Chris Jones
@fivebfive.bsky.social
Community builder. Care about climate change, public health, books, poker, and Twolves.
Orgs: Loft Lit, Rec.Poker
#ThisIsNotNormal
Orgs: Loft Lit, Rec.Poker
#ThisIsNotNormal
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"You can't fold, I haven't even dealt yet" -- dealer to Chuck Schumer at a poker game
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"You can't fold, I haven't even dealt yet" -- dealer to Chuck Schumer at a poker game
That this only happens in one direction is telling. In the history of the media, has anyone ever been forced to resign for being too biased against the left? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC bias row: how a week of hostile headlines from rightwing media led to resignations
Rightwing media have published a series of attacks on the corporation after a memo from a former BBC adviser critical of its output
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That this only happens in one direction is telling. In the history of the media, has anyone ever been forced to resign for being too biased against the left? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Every once in a while, the internet will remind you what it was made for.
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every once in a while, the internet will remind you what it was made for.
Million frog march!
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Million frog march!
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“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
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The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
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oh fuck yes now we are cooking
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
ino.to
October 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
oh fuck yes now we are cooking
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
McSweeney’s can skewer like nothing else.
"'The Snacks Are Gone' opens as a breezy workplace comedy featuring Tilly Norwood as Heather, a young publicist with a turbulent romantic life, assigned to manage the account for a snack product labeled 'buffalo rings.'"
AI-Generated Reviews of AI-Generated Actor’s Tilly Norwood’s AI-Generated Movies
“An ‘AI actor’ named Tilly Norwood has been causing a stir after its Dutch creators said the synthetic performer is in talks with talent agencies.”...
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
McSweeney’s can skewer like nothing else.
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He didn’t end 7 wars or win 2024 by a landslide.
There is no war in Portland.
Tariffs don’t build strong economies.
Vaccines save lives.
Tylenol is safe in pregnancy.
Crime is not skyrocketing.
Facts are not partisan.
The only thing unhinged is his grip on reality and the danger is real.
There is no war in Portland.
Tariffs don’t build strong economies.
Vaccines save lives.
Tylenol is safe in pregnancy.
Crime is not skyrocketing.
Facts are not partisan.
The only thing unhinged is his grip on reality and the danger is real.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
He didn’t end 7 wars or win 2024 by a landslide.
There is no war in Portland.
Tariffs don’t build strong economies.
Vaccines save lives.
Tylenol is safe in pregnancy.
Crime is not skyrocketing.
Facts are not partisan.
The only thing unhinged is his grip on reality and the danger is real.
There is no war in Portland.
Tariffs don’t build strong economies.
Vaccines save lives.
Tylenol is safe in pregnancy.
Crime is not skyrocketing.
Facts are not partisan.
The only thing unhinged is his grip on reality and the danger is real.
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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If a social media addicted billionaire says “The left is the party murder,” it’s an indisputable fact.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf. If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If a social media addicted billionaire says “The left is the party murder,” it’s an indisputable fact.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
The people who belly-ached for a decade about cancel culture sure are cancelling a lot of culture.
September 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The people who belly-ached for a decade about cancel culture sure are cancelling a lot of culture.
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Kirk's murder is the latest attempt to establish a Reichstag fire in the US.
Will this attempt succeed?
Will this attempt succeed?
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Kirk's murder is the latest attempt to establish a Reichstag fire in the US.
Will this attempt succeed?
Will this attempt succeed?
“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this”
September 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this”