shepard was killed for being gay.
He has cosponsored drag show and book bans, opposes marriage equality and LGBTQ+ worker protections, and thinks homosexuality is “harmful.”
This is the same state where Matthew Shepard was killed for being gay.
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Darin Smith, a Trump nominee, wants to be Wyoming’s top prosecutor.
He has cosponsored drag show and book bans, opposes marriage equality and LGBTQ+ worker protections, and thinks homosexuality is “harmful.”
This is the same state where Matthew Shepard was killed for being gay.
He has cosponsored drag show and book bans, opposes marriage equality and LGBTQ+ worker protections, and thinks homosexuality is “harmful.”
This is the same state where Matthew Shepard was killed for being gay.
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
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I'm an honest-to-God open migration guy, but I understand why people aren't. I do not understand the delight in a person weeping because they're being forced to leave or separated from a child, or any kind of joy taken in seeing someone upset to witness this sort of thing.
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I'm an honest-to-God open migration guy, but I understand why people aren't. I do not understand the delight in a person weeping because they're being forced to leave or separated from a child, or any kind of joy taken in seeing someone upset to witness this sort of thing.
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Trump To Europe: ‘Getting Greenland Was Mr. Dilbert’s Final Wish’
January 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Trump To Europe: ‘Getting Greenland Was Mr. Dilbert’s Final Wish’
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"All things being equal" lol I'm gonna stop you there
January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"All things being equal" lol I'm gonna stop you there
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This isn't the most important thing now, but I'd love it if gov't agencies weren't allowed to post anything on social media but info. That could of course be done in better or worse ways but having the DHS make demands while addressing me as "citizen" is a repulsive encroachment on private life.
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This isn't the most important thing now, but I'd love it if gov't agencies weren't allowed to post anything on social media but info. That could of course be done in better or worse ways but having the DHS make demands while addressing me as "citizen" is a repulsive encroachment on private life.
I've not seen anyone else talk about is so I don't know if I'm alone on this, but I've always regarded software engineering to be as much an art as it is a science, and that it takes an artist to write truly good software.
January 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I've not seen anyone else talk about is so I don't know if I'm alone on this, but I've always regarded software engineering to be as much an art as it is a science, and that it takes an artist to write truly good software.
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I yearn for the days when the differences between liberals and leftists mattered.
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I yearn for the days when the differences between liberals and leftists mattered.
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Partisanship, though deplored by the Founders, was an inevitable result of the Constitution's design, just like a magnet instantly sorts iron filings to its poles. If all power goes to whoever gets 50% +1 votes, then people will form coalitions to get there.
Johnson surrendered the political gains that 100s of 1000s of soldiers had died for and still avoided an impeachment conviction. Even Nixon probably could have survived impeachment. It's never worked because this was one of those tools written before the framers understood partisanship existed.
January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Partisanship, though deplored by the Founders, was an inevitable result of the Constitution's design, just like a magnet instantly sorts iron filings to its poles. If all power goes to whoever gets 50% +1 votes, then people will form coalitions to get there.
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Lord help me, the National Design Studio is back on their bullshit. realfood.gov This website weighs in at 16 (*six.* *teen.*) MB. The full game of the original DOOM was 12MB. 1/
America's New Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.
realfood.gov
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Lord help me, the National Design Studio is back on their bullshit. realfood.gov This website weighs in at 16 (*six.* *teen.*) MB. The full game of the original DOOM was 12MB. 1/
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Put otherwise: a world of countries behaving themselves, trading, and just more or less getting along should be the goal. In the long run, everyone wins in a world of boring, boring abundance.
January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Put otherwise: a world of countries behaving themselves, trading, and just more or less getting along should be the goal. In the long run, everyone wins in a world of boring, boring abundance.
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Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
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Hegseth’s Pentagon “renaming” these bases after obscure veterans with the same names as the Confederates the bases were originally named for has all the subtlety of a school bully putting his hand in your face and yelling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hegseth’s Pentagon “renaming” these bases after obscure veterans with the same names as the Confederates the bases were originally named for has all the subtlety of a school bully putting his hand in your face and yelling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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The only throughline to me seems a desire to preserve an imaginary past. For a certain type of conservative, that's happy peasants living off the land locally. For a certain type of leftist, it's happy peasants living off the land that they can visit on a backpacking trip.
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The only throughline to me seems a desire to preserve an imaginary past. For a certain type of conservative, that's happy peasants living off the land locally. For a certain type of leftist, it's happy peasants living off the land that they can visit on a backpacking trip.