Jonathon M. Floyd
@jfloyd314.bsky.social
Huge BYU fan who just returned home from London. BYU grad (Political Science BA '21). QMUL (History MA '25). Latter-day Saint. Utah Jazz, RSL, Utah Mammoth. I love politics (centrist), history, sports, aviation.
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Jonathon M. Floyd
@jfloyd314.bsky.social
· Jun 26
BYU Football Analysis - Ryder Lyons and the State of the BYU Quarterback Room
There has been a lot of news out of Provo on the quarterback front recently, and I figured now was a good opportunity to distill all of my thoughts on it into one place. I'll start with the most excit...
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I don't post enough about sports on here, but if anyone wants to read a little about the BYU quarterback room, I've got you covered!
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These messages aren’t coming from Democrats. @adambonica.bsky.social did a deep dive into these texts/emails a couple of months ago. They’re coming from profit-making outfits, and very little of the money goes to the ostensible candidates. Block them all.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
These messages aren’t coming from Democrats. @adambonica.bsky.social did a deep dive into these texts/emails a couple of months ago. They’re coming from profit-making outfits, and very little of the money goes to the ostensible candidates. Block them all.
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Instead, well...
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Instead, well...
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The real problem, of course, is that what the Navy needs is focused, knowledgeable civilian leadership committed to holding it to account so that it actually develops a platform that is *cheap* and *semi-expendable* rather than stuffing it full of special requests and alterations.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The real problem, of course, is that what the Navy needs is focused, knowledgeable civilian leadership committed to holding it to account so that it actually develops a platform that is *cheap* and *semi-expendable* rather than stuffing it full of special requests and alterations.
I'm baffled by statements like this. I genuinely want to know what about BYU's fanbase makes people think this.
If you've ever interacted with the BYU fanbase you understand exactly why this happens to their teams.
this does seem to happen an awful lot, doesn't it
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I'm baffled by statements like this. I genuinely want to know what about BYU's fanbase makes people think this.
There is no reason for this kind of unhinged doomerism. The "Epstein files" are not literally a single filing cabinet full of papers. Much of the incriminating information about Trump is stored in multiple locations and formats, and the bill passed by Congress and signed by Trump
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There is no reason for this kind of unhinged doomerism. The "Epstein files" are not literally a single filing cabinet full of papers. Much of the incriminating information about Trump is stored in multiple locations and formats, and the bill passed by Congress and signed by Trump
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If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
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Please do not make me have to defend my trash country because I totally will.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Please do not make me have to defend my trash country because I totally will.
Utah is moving in this direction, and it's extremely concerning. Spencer Cox hasn't allowed the anti-judicial rhetoric to get too out of hand yet, but there are plenty of GOP legislators in Utah who would be just fine with bypassing the judiciary completely.
Pretty alarming that Republican lawmakers in Montana are no longer even pretending to respect the state supreme court as part of a co-equal branch of government
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Utah is moving in this direction, and it's extremely concerning. Spencer Cox hasn't allowed the anti-judicial rhetoric to get too out of hand yet, but there are plenty of GOP legislators in Utah who would be just fine with bypassing the judiciary completely.
And also, those "coding" norms are almost always entirely arbitrary, created by a combination of existing family/social circle biases and one's own experiences (i.e. only ever having played poker with right-wing people).
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And also, those "coding" norms are almost always entirely arbitrary, created by a combination of existing family/social circle biases and one's own experiences (i.e. only ever having played poker with right-wing people).
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I think the real alarm for the GOP is that it's *Nashville* suburbs potentially going thermonuclear, because that's exactly the kind of what southern (and also midwestern) suburb that props up their ability to be nationally competitive
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I think the real alarm for the GOP is that it's *Nashville* suburbs potentially going thermonuclear, because that's exactly the kind of what southern (and also midwestern) suburb that props up their ability to be nationally competitive
One important thing to consider here, by the way, is that even if Republicans are able to hold on to some of these seats, they're going to be expending massive resources to barely retain what should be easily winnable seats.
I mean, even if this specific race ends up R+3 or something in the end, a Trump+22 seat doing that probably means a 2026 extinction event for the GOP in general. A whole lot of "safe" seats are suddenly and chaotically in play.
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One important thing to consider here, by the way, is that even if Republicans are able to hold on to some of these seats, they're going to be expending massive resources to barely retain what should be easily winnable seats.
And because so much of the media and pundit class is just as Twitter-addicted, they tend to nod sagely at arguments that get lots of likes, even if those likes are coming from the worst people on the internet and Russian bots.
Yep, to this admin, winning arguments on Twitter is more important than serious policy making.
this administration is more twitter pilled than any previous iteration and the only reason it isn’t called out more regularly is because our top political reporters are just as mentally broken
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
And because so much of the media and pundit class is just as Twitter-addicted, they tend to nod sagely at arguments that get lots of likes, even if those likes are coming from the worst people on the internet and Russian bots.
I, for one, would love to attend this version of the Festival of Trees
Someone really made an effort to spoof the big Festival of Trees on Facebook.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I, for one, would love to attend this version of the Festival of Trees
I mean, we're starting to sniff impeachment-capable majority territory.
Just sniffing it so far, but give Trump another full year to continue making people's lives worse and doing incredibly stupid stuff, and just about anything is possible.
Just sniffing it so far, but give Trump another full year to continue making people's lives worse and doing incredibly stupid stuff, and just about anything is possible.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I mean, we're starting to sniff impeachment-capable majority territory.
Just sniffing it so far, but give Trump another full year to continue making people's lives worse and doing incredibly stupid stuff, and just about anything is possible.
Just sniffing it so far, but give Trump another full year to continue making people's lives worse and doing incredibly stupid stuff, and just about anything is possible.
There is a lot wrong with Starmer's approach to governance, but the worst thing I can say about him is that he appears not to have even the slightest understanding of what's going on around him politically. He doesn't grasp the UK's political mood at all.
Labour literally said “hey look, jury trials are being used as a serious bulwark against encroaching authoritarianism in the states. By Jove, we have to get rid of that immediately just before we’re about to be blown out by a far right authoritarian party”
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There is a lot wrong with Starmer's approach to governance, but the worst thing I can say about him is that he appears not to have even the slightest understanding of what's going on around him politically. He doesn't grasp the UK's political mood at all.
Also--and I can't stress this enough--with a friendly SCOTUS, Democrats could still prosecute Trump for plenty of his actions in office. Trump v. US didn't actually make Trump immune from prosecution, it just made the Supreme Court essentially the sole arbiter of what he could be prosecuted for!
The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Also--and I can't stress this enough--with a friendly SCOTUS, Democrats could still prosecute Trump for plenty of his actions in office. Trump v. US didn't actually make Trump immune from prosecution, it just made the Supreme Court essentially the sole arbiter of what he could be prosecuted for!
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
SCHISM! SCHISM! SCHISM!
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
SCHISM! SCHISM! SCHISM!
Between this and the Space Force logo, I have the sneaking suspicion that these people set project goals based on stuff they thought was cool in Star Trek, without actually understanding the stuff.
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Between this and the Space Force logo, I have the sneaking suspicion that these people set project goals based on stuff they thought was cool in Star Trek, without actually understanding the stuff.
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It’s estimated that at least 40% of Bluesky accounts are Weyouns
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s estimated that at least 40% of Bluesky accounts are Weyouns
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It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
It doesn't help that the internet constantly pushes a deluge of nostalgia-slop that makes it seem like everything really was more affordable "back in the day". Boomers struggled just as much in the sixties as Gen Z does now! Famously that caused some...uh...social upheaval at the time!
Feel like a lot of it is also the current youngest generation not realizing every generation was broke in their 20s. “I can’t afford a house and I never have any money.” Yeah that was me until 30 too. I don’t know anyone who was well off in their 20s unless they came from money.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It doesn't help that the internet constantly pushes a deluge of nostalgia-slop that makes it seem like everything really was more affordable "back in the day". Boomers struggled just as much in the sixties as Gen Z does now! Famously that caused some...uh...social upheaval at the time!
Sushi is racist and patriarchal, guys
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sushi is racist and patriarchal, guys
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Archetypal example is “capitalism ground me down so I quit my job and set up a small business so that I’m my own boss”. You didn’t dislike capitalism! You disliked authority!
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Archetypal example is “capitalism ground me down so I quit my job and set up a small business so that I’m my own boss”. You didn’t dislike capitalism! You disliked authority!