Jeremy Manson
@jeremymanson.bsky.social
Software engineer. Parent. Other stuff.
Supreme Court justices should have term limits. There is no reason that every appointment should be a high stakes game of chicken with the country's future on the line.
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Supreme Court justices should have term limits. There is no reason that every appointment should be a high stakes game of chicken with the country's future on the line.
You know what I noticed? People on the right are pushing for Congressional term limits, and people on the left are pushing for Supreme Court term limits. Can we unite the country around the idea that people who aren't worried about voters and will hold on to their seat until they die should leave?
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You know what I noticed? People on the right are pushing for Congressional term limits, and people on the left are pushing for Supreme Court term limits. Can we unite the country around the idea that people who aren't worried about voters and will hold on to their seat until they die should leave?
One measure of Supreme Court hypocrisy is going to be the upcoming battle over whether Trump’s tariffs are legal. 1/7
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One measure of Supreme Court hypocrisy is going to be the upcoming battle over whether Trump’s tariffs are legal. 1/7
First thought: Ugh.
Second thought: This will probably be a huge success in LA.
Third thought: Ugh.
Second thought: This will probably be a huge success in LA.
Third thought: Ugh.
Post to Coast: New York Post plans a California newspaper
The New York Post is launching a California tabloid newspaper and news site next year. The company announced the plan Monday.
apnews.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
First thought: Ugh.
Second thought: This will probably be a huge success in LA.
Third thought: Ugh.
Second thought: This will probably be a huge success in LA.
Third thought: Ugh.
Just to be clear, the last four administrations averaged between about 1 and 3 state dinners per year. He's spending $200M on a hosting venue for something that happens maybe once every six months. That's like me building a separate house to host my kids' birthdays.
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Craig R. Brittain (@brittainforsenate) on Threads
Karoline Leavitt: The White House cannot host foreign leaders without using a large unsightly tent so we're building a $200 million ballroom at taxpayer expense.
www.threads.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Just to be clear, the last four administrations averaged between about 1 and 3 state dinners per year. He's spending $200M on a hosting venue for something that happens maybe once every six months. That's like me building a separate house to host my kids' birthdays.
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Just a reminder that Trump's big deals all end with the situation the same as it was before he took office. He escalates, then they escalate, and then they agree to whatever it looked like before he escalated.
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just a reminder that Trump's big deals all end with the situation the same as it was before he took office. He escalates, then they escalate, and then they agree to whatever it looked like before he escalated.
And then, every once in a while, something like this pops up to remind us that our society is redeemable.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And then, every once in a while, something like this pops up to remind us that our society is redeemable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
When people say they want OpenAI to be the new Google, I don't think they mean that they want OpenAI to adopt Google's branding strategy. #buzzchatduohangoutsmeetmessengertalkvoicemessagesallo #lamdabardduetgeminiadvancednanoproultraaipremium
I don't know why people think picking a model on ChatGPT is so complicated.
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When people say they want OpenAI to be the new Google, I don't think they mean that they want OpenAI to adopt Google's branding strategy. #buzzchatduohangoutsmeetmessengertalkvoicemessagesallo #lamdabardduetgeminiadvancednanoproultraaipremium
Dumbest thing I've seen today, or everyone's seen today?
Even if we needed it, it would cost an enormous amount of money to turn it back into a working prison, and it would rob the SF area of a major source of tourism revenue.
If we actually need new prisons, pick a place where land is cheap.
Even if we needed it, it would cost an enormous amount of money to turn it back into a working prison, and it would rob the SF area of a major source of tourism revenue.
If we actually need new prisons, pick a place where land is cheap.
Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that has been closed for more than 60 years.
apnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Dumbest thing I've seen today, or everyone's seen today?
Even if we needed it, it would cost an enormous amount of money to turn it back into a working prison, and it would rob the SF area of a major source of tourism revenue.
If we actually need new prisons, pick a place where land is cheap.
Even if we needed it, it would cost an enormous amount of money to turn it back into a working prison, and it would rob the SF area of a major source of tourism revenue.
If we actually need new prisons, pick a place where land is cheap.
Why is the NYT raising subscription prices by a third? That's absurdly enormous. I haven't seen any press coverage of it. @nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why is the NYT raising subscription prices by a third? That's absurdly enormous. I haven't seen any press coverage of it. @nytimes.com
Tesla's stock price in blue, BYD's in red.
Turns out that, even if your products are ten years ahead of everyone else's, it's a bad idea to let your CEO spend all of his time on politics and social media, both alienating half your potential market, and letting your product offerings get stale.
Turns out that, even if your products are ten years ahead of everyone else's, it's a bad idea to let your CEO spend all of his time on politics and social media, both alienating half your potential market, and letting your product offerings get stale.
March 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Tesla's stock price in blue, BYD's in red.
Turns out that, even if your products are ten years ahead of everyone else's, it's a bad idea to let your CEO spend all of his time on politics and social media, both alienating half your potential market, and letting your product offerings get stale.
Turns out that, even if your products are ten years ahead of everyone else's, it's a bad idea to let your CEO spend all of his time on politics and social media, both alienating half your potential market, and letting your product offerings get stale.
Occupying Gaza would be a great way to militarize a generation against the United States and destroy any chance of anyone seeing us as an honest broker in the region. WhyTF would we want yet another semi-permanent military involvement in the Middle East, when we just got out of the last one?
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Occupying Gaza would be a great way to militarize a generation against the United States and destroy any chance of anyone seeing us as an honest broker in the region. WhyTF would we want yet another semi-permanent military involvement in the Middle East, when we just got out of the last one?
So it *was* self-interest all along! We're *very* disappointed in you, Elon!
February 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So it *was* self-interest all along! We're *very* disappointed in you, Elon!
Trump has said he likes William McKinley.
McKinley pushed American imperial power, annexing Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines.
In the Philippines, at least 200K people - and as many as 1M - died during our conquest. Thousands were killed in concentration camps.
Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada.
McKinley pushed American imperial power, annexing Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines.
In the Philippines, at least 200K people - and as many as 1M - died during our conquest. Thousands were killed in concentration camps.
Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada.
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Trump has said he likes William McKinley.
McKinley pushed American imperial power, annexing Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines.
In the Philippines, at least 200K people - and as many as 1M - died during our conquest. Thousands were killed in concentration camps.
Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada.
McKinley pushed American imperial power, annexing Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines.
In the Philippines, at least 200K people - and as many as 1M - died during our conquest. Thousands were killed in concentration camps.
Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada.
Time to start aggressively misgendering Federal officials. "A cup of tea with your staggering bigotry, Ms Vance?"
US federal workers ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures
Internal email says agency is ‘reviewing’ programs and contracts that ‘promote or incubate gender ideology’
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Time to start aggressively misgendering Federal officials. "A cup of tea with your staggering bigotry, Ms Vance?"
Reposted by Jeremy Manson
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
Maybe we could start small? Could the US guarantee that no one will ever have to go bankrupt to pay for life-saving medical care?
January 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Maybe we could start small? Could the US guarantee that no one will ever have to go bankrupt to pay for life-saving medical care?
"[T]he management I was dealing with didn’t understand the difference between having an opinion and having an informed, factually sourced opinion". I think that's a pretty good summary of the state of American public discourse.
Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
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January 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"[T]he management I was dealing with didn’t understand the difference between having an opinion and having an informed, factually sourced opinion". I think that's a pretty good summary of the state of American public discourse.
Today I learned that #MelvilleMonday is a thing. I'm posting all of Moby Dick, alphabetized by sentence, at @aisforahab.bsky.social; my favorite of the day's sentences so far is "A clam for supper?", but there are definitely some other choice selections in there.
January 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today I learned that #MelvilleMonday is a thing. I'm posting all of Moby Dick, alphabetized by sentence, at @aisforahab.bsky.social; my favorite of the day's sentences so far is "A clam for supper?", but there are definitely some other choice selections in there.
The lesson is that people are really angry that everything is unaffordable and there's no such thing as job stability anymore. It's not just eggs, it's healthcare and education and housing. It's not just tech layoffs, it's 30 years of globalization at all costs.
“We’re obviously in a bit of disarray,” a Democratic senator told Semafor. “I don’t think people are really completely sure about what lesson is to be learned in this election.”
“Give us a little time,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin also said. “This is brand new.”
“Give us a little time,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin also said. “This is brand new.”
January 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The lesson is that people are really angry that everything is unaffordable and there's no such thing as job stability anymore. It's not just eggs, it's healthcare and education and housing. It's not just tech layoffs, it's 30 years of globalization at all costs.
Here's a theory: Trump likes tariffs because he can put them in place without asking anyone, which makes him feel as if he looks decisive. They used to have to go through Congress. Go back to that, and Trump would stop talking about tariffs.
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Here's a theory: Trump likes tariffs because he can put them in place without asking anyone, which makes him feel as if he looks decisive. They used to have to go through Congress. Go back to that, and Trump would stop talking about tariffs.
One of the things I found in breaking up Moby Dick into individual sentences was a new delight in Melville's prose. Looking at sentences out of context was like wandering around an art gallery. Like this one, quite a few are what we would probably call Lovecraftian today.
A boggy, soggy, squitchy picture truly, enough to drive a nervous man distracted.
January 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
One of the things I found in breaking up Moby Dick into individual sentences was a new delight in Melville's prose. Looking at sentences out of context was like wandering around an art gallery. Like this one, quite a few are what we would probably call Lovecraftian today.
Reposted by Jeremy Manson
Trump has introduced an immediate halt to all work on PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, set up by George W Bush).
This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment.
And many more will acquire HIV as a result.
This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment.
And many more will acquire HIV as a result.
January 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump has introduced an immediate halt to all work on PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, set up by George W Bush).
This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment.
And many more will acquire HIV as a result.
This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment.
And many more will acquire HIV as a result.
Inspired by a recent episode of On with @karaswisher.bsky.social , in which Dwight Garner said he would like to read a version of Moby Dick where the sentences were alphabetized, I wrote a bot to post Moby Dick, but alphabetized, to Bluesky. @aisforahab.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Inspired by a recent episode of On with @karaswisher.bsky.social , in which Dwight Garner said he would like to read a version of Moby Dick where the sentences were alphabetized, I wrote a bot to post Moby Dick, but alphabetized, to Bluesky. @aisforahab.bsky.social
Trump is one of two recent Presidents to start his term with his approval underwater. The other one? Also Donald Trump.
Presidential day-one approval/disapproval, per Gallup (the last one is Reuters):
Bill Clinton: 58%
George W Bush: 57%
Barack Obama: 67%
Trump 1: 45%
Joe Biden: 57%
Trump 2: 47%
Presidential day-one approval/disapproval, per Gallup (the last one is Reuters):
Bill Clinton: 58%
George W Bush: 57%
Barack Obama: 67%
Trump 1: 45%
Joe Biden: 57%
Trump 2: 47%
January 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump is one of two recent Presidents to start his term with his approval underwater. The other one? Also Donald Trump.
Presidential day-one approval/disapproval, per Gallup (the last one is Reuters):
Bill Clinton: 58%
George W Bush: 57%
Barack Obama: 67%
Trump 1: 45%
Joe Biden: 57%
Trump 2: 47%
Presidential day-one approval/disapproval, per Gallup (the last one is Reuters):
Bill Clinton: 58%
George W Bush: 57%
Barack Obama: 67%
Trump 1: 45%
Joe Biden: 57%
Trump 2: 47%