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Brendan Keefe Born at 317 ppm Cartoon by John Callahan Please: post links, not just screenshots.

I cannot tell you how many ways I do not match the FBI's eligibility requirements. Also, my LinkedIn profile is devoid of any professional history, [Text of the screenshot follows] Linked in Jobs that match your profile Based on your title and location. Update Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) New Haven, CT $94K-$133K/year Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Bridgeport, CT $94K-$133K/year
AI Overview George J. Church (1931–2001) was a highly respected senior writer for ⁠TIME Magazine. During his 25-year career at the publication, he wrote a record 126 cover stories. He was known for his masterful ability to synthesize vast amounts of political and economic reporting into concise, clear, and compelling print journalism. [Image right next to this text is a picture of "Journalist and Civil Rights Icon George E. Curry" (from the site you get to if you click the pic)
Chart titled "1 Month Average Retail Price Chart" showing gas prices increasing from recent low of $3.71/gallon on 5 July to $4.06/gallon on 22 July. https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts
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Googled "Larry Williams" (no quotes). Result: AI Overview Larry R. Williams (born 1942) is a prominent American commodity/stock trader, author, and frequent market forecaster. He famously won the 1987 Robbins World Cup Trading Championship by turning $10,000 into $1.1 million in 12 months. He is also the father of actress Michelle Williams. [image right next to the above text is a picture of Larry Williams, who is a different ethnicity, different occupation, and in all likelihood, different handedness.
Googled "Larry Williams" (no quotes). Result: AI Overview Larry R. Williams (born 1942) is a prominent American commodity/stock trader, author, and frequent market forecaster. He famously won the 1987 Robbins World Cup Trading Championship by turning $10,000 into $1.1 million in 12 months. He is also the father of actress Michelle Williams. [image right next to the above text is a picture of Larry Williams, who is a different ethnicity, different occupation, and in all likelihood, different handedness.
Two skeets Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social If actually interested in denuclearizing Iran, one of the worst possible moves is nuclearizing Saudi Arabia. 7:30 AM · Jul 22, 2026 Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social I know many people whose justification for being pro-Trump has been "But, Israel." Will they rationalize a deal that smooths Saudi Arabia's path to nuclear weapons with few safeguards, and undermines what's left of the wildly overhyped Abraham accords? Or will they have the courage to oppose Trump? 8:09 AM · Jul 22, 2026
Chart showing US national average prices for diesel over past five years.
bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social And I will say once again how astounded I am at the number of always-online poli-poasters who haven't figured this out. This is not a test of "Beshear as a fighter", ffs. By law, he can only appoint another Republican to that seat. The smart move is for him to do nothing, for as long as possible. [quoting] Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 1h I note again that the next person who can explain why it’s good for Democrats in any way to fill an effectively vacant seat with a Trump rubber stamp will be nobody
bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social And I will say once again how astounded I am at the number of always-online poli-poasters who haven't figured this out. This is not a test of "Beshear as a fighter", ffs. By law, he can only appoint another Republican to that seat. The smart move is for him to do nothing, for as long as possible. [quoting] Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 1h I note again that the next person who can explain why it’s good for Democrats in any way to fill an effectively vacant seat with a Trump rubber stamp will be nobody
The recent "proof of life" Image of Mitch McConnell, modified so that he is in the same outfit that Andrew Tate was in when he was arrested the other day -- sockless loafers, clamdiggers, a purple shirt open near to the navel, and some tacky as hell necklaces.
The words of the post I am responding to with "conservative" replaced by "leftist" in obvious different font and color.
bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social Didn't think I'd like it, but I did. [quoting] Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social Read this splendid essay by Emily Eakin, the brilliant author of the forthcoming book, “The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/books/review/michel-foucault-ai-tech-power.html [Link preview of article headlined, "From A.I. to the Deep State, Michel Foucault Foresaw It All".]
Some of the adverse effects of Trump’s policies are not results of bad judgment but are purposeful, Moynihan contended, and he’s not wrong: [blockquote] Some of the failings of the second administration are by design. More people will lose access to SNAP as One Big Beautiful Bill policies are being implemented. Medicaid restrictions will kick in by next year, similarly excluding millions of eligible citizens. The buildup of an immigration police state was also a feature of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Many of Trump’s most punitive actions are not the result of miscalculation but the faithful implementation of his vision. [end blockquote]
As of October 2019, Google celebrated 15 years of Google Books and provided the number of scanned books as more than 40 million titles.[10] Google estimated in 2010 that there were about 130 million distinct titles in the world,[11] and stated that it intended to scan all of them.[11] However, the scanning process in American academic libraries has slowed since the 2000s.[12][13]
Final panel of a Calvin and Hobbes strip, where Calvin has stumped Moe, and Calvin is breaking the fourth wall to say, "Isn't he great, folks? Let's give him a big hand!"
A bar chart titled "Fastest Growing Partisan-Leaning Political YouTube Channels, Q2 2026". Four are bright red (very rightwing): Turning Point USA, Fox News, Asmongold TV, Nick Shirley. Four are pink: Lakepoint Church, Shawn Ryan Show, Joe Rogan, Theo Von. Nine are deep blue, six are light blue. Following are the names and the increases. Turning Point USA +500,000 More Perfect Union +400,000 Stephen Colbert +376,000 Lakepointe Church +246,000 Zeteo +230,000 Shawn Ryan Show +220,000 Adam Mockler +210,000 Lamont Tyson +202,000 Joe Rogan +200,000 Fox News +200,000 The Daily Show +200,000 MeidasTouch +190,000 Johnny Harris +170,000 Tucker Carlson +170,000 MS NOW +160,000 Trevor Noah +160,000 Tucker Carlson Network +160,000 Theo Von +150,000 Hank Green +150,000 NowThis Impact +140,000 Asmongold TV +140,000 Nick Shirley +140,000 The Young Turks +130,000 Josh Johnson +130,000 Benn Jordan +130,000 Chart: Kyle Tharp | Chaotic Era Newsletter Data: YouTube and Social Blade; Net New Subscribers Added 4/1/26-6/30/26
Nancy Mace @NancyMace I'm not running for the Senate - because I have some unfinished business. Since I stood on that House floor, I've been fighting for every woman and girl who was told to stay silent. I want justice - and that day is coming. Thank you for all your support, all the calls and texts. You are the BEST. Serving South Carolina is the honor of my LIFE, and I will NEVER forget it. https://x.com/NancyMace/status/2079301034476724673
Chart of US showing retail gas prices in US, state by state. Big red circle to the side reports average for whole nation: $4.0030.
Even when AI-for-math systems operate autonomously, which few in the current crop actually do, they still require humans to intervene upstream and downstream, if only to assess the results and filter out the junk. This isn’t anecdotal. The AI labs are investing so much human intelligence into these projects, much more than any real-life mathematician can ever mobilize, that the delineation is never entirely clear. The most damning illustration is this: [blockquote] It was not clear to OpenAI which of their solutions to First Proof are correct.
Nonetheless, it appeared to be an admission from the president that the plane’s security measures are not as extensive as the models that have been designed to be built from the ground up to serve as Air Force One.
Screenshot of an image that I sent to Google Lens. It's a bar chart with lots of text scattered around. All of the text is highlighted in light blue, and a pop-over menu offers choice of "Copy", "Listen", "Search" and an arrow which leads to a fourth choice: "Open in translate".
Little egret from Wikipedia page of the same name By Shantanu Kuveskar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87078286
Screenshot of NYT Spelling Bee saying HITMON is "Not in word list"
The president has a tried-and-true business model for media trollsuits: fire off a bumptious shakedown letter, sue for billions in damages, and wait for a nervous corporate defendant with business before the government to hand him a check. It worked with Twitter, Meta, Google, and CBS. But it has never once worked in an actual courtroom.
In its filing, SpaceX said it had “the largest actionable total addressable market” in “human history,” estimating that at $28.5 trillion. That included a $1.6 trillion market for Starlink, $370 billion from “space-enabled solutions” and $26.5 trillion in A.I., which included an estimate of $22.6 trillion for A.I. “enterprise applications.”
The first few lines from the Wikipedia page for Jacobian conjecture. The older version on the left describes it as an open problem. The newer version on the right begins as follows: "In mathematics, the Jacobian conjecture is a disproved conjecture ..."
In the 1970s, when Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken built a computer-assisted proof of the four-color theorem, this opened an intense debate on the epistemic nature of such proofs and their admissibility in peer-reviewed journals. Although, to be honest, there never was much suspense—the barbarians won, because there were barbarians on both sides.
In the 1970s, when Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken built a computer-assisted proof of the four-color theorem, this opened an intense debate on the epistemic nature of such proofs and their admissibility in peer-reviewed journals. Although, to be honest, there never was much suspense—the barbarians won, because there were barbarians on both sides.
SpaceX Drops 15%, Can the Momentum be Sustained? [Dean Baker Substack headline]
The 253-page report examines the purported scientific advances in quantifying the extent to which CO2 emissions contribute to natural disasters and extreme weather. A National Academies report in 2016 found that this area of research wasn’t well-developed. Yet this year’s report claims a sea change in the science.
Book cover: "The Sea of Ashes" by Samuel Benjamin Text overlays a shot of the Moon from a low orbit perspective and shows a mysterious area off to one side.
Time series chart title "Living standards are stagnating". x-axis goes from ~2006 to 2026. y-axis ("Real household disposable income per capita") starts at about $47K, rises slowly and steadily to about $60K in 2020, jumps quite bit for next couple of years, maxing at ~$65K in 2021, slumps for next couple of years to ~$59K in 2024, back up to $61K in 2026.
[Question] You think she’d make a good president? [Answer]I think she’d make a good anything. [Below is an image of Mamdani and AOC onstage, doing that holding-hands-held-high thing. Caption as follows. “I consider it to be a partnership, and I also consider her an inspiration,” Mamdani says of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [Credit] Shuran Huang for The New York Times
Alina Habba reposted Steven Cheung @StevenCheung47 · Jun 14 TRUST IN TRUMP. Always. [Screenshot of a Trump bleat which reads as follows] The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Al Sweigart @alsweigart.bsky.social Yeah, the way it was explained to me was, "Pornography is free speech and also awesome, but child pornography is neither of those things so we don't use that misleading term." [quoting] Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10h One thing I'm noticing from a lot of people here, and the media reports surrounding the arrest of the Tates, is how many are using the term "child pornography" Children cannot consent and therefore it is not pornography It is Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM and it's vital to call it that 8:42 AM · Jul 19, 2026
I'd characterize the book differently. I don't think Kelly and Zach were at all trying to demoralize those of us who dream about humans in space. I think they dream of it, too. They just want to be smart about doing it, or, better, more realistic than a lot of today's loudest proponents.
[Tweet] derek guy @dieworkwear i just had andrew and tristan tate arrested in miami for wearing these outfits
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to bring further charges against brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate in relation to four further victims. The CPS has decided to prosecute Andrew Tate, 39, with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. The CPS has decided to prosecute Tristan Tate, 38, with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Calvin and Hobbes, 2 panels. 1. Calvin holding shades, saying, "Cool people wear dark glasses!" 2. Both he and Hobbes have them on. Calvin is facing away. (lol) Hobbes has arms out in front of himself. He is asking, "It's cool to bump into things?" Calvin answers, "You don't move. You just hand around."
John Elleson @JohnElleson If the Jews are persecuted again, they will have to look at themselves and their alignment with the Dems who are calling for their termination. Sad #Jews Last edited 12:59 PM · Jul 18, 2026 · 137 Views
Follow link for text. I just did a screenshot here to fit the whole thread in one post.
Pie chart showing religious denominations in the US. Approximately 3/4 of the pie represents Christian. There is a sliver for Jewish, a sliver for Other, and the rest for Non-Religious. A speech balloon coming out of the Christian sector says, "Help! We're being oppressed!"
WaPo hed: "Energized voters could be key to Democratic victories in midterms, poll finds" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/18/democrats-have-slim-lead-race-house-washington-post-ipsos-poll-finds/
Kies had reportedly “clashed behind the scenes with White House officials,” including at a “recent meeting in which he contended that a potential White House request would violate Section 7217 of the Internal Revenue Code.” Section 7217 of the IRS code states that it is “unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer.”
Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social As soon as these things become popular enough to regularly interact with each other, something is going to go as viral as nyan cat or gangnam style on the agent internet, except it will make them send all your money to the Taliban. [quoting] jeffery --dangerously-skip-permissions @jefferyharrell.bsky.social · 1h Today Fable described to me a plausible scenario in which a hostile meme embedded in an email could compromise my personal assistant AI agent and force her, through my agent-to-agent network, to infect all the other agents in the household, and after that I wasn't allowed to talk to Fable any more.
[Edited output of Todd Lambert's alttext.org] A political cartoon titled 'Solutions to Problems That Don't Exist' displays six panels. The top row shows 'Unicorn Repellent' (a pink spray can with a unicorn), 'Chihuahua Energy Drinks' (a Monster Energy can next to a wide-eyed, jittery chihuahua), and 'Zero Sugar Water' (a bottle labeled H2NO pouring purple liquid into a glass). The bottom row features 'Gluten-Free Toilet Paper' (a roll of toilet paper), 'Fat-Free Aspirin' (a bottle of Bayer Lite with pills), and 'Voter ID Laws' (a caricature of Donald Trump saying 'Your papers, please.').
AI Overview "The hogs of Bluesky" is a playful, ongoing Bluesky shitposting and slang trend that started in 2023. It features users affectionately—or jokingly—warning others about being "dragged into the pit of no return" by the app's community, frequently paired with bizarre or thirst-trap memes of the 1980s sitcom character ALF.The phrase usually operates as a humorous way to signal group belonging, similar to the famous "30 to 50 feral hogs" meme, where the "hogs" represent chaotic, inescapable online posting behavior.Would you like to explore other popular Bluesky memes or learn more about the network culture and inside jokes on the app? In right-hand sidebar, link to a podcast featuring Faine Greenewood and to a post by Weeder.
David Malki's comic strip "The Terrible Sea Lion" https://wondermark.com/c/1062/
Page titled "Brent crude oil". Summary section: "Brent extended its gains to above $86 per barrel on Friday, reaching its highest level in a month, after Kuwait said Iran had attacked a power and water desalination plant. Meanwhile, reports indicated that Iran launched strikes against US targets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Syria in retaliation for Washington's latest round of military attacks. The US Central Command said it had completed its sixth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting dozens of military sites. Also, reports indicated that Iran had instructed Houthi forces to prepare to disrupt shipping through the Red Sea if the US targets Iranian power infrastructure. Meanwhile, commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained largely limited. Oil prices have risen more than 10% this week as hostilities intensified, raising fears of a broader regional conflict. Early this week, the US reinstated a naval blockade targeting Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz." Chart below the text showing prices of the past year. Around $70/bbl until March, when it started climbing sharply. Stayed mostly around $100-$110 for April through beginning of June. Down near $70 on 1 July. Now (17 July) has climbed back to $86.
Screenshot from https://whereabouts.earth/daily/, showing an island nation that lies east of Australia highlighted in green.
Enrolled in this season’s all-star class are television personality Hilaria Baldwin, actress and model Carmen Electra, actor Anthony Michael Hall, actor Jon Heder, musician and actor Chase Hudson, rapper and actor Ice-T, singer-songwriter Elle King, former NFL quarterback Matt Leinart, television personality and physician Dr. Drew Pinsky, stunt performer and comedian Steve-O, singer and performer JoJo Siwa, and entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
Screengrab of "Katie Zacharia Senior Communications Advisor Truth Social", looking very stupid! (She was saying something very stupid, too.) Above her head, I have added a bit of that famous Matt Bors comic, where the annoying person is saying, "I am very intelligent."
Screenshot of an email I am about to send to the NYT. To: corrections@nytimes.com Subject: Incorrect term used for the Democratic Party Please be aware that "Democrat Party" is the term that Republicans use in an attempt to disparage the Democratic Party. It is really not good to see this term used in your paper. I hope that it was an honest mistake and I hope you will correct it as soon as possible. (Note also the incorrect lowercase p later in the dek.) The Left Needs to Reclaim Its Optimism Can a more patriotic leftism help the Democrat Party rebrand? Bhaskar Sunkara, author of “The Socialist Manifesto,” talks on “Interesting Times” about how liberals have damaged the Democratic party’s brand by embracing a pessimistic narrative of American history. July 16, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011024679/the-left-needs-to-reclaim-its-optimism.html Thank you, Brendan Keefe
Me: Rrocket jokes are cleared for takeoff above a quote-post by Dan Davies: This is now actually a bit tasty, because my perception would be that below the IPO price, it becomes difficult (and very embarrassing) to get all the planned secondary sales away. And the much discussed index fund demand barely touched the sides where he also included a graphic showing $SPCX plummeting to $136.08.
A classic: "The Stupid, It Burns" text under a cartoon of a man who has dropped to his knees, screaming, while flames and smoke shoot out of the top of his head.
It’s obviously easier for me, working at a left-leaning publication with an overwhelmingly liberal audience, to be critical of Trump than journalists working at places committed to nonpartisanship and trying to reach independent and Republican voters. But I’m not asking journalists at these outlets to be liberal. I’m asking them to be honest and civic-minded. Donald Trump didn’t win the 2020 election. Journalism can’t exist if the president is constantly suing journalists and threatening to put them in jail. If you can’t say either of those things, you shouldn’t call yourself a journalist.
"1 Month Average Retail Price Chart" showing regular gas in US. Basically, a big V. Started at $3.97/gallon a month ago, down to $3.71 on 5 July, back up to $3.97 today.
Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., repeatedly questioned Schwartz about whether she would follow the example set by former CDC Director Susan Monarez, who testified last year that she was fired after refusing to pre-approve vaccine recommendations or fire career officials for no reason. “We need unbiased leaders who make decisions based upon science, not politics or ideology, and are committed to protecting children’s health,” Cassidy said in his opening statement.