jack speyside
@jackspeyside.bsky.social
i am a juris doctor holding career public policy expert esp. in public sector delegated governance but i am otherwise a good ol' 'berta boy (communist) he/him or they/them is fine too
2008 turns 18 in 2 weeks
what the fuck!
what the fuck!
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
2008 turns 18 in 2 weeks
what the fuck!
what the fuck!
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NEW from me in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social. DOGE's most successful program elimination was itself, as it has reportedly closed down.
I explain why its failure to deeply slash spending was so predictable, and what that means for deficits. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/why-...
I explain why its failure to deeply slash spending was so predictable, and what that means for deficits. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/why-...
Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
There are no shortcuts to trimming the federal budget.
thedispatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW from me in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social. DOGE's most successful program elimination was itself, as it has reportedly closed down.
I explain why its failure to deeply slash spending was so predictable, and what that means for deficits. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/why-...
I explain why its failure to deeply slash spending was so predictable, and what that means for deficits. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/why-...
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going to the victims of communism memorial to put one(1) name on it (adolph hitler)
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
going to the victims of communism memorial to put one(1) name on it (adolph hitler)
it's so good this never happened. they couldnt have known in 1993 but horny female sonic wouldve eventually destroyed society.
December 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
it's so good this never happened. they couldnt have known in 1993 but horny female sonic wouldve eventually destroyed society.
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correct - entirely a skill issue.
the real way it's tilted for the 40 year old dude is he got the job with a BA and you had to get an advanced or professional degree to get the job that reports to him.
the real way it's tilted for the 40 year old dude is he got the job with a BA and you had to get an advanced or professional degree to get the job that reports to him.
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
correct - entirely a skill issue.
the real way it's tilted for the 40 year old dude is he got the job with a BA and you had to get an advanced or professional degree to get the job that reports to him.
the real way it's tilted for the 40 year old dude is he got the job with a BA and you had to get an advanced or professional degree to get the job that reports to him.
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I feel like people who believe that we live in a simulation don't have enough fun reincorporating existing conspiracy theories into that. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald exploited a unique geometry glitch you can only get by shooting the president which teleports you to the grassy knoll
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I feel like people who believe that we live in a simulation don't have enough fun reincorporating existing conspiracy theories into that. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald exploited a unique geometry glitch you can only get by shooting the president which teleports you to the grassy knoll
honestly good news. the roomba will still work and we can buy parts from the good guys now
Roomba Maker iRobot declares bankruptcy, sez it has a $3.4 mil tariff bill unpaid, it will be purchased by its main Chinese supplier to whom it owes $100m to, Shenzhen Picea Robotics.
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.
www.wglt.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
honestly good news. the roomba will still work and we can buy parts from the good guys now
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what's the weirdest christmas song. structurally.
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
what's the weirdest christmas song. structurally.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
the hero-bro shirt off shot in the movie, the actor just did a pump before shooting, he does a set in between takes.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
the hero-bro shirt off shot in the movie, the actor just did a pump before shooting, he does a set in between takes.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
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Amazing how greed turned 80 years of computer tech into this.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amazing how greed turned 80 years of computer tech into this.
its very funny for fifa to get into giving prizes for like, the benefit of humankind, when fifa's wikipedia page is dominated by the heading "Corruption" and this particular thing isnt even on there yet
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
its very funny for fifa to get into giving prizes for like, the benefit of humankind, when fifa's wikipedia page is dominated by the heading "Corruption" and this particular thing isnt even on there yet
spotify wrapped reminding me i _could_ do squabble up at karaoke, except just when we're settled on using the n-word in a rap song (no!) kendrick hits us with "ace boon coon from the west coast to senegal / it's a full moon let the wolves out i been a dog //", dot, pls.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
spotify wrapped reminding me i _could_ do squabble up at karaoke, except just when we're settled on using the n-word in a rap song (no!) kendrick hits us with "ace boon coon from the west coast to senegal / it's a full moon let the wolves out i been a dog //", dot, pls.
LFGGGGGGG!
"How do you feel about capitalism and socialism?"
Socialism is a better approach: 29%
Capitalism works best: 28%
Capitalism is good in theory, but is doing more harm than good today: 43%
Spark Insights / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
Socialism is a better approach: 29%
Capitalism works best: 28%
Capitalism is good in theory, but is doing more harm than good today: 43%
Spark Insights / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
LFGGGGGGG!
i put springsteen on my main summer nights playlist and this is what i get.
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i put springsteen on my main summer nights playlist and this is what i get.
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
does the backpack read visually distinctly enough in the back frames? i don't have enough pixels for another black line
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
does the backpack read visually distinctly enough in the back frames? i don't have enough pixels for another black line
the essay clearly didnt respond to the assignment? like, it didnt cite anything. my wife gets these and the instructor doesnt need to like, argue with the student (who theyd easily dismantle) you can just give them a 0 based on the criteria you set in advance that the student knew or shouldve known.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
the essay clearly didnt respond to the assignment? like, it didnt cite anything. my wife gets these and the instructor doesnt need to like, argue with the student (who theyd easily dismantle) you can just give them a 0 based on the criteria you set in advance that the student knew or shouldve known.
no front door, but at least it has this.
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
no front door, but at least it has this.
kept my work music on while i cooked dinner (it is a drone metal band) and the wife yells from the bathroom
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
kept my work music on while i cooked dinner (it is a drone metal band) and the wife yells from the bathroom
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"competition in a free market will drive innovation, such that we get better products that cost less and improve our collective lives more".
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"competition in a free market will drive innovation, such that we get better products that cost less and improve our collective lives more".
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
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In fact you can pick both of those up for $20 as a bundle with our other two games, an adorable block pushing puzzler and an SMB1-like prequel to the gay foxgirl platformer Kitsune Tails itch.io/s/169922/kit...
My contribution to the game difficulty debate is I made an SMB3 style platformer with a mode where dying simply pops you back up immediately on a flying cloud and with cheats beyond that
Just like I made a turn-based roguelike with a mode that gives you infinite lives, which also has a cheat menu
Just like I made a turn-based roguelike with a mode that gives you infinite lives, which also has a cheat menu
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In fact you can pick both of those up for $20 as a bundle with our other two games, an adorable block pushing puzzler and an SMB1-like prequel to the gay foxgirl platformer Kitsune Tails itch.io/s/169922/kit...
i have the 600th best high score in the world at spelunky hd but the fact that i can locate groverhaus on google street view without searching, just zoom in from space, is probably more extraordinary. i bet under 600 ppl can do that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
i have the 600th best high score in the world at spelunky hd but the fact that i can locate groverhaus on google street view without searching, just zoom in from space, is probably more extraordinary. i bet under 600 ppl can do that.
happy thanksgiving the population of indigenous americans is reckoned to have decreased from around 175 million people to about 15 million directly from european colonization in the 15th to 17th century (the population of earth was about 500-600 million at the time).
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
happy thanksgiving the population of indigenous americans is reckoned to have decreased from around 175 million people to about 15 million directly from european colonization in the 15th to 17th century (the population of earth was about 500-600 million at the time).