Jack d Ripper
jack-d-ripper.bsky.social
Jack d Ripper
@jack-d-ripper.bsky.social
Calmer than you are
Solicitor General John Sauer argues before SCOTUS that ideally the emergency tariffs would not raise a dollar of revenue, but would change behaviours -- so they weren't an arrogation of the purse.

Trump goes on national TV in primetime to claim the opposite. And it doesn't matter. Typical.
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
darn. and i got off to such a good start
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Of all fair things, the autumn, too, is fair."

-- Euripides (allegedly)
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wanted to share an important development with the community. First 2-fer since may,iirc -- and within a couple days of going back to my roots. it's all blueskies

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August 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I feel confident of two things about the person who started with CUNNY, missed, and followed it with LABIA in round 2

1. They've tried COUNTY minus O
2. I'm pretty sure I can guess what they would try on R2 if they hit exactly one letter, a green U, in R1.
May 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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April 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
two of the first three cubs jump the fence in sacramento and it is not good hitting weather. gonna see some offensive numbers when the A's play at home
April 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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oh yes i did
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
the next step for ai is making people not know something they knew 15 minutes ago
March 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
i feel like this argument isn't over
March 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
re ai: drive a car. then tell me the implications of thudydides. not vice a versa
March 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
sigh. i feel like i ought to get a deduction for the death of irony
March 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Wanted to share this unexpected gift left behind by someone funny:

So I type into Alexa:

"the peoples liberation front of judea"

I get:

Did you mean: the *people's* liberation front of judea
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Get this. Solved the puzzle and got ZERO skill points for successfully projecting myself into the puzzler's mind.

"DOINK solved the puzzle, but it was a risky guess: If the solution had been FUGER, you might have had to rely on luck to solve the puzzle."

Fuck'em
January 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm tired of chickens. They regard me as if I am unimportant. -- "Cierto Cansancio"/Pablo Neruda
January 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
there was a second there when i thought the PI presidential market disappeared (during maintenance). and i felt sad and disconnected (more than usual).
December 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM
cunty. they say it isn't a word
December 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I can't see anything on PredictIt Chat. What does this mean?
November 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM
remember when the guy who used to own the basketball team and is on the entrepreneur tv show larped as an advocate for democracy?
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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i don't know how to spoiler tag my opener. but my opener is always silly
November 25, 2024 at 9:47 AM
So the PI post just now where ricardo argues that once trump is back PI will be restored to its glory. I'm in tears laughing
November 23, 2024 at 4:16 AM
you have to respect that reducing regulations is code for me building a shed in my backyard and not a license to contaminate the air and water
November 22, 2024 at 11:23 PM
The contraindications in the ads I see for Fascistquestia are unsettling.

Could cause heart disease if you breathe through your nose. Don't take if you've intentionally eaten a vegetable in the last 3 months. Tell your doctor if you've read a book. Reports are that some people voted for Trump.
November 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM