Bill Jank
@billjank.bsky.social
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Bill Jank
@billjank.bsky.social
· Oct 18
The initial colonist launch is cheap. Henceforth every resupply mission should face an adverse impact to home planet analysis. You shouldn’t be allowed to create massive energy deficit or emissions on earth for shit on mars.
This is a good policy for pretty much every billionaire big idea.
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
This is the future I in particular want.
Because the state of Connecticut doesn’t want to provide rail service to Norwich, they claim it would cost around $650 million to provide 13.6 miles of rail service.
I propose it can be 3x the length and cost $140 million to do.
I propose it can be 3x the length and cost $140 million to do.
December 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is the future I in particular want.
Art.
"It’s been twenty-five years since that night in Cambridge. Since Will told me in fifty years I’d realize I shouldn’t try to impress girls with knowledge of colonial agrarian economies and that I wasted $150,000. That was pretty heavy!"
I’m the Ponytail Guy from Good Will Hunting, and I Can’t Enjoy Fries Anymore
Honestly, I don’t know to whom this letter is directed. God? Harvard? (I’m taking a deep, strengthening breath here) Will Hunting himself? My emplo...
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Art.
Cannot wait for AG Lina Kahn to have access to the panopticon DOGE built, so she can use it to disassemble the tech broligarchy.
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Cannot wait for AG Lina Kahn to have access to the panopticon DOGE built, so she can use it to disassemble the tech broligarchy.
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When I buy a powerball ticket, I don’t expect to win, but I’m willing to pay 2 bucks for a pleasant fantasy.
There are other pleasant fantasies that don’t cost a penny.
There are other pleasant fantasies that don’t cost a penny.
December 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When I buy a powerball ticket, I don’t expect to win, but I’m willing to pay 2 bucks for a pleasant fantasy.
There are other pleasant fantasies that don’t cost a penny.
There are other pleasant fantasies that don’t cost a penny.
Putin is speaking to an audience of one short-fingered vulgarian.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Putin is speaking to an audience of one short-fingered vulgarian.
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Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
Love this country.
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Love this country.
Your reminder that under the GOP, support for European white nationalism is American policy.
Right, here, waiting: Europe’s populists on the rise
Also on the daily podcast: a tribute to Frank Gehry, a trailblazing architect
www.economist.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Your reminder that under the GOP, support for European white nationalism is American policy.
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21. The subscription link is still being repaired. Meanwhile, here's the tip jar. May I suggest $10? All tips go to Christmas shopping for a teenaged girl. Lord help me!
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December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
21. The subscription link is still being repaired. Meanwhile, here's the tip jar. May I suggest $10? All tips go to Christmas shopping for a teenaged girl. Lord help me!
account.venmo.com/u/John-Stoeh...
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Thread.
11. I have the expertise to choose between coffee shops, but I do not have the expertise to choose between heart surgeons. Do you? Of course not. To suggest otherwise is stupid. (Anyway, you know how far $1,500 would go?)
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thread.
HUD gonna decide that prohibiting redlining was discrimination against white people, probably.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday that it was opening an investigation into housing policies in Boston, scrutinizing whether the city discriminated against white people.
HUD Accuses Boston of Racial Discrimination in Housing Policies
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating whether the city’s focus on affordable housing for people of color violated federal law.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
HUD gonna decide that prohibiting redlining was discrimination against white people, probably.
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For the umpteenth time since at least Watergate, there are going to be no actual legal, personal, or professional consequences for the lawless authoritarianism from the GOP. It’s the signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics & why all the awful & illegal things keep happening again & again & again.
Aside from how he's wrong right now on the history, process, strategy, and merits, this is Jeffries heavily signaling that even when they're in the majority, he'll oppose any impeachment that doesn't first get slow-walked in needless committee dithering for as long as he can delay it there.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
For the umpteenth time since at least Watergate, there are going to be no actual legal, personal, or professional consequences for the lawless authoritarianism from the GOP. It’s the signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics & why all the awful & illegal things keep happening again & again & again.
Thread, but especially this.
Democracy, regardless of John Roberts’ terrible jurisprudence, is one person, one vote.
We don’t need billionaires to have nice things.
Democracy, regardless of John Roberts’ terrible jurisprudence, is one person, one vote.
We don’t need billionaires to have nice things.
Being rich because you are good at math, trading, programming, whatever doesn't make you an expert in anything else on the planet. Elon Musk and Mark Cuban's opinions on policy shouldn't mean any more than anyone else's. They should not have extra influence in the political sphere. 2/3
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thread, but especially this.
Democracy, regardless of John Roberts’ terrible jurisprudence, is one person, one vote.
We don’t need billionaires to have nice things.
Democracy, regardless of John Roberts’ terrible jurisprudence, is one person, one vote.
We don’t need billionaires to have nice things.
Still looking for the 11,000 votes.
🚨BREAKING: According to the new lawsuit filed Friday, the DOJ is demanding “all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Major Escalation, Trump DOJ Sues Fulton County, Georgia for 2020 Ballots
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Still looking for the 11,000 votes.
Someone should ask Trump about this.
After a peace accord signing in Washington, the costs of #Congo’s war are mounting – Rwandan-backed #M23militia seizes Uvira and 200,000 people flee. But plans to bolt the Kivus onto the Lobito Corridor and US‑backed copper‑cobalt ventures move ahead.
africa-conf.com/trumps-peace...
africa-conf.com/trumps-peace...
Trump’s peace deal unravels as M23 seizes strategic eastern city
Hopes for an historic reset linking security to a US-backed minerals and infrastructure deal have been overshadowed by fresh fighting displacing 200,000 people
africa-conf.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Someone should ask Trump about this.
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Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
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I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That should be a career ending act of corruption
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
So, she chooses to identify as a mother?
Great, I respect that for her.
Great, I respect that for her.
Ana Kasparian claims the left turned on her over her opposition to being called a "birthing person".
Ana Kasparian: "I don't have kids, I don't want to have kids, and I don't want to be called a 'birthing person', I find it super insulting."
Ana Kasparian: "I don't have kids, I don't want to have kids, and I don't want to be called a 'birthing person', I find it super insulting."
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So, she chooses to identify as a mother?
Great, I respect that for her.
Great, I respect that for her.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
You know Jared is dying to call himself “Prince”
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
You know Jared is dying to call himself “Prince”
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I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Early Letterman was completely unhinged and glorious
Take Joan Jett. They play “Roadrunner”, and then do the interview. Takeaways:
- She gives a shout out to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, so props to her for being both legend and fan
- house band does Sabbath on the outro
- dial phone
Take Joan Jett. They play “Roadrunner”, and then do the interview. Takeaways:
- She gives a shout out to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, so props to her for being both legend and fan
- house band does Sabbath on the outro
- dial phone
Letterman | Joan Jett | Roadrunner | 1987
YouTube video by STEVE HEROLD
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Early Letterman was completely unhinged and glorious
Take Joan Jett. They play “Roadrunner”, and then do the interview. Takeaways:
- She gives a shout out to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, so props to her for being both legend and fan
- house band does Sabbath on the outro
- dial phone
Take Joan Jett. They play “Roadrunner”, and then do the interview. Takeaways:
- She gives a shout out to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, so props to her for being both legend and fan
- house band does Sabbath on the outro
- dial phone
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so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
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Adolf Eichman was a mediocre man who was elevated by Hitler into a major role deporting Jews to their deaths. He would have been a nobody without the Nazi party. He was tried and hung in Israel.
Where would Miller be without Trump.
#USDemocracy
Where would Miller be without Trump.
#USDemocracy
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Adolf Eichman was a mediocre man who was elevated by Hitler into a major role deporting Jews to their deaths. He would have been a nobody without the Nazi party. He was tried and hung in Israel.
Where would Miller be without Trump.
#USDemocracy
Where would Miller be without Trump.
#USDemocracy
Losers gonna lose.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Losers gonna lose.