JS Burns
@jsburns.bsky.social
Yankee expat in Melbourne, Australia
PS the two of you should commit to growing the bald mullet if Arsenal break the goals conceded record.
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
PS the two of you should commit to growing the bald mullet if Arsenal break the goals conceded record.
Even when he's being evil, Trump plagiarizes from someone else.
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Even when he's being evil, Trump plagiarizes from someone else.
The response to "we're the sickest people on earth" should be a query about how the US healthcare per capita costs are much higher compared to those of other nations.
September 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The response to "we're the sickest people on earth" should be a query about how the US healthcare per capita costs are much higher compared to those of other nations.
Oppo phone here. Working ok.
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Oppo phone here. Working ok.
"You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case."
~ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
This is our version of Karis Nemik's manifesto.
~ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
This is our version of Karis Nemik's manifesto.
May 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case."
~ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
This is our version of Karis Nemik's manifesto.
~ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
This is our version of Karis Nemik's manifesto.
Andor saw the future ...
April 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Andor saw the future ...
I was curious, so I asked Google ...
It turns out in the history of the planet, there have lived 117 billion of our species since we arose out of Africa.
Of that number, the 8 billion of us alive now are amongst the top 1% of the species in terms of health, wealth, etc.
And we stuff it up.
It turns out in the history of the planet, there have lived 117 billion of our species since we arose out of Africa.
Of that number, the 8 billion of us alive now are amongst the top 1% of the species in terms of health, wealth, etc.
And we stuff it up.
April 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I was curious, so I asked Google ...
It turns out in the history of the planet, there have lived 117 billion of our species since we arose out of Africa.
Of that number, the 8 billion of us alive now are amongst the top 1% of the species in terms of health, wealth, etc.
And we stuff it up.
It turns out in the history of the planet, there have lived 117 billion of our species since we arose out of Africa.
Of that number, the 8 billion of us alive now are amongst the top 1% of the species in terms of health, wealth, etc.
And we stuff it up.
I meant these ...
PS I think Judy is Jewish, right?
PS I think Judy is Jewish, right?
April 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I meant these ...
PS I think Judy is Jewish, right?
PS I think Judy is Jewish, right?
Nah, if they get rid of term limits, this is what they'd get.
April 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Nah, if they get rid of term limits, this is what they'd get.
Sarah just saw this ...
April 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sarah just saw this ...
I reckon JD didn't say much.
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I reckon JD didn't say much.
Number 6: Japan's bowling ball test.
Trump either made that up or completely misunderstood a test that doesn't actually involve a bowling ball and he misunderstood the purpose of the test.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Trump either made that up or completely misunderstood a test that doesn't actually involve a bowling ball and he misunderstood the purpose of the test.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
April 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Number 6: Japan's bowling ball test.
Trump either made that up or completely misunderstood a test that doesn't actually involve a bowling ball and he misunderstood the purpose of the test.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Trump either made that up or completely misunderstood a test that doesn't actually involve a bowling ball and he misunderstood the purpose of the test.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Why would Mbappe be needing rest? Seems to me he gets a rest every match he plays.
April 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why would Mbappe be needing rest? Seems to me he gets a rest every match he plays.
Why April 20th?
Maybe this is why.
Maybe this is why.
April 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Why April 20th?
Maybe this is why.
Maybe this is why.
The attached is from Google's AI answering the query "China minimum wage over time."
Minimum wage in the US was $4.25 in 1995. If it were to follow China's curve, US minimum wage now should be over $60/hr.
What is it actually now?
Minimum wage in the US was $4.25 in 1995. If it were to follow China's curve, US minimum wage now should be over $60/hr.
What is it actually now?
April 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The attached is from Google's AI answering the query "China minimum wage over time."
Minimum wage in the US was $4.25 in 1995. If it were to follow China's curve, US minimum wage now should be over $60/hr.
What is it actually now?
Minimum wage in the US was $4.25 in 1995. If it were to follow China's curve, US minimum wage now should be over $60/hr.
What is it actually now?
Ah. I meant "brilliant" as in the third definition ...
April 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Ah. I meant "brilliant" as in the third definition ...
Oh I anticipate Barca in the final lol.
I think Arteta has PSG's number.
I think Arteta has PSG's number.
April 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Oh I anticipate Barca in the final lol.
I think Arteta has PSG's number.
I think Arteta has PSG's number.