Jack Tourette
@jacktourette.bsky.social
Profane loudmouth jerk who can't shut-up [pseudonymuncle]
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This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
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*At last, an entire light-day. That's a full 1/365th of a light-year. #spacetravel
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth
The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.
The post Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth appeared first on Popular Science.
www.popsci.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
*At last, an entire light-day. That's a full 1/365th of a light-year. #spacetravel
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Donald Trump’s AI Video Is a Psychosexual Confession
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better than he does. Trump just stripped SpaceX of a government contract and handed it to Jeff Bezos. Musk’s response? Rage-tweeting at Trump officials, including the immortal question “why are you gay”—the rhetorical sophistication we’ve come to expect from the richest man-child on the planet having a public meltdown because Daddy won’t give him what he wants.
www.techdirt.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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This is how you correctly write a headline.
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth." —George Orwell, 1984 This past weekend witnessed what may have been the largest single-day political protest in American history.
www.techdirt.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is how you correctly write a headline.
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I’m reasonably sure that the video of Donald Trump wearing a crown in a fighter jet bombing protesters with diarrhoea is A.I. generated. Firstly, the maximum payload of a Lockheed Martin F-16 is 3,000 litres of diarrhoea - but he is shown deploying well beyond this (1/15)
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’m reasonably sure that the video of Donald Trump wearing a crown in a fighter jet bombing protesters with diarrhoea is A.I. generated. Firstly, the maximum payload of a Lockheed Martin F-16 is 3,000 litres of diarrhoea - but he is shown deploying well beyond this (1/15)
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Why Things Are The Way They Are
Right up front, I want to state that this is a very personal post. While it obviously draws from my many years of writing for Techdirt, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am expressing my own opinions about everything discussed below. I'm not immune to reading…
Right up front, I want to state that this is a very personal post. While it obviously draws from my many years of writing for Techdirt, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am expressing my own opinions about everything discussed below. I'm not immune to reading…
Why Things Are The Way They Are
Right up front, I want to state that this is a very personal post. While it obviously draws from my many years of writing for Techdirt, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am expressing my own opinions about everything discussed below. I'm not immune to reading the comments. In fact, I actually enjoy reading them here. We have a great collection of daily readers.
www.techdirt.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Why Things Are The Way They Are
Right up front, I want to state that this is a very personal post. While it obviously draws from my many years of writing for Techdirt, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am expressing my own opinions about everything discussed below. I'm not immune to reading…
Right up front, I want to state that this is a very personal post. While it obviously draws from my many years of writing for Techdirt, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am expressing my own opinions about everything discussed below. I'm not immune to reading…
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
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Wrote about some failures of major media orgs to meet this moment with a few recent truly head-scratching examples.
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment
Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation…
Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation…
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment
Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation almost never saw the light of day because of journalistic cowardice. The smoking gun quote came from Trump's phone interview with NBC's Yamiche Alcindor:
www.techdirt.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Wrote about some failures of major media orgs to meet this moment with a few recent truly head-scratching examples.
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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Can't stop watching this one
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Can't stop watching this one
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Wrote about the district court judges beginning to express their displeasure with the lawlessness of the Supreme Court's "respect my [unbriefed, unexplained, shadow docket nonsense] authority!" declarations from Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit
When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court's lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up…
When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court's lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up…
Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit
When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court's lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up with trying to parse the Supreme Court's "vibes-based jurisprudence" from its unexplained shadow docket rulings. First, we had Senior U.S. District Judge William Young—a Reagan appointee with 47 years on the bench—
www.techdirt.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wrote about the district court judges beginning to express their displeasure with the lawlessness of the Supreme Court's "respect my [unbriefed, unexplained, shadow docket nonsense] authority!" declarations from Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
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Really glad to see that after I pressed streaming platforms for months to carry C-SPAN, YouTube and Hulu have decided to do so. This kind of access to unfiltered coverage about what's going on in the halls of Congress is key to staying informed in such a biased media environment.
#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to YouTube and Hulu this fall!
Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV
Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu
Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV
Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Really glad to see that after I pressed streaming platforms for months to carry C-SPAN, YouTube and Hulu have decided to do so. This kind of access to unfiltered coverage about what's going on in the halls of Congress is key to staying informed in such a biased media environment.
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My game no one else remembers:
September 15, 2024 at 4:25 AM
My game no one else remembers:
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I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who didn't really surprise anyone—Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Elon Musk (pre-fallout)—but the more troubling trend has been watching younger entrepreneurs and VCs listen to their podcasts, read their posts and books, and slowly nod along to the idea that democracy is holding back innovation.
www.techdirt.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
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⚠️ WFMU's website is partially down. The homepage and the archive popup player are both unavailable right now. The live streams and playlist/comment pages are still working.
We’re working on getting things fixed, but for now you can use our very old homepage: freeform.wfmu.org
Updates to come.
We’re working on getting things fixed, but for now you can use our very old homepage: freeform.wfmu.org
Updates to come.
WFMU-FM 91.1/Jersey City, NJ; 90.1/Hudson Valley, NY
freeform.wfmu.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
⚠️ WFMU's website is partially down. The homepage and the archive popup player are both unavailable right now. The live streams and playlist/comment pages are still working.
We’re working on getting things fixed, but for now you can use our very old homepage: freeform.wfmu.org
Updates to come.
We’re working on getting things fixed, but for now you can use our very old homepage: freeform.wfmu.org
Updates to come.
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“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
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1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵