Jeff
@excessivefarce.bsky.social
Leftish data scientist dipping his toes back into the social media pool. Photo is my dog.
This is the direction neoliberal capitalism has always been taking us. The bag is the only thing that matters.
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
Fuckin yikes, man
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is the direction neoliberal capitalism has always been taking us. The bag is the only thing that matters.
I don’t think you need sweeping theories of American culture war here. It’s as simple as Noah and Tyler are just kind of shitty people, whose audience is also kind of shitty people.
Reading the way Noah and Tyler write about Europe, it feels like the age of transatlantic friendship is over. Just baseless slander dressed up as economic analysis. Maybe Americans have become so steeped in culture wars they don't even recognize it anymore.
September 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I don’t think you need sweeping theories of American culture war here. It’s as simple as Noah and Tyler are just kind of shitty people, whose audience is also kind of shitty people.
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The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this:
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this:
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
Trump has his Gestapo.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump has his Gestapo.
Wild you’d write this the day Silver talked about Mamdani as the future of the party. Like he sucks, but damn you couldn’t bother even checking?
When Eric Adams, a corrupt dirtbag centrist cop, won the primary four years ago, mainstream white media was quick to anoint him as "the future" of the Democratic party. Nate Silver said he's be the party's presidential nominee.
Mamdani wins and it's like "oh, shit, well, there's still the general."
Mamdani wins and it's like "oh, shit, well, there's still the general."
June 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Wild you’d write this the day Silver talked about Mamdani as the future of the party. Like he sucks, but damn you couldn’t bother even checking?
What answers do you need? We all know you aren’t going to do shit.
Watching this video sickened my stomach, the manhandling of a United States Senator, Senator Padilla.
We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/a...
We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/a...
Video: Sen. Alex Padilla removed from news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Noem
Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference Thursday morning with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem was speaking in Los Angeles about recent ICE operations in the region ...
www.nbclosangeles.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What answers do you need? We all know you aren’t going to do shit.
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primary difference between JD Vance and Anakin Skywalker's origin story is that Shmi didn't sell little Ani to Qui-Gon for a bottle of percs
May 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
primary difference between JD Vance and Anakin Skywalker's origin story is that Shmi didn't sell little Ani to Qui-Gon for a bottle of percs
It’s a tired trope at this point, but imagine the media reaction if Biden had said something like this about inflation in 2022.
Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
April 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It’s a tired trope at this point, but imagine the media reaction if Biden had said something like this about inflation in 2022.
“… as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.”
I wonder why that is
I wonder why that is
I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.
Listen to this National Review writer. (Although I would prefer it if people supported the First Amendment on principle, not just out of self-interest.)
April 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“… as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.”
I wonder why that is
I wonder why that is
This dynamic applies to more than just the legal profession. Many normie types are simply unwilling to believe just how bad things are getting. Part of that is just a kind of thermostatic reflex, part of it is that the media tends to underplay stuff.
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This dynamic applies to more than just the legal profession. Many normie types are simply unwilling to believe just how bad things are getting. Part of that is just a kind of thermostatic reflex, part of it is that the media tends to underplay stuff.
This is a one way ratchet. Read it in light of yesterday’s press secretary comments that the admin will look to deport citizens.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is a one way ratchet. Read it in light of yesterday’s press secretary comments that the admin will look to deport citizens.
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WTAF is Going On? In Search of the Plan Behind Trump’s Global Economic Crisis talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wtaf-...
WTAF is Going On? In Search of the Plan Behind Trump’s Global Economic Crisis
Everyone in the country at the moment, albeit from different vantage points,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
WTAF is Going On? In Search of the Plan Behind Trump’s Global Economic Crisis talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wtaf-...
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I've come along to this take after kneekerk cynicism. Doing stuff that grabs attention is good. Not every action has to accomplish everything. You can praise and be happy about a step forward. We're going to need many steps forward.
yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I've come along to this take after kneekerk cynicism. Doing stuff that grabs attention is good. Not every action has to accomplish everything. You can praise and be happy about a step forward. We're going to need many steps forward.
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Barack Obama finally showing up on Bluesky in order to talk about the ACA rather than the fascist takeover of our country is a little too on point for the Democratic response to the moment
March 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Barack Obama finally showing up on Bluesky in order to talk about the ACA rather than the fascist takeover of our country is a little too on point for the Democratic response to the moment
@cmikesspinmove.bsky.social did you see the Will Fries contract details? overthecap.com/player/will-...
Feels like the Seahawks should have been able to get this done. :(
Feels like the Seahawks should have been able to get this done. :(
Will Fries Contract Details
RG Will Fries has a 5 year contract with the Minnesota Vikings for $87,720,000, of which $34,000,000 is guaranteed.
overthecap.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@cmikesspinmove.bsky.social did you see the Will Fries contract details? overthecap.com/player/will-...
Feels like the Seahawks should have been able to get this done. :(
Feels like the Seahawks should have been able to get this done. :(
As the Trump administration tries to usurp the existing constitutional regime they’re also intent on maintaining a level of plausible deniability. The rituals and trappings of our governance are an important part of that, and it’s incumbent that Democrats deny them to him.
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
March 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
As the Trump administration tries to usurp the existing constitutional regime they’re also intent on maintaining a level of plausible deniability. The rituals and trappings of our governance are an important part of that, and it’s incumbent that Democrats deny them to him.
I’m not sure I agree with Chris here. Are we just giving up on the idea that the act of voting has any moral weight?
People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m not sure I agree with Chris here. Are we just giving up on the idea that the act of voting has any moral weight?
Posting this while a modern Saturday Night Massacre is in progress tells you everything you need to know about this man’s suitability for the moment he faces.
Inflation is the number one issue on people’s minds.
It was the biggest issue during the election.
And already Donald Trump is breaking his promise to do something about it.
It was the biggest issue during the election.
And already Donald Trump is breaking his promise to do something about it.
February 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Posting this while a modern Saturday Night Massacre is in progress tells you everything you need to know about this man’s suitability for the moment he faces.
I think we are seeing the death of the Democratic Party in its Obama incarnation. It’s completely moribund, intellectually bankrupt and morally exhausted.
they are incapable of acting proactively or of responding to changes on the ground. they reject emotional appeals and seem
to think that victory is a product of showing voters how responsible they are
to think that victory is a product of showing voters how responsible they are
January 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I think we are seeing the death of the Democratic Party in its Obama incarnation. It’s completely moribund, intellectually bankrupt and morally exhausted.
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useless
NEW —> Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues
As Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their "resistance" strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
useless
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leaving the cruelty aside for just a minute it's absolutely humiliating to imagine being my age or older and getting excited because you think you've been given permission to say a bad word. what are you gonna do next, ride your tricycle past the end of the block
I guess I'm too woke because I find the proliferation of this really off-putting and gross. The fact that it's now reached the "enlightened centrists" class is depressing.
January 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
leaving the cruelty aside for just a minute it's absolutely humiliating to imagine being my age or older and getting excited because you think you've been given permission to say a bad word. what are you gonna do next, ride your tricycle past the end of the block
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What the FUCK is going on anymore
Am I going MAD
Am I going MAD
January 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What the FUCK is going on anymore
Am I going MAD
Am I going MAD
Zuck's latest metamorphosis (heh) might not age well in that he's already being rightly mocked. But unless Democrats make him and other billionaires pay a price for overt partisanship, this move will age just fine.
I’ll put my chits down on Zuckerberg’s moves not aging well. Too clumsy and over the top, too many bets on a lame duck Duce in a still very closely divided country. More than anything this is a move that points to meta’s tech & global vulnerabilities …
January 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Zuck's latest metamorphosis (heh) might not age well in that he's already being rightly mocked. But unless Democrats make him and other billionaires pay a price for overt partisanship, this move will age just fine.
What strikes me about the wealthiest people on earth is how very insecure in their own skin they are. Zuck is very much just a teenaged loser trying to be cool. "Bro I like MMA now, that's cool right? Check out my chain it's cool right? Right guys? Bro?"
remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
What strikes me about the wealthiest people on earth is how very insecure in their own skin they are. Zuck is very much just a teenaged loser trying to be cool. "Bro I like MMA now, that's cool right? Check out my chain it's cool right? Right guys? Bro?"