joe jourdan.

@jour.bsky.social

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Press Sec at some NYC Agency. Views my own. Formerly @josephjourdan on Twitter. https://www.instagram.com/polyopoly/

Save your nose with romantic abuse?
THE G TRAIN, NERMAL
A screenshot of a post submitted to the subreddit "r/AskTrumpSupporters" in which the original poster is asking Trump supporters both if they believe that Rosie O'Donnell is a threat to humanity, and what their favorite role she's played is. The post was removed by the subreddit's moderators.
AI is a real boy.
AI stocks vending machine with tungsten cubes.
AI shuts down nonexistent business; immediately contacts the FBI over a missing $2.
AI accepts its fate.
AI tries coding.
AI experiencing existential dread related to having to work for a living.
Just like antisemitism and socialist are loaded words that are easily misused, “intifada” is a loaded term that means different things to different people. For Israelis and many American Jews, it evokes the Second Intifada, the period from 2000 to 2005 when armed Palestinian terrorist groups fought Israeli soldiers and launched suicide bombings in Israel. Mamdani does not use the term himself, but he has declined to condemn its use because he says it simply means “an uprising” in Arabic and can refer to both armed resistance and peaceful resistance. As long as he denounces violence, he’s on fair ground wanting global peaceful protests about Gaza. But he needs to explain that much better.
Similarly, when I met Zohran for lunch in early February, I knew of his strongly held beliefs on Israel and Palestine, and I looked forward to having a candid discussion. We did that and much more, and I think we both came away from that meet-up with mutual respect and admiration (at least I certainly did). I felt like he listened to my concerns and views and politely and respectfully expressed his; he thoughtfully and persuasively pushed back on certain topics but also listened and relented on others. In no way did I walk away from that lunch thinking he had an ounce of antisemitism in his body. When he was on my podcast in April, I asked Mamdani if he would condemn Hamas for what it did on October 7. Mamdani’s answer: “Absolutely. I called October 7th a war crime. I called it horrific. I’ve condemned time and again the killing of civilians. That is completely unacceptable. And that is something I’ve been consistent with and will continue to do because ultimately, you can’t consider one thing a war crime and not the other. This comes back to a consistent application of that.” That response is an extremely important refutation to those who say Mamdani has only been critical of Israel.
Selina Meyer telling Dan Egan that his attempts at being charming come off as "evil."
A pro-Cuomo mailer listing DoorDash and two billionaires as the backers behind it.
AI-generated image of what was described as a "ghoulish, generic white male politician with clammy skin, a curled smile, and dairy aisle lighting."
get PA away
piss grok
no meat-touching
Google AI attempting to find meaning to the nonsensical metaphor, "the mayor can't sing to a whale."
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the Public Universal Friend (pronouns: Friend/Friend)
Star Trek: Voyager - S01 E09: Emanations