justin
@jurfo.bsky.social
High school history teacher. curmudgeon.
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justin
@jurfo.bsky.social
· May 19
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I will stop what I’m doing and read 10,000 words on any given topic, but I will not watch a 90 second video of a person talking, no matter how much I want to know about it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I will stop what I’m doing and read 10,000 words on any given topic, but I will not watch a 90 second video of a person talking, no matter how much I want to know about it.
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We’re just normal men
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We’re just normal men
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Post a movie where you are from
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Real clear sky last night
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Real clear sky last night
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The SeeStar is a great little telescope camera for shooting deep space but I haven’t figured out how to get a good clear image of a planet yet.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The SeeStar is a great little telescope camera for shooting deep space but I haven’t figured out how to get a good clear image of a planet yet.
Me: Dick Van Dyke murdered his wife…
My wife: WHAT!?
Me: …and Columbo got him!
My wife: WHAT!?
Me: …and Columbo got him!
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Me: Dick Van Dyke murdered his wife…
My wife: WHAT!?
Me: …and Columbo got him!
My wife: WHAT!?
Me: …and Columbo got him!
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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Some thoughts on the case everyone is talking about and a response to David Brooks.
New Racket.
theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
New Racket.
theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein case matters
Dismissing public interest in the Epstein case as heedless conspiracy-mongering ignores the power of the story.
theracket.news
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some thoughts on the case everyone is talking about and a response to David Brooks.
New Racket.
theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
New Racket.
theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
Not for nothing, this is exactly how the Mexican American War started. I wonder if someone asked ChatGPT “how to start war with mexico” and then just followed its instructions.
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not for nothing, this is exactly how the Mexican American War started. I wonder if someone asked ChatGPT “how to start war with mexico” and then just followed its instructions.
We’re calling Andrew Jackson woke now? Is that what we’re doing on this app?
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We’re calling Andrew Jackson woke now? Is that what we’re doing on this app?
Can Marlboro Reds help wean people off Newports?
Many think it's a dangerous ploy by the tobacco industry. But some say, with millions of deaths each year attributed to smoking cigarettes, it's the lesser of two evils. n.pr/4prS89D
Can vaping help wean people off cigarettes? Anti-smoking advocates are sharply split
Many think it's a dangerous ploy by the tobacco industry. But some say, with millions of deaths each year attributed to smoking cigarettes, it's the lesser of two evils.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Can Marlboro Reds help wean people off Newports?
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
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I'd buy that for a dollar.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'd buy that for a dollar.
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I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
Everybody is saying Epstein this and Nuzzi that, but no one is saying Jacob this and Renesmee that.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Everybody is saying Epstein this and Nuzzi that, but no one is saying Jacob this and Renesmee that.
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In the spirit of togetherness, international followers, please share your country's most dangerous cooking method.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In the spirit of togetherness, international followers, please share your country's most dangerous cooking method.
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Gift link to Will Bunch's latest: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gift link to Will Bunch's latest: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
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Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
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Bill Clinton's politically significant blowjobs
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Bill Clinton's politically significant blowjobs
While My Guitar Gently Weeps came on the radio, so of course I had to immediately watch that Rock & Roll Hall of Fame video where Prince tore it up, and after a few minutes of awe and excitement I became deeply saddened. How unfair that Prince is dead and so many specific other people are alive.
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, more - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 2004 Induction
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
While My Guitar Gently Weeps came on the radio, so of course I had to immediately watch that Rock & Roll Hall of Fame video where Prince tore it up, and after a few minutes of awe and excitement I became deeply saddened. How unfair that Prince is dead and so many specific other people are alive.
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literally every reason you can think of that they use to not invest in clean energy (not cost effective yet, tech isnt there yet, etc) is 100% true of ai by the way, the difference is that clean energy will mean less money for rich people and ai means more money for rich people
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
literally every reason you can think of that they use to not invest in clean energy (not cost effective yet, tech isnt there yet, etc) is 100% true of ai by the way, the difference is that clean energy will mean less money for rich people and ai means more money for rich people
I, too, will die from an alpha-gal (my wife, who is tired of my schtick)
A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I, too, will die from an alpha-gal (my wife, who is tired of my schtick)