Mark
@johnnyoptimist.bsky.social
he/him
Random curiosities, professional optimist, trying to stay hobby focused.
Majority of cookie jars sold! On to old glassware - Mainly Fostoria & some Carnival glass. www.MacOlith.com for details.
Random curiosities, professional optimist, trying to stay hobby focused.
Majority of cookie jars sold! On to old glassware - Mainly Fostoria & some Carnival glass. www.MacOlith.com for details.
I'd love to visit the pepperidge farm sometime cause I'm guessing their gift shop has seeds for all their cookies. Then I could have my own cookie farm in my kitchen next to my herb farm and knotsberry farm.
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I'd love to visit the pepperidge farm sometime cause I'm guessing their gift shop has seeds for all their cookies. Then I could have my own cookie farm in my kitchen next to my herb farm and knotsberry farm.
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At around the 1:10 mark, he lets the mask slip, as it were, by suggesting that the freakout about the Super Bowl halftime show was rooted in some sort of legit angst about the erasure of white identity.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
At around the 1:10 mark, he lets the mask slip, as it were, by suggesting that the freakout about the Super Bowl halftime show was rooted in some sort of legit angst about the erasure of white identity.
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Here's a Mozilla Foundation article from November about the state of play in adversarial wear... seems like a growth space for sure!
www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
How to Disappear: The Rise of Anti-Surveillance Fashion
Read our reporting on adversarial fashion. We put the top anti-surveillance fashion to the test including Reflectacles, AntiAI Clothing, Yelo Pomelo, Cap_able Design, Oogaly, and RiotAssembly.
www.mozillafoundation.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Here's a Mozilla Foundation article from November about the state of play in adversarial wear... seems like a growth space for sure!
www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
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Absolutely do NOT give your ID or face scan on Discord. It's even worse than expected. Apparently due to people bypassing current systems, they're switching to "persona" which is funded by fucking Peter Thiel.
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Absolutely do NOT give your ID or face scan on Discord. It's even worse than expected. Apparently due to people bypassing current systems, they're switching to "persona" which is funded by fucking Peter Thiel.
Not going to repost the NYTimes, but the Meta-Abuse Glasses (tm) article about facial recognition software to be included, to me means they are going to sell a s-ton (tm) to the folks who have unlimited funding & already have been collecting a face database.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Not going to repost the NYTimes, but the Meta-Abuse Glasses (tm) article about facial recognition software to be included, to me means they are going to sell a s-ton (tm) to the folks who have unlimited funding & already have been collecting a face database.
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I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
Went to the college bb experience one year & did all the measurement things they have. Even though I'm in the 6'3" arena, my wingspan was outside the arena (subpar for the height) and my jumpyness (tm) wasn't even in the same city.
For young men out there with "NBA dreams"-
This number fluctuates, but at any given time there are only about 4 or 5 players or so under 6'3" in the NBA.
The average NBA point guard is nearly 6'5".
7' forwards are a commonplace in the NBA.
You are not going to play in the NBA.
GO TO CLASS.
This number fluctuates, but at any given time there are only about 4 or 5 players or so under 6'3" in the NBA.
The average NBA point guard is nearly 6'5".
7' forwards are a commonplace in the NBA.
You are not going to play in the NBA.
GO TO CLASS.
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Went to the college bb experience one year & did all the measurement things they have. Even though I'm in the 6'3" arena, my wingspan was outside the arena (subpar for the height) and my jumpyness (tm) wasn't even in the same city.
FWIW, 2026 will likely be good for solar & storage as well, but bc they shut off incentives, tariff'd the fuck out of panels, & US capacity for those is shit, anything that wasn't far enough in development is probably already shuttered, so 2027/28 will likely see the gas piece go back up.
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
FWIW, 2026 will likely be good for solar & storage as well, but bc they shut off incentives, tariff'd the fuck out of panels, & US capacity for those is shit, anything that wasn't far enough in development is probably already shuttered, so 2027/28 will likely see the gas piece go back up.
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I feel like people should start posting some version of this as a reply every time someone posts a substack link they'd otherwise be interested in reading
What is it? Sorry, I don't click substack links given their corporate position on hosting neonazi substacks
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I feel like people should start posting some version of this as a reply every time someone posts a substack link they'd otherwise be interested in reading
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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"shop the look"
New game: Who’s abducting your mother? Professional kidnapper or ICE agent
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
"shop the look"
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Well if the people who brought you the Zune, Bing, Groove Music, the Windows Phone (the Kin?), Kinect, Cortana, the Xbox One, and Internet Explorer say my job is at risk, I guess I should listen
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Well if the people who brought you the Zune, Bing, Groove Music, the Windows Phone (the Kin?), Kinect, Cortana, the Xbox One, and Internet Explorer say my job is at risk, I guess I should listen
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So this reminds me of something:
When law students ask me what to take in undergrad, my usual answer is "anything, really."
But probably a better answer would be "it might be helpful to grab a statistics class or two."
When law students ask me what to take in undergrad, my usual answer is "anything, really."
But probably a better answer would be "it might be helpful to grab a statistics class or two."
Last week I ask some law students the question below. Now it's your turn. Click through to the thread for a link to a simulation to help you clarify your thinking, then continue with the thread to see the correct answer.
15/ Since we had just made use of a tool that purported to make predictions with some level of confidence, I suggested we might want to look more into what such tools are really telling us. So, I asked them the following.
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
So this reminds me of something:
When law students ask me what to take in undergrad, my usual answer is "anything, really."
But probably a better answer would be "it might be helpful to grab a statistics class or two."
When law students ask me what to take in undergrad, my usual answer is "anything, really."
But probably a better answer would be "it might be helpful to grab a statistics class or two."
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The breakthru came because Google's Nest doorbell was recording video even though the account was not activated.
#AllYourPrivacyIsOurs
#AllYourPrivacyIsOurs
A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN. https://cnn.it/3O13Z1b
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The breakthru came because Google's Nest doorbell was recording video even though the account was not activated.
#AllYourPrivacyIsOurs
#AllYourPrivacyIsOurs
I've watched this guy on the TT back before it was illegal & he has some great content. Explains complex stuff in a comprehendible way.
This type of just normal life crap, sucks. One day you are dry and the next you are wet and all your stuff is wet, just bc you woke up.
This type of just normal life crap, sucks. One day you are dry and the next you are wet and all your stuff is wet, just bc you woke up.
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I've watched this guy on the TT back before it was illegal & he has some great content. Explains complex stuff in a comprehendible way.
This type of just normal life crap, sucks. One day you are dry and the next you are wet and all your stuff is wet, just bc you woke up.
This type of just normal life crap, sucks. One day you are dry and the next you are wet and all your stuff is wet, just bc you woke up.
John: Oh, I spray painted a ninja turtle costume for my kid there. Cowabunga
Me: What are these rings in the grass?
Mycologist: Fungus for sure
Veterinarian: Could be from dog pee tho
RFK Jr: Portals between our world and the fairy realm. A sign of high-vibration energy requiring respect, often used for connecting with nature and increasing intuition.
Mycologist: Fungus for sure
Veterinarian: Could be from dog pee tho
RFK Jr: Portals between our world and the fairy realm. A sign of high-vibration energy requiring respect, often used for connecting with nature and increasing intuition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
John: Oh, I spray painted a ninja turtle costume for my kid there. Cowabunga
Breaking: Idiot w/ a google machine to show a graph of gold / silver prices confirm these Oxford Economists claims that yes, the price of gold/silver has gone up.
Economists at Oxford Economics said gold medals won in Milan Cortina could be worth $1,940, much more than the $700 it estimated golds were worth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Olympic Medals Worth More Than Ever As Gold, Silver Cost Soar
Economists at Oxford Economics said gold medals won in Milan Cortina could be worth $1,940, much more than the $700 it estimated golds were worth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Breaking: Idiot w/ a google machine to show a graph of gold / silver prices confirm these Oxford Economists claims that yes, the price of gold/silver has gone up.
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we simply do not bully biglaw enough
To wit. Absolutely delusional perspective. Getting caught being obsequiously friendly with a sex trafficking ephebophile and the resulting “tragedy” being “keep your job, but let’s just hide you better” is, as it turns out, not a tragedy. It’s not even consequences.
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
we simply do not bully biglaw enough
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For everyone that says the save act isn’t that big of a deal, this is what it’s leading up to!
Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls
In the past few weeks, passing the legislation has been a unifying rally cry for Republicans, a welcome distraction from the party’s cratering public opinion polls.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
For everyone that says the save act isn’t that big of a deal, this is what it’s leading up to!
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As a political scientist, I’m completely comfortable with finding networks of powerful people who span institutions and instrumentalize their positions for their collective interests
I don’t think my training prepared me to entertain the notion that the collective interest might be raping children
I don’t think my training prepared me to entertain the notion that the collective interest might be raping children
Back at the start of the Trump II administration, it was disorienting to watch powerful law firms preemptively surrender and genuflect before the King
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US justice department detailed relationship with child sex offender
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
As a political scientist, I’m completely comfortable with finding networks of powerful people who span institutions and instrumentalize their positions for their collective interests
I don’t think my training prepared me to entertain the notion that the collective interest might be raping children
I don’t think my training prepared me to entertain the notion that the collective interest might be raping children
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new york finally decided to elect a normal human being and i am enjoying it immensely
Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
February 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
new york finally decided to elect a normal human being and i am enjoying it immensely
The question from the reporter literally quoted Pope Leo who cited the bible.
the "honorable" Mr. Johnson is literally saying Pope Leo is a "Critic fond of citing particular Bilbe versus out of context".
Just putting that in context for him. You're welcome.
the "honorable" Mr. Johnson is literally saying Pope Leo is a "Critic fond of citing particular Bilbe versus out of context".
Just putting that in context for him. You're welcome.
ok but if the individual believers that the government consists of follow the greatest commandment [furrows brow, begins counting on fingers]
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The question from the reporter literally quoted Pope Leo who cited the bible.
the "honorable" Mr. Johnson is literally saying Pope Leo is a "Critic fond of citing particular Bilbe versus out of context".
Just putting that in context for him. You're welcome.
the "honorable" Mr. Johnson is literally saying Pope Leo is a "Critic fond of citing particular Bilbe versus out of context".
Just putting that in context for him. You're welcome.
this is a great creative outlet, what types of things can be done with the weird cables? All the old ethernet cables that are 3 inches too short, old, probably bad that's why you replaced it...
![lena
@lenazun.bsky.social
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a little annoyed that 3d printer bfs [gender neutral] all over the country have been validated by the whistles. it's as if the revolution had suddenly needed all the weird cables they're holding onto. you know what i mean.
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dan sinker
@dansinker.com
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We're three days into February and have shipped almost 80,000 whistles to all comers, across the US, for free, because we all keep us safe. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiarny2sgn2o2lrsffs54ph2lmis2ayjx2etuo6hdxnr7f7zfz7lyy@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
this is a great creative outlet, what types of things can be done with the weird cables? All the old ethernet cables that are 3 inches too short, old, probably bad that's why you replaced it...
Never did a thesis big study type of thing for Computer Science, but would be super curious if a QR code sown to a beenie would activate anything on idiots phones who are using the facism software. Like it goes to a "JohnQSmith.com" and of course they'd click & presto, does things.
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Never did a thesis big study type of thing for Computer Science, but would be super curious if a QR code sown to a beenie would activate anything on idiots phones who are using the facism software. Like it goes to a "JohnQSmith.com" and of course they'd click & presto, does things.