Jay David
@thecarbfairy.bsky.social
Aikido student and teacher; slow runner; bread baker; aspiring writer; adoptee; all things Star Wars. Career nonprofit fundraiser. Queer. Pro-Abortion. Views my own.
Come visit our baby dojo in Northern Manhattan: https://commonbondaikido.org/
Come visit our baby dojo in Northern Manhattan: https://commonbondaikido.org/
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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Been hearing about how we need a "Democratic Joe Rogan" but have you considered we need a Democratic Zohran Mamdani?
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Been hearing about how we need a "Democratic Joe Rogan" but have you considered we need a Democratic Zohran Mamdani?
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable
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Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
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mamdani needs to apologise for the earthquake to prove he can be a mayor to all New Yorkers
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
mamdani needs to apologise for the earthquake to prove he can be a mayor to all New Yorkers
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"voters are why I lost" is the funniest possible thing for a politician to say.
WITH AUDIO ⬇️
At the Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo blames Zohran Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss.
forward.com/fast-forward...
At the Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo blames Zohran Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss.
forward.com/fast-forward...
Cuomo blames Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss
Andrew Cuomo is sharpening his attacks on Zohran Mamdani, accusing the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor of ‘fueling antisemitism.’
forward.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"voters are why I lost" is the funniest possible thing for a politician to say.
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A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
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Kirsten Gillibrand just had a party member murdered along with her husband and dog but the Indian guy becoming mayor is what really scares her
June 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kirsten Gillibrand just had a party member murdered along with her husband and dog but the Indian guy becoming mayor is what really scares her
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people: mamdani is going to turn NYC into a theocracy!!!!
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
June 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
people: mamdani is going to turn NYC into a theocracy!!!!
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
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Cuomo doesn’t just get to rehabilitate himself from sexual harassment because he’s rich and powerful. He gets to because he’s a man. It’s the same situation for everyday, ordinary men, while women from all walks of life are not just denied justice but punished for asking for it
June 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Cuomo doesn’t just get to rehabilitate himself from sexual harassment because he’s rich and powerful. He gets to because he’s a man. It’s the same situation for everyday, ordinary men, while women from all walks of life are not just denied justice but punished for asking for it
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"Is the reproductive justice movement one that stands against wars and genocide, or not? Do our funders stand with us in that call for peace, or not?
Is it reproductive justice for all, or not?"
— @renee.bsky.social
prismreports.org/2025/05/28/r...
Is it reproductive justice for all, or not?"
— @renee.bsky.social
prismreports.org/2025/05/28/r...
Reproductive rights funders must end ‘wall of resistance’ on Palestine
As foundations defund reproductive justice groups that speak out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, underfunded groups take the biggest hit
prismreports.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Is the reproductive justice movement one that stands against wars and genocide, or not? Do our funders stand with us in that call for peace, or not?
Is it reproductive justice for all, or not?"
— @renee.bsky.social
prismreports.org/2025/05/28/r...
Is it reproductive justice for all, or not?"
— @renee.bsky.social
prismreports.org/2025/05/28/r...
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a thing since the beginning of this administration is learning about new weird little guys who are completely unqualified for their government jobs and taking notes on them until there's enough info to warrant a story on one of them. my menagerie of weird little guys.
May 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
a thing since the beginning of this administration is learning about new weird little guys who are completely unqualified for their government jobs and taking notes on them until there's enough info to warrant a story on one of them. my menagerie of weird little guys.
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A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
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A good rule of thumb Democrats should use to figure out how to interact with Trump is to imagine you’re addressing Jabba the Hutt.
Do you sound tough? Defiant? Or are you some pandering slimeball who is obviously going to be double-crossed and fed to the Sarlacc?
Do you sound tough? Defiant? Or are you some pandering slimeball who is obviously going to be double-crossed and fed to the Sarlacc?
May 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A good rule of thumb Democrats should use to figure out how to interact with Trump is to imagine you’re addressing Jabba the Hutt.
Do you sound tough? Defiant? Or are you some pandering slimeball who is obviously going to be double-crossed and fed to the Sarlacc?
Do you sound tough? Defiant? Or are you some pandering slimeball who is obviously going to be double-crossed and fed to the Sarlacc?
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I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda
May 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda
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Against AI: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-spookl...
May 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Against AI: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-spookl...
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🖤 May Day means solidarity with ALL workers, including sex workers, incarcerated workers, undocumented workers, criminalized workers, and disabled workers.
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
May 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🖤 May Day means solidarity with ALL workers, including sex workers, incarcerated workers, undocumented workers, criminalized workers, and disabled workers.
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
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A central problem with this analysis is that the last few months have shown that those of us who have opposed Trump reflexively and performatively have also been much more correct about what he would do if unleashed than those who keep warning to take a more measured approach
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A central problem with this analysis is that the last few months have shown that those of us who have opposed Trump reflexively and performatively have also been much more correct about what he would do if unleashed than those who keep warning to take a more measured approach
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Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
May 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...