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!
It might be the dead of winter, but there's 25 days of Tour de France in December this year!
(Yes, I'm struggling with the dark in the northern hemisphere)
(Yes, I'm struggling with the dark in the northern hemisphere)
The Tour de France Club Advent Calendar is back ! - Tour de France 2026
Starting today and for the next 24 days, the Tour de France Club is giving you the chance to win exclusive gifts! Try to win a new prize every day by taking par
www.letour.fr
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It might be the dead of winter, but there's 25 days of Tour de France in December this year!
(Yes, I'm struggling with the dark in the northern hemisphere)
(Yes, I'm struggling with the dark in the northern hemisphere)
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Everyone is reading this kinda wrong.
This is the WH recognizing things are getting out of hand and they're trying really hard to damage control. It's probably the first honest to god time I've seen this administration do this.
This is the WH recognizing things are getting out of hand and they're trying really hard to damage control. It's probably the first honest to god time I've seen this administration do this.
Quoting “officials” is an excuse to lie for Trump and everyone at the NYT knows that.
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Everyone is reading this kinda wrong.
This is the WH recognizing things are getting out of hand and they're trying really hard to damage control. It's probably the first honest to god time I've seen this administration do this.
This is the WH recognizing things are getting out of hand and they're trying really hard to damage control. It's probably the first honest to god time I've seen this administration do this.
A Jony, Kit, and Ian Friday pod is exactly what @escapecollective.bsky.social members want, @caleyfretz.bsky.social
(Also, Rabbit Holes this week was amazing)
(Also, Rabbit Holes this week was amazing)
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A Jony, Kit, and Ian Friday pod is exactly what @escapecollective.bsky.social members want, @caleyfretz.bsky.social
(Also, Rabbit Holes this week was amazing)
(Also, Rabbit Holes this week was amazing)
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This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m Bill Murray.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m Bill Murray.
Ukraine could do the funniest thing and splice these genes into iguanas and then unleash Godzilla on Moscow.
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ukraine could do the funniest thing and splice these genes into iguanas and then unleash Godzilla on Moscow.
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If you believe a president who pardons drug dealers is fighting a war on drugs I don’t know how to help you…
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you believe a president who pardons drug dealers is fighting a war on drugs I don’t know how to help you…
Has she stopped wearing the giant cross?
Maybe the burning got too intense?
Maybe the burning got too intense?
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Has she stopped wearing the giant cross?
Maybe the burning got too intense?
Maybe the burning got too intense?
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
Lift
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The
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After the chaos Trump and Musk unleashed, next year could be a make-or-break year for Social Security.
We need every member of Congress to stay laser-focused on protecting and expanding our Social Security system.
We need every member of Congress to stay laser-focused on protecting and expanding our Social Security system.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Lift
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The
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and regardless of how someone contracted the virus, our society has long treated them with abject cruelty (even today there's ridiculous amounts of disinfo about HIV/AIDS that a lot of people still believe)
Remembering Ryan White, the teen who fought against the stigma of AIDS
Today we celebrate one of the great heroes in the war against AIDS: a brave young man named Ryan White. He was only 18 when he died of the disease on April 8, 1990.
www.pbs.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
and regardless of how someone contracted the virus, our society has long treated them with abject cruelty (even today there's ridiculous amounts of disinfo about HIV/AIDS that a lot of people still believe)
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also importantly: harm reduction wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for marginalized & directly impacted groups finding ways to take care of each other the best they could while being left to die during the initial years of the AIDS crisis; public health nerds came in later which gave this validity
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
also importantly: harm reduction wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for marginalized & directly impacted groups finding ways to take care of each other the best they could while being left to die during the initial years of the AIDS crisis; public health nerds came in later which gave this validity
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there's a lot that isn't widely taught about the history of HIV/AIDS (especially in the united states) & it's a damn shame
the people of the populations seen as "disposable" or less valuable have save millions of lives through their ingenuity & in principles of mutual aid
the people of the populations seen as "disposable" or less valuable have save millions of lives through their ingenuity & in principles of mutual aid
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
there's a lot that isn't widely taught about the history of HIV/AIDS (especially in the united states) & it's a damn shame
the people of the populations seen as "disposable" or less valuable have save millions of lives through their ingenuity & in principles of mutual aid
the people of the populations seen as "disposable" or less valuable have save millions of lives through their ingenuity & in principles of mutual aid
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today is the first time since 1988 that the united states is not observing world AIDS day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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/ UPDATED SNOWTOTES MAP ISSUED 20251201 1723
/ BOSTON U GOT ALL GASSED UP 4 SUM SNOWBLOBS
/ SORRY 2 DISAPPOINT
/ BUT THAT RAINBLOB SNOWBLOB SNAINBLOB TENDRIL IS JUST GOING 2 BE 2 FAR INLAND AFTER ALL
/ HOWEVER
/ IT WILL BE 10 DEGREES THURSNITE/FRIMORN
/ BOSTON U GOT ALL GASSED UP 4 SUM SNOWBLOBS
/ SORRY 2 DISAPPOINT
/ BUT THAT RAINBLOB SNOWBLOB SNAINBLOB TENDRIL IS JUST GOING 2 BE 2 FAR INLAND AFTER ALL
/ HOWEVER
/ IT WILL BE 10 DEGREES THURSNITE/FRIMORN
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
/ UPDATED SNOWTOTES MAP ISSUED 20251201 1723
/ BOSTON U GOT ALL GASSED UP 4 SUM SNOWBLOBS
/ SORRY 2 DISAPPOINT
/ BUT THAT RAINBLOB SNOWBLOB SNAINBLOB TENDRIL IS JUST GOING 2 BE 2 FAR INLAND AFTER ALL
/ HOWEVER
/ IT WILL BE 10 DEGREES THURSNITE/FRIMORN
/ BOSTON U GOT ALL GASSED UP 4 SUM SNOWBLOBS
/ SORRY 2 DISAPPOINT
/ BUT THAT RAINBLOB SNOWBLOB SNAINBLOB TENDRIL IS JUST GOING 2 BE 2 FAR INLAND AFTER ALL
/ HOWEVER
/ IT WILL BE 10 DEGREES THURSNITE/FRIMORN
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This sure sounds like another way to make it even harder for Americans to get the benefits they've earned.
I will not stop fighting to protect Social Security.
I will not stop fighting to protect Social Security.
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This sure sounds like another way to make it even harder for Americans to get the benefits they've earned.
I will not stop fighting to protect Social Security.
I will not stop fighting to protect Social Security.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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I'd just like some leadership please. Any.
Bueller? Bueller?
Bueller? Bueller?
I do not want cultural leadership from politicians
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'd just like some leadership please. Any.
Bueller? Bueller?
Bueller? Bueller?
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New Yorkers kept telling me the same thing: they’re thinking of leaving because they can’t afford to raise their kids here. Universal childcare isn’t just a promise — it’s how we make this a city for everyone.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New Yorkers kept telling me the same thing: they’re thinking of leaving because they can’t afford to raise their kids here. Universal childcare isn’t just a promise — it’s how we make this a city for everyone.
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It’s not a stretch to say that my former political party is now firmly pro-Russia/pro-Putin. Not a stretch at all. It’s traitorous, but it’s true. Look, the leader of my former political party works for Putin. He’s on Putin’s side. Always has been. And the party has followed him.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s not a stretch to say that my former political party is now firmly pro-Russia/pro-Putin. Not a stretch at all. It’s traitorous, but it’s true. Look, the leader of my former political party works for Putin. He’s on Putin’s side. Always has been. And the party has followed him.
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A serving officer being set up to take the fall for a civilian. Yes, no danger there.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A serving officer being set up to take the fall for a civilian. Yes, no danger there.
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Unelected dopes (Miller and the dude from Heritage) remaking the country, and Mike Johnson can’t be assed to work longer than a couple days at a time.
Unelected dopes (Miller and the dude from Heritage) remaking the country, and Mike Johnson can’t be assed to work longer than a couple days at a time.
it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Unelected dopes (Miller and the dude from Heritage) remaking the country, and Mike Johnson can’t be assed to work longer than a couple days at a time.
Unelected dopes (Miller and the dude from Heritage) remaking the country, and Mike Johnson can’t be assed to work longer than a couple days at a time.
China was in favor, and the Russian Federation had the good sense to abstain.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
China was in favor, and the Russian Federation had the good sense to abstain.
Fortunately, they’ve got the ear of the Dope-In-Chief and his Secretary of the Bailout, er, Treasury.
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fortunately, they’ve got the ear of the Dope-In-Chief and his Secretary of the Bailout, er, Treasury.