Jesse
@jessethegray.bsky.social
Techie, teacher, composer, bass player. Philly!
Substack: https://dreampunk.substack.com/
Former: Blaseball
Substack: https://dreampunk.substack.com/
Former: Blaseball
@schumer.senate.gov is what weak leadership looks like
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@schumer.senate.gov is what weak leadership looks like
Cloudflare and Perplexity's recent spat isn't about the bots, its about getting creators paid
Perplexing Bots
The economic conflict at the heart of Perplexity and Cloudflare's recent conflict
dreampunk.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cloudflare and Perplexity's recent spat isn't about the bots, its about getting creators paid
The inhuman dreams of the tech elite. No one told these people that space is pretty deadly to life?
August 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The inhuman dreams of the tech elite. No one told these people that space is pretty deadly to life?
A while back, I wanted to try to grow some food on my roof. I’m really happy with my garden
July 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A while back, I wanted to try to grow some food on my roof. I’m really happy with my garden
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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
Quick, someone tell me why this is bad
June 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Quick, someone tell me why this is bad
I agree with Altman that policy makers need to become more nimble. No policies or total permissive policies are not the answer here. Quick adaption of policy to handle a rapidly developing technology is paramount
Hard Fork Live, with Patrick Collison, Kathryn Zealand, Sam Altman & Brad Lightcap
YouTube video by Hard Fork
youtu.be
June 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I agree with Altman that policy makers need to become more nimble. No policies or total permissive policies are not the answer here. Quick adaption of policy to handle a rapidly developing technology is paramount
Yup, this is how to succeed
It took a liberal-Left alliance to defeat Cuomo. Big props to Lander for being a man of principle who refused to punch Left
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yup, this is how to succeed
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It took a liberal-Left alliance to defeat Cuomo. Big props to Lander for being a man of principle who refused to punch Left
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
June 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It took a liberal-Left alliance to defeat Cuomo. Big props to Lander for being a man of principle who refused to punch Left
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
OMG OMG OMG
i know everyone's into other NYC news right now but the people who need to know this really, really need to know this playbill.com/article/broa...
Broadway Chess Revival Finds a Home, Dates
Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher will star in the cult favorite musical at the Imperial Theatre.
playbill.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
OMG OMG OMG
Diplomacy in a social media world. Declaring victory is more important than a sustained effort to resolve conflict
Oh so it turns out solving a middle eastern conflict isn't as simple as doing a flyover, dropping a couple payloads, and calling it done? Damn, who could have guessed
June 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Diplomacy in a social media world. Declaring victory is more important than a sustained effort to resolve conflict
I think a reframe is justified: the media likes making money. Trump and war make them money
the media likes trump, likes war, and so crafts their coverage to try to help trump (who they like) start a war (a thing they like).
easy to see in their coverage today where a token, pre-annoucned and de-escalatory strike by iran that hit no targets was covered like it was pearl harbor
easy to see in their coverage today where a token, pre-annoucned and de-escalatory strike by iran that hit no targets was covered like it was pearl harbor
Wow. 48 hours later, news really seems to have normalized the whole extra-legal, on-a-whim-and-vibe, strategically short-sighted Iran attacks.
Already being discusses as "how will it play" and "what's the risk for the Republicas."
Already being discusses as "how will it play" and "what's the risk for the Republicas."
June 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I think a reframe is justified: the media likes making money. Trump and war make them money
War is peace
This is what we literature buffs call doublespeak.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
War is peace
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
More like because he’s a weak and insecure simpleton who folds like a house of cards
Let's be clear: Trump is thinking of entering a war against Iran without Congressional authorization or legal basis because his birthday parade was a dud and he thinks the war will produce arousing pictures for him to look at on Fox News.
June 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
More like because he’s a weak and insecure simpleton who folds like a house of cards
I'm here for the dreams. Mamdani has dreams of a better place. We need more dreams and fewer criminals and sex offenders, and less corruption
I like Mamdani as a person but wouldn’t rank him first for the same reasons the Times lists. Lander for sure. But the idea that the monstrous guy who has ALREADY SPECTACULARLY FAILED poses a greater risk than the guy who hasn’t done much and dreams big is a sign of a deeply corrupted politics.
June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm here for the dreams. Mamdani has dreams of a better place. We need more dreams and fewer criminals and sex offenders, and less corruption
This is great to see
That idea, at least, appears to be in motion:
Independent US vaccine body is planned after RFK Jr’s mass firing of CDC advisory panel
“High level” discussions are underway to establish an independent US vaccine committee following the dismissal of 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee on i...
www.bmj.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is great to see
Love this city
NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
June 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Love this city
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From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
June 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
This is very much the truth. It's already disrupting things
Engineers, once the crowned royals of tech, are now nervously watching AI vibe its way into their jobs—with vibes, vibes only.
Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs
Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is very much the truth. It's already disrupting things
One amazing image that shows one fatal flaw in media
But if a few people in masks start lighting stuff on fire? Then you have news. This creates an *enormous* attentional advantage towards the most violent and chaotic kind of protest.
June 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
One amazing image that shows one fatal flaw in media
Is this the constitutional crisis that will matter?
BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE.
He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is this the constitutional crisis that will matter?
Omg, the violence... /s
The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
June 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Omg, the violence... /s
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June 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I am doing the final pass on editing the next patrons only Starship Alexandria episode (will be released on Monday!) and giggling away at @aptshadow.bsky.social declaring "Well, I'll take my frog beasts and go home!" in the middle of a serious discussion. Love it! www.patreon.com/c/starshipal...