Jamison Foser

@jamisonfoser.bsky.social

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Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra. www.findinggravity.net

Liberalism for the 21st Century
A supermarket. It is dark, except for an orange sky. It is approximately noon.
"George Lucas likens AI skeptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts / Star Wars director calls AI technology 'the future' of film-making and says 'there's nothing you can do about it'"
It practically goes without saying that Dylan couldn’t simply make a crass and lunatic-sounding compendium of unpleasant noises without throwing in arguably his best song. To do less would be insufficiently perverse. And so the 11-minute epic “Brownsville Girl” just shows up, the sixth track of a paltry eight-track running order, unassumingly tearing the top off of our jaded heads. Composed with the playwright Sam Shepard and containing as many great aphorisms as “Visions Of Johanna” or “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Brownsville Girl” is a shaggy-dog Western epic and a conscious, hilarious acknowledgment of Dylan’s own increasing obsolescence.
some fuckin' guy thinks he's funny or edgy or something
screenshot from an Instagram post by Proud Mary songwriter John Fogerty in which Fogerty talks about having written Proud Mary and some dude shows up to incorrectly "Well, Actually" JOHN FOGERTY about who wrote Proud Mary. Which was, in fact, John Fogerty.
"'Imagine the endless possibilities when sunlight is not limited by geography or time of day,' Reflect Orbital says on its website."
New York Times: "The new Air Force One, a donated Qatari jet that President Trump had pushed to rapidly retrofit, lacks the defensive security features of the old model, including advanced antimissile capabilities, according to officials briefed on its features."
"Earlier Tuesday, a Thune spokesperson finally nuked the idea that McConnell was brain-dead"
michael tracey in full meltdown mode because it's a day that ends in Y
Michael Tracey over on the Nazi site: "Serious question: if he was really 'blackout drunk,' how do we know she didn't rape HIM?"
the New York Times, struggling to catch its breath: "Is there anything the health secretary won’t do in jeans? In a bid to project the White House’s vision of masculinity, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a video of himself doing bicep curls, riding a stationary bike and even cold-plunging — all in denim."
Orange County Register: "House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in 2016: 'I think Putin pays' Trump, Rohrabacher"
"That is a violation of civil rights available to everyone in the United States, regardless of citizenship, according to a 2018 case won by the New York Civil Liberties Union."
Tweet from September 24, 2018: "First of all, I don't believe that Susan Collins doesn't believe that Brett Kavanaugh will repeal Roe."
Screenshot from Morningstar showing Andrew Bosworth's 2025 compensation, which totaled $21,955,122
a screenshot of a scene from Coming To America in which the proprietor of McDowell's explains that his fast food restaurant is totally different from McDonald's: "They got the Golden Arches. Mine is the golden arcs."
Screenshot of two poll questions; in the one in which Harris voters are asked about maximizing Dem seats at the cost of "reducing the voting power of Black voters," those Harris voters are against it. In the version that asks about maximizing Dem seats at the cost of "reducing the number of majority-minority districts," Harris voters are for it.
NYT headline: "Mamdani's Nosebleed Knicks Ticket and the Benefits of Being Mayor" Subhed: "Mayor Zohran Mamdani paid roughly $1,000 for a standing-room-only ticket to Game 3 of the NBA finals, using access to house tickets not available to regular fans."
NYT headline: "White House Again Shrugs Off High Prices Amid War With Iran"
For now, we must stay focused. Donald Trump is the embodiment of the corporations’ craven, soulless, profit-first model of politics, and it is absolutely essential that his handpicked candidate does not hold the keys to California. It would be a travesty for Steve Hilton to win the governorship, and Californians must unite behind Xavier Becerra to ensure he does not. To my supporters: Thank you for everything. When I promised to fight for you, that was not a campaign promise. It was just a promise. And I am a man of my word. I’m on your team forever. I wasn’t born a billionaire, I won’t die a billionaire, and I’ll spend the rest of my life working alongside you to dismantle a system that only benefits billionaires. Today, my message to you is simple: Pay attention. Know what you deserve, and know who is on your side. Understand who the villains are, and say their names out loud. Continue to demand more from your leaders and your government, until they give you the California – and the country – you know you deserve. I will be with you all the way. With gratitude, Tom
This is asinine and betrays Khanna's complete lack of understanding of the conservative movement's intentional strategy of lying about elections in order to destroy democracy. There are ways to improve CA vote counting but the current system does not "spawn conspiracy theories." Liars lie.
Anika Nilles on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine
Apple thinks this photo I took of Bruce Springsteen was at the “Tom Morello concert.” Morello is fucking awesome but no.
2016 tweet: "Seems like a good time to note that there's a difference between 'conspiracy theories' and 'sick lies'"
Cal Ripken Jr. high-fiving fans in the outfield after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak.
matt stoller: "Graham Platner represents a rejection of Dem HR lady politics" Scott Lemieux: "I don't even think you can say the misogyny is subtextual at this point. It's just the text." Matt Stoller: "Being smeared as a sexist for expressing populist views brings me back. Makes me feel young again."
they're gonna wheel trump into a luxury box at Madison Square Garden so he he can ramble incoherently at Dolan while 14,000 New Yorkers boo the shit out of him
"After traveling to Washington with two other men, Irizarry joined the mob of Donald Trump supporters who breached police lines and broke into the building while members of Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors said that, along with the crowds, he entered through a broken window while wielding a metal pole, but that he never struck anyone. Irizarry pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and was sentenced to 14 days in jail, court filings show. In those legal filings, Irizarry was described as attending Trump’s rally at the Ellipse before ending up at the riot by happenstance and quickly disavowing his involvement."
an actual headline in the San Francisco Chronicle (with two bylines!): "Zendaya visits San Francisco's Clement Street for books, candles, pasta and worm salt"
Steve Vladeck three days ago suggesting the Supreme Court was unlikely to allow Alabama to redraw its congressional maps.
a post from Chris Cillizza: "I wrote today about the seeming horny-ness epidemic on Capitol Hill these days" and there's a picture of Eric Swalwell. Chris Cillizza sucks.
What I find laudable in Elon Musk, amid the many things I find not laudable in him, is the relentlessness with which he tries to achieve his goals. That guy believes in getting us to Mars and creating an electric vehicle transition and all the rest of it, and nothing else matters to him. He tries to create organizations that run through walls, and he actually does make tremendous things happen in the world.
a long excerpt from Mike Campbell's memoir Heartbreaker in which he describes playing a song (no vocals) he has written for Don Henley, who seems unimpressed
a map showing that Texas ain't anywhere near DC or Rhode Island y'all
Next, Supreme Court reform. The current activist conservative Supreme Court is poised to strike down any meaningful new progressive legislation, in addition to continuing to dismantle the progress we’ve made in the past. It was stolen by the Republican party for precisely this purpose, most egregiously when the GOP manipulated the size of the court by capping it at no more than eight members as long as a Democrat was president, then quickly confirming a ninth when Donald Trump took office. We’ve already seen activists conservatives on the court eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, strike a crushing blow to organized labor, and open the floodgates for corporate money in our elections. And all that was before Bret Kavanaugh, an overt and vengeful partisan, took a seat on the court. From climate change to guns to health care, the Supreme Court is poised to block any progressive legislation that makes it through Mitch McConnell’s Senate.
Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social + Follow Fun start to cross-exam. OpenAl attorney William Savitt asks about Musk's earlier testimony, when he said: "No, Tesla is not pursuing AGI. It's literally trying to make a car drive from A to B." Savitt then showed Musk an X post from a month ago: "Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI" Elon Musk @elonmusk Subscribe O... Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI and probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form
Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social • 1h Musk's attorney just tried this question again, presumably after conferring with Elon and telling him to be less weird about it. Elon Musk's response: "We live together and she's the mother of four of my children." Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social • 21h Musk's attorney asks him who Shivon Zilis is. Musk's response: "Shivon was uh...my chief of staff. And uh, yeah. Uh, yeah."
photo of a guy who dropped a home run ball and then took it away from a young girl. in the photo he is sitting in his seat, apparently moments later, holding the ball in one hand and his phone with the other. he is grinning as he looks at his phone, perhaps he is tweeting -- he definitely still uses twitter -- about his glorious accomplishment? his shirt and hat both proudly display the racist logo previously used by the Cleveland baseball team. he does not yet know that he is about to become The Main Character.
“I just experienced Rudeness at [redacted]
A February tweet from Louise Lucas responding to fuckin' Ted Cruz whining about Virginia redistricting: "You all started it and we fucking finished it."
Jamison Foser @jamisonfo... • Dec 13, 2024 → Replied to you A whole lot of people just fled a social media platform for some very good and very urgent reasons. On the way out, many downloaded an archive of their posts for personal reference, then deleted them from the platform. That exodus led directly to this platform's increased user base and prominence. 1 • 16 ... Jamison Foser @jamisonfo... • Dec 13, 2024 I remain deeply apprehensive about a social media platform that doesn't make it easy for users to 1) download a user-friendly archive of their own content and 2) mass-delete their own content.
a screenshot of Melania Trump speaking at the White House, where she denied having a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, with whom she hung out and exchanged warm correspondence. I have crudely drawn over Melania's outfit the phrase "I really don't know him. Do you?" in reference to Melania's ridiculous jacket that said "I really don't care. Do you?"
a passage from the book This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends about Iran. Sample: "As of this writing, Iran's hackers were pushing deeper into U.S. critical infrastructure and the companies that control the American grid. And showed no signs of leaving anytime soon. It is Iran's way of saying 'We're sitting here with a gun to your head,' said Suzanne Spaulding"
NYT: "A scrolling ticker of mainstream media logos made it look as if Medvi had been featured in Bloomberg and The Times when it had merely advertised there."
a New York Times breaking news email that tells readers the Treasury Department says it's putting Trump's signature on our currency "in honor of America's 250th anniversary"
a post from Gavin Newsom's press office in which they tell Benny Johnson "we got a call from Grindr after this and said your team was their biggest users. Congrats!" which is supposed to be "funny" and "edgy" because it's embarrassing to be gay, I guess? Also these fucking nitwits omitted the word "they" from their shitty joke so it doesn't make any sense.
Washington Post headline: "Bigotry among young conservatives has Republicans on edge"
screenshot from politico, reporting "Attendees at Roberts' appearance in Houston were also treated, very briefly, to hearing the chief justice recite a couple lines from a rap song"
This might all seem harmless. Who cares if people believe Geno Auriemma made some comically overwritten comments about officiating in a college basketball game (he didn't), or if they believe the AI fiction that Elton John, "hands trembling, voice breaking," performed a tribute for Ozzy Osbourne "not as a legend, but as a grieving friend"? Here I will return to Dmytro Iarovyi's comments in that Mother Jones peice I quoted up top: “When disinformation is constant, the everyday cost of knowing what’s going on rises. People spend more time verifying the basics, or they stop trying." And “A high-volume, repetitive environment ... can persuade you that truth is inaccessible, so politics becomes vibes, identity, and tribe. This is why the ‘flood the zone’ logic works: it produces exhaustion and withdrawal, not just misbelief.” That AI post I mentioned earlier about a Springsteen-Taylor Swift duet that never happened got 1,600 comments on Facebook,[6] with lots of folks falling for it unquestionably, and others more skeptical. "In this media environment, it is almost impossible to delineate fact from fiction," one person wrote. Another: "they've made their feelings and knowledge of T rump plentiful b4 this post, so there is truth in it." The truth is inaccessible. Everything becomes vibes.
Newt Gingrich, Ideas Man(™): "Instead of fighting over a 21-mile wide bottleneck forever, we cut a new channel through friendly territory. A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you've got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks."
LeBron James doing what the post says
two images side by side on the left there is the Mona Lisa. You've probably heard of it, if you're a HUGE NERD. Above the Mona Lisa it says "Turn Hard Art" and then on the left there is a crudely drawn smiley face. even if you're a complete nitwit you know what this is. above the crudely drawn smiley face it says "Into Easy Art." VCs who wish to fund my prototype of this groundbreaking Art Understanding Tool can Venmo me
two bluesky posts 12 seconds apart from the same reporter
Rock Soul Anthems • Follow X Yesterday at 5:17 AM • * Emotional Update: Patti Scialfa, the wife of Bruce Springsteen, has released a statement regarding her husband's current health condition and expressed her heartfelt gratitude to fans for their overwhelming support during this difficult time, after he was rushed to the hospital due to a sudden medical emergency caused by... Read more: https://newcelebrities.info/emotional-update-patti.../ "MY WIFE IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST PEOPLE I KNOW, BUT SEEING HER LIKE THAT - SCARED, PALE, AND TRYING TO SMILE FOR US BROKE ME. WE'RE LUCKY WE GOT HER HELP IN TIME. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR HER AND FOR MY FAMILY, WHO HASN'T LEFT HER SIDE FOR A SECOND."
Rock Soul Anthems Yesterday at 7:30 AM • * "BREAKING NEWS: Bruce Springsteen has sparked a firestorm of controversy with a blunt statement that has divided sports fans nationwide — calling the mandatory wearing of LGBT armbands a "political charade" and declaring he plays for his team, not for any movement... See more: https://newcelebrities.info/breaking-news-bruce…/ The professional golfer emphasized that competition should remain focused on performance and sportsmanship. His remarks immediately stirred discussion within the sporting world, drawing both strong support and pointed criticism. • See details in the comments. STATE "I DON'T CARE IF THE WHOLE WORLD CALLS ME CONTROVERSIAL - FORCING PLAYERS TO WEAR AN LGBT ARMBAND TURNS BASKETBALL INTO A POLITICAL CIRCUS. I PLAY FOR THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES, FOR MY TEAM AND FOR THE GAME, NOT FOR ANY MOVEMENT"