Jordan Rapp
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Jordan Rapp
@rappstar.bsky.social
· Apr 4
I try to keep my kids off my socials. They deserve an unencumbered childhood. But I'll share this. We spent much of Tuesday listening to @booker.senate.gov's historic speech. And then, yesterday, my 11yo daughter gave me this. I asked her where the quote was from. "I made it up," she said.
It's quite incredible how much Founders wrote down and how much of what they wrote down we still possess. Helps to cut back against ideas that, "ounders couldn't have foreseen X." No, not only could they have, they did. Again, the only thing they did not (seem) to foresee was a cowardly Congress.
It is bracing to reread the Framers’ bone-deep fears about foreign corruption of the presidency and realize Trump is exactly what they were trying to prevent. slate.com/news-and-pol...
May 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's quite incredible how much Founders wrote down and how much of what they wrote down we still possess. Helps to cut back against ideas that, "ounders couldn't have foreseen X." No, not only could they have, they did. Again, the only thing they did not (seem) to foresee was a cowardly Congress.
QFT. Can confirm.
May 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
QFT. Can confirm.
Great example of what we're losing when we lose @polygon.com and its writers. You need to really understand these worlds, their art, and more to ask meaningful questions that you can then use to craft an article like this. Sad day...
How Blizzard went about bringing its ‘Berserk x Diablo’ collaboration to life
How Blizzard went about bringing its ‘Berserk x Diablo’ collaboration to life
Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal’s lead artists on doing right by Kentaro Miura’s magnum opus
www.polygon.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Great example of what we're losing when we lose @polygon.com and its writers. You need to really understand these worlds, their art, and more to ask meaningful questions that you can then use to craft an article like this. Sad day...
“In journalism, there are really bad jobs. And then there is a place like Valnet,” a former Collider contributor told TheWrap. “[It’s] one of the worst places that I’ve ever worked and is probably one of the worst journalism publications I’ve ever seen.”
🪦Polygon. You were one of the good ones...
🪦Polygon. You were one of the good ones...
Polygon staffers, including co-founder and EIC Chris Plante, say the video games website has laid them off; sources say Vox Media sold Polygon to Valnet (Ethan Gach/Kotaku)
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May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“In journalism, there are really bad jobs. And then there is a place like Valnet,” a former Collider contributor told TheWrap. “[It’s] one of the worst places that I’ve ever worked and is probably one of the worst journalism publications I’ve ever seen.”
🪦Polygon. You were one of the good ones...
🪦Polygon. You were one of the good ones...
Our rabbit - who runs free in the backyard during the day - has taken to sleeping in a planter. It is very cute.
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Our rabbit - who runs free in the backyard during the day - has taken to sleeping in a planter. It is very cute.
Guess who just won the lottery?! Our farm box delivered 18 eggs as a dozen.
Yes, I did email them to let them know and offered to pay for the 18... But still, in the moment, felt like a major win.
Yes, I did email them to let them know and offered to pay for the 18... But still, in the moment, felt like a major win.
April 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Guess who just won the lottery?! Our farm box delivered 18 eggs as a dozen.
Yes, I did email them to let them know and offered to pay for the 18... But still, in the moment, felt like a major win.
Yes, I did email them to let them know and offered to pay for the 18... But still, in the moment, felt like a major win.
@wired.com feel like y'all need to do a collab with @theonion.com this where this is a fast follow to first ever "Country Suicide" where a nation hurled itself into recession and domestic strife by electing... Well, I will leave it in your capable editorial hands.
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@wired.com feel like y'all need to do a collab with @theonion.com this where this is a fast follow to first ever "Country Suicide" where a nation hurled itself into recession and domestic strife by electing... Well, I will leave it in your capable editorial hands.
Could not be more proud to add my name to this incredible initiative from my alma mater Princeton University to Stand Up! standup.princeton.edu If you are an alum, student, or even just a friend of the university, please consider adding your name to the list. P'02.
Stand Up for Princeton and Higher Education.
Join a community of Princeton alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends who are committed
to making the case for America’s great colleges and universities.
standup.princeton.edu
April 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Could not be more proud to add my name to this incredible initiative from my alma mater Princeton University to Stand Up! standup.princeton.edu If you are an alum, student, or even just a friend of the university, please consider adding your name to the list. P'02.
@avankoeverden.bsky.social 🍁 Yes! 🍁 Congratulations! 🍁
April 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@avankoeverden.bsky.social 🍁 Yes! 🍁 Congratulations! 🍁
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR.
April 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR.
this single screenshot is America in a nutshell right now. Mythological ubermensch who must be smart because he's rich cannot do basic arithmetic, and it's merely an afterthought to an actual US Congressional candidate spreading a crazy conspiracy theory on a site dedicated to right-wing propaganda.
MAGA Republican House candidate Valentina Gomez: “…the moon landing was fake and we all know it.”
April 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this single screenshot is America in a nutshell right now. Mythological ubermensch who must be smart because he's rich cannot do basic arithmetic, and it's merely an afterthought to an actual US Congressional candidate spreading a crazy conspiracy theory on a site dedicated to right-wing propaganda.
The thing that I continually find so strange about AI hype is that we are jettisoning and dismantling a bunch of proven very good systems *now* for something that we *hope* *might* be *as good* as those systems *some time* in the future. Which is absolutely contra to all best engineering practices.
A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The thing that I continually find so strange about AI hype is that we are jettisoning and dismantling a bunch of proven very good systems *now* for something that we *hope* *might* be *as good* as those systems *some time* in the future. Which is absolutely contra to all best engineering practices.
Like protesting, small acts of resistance do matter. Add your comments to the Schedule F proposal starting April 23.
Wrote this in 2023, but it is relevant again because Trump proposing a new Schedule F rule. The basic issues remain the same, as does the value of public comment. You can submit a comment starting on April 23 and until May 23.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
April 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Like protesting, small acts of resistance do matter. Add your comments to the Schedule F proposal starting April 23.
"I'd give zero stars if I could..." #50501 # HandsOff
April 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"I'd give zero stars if I could..." #50501 # HandsOff
Checking in from Thousand Oaks CA! #50501 # HandsOff
April 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Checking in from Thousand Oaks CA! #50501 # HandsOff
As a Necromancer main, I approve of this message.
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As a Necromancer main, I approve of this message.
Reposted by Jordan Rapp
Like "Ratatouille" - "anyone can cook." "This does not mean anyone can be a great chef. Rather that a great chef can come from anywhere." *Every* American is not unsafe. But *any* American *can be*.
The point isn't that every American necessarily *is* unsafe now. The point is that every American has to wonder.
Are Any of Us Safe Now?
The Trump administration claims the power to punish “offenders” with no due process.
www.thebulwark.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Like "Ratatouille" - "anyone can cook." "This does not mean anyone can be a great chef. Rather that a great chef can come from anywhere." *Every* American is not unsafe. But *any* American *can be*.
I know it's been quite normalized, but it really is very strange that people whom the status quo made inordinately rich and powerful somehow concluded that destroying the status quo was the way to become even more rich and powerful. Like, really? The "system" and gov't played no role in your wealth?
April 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know it's been quite normalized, but it really is very strange that people whom the status quo made inordinately rich and powerful somehow concluded that destroying the status quo was the way to become even more rich and powerful. Like, really? The "system" and gov't played no role in your wealth?
@theatlantic.com timeline doesn't seem to back up the *Walter Bloomberg* tweet being the source of the rally. Tweet is timestamped 10:13AM EDT. But at that time, the brief rally was already well underway.
April 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
@theatlantic.com timeline doesn't seem to back up the *Walter Bloomberg* tweet being the source of the rally. Tweet is timestamped 10:13AM EDT. But at that time, the brief rally was already well underway.
This guy wins the internet. Canadian and Mexican flags.
April 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This guy wins the internet. Canadian and Mexican flags.
Thousand Oaks, CA checking in. #Indivisible #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thousand Oaks, CA checking in. #Indivisible #HandsOff
First of what I expect will be many clear assertions that whatever "plans" (using the term very loosely) that the Trump admin and broligarchs might have, they all take for granted things that absolutely should not be taken for granted.
Sources: a TikTok deal, which was largely finalized by Wednesday, was put on hold after China indicated it would the reject the deal over Trump's tariffs (Reuters)
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April 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
First of what I expect will be many clear assertions that whatever "plans" (using the term very loosely) that the Trump admin and broligarchs might have, they all take for granted things that absolutely should not be taken for granted.
Weird how they only ever challenge the results when they lose... That said, nothing to be flippant or joke about here. Hoping a higher court puts this madness to rest. But if not, get ready to volunteer and help out these NC voters. Thank you as always to @marcelias.bsky.social for his leadership.
NEW: A Republican-majority panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled to disenfranchise up to 65,000 voters in the state's contentious Supreme Court election unless they can fix their ballots in 15 days.
NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days or Be Disenfranchised, Court Rules
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Weird how they only ever challenge the results when they lose... That said, nothing to be flippant or joke about here. Hoping a higher court puts this madness to rest. But if not, get ready to volunteer and help out these NC voters. Thank you as always to @marcelias.bsky.social for his leadership.