Jonathan Speights
@jspeights.bsky.social
Orphaned signifier. He/him.
Pinned
Jack in the box commercial 2009
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What's your favorite noise?
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Rhetorical pareidolia.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rhetorical pareidolia.
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Yall we have to learn to like stuff again. And look for what we like
Curation and actual care and interest is the only thing that’s gonna save us
Curation and actual care and interest is the only thing that’s gonna save us
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yall we have to learn to like stuff again. And look for what we like
Curation and actual care and interest is the only thing that’s gonna save us
Curation and actual care and interest is the only thing that’s gonna save us
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
4K when Kathryn Bigelow?
share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
4K when Kathryn Bigelow?
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This bodes very well for Seattle. Looking forward to seeing what Mayor-Elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social digs into first.
Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This bodes very well for Seattle. Looking forward to seeing what Mayor-Elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social digs into first.
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You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it, Charlie Brown.
The World You Live In Is Just a Sugar-Coated Topping, Charlie Brown
Now go home and get your fucken’ shinebox, Charlie Brown...
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it, Charlie Brown.
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We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
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VIDEO: Seattle Starbucks workers are on strike right now, trying to achieve their first contract to secure a living wage, proper staffing and good working conditions.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
VIDEO: Seattle Starbucks workers are on strike right now, trying to achieve their first contract to secure a living wage, proper staffing and good working conditions.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
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Glory to the moms who do this.
My mom said from Raleigh that people there were squaded up against ICE & ICE is leaving Raleigh & Durham tomorrow. She said there were trainings at churches for ICE watch & all kinds of things. She said "these are our people & ICE is not welcome." Alright mommy!
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Glory to the moms who do this.
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my other favorite thing is how meta keeps asking me over and over if i want to create a cartoon version of a selfie of me in the hospital
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
my other favorite thing is how meta keeps asking me over and over if i want to create a cartoon version of a selfie of me in the hospital
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Hot tip for whistle warriors:
Call around to multiple UPS stores in your area and ask about printing costs for single-sided black and white. Some stores have great deals ($0.08 per sheet!), others not so much ($0.30 per).
Btw this is what 1,000 zines looks like
Call around to multiple UPS stores in your area and ask about printing costs for single-sided black and white. Some stores have great deals ($0.08 per sheet!), others not so much ($0.30 per).
Btw this is what 1,000 zines looks like
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hot tip for whistle warriors:
Call around to multiple UPS stores in your area and ask about printing costs for single-sided black and white. Some stores have great deals ($0.08 per sheet!), others not so much ($0.30 per).
Btw this is what 1,000 zines looks like
Call around to multiple UPS stores in your area and ask about printing costs for single-sided black and white. Some stores have great deals ($0.08 per sheet!), others not so much ($0.30 per).
Btw this is what 1,000 zines looks like
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Eating your seed corn.
WARN filings expose 4.7k of Amazon's 14k cuts last month. 500 PMs were laid off while engineers (1,800 laid off) were hit hardest, mostly SDE IIs which refutes the "management bloat" narrative.
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
Amazon cut more than 1,800 engineers in record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster
Nearly 40% of the roughly 4,700 positions Amazon eliminated across Washington, New York, New Jersey and California were engineering jobs.
www.cnbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Eating your seed corn.
There have been reports of ICE activity around the Seattle area including Shoreline, Tukwila, 135th and Aurora, and more.
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Whistle Up | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There have been reports of ICE activity around the Seattle area including Shoreline, Tukwila, 135th and Aurora, and more.
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Shout out to the guy on a Lime scooter riding against traffic and running a red light on one of the busiest transit corridors in the country.
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Shout out to the guy on a Lime scooter riding against traffic and running a red light on one of the busiest transit corridors in the country.
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The most tragic part of this disaster of a news article page is the initial pop-up asking me to pay for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The most tragic part of this disaster of a news article page is the initial pop-up asking me to pay for it.
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Coming soon to a business near you! These beauties are all available for adoption at Common Power on Friday 11/21.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Coming soon to a business near you! These beauties are all available for adoption at Common Power on Friday 11/21.
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
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I’m disgusted.
All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m disgusted.
My brain wants “orthobros” to be about orthodontics.
“Do you even Invisalign, bro?”
“Do you even Invisalign, bro?”
Very good New York Times reporting on the influx of converts into the Orthodox Church and the rise of "Orthobros." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
My brain wants “orthobros” to be about orthodontics.
“Do you even Invisalign, bro?”
“Do you even Invisalign, bro?”
“floored”
I see what you did there. 🥁
I see what you did there. 🥁
so at tonight's single stair and code talk, @stephenjacobsmith.com brought the good stuff. people were floored.
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
“floored”
I see what you did there. 🥁
I see what you did there. 🥁
Coaches should have cowcatchers and it should be legal for drivers to use them to clear bus stops with cars parked in them. Even if they have their hazards on.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Coaches should have cowcatchers and it should be legal for drivers to use them to clear bus stops with cars parked in them. Even if they have their hazards on.
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I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
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had one of those really fun conversations with a stakeholder when they referred to the users having challenges with a (really, really shitty in every possible sense) product as “fucking idiots” and yeah I’m quitting this fucking project. Anyone got a freelance gig for me?
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
had one of those really fun conversations with a stakeholder when they referred to the users having challenges with a (really, really shitty in every possible sense) product as “fucking idiots” and yeah I’m quitting this fucking project. Anyone got a freelance gig for me?