Jack Curtis
@jackvcurtis.bsky.social
He/Him. Freelance Software Engineer. Semi-professional facing account but why work for yourself if not to talk your shit?
If like me you are at peak rage and cannot handle the torture you can do nothing about (at least right now), I recommend you DON'T watch the torture. It is true that people should watch, and these men deserve to be heard. You personally do not have to bear witness to All The Atrocities
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If like me you are at peak rage and cannot handle the torture you can do nothing about (at least right now), I recommend you DON'T watch the torture. It is true that people should watch, and these men deserve to be heard. You personally do not have to bear witness to All The Atrocities
Thinking about Waymo nonsense (techcrunch.com/2025/12/21/w...). As someone with deep driving anxiety I love the idea of self driving cars. I would like to own one and keep it parked when there are no traffic signals. And not have every car on the road run the latest version of the same code. etc
Waymo resumes service in San Francisco after robotaxis stall during blackout | TechCrunch
Waymo suspended its SF robotaxi service on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets.
techcrunch.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Thinking about Waymo nonsense (techcrunch.com/2025/12/21/w...). As someone with deep driving anxiety I love the idea of self driving cars. I would like to own one and keep it parked when there are no traffic signals. And not have every car on the road run the latest version of the same code. etc
"I think by NYT times rules Jamelle and I aren't supposed to argue on here" Is this true? Would @jamellebouie.net be roasting this little shit on the daily if he worked for a real newspaper?
I think by NYT rules Jamelle and I aren’t supposed to argue on here but Lakshya’s model builds in incumbency effects and down-ballot lag (and obviously the model and those WAR numbers were calculated before Casten started taking shots at me).
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"I think by NYT times rules Jamelle and I aren't supposed to argue on here" Is this true? Would @jamellebouie.net be roasting this little shit on the daily if he worked for a real newspaper?
Bitch I'm not weird, weird is what I was when I was five. I sprinted through weirdo, skipped around in freak, and hit my stride in "alien" when my next door neighbor told me he thinks I'm an alien here to observe humanity. If I live to fifty I'll be an eldritch fucking horror and you'd be gibbering
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Bitch I'm not weird, weird is what I was when I was five. I sprinted through weirdo, skipped around in freak, and hit my stride in "alien" when my next door neighbor told me he thinks I'm an alien here to observe humanity. If I live to fifty I'll be an eldritch fucking horror and you'd be gibbering
Thinking about the Internet for professional reasons and getting annoyed at the word "technology" for being morally loaded. Love me some mRNA recombinated vaccines, but the formula for a genetically engineered supervirus is (vaccines + rats + time) times Evil. Both are technology.
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thinking about the Internet for professional reasons and getting annoyed at the word "technology" for being morally loaded. Love me some mRNA recombinated vaccines, but the formula for a genetically engineered supervirus is (vaccines + rats + time) times Evil. Both are technology.
I am contemplating this consequence with glee. Notification addicts on the least awful social media platform think social media is good, whoda thunk. Most social media is Meta. Literally just Meta. Meta being sued into oblivion sounds great. Host a blog if you love posting so much.
Should go without saying, but if they repeal 230, defamation lawyers will sue the platforms into oblivion in short order. Seems like not many people are contemplating this very obvious consequence, or the profound impact that potential liability would have on the internet as we know it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I am contemplating this consequence with glee. Notification addicts on the least awful social media platform think social media is good, whoda thunk. Most social media is Meta. Literally just Meta. Meta being sued into oblivion sounds great. Host a blog if you love posting so much.
They pull a pepe, you pull a goose.
Never get involved in a meme war with a South-side Chicago pope.
Marc Andreessen v. the pope: VC starts meme-war with Leo XIV
The venture capitalist quickly deleted his social media posts mocking the pontiff’s call to build moral AI.
sfstandard.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
They pull a pepe, you pull a goose.
I will accept that the LLMs have achieved sentience when they respond to my "this is a test message" with "Fuck you meatbag".
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I will accept that the LLMs have achieved sentience when they respond to my "this is a test message" with "Fuck you meatbag".
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
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We cannot be a meaningfully representative democracy until we replace the Senate & single-member districts as currently structured with actually representative & democratic institutions
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We cannot be a meaningfully representative democracy until we replace the Senate & single-member districts as currently structured with actually representative & democratic institutions
Nobody is more aware of how horseshit this is than actual service members. The No Kings veterans are just the tip of the iceberg, we really are lucky that Trump is so disdainful of the military.
1. that's not how this works
2. this is, like, six hours of pay
3. this is clearly Trump trying to message to the military that they are his personal army and reliant on his largesse
4. they're probably lying about this donation even existing
5. that's really not how any of this works!
2. this is, like, six hours of pay
3. this is clearly Trump trying to message to the military that they are his personal army and reliant on his largesse
4. they're probably lying about this donation even existing
5. that's really not how any of this works!
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Nobody is more aware of how horseshit this is than actual service members. The No Kings veterans are just the tip of the iceberg, we really are lucky that Trump is so disdainful of the military.
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hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something
our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card
our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something
our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card
our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card
Every day the bar gets a little lower for the cishet male and it makes me want to scream. It seems a little sadistic that basic empathy is what sets guys apart on the dating market. "You're in the top 20% of dating partners by default but you're gonna feel shitty about it"
I am going to say something that is going to stir the pot a little bit: men fetishizing #ActuallyAutistic women on dating apps borders on preying on them. It’s not funny or cute. It’s gross.
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
Why are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps?
Swathes of men on dating apps say they’re looking for a ‘slightly autistic girlfriend’ – and far from being flattering, the trend shows an alarming lack of empathy for neurodivergent women
www.dazeddigital.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Every day the bar gets a little lower for the cishet male and it makes me want to scream. It seems a little sadistic that basic empathy is what sets guys apart on the dating market. "You're in the top 20% of dating partners by default but you're gonna feel shitty about it"
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That’s called burying the lead
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
That’s called burying the lead
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Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton?????
A:
A:
it’s not even a sacrifice, it’s like a Free Gift With Purchase
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton?????
A:
A:
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Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
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NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
This is either ICE getting scammed or the data in question is cell metadata like with the stingray. Not good but this is a credulous and breathless description that doesn't make technical sense. To do what this article makes or sound like would be an insane 0 day and wouldn't cross platforms
"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."
ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa
Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is either ICE getting scammed or the data in question is cell metadata like with the stingray. Not good but this is a credulous and breathless description that doesn't make technical sense. To do what this article makes or sound like would be an insane 0 day and wouldn't cross platforms
@dieworkwear.bsky.social what is your aesthetic beef with contrast buttonholes, exactly? They aren't fit for a funeral, but so what?
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social what is your aesthetic beef with contrast buttonholes, exactly? They aren't fit for a funeral, but so what?
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getting detained after cooking a meal for ICE agents bc they decided seasoned food is probable cause
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
getting detained after cooking a meal for ICE agents bc they decided seasoned food is probable cause
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I would posit that the reason so many people are shocked by the image of the White House being demolished is because it shows that Trump views it 1) entirely as his property and 2) that he doesn't really expect anybody else to live there.
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I would posit that the reason so many people are shocked by the image of the White House being demolished is because it shows that Trump views it 1) entirely as his property and 2) that he doesn't really expect anybody else to live there.
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us-east-1 down is the same kind of fun event as big boat stuck
why is it always us-east-1?
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
us-east-1 down is the same kind of fun event as big boat stuck
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A bicyclist riding in the intersection tried to join the group on the outside of the police line after it moved and was shoved off his bike by two officers and wrecked into the pavement. He’s bleeding from the head
October 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A bicyclist riding in the intersection tried to join the group on the outside of the police line after it moved and was shoved off his bike by two officers and wrecked into the pavement. He’s bleeding from the head