Jonathan Rivett
@jrrivett.bsky.social
Cut scene from the movie Brazil.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Cut scene from the movie Brazil.
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It’s a shame that GTA VI has been delayed but I’m excited by Rockstar’s promise that the extra time will allow them to give all the pedestrians in the game “a rich inner life” and “the capacity to actually experience pain”
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It’s a shame that GTA VI has been delayed but I’m excited by Rockstar’s promise that the extra time will allow them to give all the pedestrians in the game “a rich inner life” and “the capacity to actually experience pain”
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Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
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don't you know, any leftish politician must dine solely upon a fish skeleton extracted from the garbage and served on an upturned trash can lid in a back alley, while wearing a wooden barrel and a derby hat with a single daisy in it
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
don't you know, any leftish politician must dine solely upon a fish skeleton extracted from the garbage and served on an upturned trash can lid in a back alley, while wearing a wooden barrel and a derby hat with a single daisy in it
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Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
John Lyons: No. NO! Please. I'll stop. I'll STOP! Not Albanese. PLEEEEASE don't tell Anthony Albanese.
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
John Lyons: No. NO! Please. I'll stop. I'll STOP! Not Albanese. PLEEEEASE don't tell Anthony Albanese.
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TECH COMPANY: “Our new operating system is going to blow your fucking mind. It changes everything you can do, ever. Shit you haven’t even imagined. Buckle up, asshole, because this isn’t your dad’s user interface!”
OPERATING SYSTEM: (everything is slightly rounder)
OPERATING SYSTEM: (everything is slightly rounder)
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
TECH COMPANY: “Our new operating system is going to blow your fucking mind. It changes everything you can do, ever. Shit you haven’t even imagined. Buckle up, asshole, because this isn’t your dad’s user interface!”
OPERATING SYSTEM: (everything is slightly rounder)
OPERATING SYSTEM: (everything is slightly rounder)
From an average of $25 trillion per person per year to $42 zillion.
Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years on.ft.com/4g9VdaS
Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years
Rising premiums add to pressure on households already feeling the pinch from the high price of goods
on.ft.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
From an average of $25 trillion per person per year to $42 zillion.
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My 8-year-old made their own version of the game Life, and it's way more accurate than the original. The path is convoluted. The rules change on a whim (but always in favor of the game's creator). The real estate is outlandishly expensive. The jobs pay either $9K or $999,999K. The goal is unclear.
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My 8-year-old made their own version of the game Life, and it's way more accurate than the original. The path is convoluted. The rules change on a whim (but always in favor of the game's creator). The real estate is outlandishly expensive. The jobs pay either $9K or $999,999K. The goal is unclear.
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“I have spent the past 18 months navigating the health system, and if I really had all the rights of a ‘consumer’, almost every interaction would have qualified for a refund.” http://satpa.pe/qQR61kG
The disempowerment of the ‘consumer’ in public services
Public services are not commercial transactions, yet people accessing essentials such as healthcare, education and aged care are increasingly ‘consumers’, fed the illusion of control.
satpa.pe
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“I have spent the past 18 months navigating the health system, and if I really had all the rights of a ‘consumer’, almost every interaction would have qualified for a refund.” http://satpa.pe/qQR61kG
Interviewer: What's the naughtiest thing you ever did?
Teresa May: Oh. Goodness me. (Should I ... Should I say I put a table in my room at university?)
I: There must have been a moment.
TM: Gosh. Um. Well... (No. It's far too dull. I'll seem like a complete bore.) I ran through a field of wheat.
Teresa May: Oh. Goodness me. (Should I ... Should I say I put a table in my room at university?)
I: There must have been a moment.
TM: Gosh. Um. Well... (No. It's far too dull. I'll seem like a complete bore.) I ran through a field of wheat.
The bar is high, but I think this is the dumbest anti-Zohran argument I've read so far www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/is-z...
July 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Interviewer: What's the naughtiest thing you ever did?
Teresa May: Oh. Goodness me. (Should I ... Should I say I put a table in my room at university?)
I: There must have been a moment.
TM: Gosh. Um. Well... (No. It's far too dull. I'll seem like a complete bore.) I ran through a field of wheat.
Teresa May: Oh. Goodness me. (Should I ... Should I say I put a table in my room at university?)
I: There must have been a moment.
TM: Gosh. Um. Well... (No. It's far too dull. I'll seem like a complete bore.) I ran through a field of wheat.
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Zohran Mamdani do you condemn Mr Bean for his desecration of Whistler's Mother?
June 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Zohran Mamdani do you condemn Mr Bean for his desecration of Whistler's Mother?
VO: He's a terrible landscaper...
[*lawnmower sound*, *cat screech*]
VO: ...and an even worse grocery clerk...
["You want the rat poison in with the apples, ma'am?"]
VO: ...but how will this kid out of college fare as a counter-terrorism leader?
[montage]
VO: Rob Schneider is... THE NEW GUY!
[*lawnmower sound*, *cat screech*]
VO: ...and an even worse grocery clerk...
["You want the rat poison in with the apples, ma'am?"]
VO: ...but how will this kid out of college fare as a counter-terrorism leader?
[montage]
VO: Rob Schneider is... THE NEW GUY!
As our nation girds for possible Iranian terrorist attacks, this is the person Trump put in charge of terrorism prevention.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
June 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
VO: He's a terrible landscaper...
[*lawnmower sound*, *cat screech*]
VO: ...and an even worse grocery clerk...
["You want the rat poison in with the apples, ma'am?"]
VO: ...but how will this kid out of college fare as a counter-terrorism leader?
[montage]
VO: Rob Schneider is... THE NEW GUY!
[*lawnmower sound*, *cat screech*]
VO: ...and an even worse grocery clerk...
["You want the rat poison in with the apples, ma'am?"]
VO: ...but how will this kid out of college fare as a counter-terrorism leader?
[montage]
VO: Rob Schneider is... THE NEW GUY!
F-tier: I don't understand pronouns.
E-tier: Declaring pronouns is performative.
D-tier: Pronouns are woke.
C-tier: Pronouns are a symptom of societal decay.
B-tier: There are no pronouns in the Bible.
A-tier: There is no such thing as pronouns.
S-tier: We should use pronouns as nouns.
E-tier: Declaring pronouns is performative.
D-tier: Pronouns are woke.
C-tier: Pronouns are a symptom of societal decay.
B-tier: There are no pronouns in the Bible.
A-tier: There is no such thing as pronouns.
S-tier: We should use pronouns as nouns.
the level of bigotry on prime time cable news is astounding
May 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
F-tier: I don't understand pronouns.
E-tier: Declaring pronouns is performative.
D-tier: Pronouns are woke.
C-tier: Pronouns are a symptom of societal decay.
B-tier: There are no pronouns in the Bible.
A-tier: There is no such thing as pronouns.
S-tier: We should use pronouns as nouns.
E-tier: Declaring pronouns is performative.
D-tier: Pronouns are woke.
C-tier: Pronouns are a symptom of societal decay.
B-tier: There are no pronouns in the Bible.
A-tier: There is no such thing as pronouns.
S-tier: We should use pronouns as nouns.
A government budget is like a household budget. A government runs like a business. A political coalition is like a family and sometimes a mummy and a daddy spend time apart.
Why do the people in the middle of politics reduce everything to the kind of facile analogies that get 3 likes on LinkedIn?
Why do the people in the middle of politics reduce everything to the kind of facile analogies that get 3 likes on LinkedIn?
May 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A government budget is like a household budget. A government runs like a business. A political coalition is like a family and sometimes a mummy and a daddy spend time apart.
Why do the people in the middle of politics reduce everything to the kind of facile analogies that get 3 likes on LinkedIn?
Why do the people in the middle of politics reduce everything to the kind of facile analogies that get 3 likes on LinkedIn?
What a delightful buffoon.
This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
May 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
What a delightful buffoon.
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Pepe Mujica, the anarchist guerilla who became president of Uruguay, has passed on. He leaves behind as good a legacy as it's possible to leave.
So it goes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
So it goes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, former guerrilla and ex-president of Uruguay, dies aged 89
In a final interview, Mujica said: ‘We are too focused on wealth and not on happiness … Before you know it, life has passed you by’
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Pepe Mujica, the anarchist guerilla who became president of Uruguay, has passed on. He leaves behind as good a legacy as it's possible to leave.
So it goes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
So it goes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
You're going to love it, everyone. Especially you, New South Wales.
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
You're going to love it, everyone. Especially you, New South Wales.
Cold side of the pillow!
Sure whatever. 25% tariff on eating ice cream on a hot day next. 50% tariff on petting a dog. 35% tariff on the sound of children laughing. 10% tariff on the smell of flowers. 15% tariff on the cold side of the pillow. And another 25% on China, why not.
JUST IN: Trump orders 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S.
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Cold side of the pillow!
Canonically, Ken from Street Fighter is 60 years old. He looks terrible for his age in this picture. And why is he holding a giant glow stick?
May 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Canonically, Ken from Street Fighter is 60 years old. He looks terrible for his age in this picture. And why is he holding a giant glow stick?
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You filthy lefties are too easy.
May 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
You filthy lefties are too easy.
Even progressive economists very rarely talk about this.
Cheap shoes and clothes come almost entirely from a system where people are forced to work for miserable wages.
Cheap shoes and clothes come almost entirely from a system where people are forced to work for miserable wages.
A thing that a lot of people seem to forget: The only way for US consumers to get goods that are both cheap and produced domestically is to pay manufacturing workers *far* less than a living wage.
April 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Even progressive economists very rarely talk about this.
Cheap shoes and clothes come almost entirely from a system where people are forced to work for miserable wages.
Cheap shoes and clothes come almost entirely from a system where people are forced to work for miserable wages.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.