Bill Jank
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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!
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Sen. Sanders and Rep. Talib have the right idea; they just need to bump up the additional corporate tax by 10x.
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sen. Sanders and Rep. Talib have the right idea; they just need to bump up the additional corporate tax by 10x.
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
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a lot of this shit might make more sense if trump were going to live another decade or two in power, but he isn't going to. these people are all behaving as if trump at 79 years old is putin when he was 48 years old, and that there'll never be any negative consequences.
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
a lot of this shit might make more sense if trump were going to live another decade or two in power, but he isn't going to. these people are all behaving as if trump at 79 years old is putin when he was 48 years old, and that there'll never be any negative consequences.
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it took putin many, many years to consolidate the power he currently has, trump just doesn't have that kind of time, and everyone knows it.
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
it took putin many, many years to consolidate the power he currently has, trump just doesn't have that kind of time, and everyone knows it.
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TXAG Paxton is abusing the power of his office to harass and eliminate organizations he doesn’t like. Often just for show.
#Texans
This is why the AG’s election is so important. Chip Roy would be worse.
Learn about AG & who is running. Avoid this hell
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#Texans
This is why the AG’s election is so important. Chip Roy would be worse.
Learn about AG & who is running. Avoid this hell
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Paxton’s war on nonprofits gets court approval
Courts have said that the attorney general can use a 100-year-old law to demand entities’ internal records and sue to shut them down if he believes they’re violating the law.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TXAG Paxton is abusing the power of his office to harass and eliminate organizations he doesn’t like. Often just for show.
#Texans
This is why the AG’s election is so important. Chip Roy would be worse.
Learn about AG & who is running. Avoid this hell
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Texans
This is why the AG’s election is so important. Chip Roy would be worse.
Learn about AG & who is running. Avoid this hell
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
A Yuletide gift from @sponglr.bsky.social and his excellent “One By Willie” podcast.
Can’t wait to give it a spin.
Can’t wait to give it a spin.
One by Willie
With the holiday season in full effect, we’re reaching back to OBW’s earliest days to re-up this Nov 2020 episode with Lumineer Wesley Schultz on Willie’s initial contribution to the holiday canon, “P...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A Yuletide gift from @sponglr.bsky.social and his excellent “One By Willie” podcast.
Can’t wait to give it a spin.
Can’t wait to give it a spin.
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(2) seems to be an even more dubious point than (1). first because agencies are shaped by congress as well as executive appointments, and second because the agency rule-making process is more transparent and democratic than top-down decrees from political appointees
The theory of the unitary executive is that (1) the constitution requires it and (2) you get democratic accountability through presidential control through the power to remove agency heads. (1) is dubious (2) seems ridiculous at the present moment.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
(2) seems to be an even more dubious point than (1). first because agencies are shaped by congress as well as executive appointments, and second because the agency rule-making process is more transparent and democratic than top-down decrees from political appointees
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I know it’s a point so obvious it shouldn’t need making, but: the Founders made Congress Article I, not the executive branch. Congress makes the laws, the executive branch … executes them faithfully, in service to Congress.
They could have started with the executive, but they didn’t.
They could have started with the executive, but they didn’t.
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I know it’s a point so obvious it shouldn’t need making, but: the Founders made Congress Article I, not the executive branch. Congress makes the laws, the executive branch … executes them faithfully, in service to Congress.
They could have started with the executive, but they didn’t.
They could have started with the executive, but they didn’t.
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"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
Sovereignty For Me, None For Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
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This is gorgeous and — I’m very deep into the BSG book I’m writing so — it also reminds me of the Mandala that Kara Thrace painted & saw many times in Battlestar Galactica. (all this has happened before etc etc)
Map of the heavens, featuring the Zodiac and the mansions of the Moon, by the Ottoman artist Ṣun'ī, from Luqmān's late 16th century universal history, Zubdat al-tawārīkh
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is gorgeous and — I’m very deep into the BSG book I’m writing so — it also reminds me of the Mandala that Kara Thrace painted & saw many times in Battlestar Galactica. (all this has happened before etc etc)
Sen. Sanders and Rep. Talib have the right idea; they just need to bump up the additional corporate tax by 10x.
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sen. Sanders and Rep. Talib have the right idea; they just need to bump up the additional corporate tax by 10x.
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
And, this needs to be partnered with laws that say that a company can’t:
1) outsource its labor to another company; or
2) declare its employees “independent contractors”
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Trump & far too many Republicans are Greed Driven Power Hungry Crooks, Seditionists, Insurrectionists, Foreign Assets, Russian Propagandists, Perverts, Predators, Pedophiles, Pedophile Protectors, Extortionists of the PEOPLE'S POWER, Cheaters, Liars, Grifters & Bad Actors! A Moral Rot from the Top!
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump & far too many Republicans are Greed Driven Power Hungry Crooks, Seditionists, Insurrectionists, Foreign Assets, Russian Propagandists, Perverts, Predators, Pedophiles, Pedophile Protectors, Extortionists of the PEOPLE'S POWER, Cheaters, Liars, Grifters & Bad Actors! A Moral Rot from the Top!
The buck? Oh, it definitely doesn’t stop here.
POLITICO: Do you believe the second strike was necessary?
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The buck? Oh, it definitely doesn’t stop here.
The Senator’s on the right side of history here.
But, honestly, I wish he’d make a judgement and stand by it instead of adopting the weak-sauce framing that got us RFK Jr and Pete Hesgeth.
But, honestly, I wish he’d make a judgement and stand by it instead of adopting the weak-sauce framing that got us RFK Jr and Pete Hesgeth.
I saw an incredibly disturbing video of the U.S. attacking survivors of a capsized boat in the Caribbean.
All of Congress and the American people deserve to see the full, unedited video of the boat strikes and make their own judgments.
All of Congress and the American people deserve to see the full, unedited video of the boat strikes and make their own judgments.
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Senator’s on the right side of history here.
But, honestly, I wish he’d make a judgement and stand by it instead of adopting the weak-sauce framing that got us RFK Jr and Pete Hesgeth.
But, honestly, I wish he’d make a judgement and stand by it instead of adopting the weak-sauce framing that got us RFK Jr and Pete Hesgeth.
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Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
I’m going to be impressed if Rand Paul re-invents unions from first principles.
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m going to be impressed if Rand Paul re-invents unions from first principles.
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Trump has pardoned huge amounts of fraud and truly heinous crimes.
In particular, he's pardoned more corrupt elected officials than any other President, and it's not particularly close.
This President is a crook through and through.
In particular, he's pardoned more corrupt elected officials than any other President, and it's not particularly close.
This President is a crook through and through.
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump has pardoned huge amounts of fraud and truly heinous crimes.
In particular, he's pardoned more corrupt elected officials than any other President, and it's not particularly close.
This President is a crook through and through.
In particular, he's pardoned more corrupt elected officials than any other President, and it's not particularly close.
This President is a crook through and through.
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Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
“Produce results” is a low bar.
I mean, multiple bankruptcies is results, technically, I guess.
I mean, multiple bankruptcies is results, technically, I guess.
-Ukraine should hold elections. They’re using war not to hold elections, Ukrainian people should have that choice.
-Zelensky will have to start “accepting things.”
-European leaders talk too much but don’t produce results.
(2/2)
-Zelensky will have to start “accepting things.”
-European leaders talk too much but don’t produce results.
(2/2)
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Produce results” is a low bar.
I mean, multiple bankruptcies is results, technically, I guess.
I mean, multiple bankruptcies is results, technically, I guess.
Turns out, the red hats were really “Make Russia Great Again”
🇺🇸🇺🇦😳 In a new interview with Politico, Donald Trump spoke sharply about Russia’s war against Ukraine, negotiations to end the conflict, and the positions of Kyiv and Moscow.
Here is a breakdown of the main points from interview 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-is-l...
Here is a breakdown of the main points from interview 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-is-l...
“Ukraine is losing because Russia is bigger” — Trump in Politico interview
In a new interview with Politico, Donald Trump spoke sharply about Russia’s war against Ukraine, negotiations to end the conflict, and the positions of Kyiv
theukrainianreview.info
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Turns out, the red hats were really “Make Russia Great Again”
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A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
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David Ellison knows what Trump wants on CNN—and he’s willing to give it.
If Paramount acquires Warner instead of Netflix and the Ellisons fulfill their promise to Trump, we could see Trump blatantly using them to shape the entire media landscape—from CNN to TikTok—in his own image. trib.al/Qmi31pW
If Paramount acquires Warner instead of Netflix and the Ellisons fulfill their promise to Trump, we could see Trump blatantly using them to shape the entire media landscape—from CNN to TikTok—in his own image. trib.al/Qmi31pW
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
David Ellison knows what Trump wants on CNN—and he’s willing to give it.
If Paramount acquires Warner instead of Netflix and the Ellisons fulfill their promise to Trump, we could see Trump blatantly using them to shape the entire media landscape—from CNN to TikTok—in his own image. trib.al/Qmi31pW
If Paramount acquires Warner instead of Netflix and the Ellisons fulfill their promise to Trump, we could see Trump blatantly using them to shape the entire media landscape—from CNN to TikTok—in his own image. trib.al/Qmi31pW
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In fairness, according to Unitary Executive theorists, _Republican_ presidents have limitless unenumerated powers. Democratic presidents have no power at all, thanks to Major Questions Doctrine, which only applies to Democratic administrations.
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In fairness, according to Unitary Executive theorists, _Republican_ presidents have limitless unenumerated powers. Democratic presidents have no power at all, thanks to Major Questions Doctrine, which only applies to Democratic administrations.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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I am once again asking that New England adopt Atlantic Standard time year round.
bernie sanders is wearing a jacket and glasses and says `` i am once again asking ''
ALT: bernie sanders is wearing a jacket and glasses and says `` i am once again asking ''
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I am once again asking that New England adopt Atlantic Standard time year round.