Jonathan Corbin
@jonathancorbin.bsky.social
Behavioral scientist. Psych. blogger.
“You even picked the ideal weather. Overcast and chilly. Perfect for staying inside and reading"
voxpopsci.com
“You even picked the ideal weather. Overcast and chilly. Perfect for staying inside and reading"
voxpopsci.com
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I have libertarian friends who make great points about the dangers of powerful governments and the value of privacy and free association.
I have democratic socialist friends who make great points about the value of universal government services.
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I have democratic socialist friends who make great points about the value of universal government services.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Self-reminder:
First rule of social media is that it is not a productive space for disagreement.
It's a debate club in the worst sense -- thriving on scoring points off of mistakes and assuming the worst of intentions.
It is best for engaging with curiosity and learning.
First rule of social media is that it is not a productive space for disagreement.
It's a debate club in the worst sense -- thriving on scoring points off of mistakes and assuming the worst of intentions.
It is best for engaging with curiosity and learning.
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Self-reminder:
First rule of social media is that it is not a productive space for disagreement.
It's a debate club in the worst sense -- thriving on scoring points off of mistakes and assuming the worst of intentions.
It is best for engaging with curiosity and learning.
First rule of social media is that it is not a productive space for disagreement.
It's a debate club in the worst sense -- thriving on scoring points off of mistakes and assuming the worst of intentions.
It is best for engaging with curiosity and learning.
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"abolish ice" doesn't seem so extreme anymore, does it, you preposterous, normalizing fucks
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"abolish ice" doesn't seem so extreme anymore, does it, you preposterous, normalizing fucks
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Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
Murderers
This angle. My god.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Murderers
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Vile. 🤖🫧💥
“Grok is generating at least one non-consensual sexual image every minute”
Grok Is Undressing Women and Children. Only Elon Musk Is to Blame
The abuse is widespread. But instead of apologizing, Musk has gleefully encouraged the behavior, praising Grok’s ability and promoting the tool.
zeteo.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Vile. 🤖🫧💥
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🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is wildly cynical from Newsom.
It paints Americans in exactly the way I imagine the world sees us... (and tbh, I'm afraid he's right.)
But if reason and kindness are going to be antithetical to Americanism, I suppose I can rest assured that our country truly is collapsing.
It paints Americans in exactly the way I imagine the world sees us... (and tbh, I'm afraid he's right.)
But if reason and kindness are going to be antithetical to Americanism, I suppose I can rest assured that our country truly is collapsing.
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This is wildly cynical from Newsom.
It paints Americans in exactly the way I imagine the world sees us... (and tbh, I'm afraid he's right.)
But if reason and kindness are going to be antithetical to Americanism, I suppose I can rest assured that our country truly is collapsing.
It paints Americans in exactly the way I imagine the world sees us... (and tbh, I'm afraid he's right.)
But if reason and kindness are going to be antithetical to Americanism, I suppose I can rest assured that our country truly is collapsing.
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DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
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How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
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Will #Virginia's incoming Attorney General @jonesjay.bsky.social "think of the children" and act against Elon Musk's pedophilia machine Grok which is churning out #CSAM (child sexual abuse material)?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Will #Virginia's incoming Attorney General @jonesjay.bsky.social "think of the children" and act against Elon Musk's pedophilia machine Grok which is churning out #CSAM (child sexual abuse material)?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
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Cog Diss is a hell of a drug.
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Cog Diss is a hell of a drug.
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
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Stick a pin in this for the next time legacy media figures throw themselves a self-pity party as public trust in the media swirls ever further down the toilet.
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Stick a pin in this for the next time legacy media figures throw themselves a self-pity party as public trust in the media swirls ever further down the toilet.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
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The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
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Can someone make it culturally legible that a top Republican voice in the country thinks it’s very fun that he runs a non-consensual porn bot platform?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Can someone make it culturally legible that a top Republican voice in the country thinks it’s very fun that he runs a non-consensual porn bot platform?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.”
An invasion.
An invasion.
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.”
An invasion.
An invasion.
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taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
"X" is gross.
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"X" is gross.
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
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Happy New Year. The president just threatened Operation Iranian Freedom.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘Operation Iranian Freedom’
How many foreign wars does the “America First” president intend to start?
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Happy New Year. The president just threatened Operation Iranian Freedom.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Made collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread, mashed potatoes and baked tilapia tonight.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Made collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread, mashed potatoes and baked tilapia tonight.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.