Will J. 🌐
@willcjohns.bsky.social
Aspiring paid ideas guy. Real Liberalism has never been tried.
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
I mean, I have my issues with Weiss, but what kind of criticism is this? She launched an incredibly successful news organization. She was previously at the NYT and the WSJ before that. Seems like it's an attempt to shoehorn something topical into a desired grievance.
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I mean, I have my issues with Weiss, but what kind of criticism is this? She launched an incredibly successful news organization. She was previously at the NYT and the WSJ before that. Seems like it's an attempt to shoehorn something topical into a desired grievance.
As I've said:
Make the continental US two time zones: American Eastern Time and American Western Time, UTC -6 and UTC -7, respectively. Make the time zone boundaries the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. We'll all adapt and be marginally but appreciably better off.
Make the continental US two time zones: American Eastern Time and American Western Time, UTC -6 and UTC -7, respectively. Make the time zone boundaries the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. We'll all adapt and be marginally but appreciably better off.
“The position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is to scrap Daylight Saving Time and permanently stick to Standard Time.” Remind your state and federal lawmakers!
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As I've said:
Make the continental US two time zones: American Eastern Time and American Western Time, UTC -6 and UTC -7, respectively. Make the time zone boundaries the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. We'll all adapt and be marginally but appreciably better off.
Make the continental US two time zones: American Eastern Time and American Western Time, UTC -6 and UTC -7, respectively. Make the time zone boundaries the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. We'll all adapt and be marginally but appreciably better off.
Hi @jazco.dev I was wondering how hard it would be to include a 7-day rolling average to the stats page you so helpfully created. Would make it easier to see the “real trend” over time without the day to day lumpiness.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hi @jazco.dev I was wondering how hard it would be to include a 7-day rolling average to the stats page you so helpfully created. Would make it easier to see the “real trend” over time without the day to day lumpiness.
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Republicans are incoherent at policymaking but good at political storytelling and narrative.
Democrats are good at policymaking but incoherent at political storytelling and narrative.
Democrats are good at policymaking but incoherent at political storytelling and narrative.
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Republicans are incoherent at policymaking but good at political storytelling and narrative.
Democrats are good at policymaking but incoherent at political storytelling and narrative.
Democrats are good at policymaking but incoherent at political storytelling and narrative.
Hate that this is a somewhat clever wedge for him to post on Bsky. Say what you will, this guy poasts.
Congratulations to the new leader of the Democratic Party @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hate that this is a somewhat clever wedge for him to post on Bsky. Say what you will, this guy poasts.
Bouie, welcome to neoliberalism.
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bouie, welcome to neoliberalism.
And millions of people hadn’t yet formed a negative opinion about the site because they had no opinion. The fact that increased exposure leads to a surge of users who fade away is a problem.
“bluesky is dying” a year and a half ago the biggest posts on here got like 70 likes total
May 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
And millions of people hadn’t yet formed a negative opinion about the site because they had no opinion. The fact that increased exposure leads to a surge of users who fade away is a problem.
Idek why I go on here occasionally at this point. Like just look at the replies to this and how clearly pathological they are. And with time the concentration of people who are clearly unwell is only increasing. But I guess they’ll beat the imagined fascists at the posting online game!
Yeah, there's good content here but growth FEELS like it's heavily slowed, and the reputation Bluesky has for harassing and bullying centrist and centre-left types is surely one factor.
people get mad at me when I say this but it's a Serious Problem for bluesky's long-term viability that the userbase actively tries to bully people they don't like off here
May 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Idek why I go on here occasionally at this point. Like just look at the replies to this and how clearly pathological they are. And with time the concentration of people who are clearly unwell is only increasing. But I guess they’ll beat the imagined fascists at the posting online game!
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Some hold the view that 2024 was a loss despite a weak candidate. I’m starting to think T is a historically strong candidate, in his ability to raise turnout, be immune to criticism, and never be attributed unpopular positions.
May 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some hold the view that 2024 was a loss despite a weak candidate. I’m starting to think T is a historically strong candidate, in his ability to raise turnout, be immune to criticism, and never be attributed unpopular positions.
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The tell you get, in looking at many of the responses to this (including one particularly viral one I immediately blocked) is that rhetorically they talk about providers of an entertainment good the same way Lugi fans talk about healthcare
Lots of arguments around this and looking at then I still find it shocking how many people are consumers first and all other identities get subsumed by that.
I have no patience for this. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time retailed for $59.95 in November, 1998. That's $117.27 today.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
May 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The tell you get, in looking at many of the responses to this (including one particularly viral one I immediately blocked) is that rhetorically they talk about providers of an entertainment good the same way Lugi fans talk about healthcare
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I have no patience for this. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time retailed for $59.95 in November, 1998. That's $117.27 today.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
May 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I have no patience for this. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time retailed for $59.95 in November, 1998. That's $117.27 today.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.
Idk maybe philanthropists should’ve been more effective, environmentalists less irrational, and climate hawks more realistic about the changes people will find acceptable.
- effective altruism
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Idk maybe philanthropists should’ve been more effective, environmentalists less irrational, and climate hawks more realistic about the changes people will find acceptable.
The hysterics over AI energy usage will only backfire as people contextualize it. And I think that only hurts messaging on the seriousness of other environmental issues. If people freak out this much over something that matters so little, should any of the freaking out be taken seriously?
I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The hysterics over AI energy usage will only backfire as people contextualize it. And I think that only hurts messaging on the seriousness of other environmental issues. If people freak out this much over something that matters so little, should any of the freaking out be taken seriously?
A graph of a year’s worth of tracking daily unique posters. Just not a good sign for the long term viability of the platform.
May 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A graph of a year’s worth of tracking daily unique posters. Just not a good sign for the long term viability of the platform.
The reason I have a hard time taking Bluesky seriously is that people will seriously defend the take that @whstancil.bsky.social is a fascist when he’s to the left of ~85% of the country.
Are you implying that Will Stancil is a fascist?
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The reason I have a hard time taking Bluesky seriously is that people will seriously defend the take that @whstancil.bsky.social is a fascist when he’s to the left of ~85% of the country.
This is (part of) the reason why I want private schools to always remain an option.
1. Next school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
The lesson will not be part of a course on conspiracy theories, but an official component of the new social studies curriculum.
The lesson will not be part of a course on conspiracy theories, but an official component of the new social studies curriculum.
New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
popular.info
May 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is (part of) the reason why I want private schools to always remain an option.
Even though the LPC is more aligned with my policy preferences than the NDP, there's a big part of me itching to see the NDP extract electoral reform concessions to form a government.
April 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Even though the LPC is more aligned with my policy preferences than the NDP, there's a big part of me itching to see the NDP extract electoral reform concessions to form a government.
It's gross and alienating to people today which is a strong enough point, but also:
1. They're traitors
2. They're LOSERS
The only thing worthy of celebration regarding the Confederacy is its quick dissolution.
1. They're traitors
2. They're LOSERS
The only thing worthy of celebration regarding the Confederacy is its quick dissolution.
Confederate monuments were never about “remembering history."
They’re warnings and threats that have been allowed.
They’re warnings and threats that have been allowed.
April 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's gross and alienating to people today which is a strong enough point, but also:
1. They're traitors
2. They're LOSERS
The only thing worthy of celebration regarding the Confederacy is its quick dissolution.
1. They're traitors
2. They're LOSERS
The only thing worthy of celebration regarding the Confederacy is its quick dissolution.
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MLK said the founders wrote an uncashed check for liberty and it was the duty of the civil rights movement to demand payment. I love that idea.
April 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
MLK said the founders wrote an uncashed check for liberty and it was the duty of the civil rights movement to demand payment. I love that idea.
Feels weird that Pelosi is lumped in here when she was a pretty massively effective leader who put through major pieces of legislation and maintained great Party discipline while doing it.
It’s impossible to overemphasize how much of the Democrats’ current misery is the consequence of putting people like Jeffries, Pelosi, and Schumer in charge of the party. Men and women whose entire political philosophy is looking for opportunities to slink offstage unnoticed
Jeffries is reportedly discouraging Dem members from going to El Salvador to protest the continued detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Feels weird that Pelosi is lumped in here when she was a pretty massively effective leader who put through major pieces of legislation and maintained great Party discipline while doing it.
When the shelves are bare and panic sets in in the real economy, the stock market won't be able to pretend anymore.
The stock market seems to deeply believe that Trump will cave on tariffs before any real harm is done.
April 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When the shelves are bare and panic sets in in the real economy, the stock market won't be able to pretend anymore.
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No one can deny that America has done a lot of awful things - but it was clearly not founded on ideals of “genocide” but on universal rights and an open society governed by the people for the people
Yeah, because its founding ideals were broadly fucked or built on genocide, you rube. But if you accept that you can actually try to make things better rather than dick riding your rosy idea of an American past that never existed.
April 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
No one can deny that America has done a lot of awful things - but it was clearly not founded on ideals of “genocide” but on universal rights and an open society governed by the people for the people
Understanding the truth about a burger’s ability to save you is a vital American export.
Not to sound American but a quality burger could save me right now
April 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Understanding the truth about a burger’s ability to save you is a vital American export.