Adam Rogers
@jetjocko.bsky.social
Journalist and author. Ex-Business Insider, ex-Wired. Hosted a podcast about an Alien TV show. Wrote a book about booze and a book about colors.
Signal: @jetjocko.15
https://adam-rogers.net
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https://adam-rogers.net
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Adam Rogers
@jetjocko.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Here’s my booze book:
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And here’s my color book:
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bookshop.org/p/books/proo...
And here’s my color book:
bookshop.org/p/books/full...
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I genuinely think this is my favorite Star Trek model I've ever built.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I genuinely think this is my favorite Star Trek model I've ever built.
Usually this is the kind of thing you’d see on Twitter, or as they now call it, Ten dot com.
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Usually this is the kind of thing you’d see on Twitter, or as they now call it, Ten dot com.
Escar-gotten
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Escar-gotten
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Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
Brussels sprouts grow upright on a tough, woody stem. This picture is a partly mechanized harvest, but a crew of workers used machetes to cut off the stalks in the field, while another worker trims off the leaves as he feeds the stalks into the machine. It's grueling work especially when it is hot.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
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May seem like a strange day to post this story, but I find it oddly uplifting. I think it’s actually a good thing that we’ve reached this level of clarity with and from our corporate overlords. It’s better not to pretend.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
May seem like a strange day to post this story, but I find it oddly uplifting. I think it’s actually a good thing that we’ve reached this level of clarity with and from our corporate overlords. It’s better not to pretend.
K’chain che’malle had feathers!
happy thanksgiving from therizinosaurus, the forbidden turkey 🦃 therizinosaurus was a pot-bellied, 5-tonne herbivore from late cretaceous mongolia, best-known for the scythe-like claws on its hands
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
K’chain che’malle had feathers!
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
What the
Personally, I think it's a bad thing when people in the government post AI images without disclosing that they're AI.
Image on the left is something RFK Jr. posted today. Image on the right is a photo from 2024.
Image on the left is something RFK Jr. posted today. Image on the right is a photo from 2024.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What the
No, bro, let’s go. Try to sell something to me. Let’s see what happens.
Oh, it’s because we’re super truculent.
Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No, bro, let’s go. Try to sell something to me. Let’s see what happens.
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Now that I’m on the other side of some of the wealth transfer stuff, I am not just going to spend money on random shit. Anyone who didn’t already get my respect by now probably isn’t getting my money either. Real “GenX does not forget what you did” grudges. I’m not sure how you’d even market to us.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Now that I’m on the other side of some of the wealth transfer stuff, I am not just going to spend money on random shit. Anyone who didn’t already get my respect by now probably isn’t getting my money either. Real “GenX does not forget what you did” grudges. I’m not sure how you’d even market to us.
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Oh, it’s because we’re super truculent.
Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oh, it’s because we’re super truculent.
Whaddaya think’s in the burgers?
I remember seeing You Can't Do That On Television as a kid and I still don't understand how any of that happened
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Whaddaya think’s in the burgers?
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See also the UK's Channel 4.
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
See also the UK's Channel 4.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
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PJM is the regional grid serving 67 million customers in 13 states
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
PJM is the regional grid serving 67 million customers in 13 states
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Looking for good news, I found this:
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Looking for good news, I found this:
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just when you think this can’t get better it keeps getting better.
A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
scim.ag
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just when you think this can’t get better it keeps getting better.
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Also you’re telling me that in addition to a Nuzzi and a Lizza, there’s an Izzy?
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Also you’re telling me that in addition to a Nuzzi and a Lizza, there’s an Izzy?
Soooooo a decimated media ecosystem that requires individual reporters to be their own publishers, editors, and distributors and forces us all to fight for the same shrinking pool of people willing to pay…well. It’s gonna reward some really bad actors.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Soooooo a decimated media ecosystem that requires individual reporters to be their own publishers, editors, and distributors and forces us all to fight for the same shrinking pool of people willing to pay…well. It’s gonna reward some really bad actors.
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If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.