Shackamaxon Jackson
@bigbluebongo.bsky.social
“May all my haters become my waiters as I dine at the kosher-style delicatessen of success”
He has an excuse now: I needed the O’Dea and Ali voters to get me over the top, and they are pro-housing voters.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
He has an excuse now: I needed the O’Dea and Ali voters to get me over the top, and they are pro-housing voters.
I’ve felt plenty conflicted about it myself.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’ve felt plenty conflicted about it myself.
Josh Barro of all people should know that neurodivergent people and people whose strengths are not reflected by a one-size-fits-all rubric can have disproportionate economic impacts in a knowledge and tech-led economy. Why have factory testing standards if there’s no factory labor market?
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Josh Barro of all people should know that neurodivergent people and people whose strengths are not reflected by a one-size-fits-all rubric can have disproportionate economic impacts in a knowledge and tech-led economy. Why have factory testing standards if there’s no factory labor market?
Some of those things are not mutually exclusive. My mother constantly talked up getting extra time as an advantage but I knew I needed it. Homework took me all night.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some of those things are not mutually exclusive. My mother constantly talked up getting extra time as an advantage but I knew I needed it. Homework took me all night.
especially for IPAs
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
especially for IPAs
It’s amazing to me that people who think the schools are failing and need dramatic, standards-based reforms are also big efficient market theorists when it comes to grades as aptitude.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s amazing to me that people who think the schools are failing and need dramatic, standards-based reforms are also big efficient market theorists when it comes to grades as aptitude.
Walked into his barbershop and asked for the parking space
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Walked into his barbershop and asked for the parking space
I just totally grey rock them and pretend I have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about when they make any kind of reference to something I’d have to dive into the Fox News Canonical Universe to know.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I just totally grey rock them and pretend I have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about when they make any kind of reference to something I’d have to dive into the Fox News Canonical Universe to know.
She went anti-woke and saw the grift money pile up.
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
She went anti-woke and saw the grift money pile up.
She was not always like this, right?
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
She was not always like this, right?
The game is a rumor
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The game is a rumor
The book that wrested my faith from free market conservatism
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The book that wrested my faith from free market conservatism
I mean, there is always the idea that Trump doesn’t care about guarding his right flank and also doesn’t care about long-term outcomes.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I mean, there is always the idea that Trump doesn’t care about guarding his right flank and also doesn’t care about long-term outcomes.
I mean it does mean life
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I mean it does mean life
I feel like you should get five hot takes of the same persuasion before what you say just isn’t news. It would only be newsworthy if Favre had answered in Spanish about his favorite Bad Bunny songs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I feel like you should get five hot takes of the same persuasion before what you say just isn’t news. It would only be newsworthy if Favre had answered in Spanish about his favorite Bad Bunny songs.
i just wish someone would ask the President to sit down, just have a seat right there. Sir, what did you come here to do today? Who were you expecting to meet here?
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
i just wish someone would ask the President to sit down, just have a seat right there. Sir, what did you come here to do today? Who were you expecting to meet here?
Look, he might be a pedophile with Nazi sympathies. Fine. But at the end of the day, he's also costing me a lot of money and I'm pretty sure they said I won't be able to eat Italian pasta anymore
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Look, he might be a pedophile with Nazi sympathies. Fine. But at the end of the day, he's also costing me a lot of money and I'm pretty sure they said I won't be able to eat Italian pasta anymore
"'There are Jews and Jews,' Alvin Rosenfeld, the founder of Indiana's Jewish studies program, told me."
Now that is how you use your degree. Yasher koach.
Now that is how you use your degree. Yasher koach.
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"'There are Jews and Jews,' Alvin Rosenfeld, the founder of Indiana's Jewish studies program, told me."
Now that is how you use your degree. Yasher koach.
Now that is how you use your degree. Yasher koach.
Did you go back in time to Rusty Knot?
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Did you go back in time to Rusty Knot?
I’m dodging group chats and panicked bluster about moving out of the city. I’ve even had people tell me to move even though I live in Jersey (in every other context, that distinction is immediately clear, but elect one socialist…)
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’m dodging group chats and panicked bluster about moving out of the city. I’ve even had people tell me to move even though I live in Jersey (in every other context, that distinction is immediately clear, but elect one socialist…)
did he even say thank you
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
did he even say thank you