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!
The Congressman from Connecticut is right.
The steadiest of US habits should be compassion to those in need upon the sea.
The steadiest of US habits should be compassion to those in need upon the sea.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Congressman from Connecticut is right.
The steadiest of US habits should be compassion to those in need upon the sea.
The steadiest of US habits should be compassion to those in need upon the sea.
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he sees little risk in open expressions of racism because a significant portion of the elite -- above all on the right but far from exclusively on the right -- lacks the courage and self-respect to enforce now-fraying norms that took a much time and a long, slow struggle to establish
Trump calling Somali immigrants “garbage” shows that he sees little risk in open expressions of racism, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
he sees little risk in open expressions of racism because a significant portion of the elite -- above all on the right but far from exclusively on the right -- lacks the courage and self-respect to enforce now-fraying norms that took a much time and a long, slow struggle to establish
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The National Security strategy could have saved everyone a lot of time if they’d just published the 14 words instead because that’s what it amounts to.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The National Security strategy could have saved everyone a lot of time if they’d just published the 14 words instead because that’s what it amounts to.
Train Songs is today’s Bluesky horny on main.
'Please don't miss this train at the station
'cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you'
- 'Love Train' by The O'Jays (1972)
- 📷 Grantham, England, 1961, taken by Jack Ray
'cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you'
- 'Love Train' by The O'Jays (1972)
- 📷 Grantham, England, 1961, taken by Jack Ray
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Train Songs is today’s Bluesky horny on main.
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A huge part of how erratic and disjointed they all are is that they’re all constantly rotating through a nonstop list of untested, unverified drugs and supplements of dubious origin and unknown effect. It boggles my mind that this isn’t mentioned in every single story about them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A huge part of how erratic and disjointed they all are is that they’re all constantly rotating through a nonstop list of untested, unverified drugs and supplements of dubious origin and unknown effect. It boggles my mind that this isn’t mentioned in every single story about them.
“Trump Administration plans to break the law. John Roberts, Mike Johnson respond ‘Sure, whatever, yolo’”
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Trump Administration plans to break the law. John Roberts, Mike Johnson respond ‘Sure, whatever, yolo’”
Tech bros are bad at tech, actually.
Meta Platforms is planning cuts to the metaverse—an arena Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company—and will shift spending to AI wearables.
Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse
Zuckerberg’s bet on immersive online worlds has lost the company more than $77 billion since 2020.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Tech bros are bad at tech, actually.
"Fuck those scheming foreigners, whale oil is real industry what built New England and we'll keep using it forever!!!"
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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The doc is all about closing the US, yet it says that “openness” is what differentiates it internationally.
It wants to rebalance markets, criticises globalisation, yet says that “free market capitalism” will “continue to make us the global partner of first choice.”
It wants to rebalance markets, criticises globalisation, yet says that “free market capitalism” will “continue to make us the global partner of first choice.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The doc is all about closing the US, yet it says that “openness” is what differentiates it internationally.
It wants to rebalance markets, criticises globalisation, yet says that “free market capitalism” will “continue to make us the global partner of first choice.”
It wants to rebalance markets, criticises globalisation, yet says that “free market capitalism” will “continue to make us the global partner of first choice.”
Excellent European perspective on the new US National Security Strategy.
This jumped out to me, too, when I read it last night: America First is America Alone, and all the soft power we enjoy, including the dominance of the dollar, is undermined by everything in the document.
This jumped out to me, too, when I read it last night: America First is America Alone, and all the soft power we enjoy, including the dominance of the dollar, is undermined by everything in the document.
There is one striking incoherence in the text: the document is all about America first.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Excellent European perspective on the new US National Security Strategy.
This jumped out to me, too, when I read it last night: America First is America Alone, and all the soft power we enjoy, including the dominance of the dollar, is undermined by everything in the document.
This jumped out to me, too, when I read it last night: America First is America Alone, and all the soft power we enjoy, including the dominance of the dollar, is undermined by everything in the document.
The future Trump and American billionaires have written.
Been evident for a long time that Europe needs to pivot towards China and away from these lecturing, ethnonationalist clowns
Let them destroy their own society/economy with crypto, AI, & gambling markets & focus on becoming a welcoming green super power with strong internal food & energy security
Let them destroy their own society/economy with crypto, AI, & gambling markets & focus on becoming a welcoming green super power with strong internal food & energy security
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The future Trump and American billionaires have written.
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Also google seems to be creating slop titles for search results now, how cool!!!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Also google seems to be creating slop titles for search results now, how cool!!!!!!
Until the Democrats retake Congress and put in leadership with some spine, the Trump Administration is going to continue to ignore the law, especially on appropriations.
NEW: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has loudly defended President Donald Trump’s withholding billions of dollars in congressionally approved federal funding.
But as a House member, Duffy took a drastically different position on presidential power.
But as a House member, Duffy took a drastically different position on presidential power.
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.
As a congressman, Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those same arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation funding.
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Until the Democrats retake Congress and put in leadership with some spine, the Trump Administration is going to continue to ignore the law, especially on appropriations.
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This is insane. The US is basically Hungary, a Russian vassal
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This is insane. The US is basically Hungary, a Russian vassal
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Gutter racism as national policy.
I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Gutter racism as national policy.
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🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
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Given the first Aubrey book was published in 1969 it's clear Aubrey is a bulky Kirk
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Given the first Aubrey book was published in 1969 it's clear Aubrey is a bulky Kirk
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
14F is a ridiculous temperature
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
14F is a ridiculous temperature
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"Russia would never attack Ireland" -people in my mentions four days ago
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Russia would never attack Ireland" -people in my mentions four days ago
Over The Hedge, welcome to the Revolution.
Over the Hedge by Michael Fry & T Lewis for December 4, 2025 | GoComics
Read Over the Hedge—a comic strip by creator Michael Fry & T Lewis—for today, December 4, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Over The Hedge, welcome to the Revolution.
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We need to expand the Supreme court and enact age/term limits!
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We need to expand the Supreme court and enact age/term limits!
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It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.