Jay Garmon
@jaygarmon.bsky.social
writer | husband | father | geek
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“Theo Von’s father was born 113 years ago” is one of those facts that sounds fake but is 100% true
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Theo Von’s father was born 113 years ago” is one of those facts that sounds fake but is 100% true
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Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
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INSPIRING: do you have a gambling problem and read the news? this man figured out a way to take advantage of you, and he doesn't even have a college degree
Shayne Coplan dropped out of college his freshman year. When COVID hit, he started building Polymarket, an online prediction market. cbsn.ws/4ooJSGk
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
INSPIRING: do you have a gambling problem and read the news? this man figured out a way to take advantage of you, and he doesn't even have a college degree
When you optimize content publishing for clicks (and you start with an older, less tech-savvy demo) you get some of the most lizard-brained content mixes possible.
(Also curious if somebody's AP wire auto-reposter doesn't differentiate between California the local neighborhood and CA the state.)
(Also curious if somebody's AP wire auto-reposter doesn't differentiate between California the local neighborhood and CA the state.)
I have no idea what the Louisville Metro Council or mayor are up to, but I know whenever someone gets shot in California. bsky.app/profile/wlky...
Several people injured after shooting in Stockton, California, authorities say
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When you optimize content publishing for clicks (and you start with an older, less tech-savvy demo) you get some of the most lizard-brained content mixes possible.
(Also curious if somebody's AP wire auto-reposter doesn't differentiate between California the local neighborhood and CA the state.)
(Also curious if somebody's AP wire auto-reposter doesn't differentiate between California the local neighborhood and CA the state.)
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most people benefit from being brought into trump's grift, but there are a few who you have to imagine had much better lives when they were private, rich assholes as opposed to public laughingstocks.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
most people benefit from being brought into trump's grift, but there are a few who you have to imagine had much better lives when they were private, rich assholes as opposed to public laughingstocks.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
This job posting was created in a lab specifically to piss me off.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This job posting was created in a lab specifically to piss me off.
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my official diagnosis: his brain has fallen out of his ass.
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
my official diagnosis: his brain has fallen out of his ass.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
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My thing w him is that his jokes were really great at the time but it’s hard to go back and enjoy them because most of them are about how he has zero impulse control and it’s like… oh the signs were there
Don't tell me that Louis CK was never funny.
Louis CK was absolutely funny before his controversy and it's remarkable that after being backed into a corner, he went all in on unfunny racist and transphobic jokes.
It's FASCINATING how he stopped being funny overnight.
Louis CK was absolutely funny before his controversy and it's remarkable that after being backed into a corner, he went all in on unfunny racist and transphobic jokes.
It's FASCINATING how he stopped being funny overnight.
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
My thing w him is that his jokes were really great at the time but it’s hard to go back and enjoy them because most of them are about how he has zero impulse control and it’s like… oh the signs were there
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Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
The identical twin brother of MAGA Texas Rep. Troy Nehls is hoping to replace his brother in Congress after Nehls announced his retirement on Saturday.
MAGA Rep. Tries to Hand Seat to Literally Identical Successor
Trever Nehls is hoping to replace his brother, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, in Congress.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
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An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
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The Dave sequel sucks
The identical twin brother of MAGA Texas Rep. Troy Nehls is hoping to replace his brother in Congress after Nehls announced his retirement on Saturday.
MAGA Rep. Tries to Hand Seat to Literally Identical Successor
Trever Nehls is hoping to replace his brother, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, in Congress.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The Dave sequel sucks
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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the song of bluesky
on the plane tonight a flight attendant walked down the dark aisle singing a quiet little song:
🎶 trash get your trash
🎵 trash trash trash trash
[repeat]
🎶 trash get your trash
🎵 trash trash trash trash
[repeat]
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
the song of bluesky
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
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nobody came down from the stands to punch him because Michigan has no honor
top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
nobody came down from the stands to punch him because Michigan has no honor
Shots fired
pretend I saved this for Trash Tuesday: every game where the teams don’t have the same color should be color versus color. white uniforms are boring and alt uniforms are dumb
Every rivalry game should be color vs color.
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Shots fired
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I was going to be paranoid until I figured out how ART had been attacked.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I was going to be paranoid until I figured out how ART had been attacked.
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I keep thinking of that paper called "AI As Normal Technology," basically suggesting it could be a tool thats good for some things and not for others, which sounds so much more reasonable and accurate to my experiences with it than the claims it's actually Robot Jesus
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I keep thinking of that paper called "AI As Normal Technology," basically suggesting it could be a tool thats good for some things and not for others, which sounds so much more reasonable and accurate to my experiences with it than the claims it's actually Robot Jesus
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Sometimes football is wonderful and ugly and beautiful simultaneously 🥰
Let the record forever state that Brent Venables and OU made it to the College Football Playoff before Lincoln Riley and "the Mecca".
a man in a suit and tie with the words you love to see it above him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with the words you love to see it above him
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sometimes football is wonderful and ugly and beautiful simultaneously 🥰
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.