The personal blog of Jay Garmon: professional geek, Web entrepreneur, and occasional science fiction writer.
I am not the first person to say this but truly one of the best things you can do as a life long learner is this: when you learn something new, instead of saying "why is no one talking about this?" look for the people who HAVE been talking about it & amplify their work.
— Alex Shevrin Venet (@AlexSVenet) January 31, 2021
Democracy is a system of government in which the losers of elections accept the results.
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 30, 2021
So minimum wage increases, Medicaid expansions and other policies backed by Dem pols and opposed by GOP pols get passed by referendum in states that vote red. https://t.co/rtSu4pOFnL
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) January 27, 2021
this is twitter pic.twitter.com/NIQbrqQCGO
— hannah (@aihaku) January 23, 2021
Businessmodellen voor online content zijn nog steeds zwaar verouderd en gebaseerd op rammelende DRM systemen. Zie @doctorow’s boeken zoals “Information doesn’t want to be free” hierover, aanrader.
— Jaco₿ ₿oersma (@JacobBoers) January 24, 2021
The Simpsons doesn't predict anything we just haven't fixed any of America's problems since 1989.
— Nathan (New Video!) (@Humanstein) January 21, 2021
Sonia Sotomayor, the child of Puerto Rican parents from Santurce and Lajas and the first Latina to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court, just sworn in Kamala Devi Harris, the child of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, as the first woman vice president of the United States.
— Andrea González-Ramírez (@andreagonram) January 20, 2021
Why is big tech just now learning the lesson every forum user from the early 2000s knows: if you don’t moderate ANYTHING, it all gets taken over by racists
— Gita Jackson: The Mandawhoreian (@xoxogossipgita) January 13, 2021
I found the best of #seashantytok pic.twitter.com/ellL5qfEoi
— Hayden Miller (@haydenmiller95) January 13, 2021
am I working at my regular capacity? no. but am I prioritizing and taking care of the most important tasks? no. but am I at least taking care of myself and my mental health? also no.
— Elizabeth Teng 👩🏻💻📡🌌 (@etengastro) January 12, 2021
Currently drafting a treatise on American political theory. Working title: All That Matters is Getting My Way No Matter What it Takes Without Concern for Ethics, Justice, or Consistency and Actually You're Violating the Constitution By Criticizing Me
— Joe Dunman (@JoeDunman) January 11, 2021
I don't know why GOP politicians are upset about the president losing his Twitter account. They've never seen any of his tweets anyway--at least, that's what they told reporters every time they were asked, right before they ran away.
— Erin Bartram (yep, this one's a Dr. too) (@erin_bartram) January 9, 2021
Fast food isn’t bad for you because sellers of fast food want it to be bad. It’s because adding fat and salt to low quality ingredients is the best way to make them taste good.
— The Rational Walk (@rationalwalk) January 6, 2021
The same is true in the news business. Adding sensationalism gives garbage content a nice ”flavor”.
If healthcare isn’t a right twitter is probably not a right
— Jake Flores (@feraljokes) January 9, 2021
Anyway I'm sure it's just a coincidence that tech companies suddenly took right wing violence seriously the week they found out that Democrats would be in charge of all their oversight in Congress
— Aaron (@BobbyBigWheel) January 8, 2021
Simply the best.
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) January 8, 2021
Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/GgXbV4AWMt
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 7, 2021
Just when I thought I couldn't dislike sen. Josh Hawley anymore, he says "irregardless." #invokethe25th pic.twitter.com/vCHZBEm0J4
— Farrah Alexander (@AuthorFarrah) January 7, 2021
The Senators have all decided that they need to lecture on “history” tonight — the Roman Republic, the revolution of 1800, Lincoln, 1877, & more. I’d rather they actually put their money where their mouths are and support history education.
— Jessica Lepler (@lepler) January 7, 2021
Tommy Tuberville gets sworn in and the Capitol’s defense immediately falls apart.
— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) January 6, 2021
In 2017 he called Nazis "very fine people" as a woman lay dead at their hand.
— A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) January 7, 2021
Today he told them that he loved them. Another woman lies dead.
This is what MAGA is. Never forget.
A little bit of humour...
— Thomas Mairs (@TomMairs) January 6, 2021
Some people on Twitter think “Via Getty” is the name of a protester as opposed to an acknowledgment that Getty Images own the photos showing the protests... 🙈 pic.twitter.com/s8skXbV95n
Can’t believe the creators of the monster have lost control of the monster, is there any precedent for this in books or film
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) January 6, 2021
Republicans in congress cowering under their desks as violent men roam the hallways finally understand what they've put every school kid in America through.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 6, 2021
Brandenburg v Ohio super relevant again all of a sudden
— Joe Dunman (@JoeDunman) January 6, 2021
It's weird how people literally storming the Capitol and fighting the police claim that anti-fascists are the threat to democracy.
— Jess Phoenix 🌋 (@jessphoenix2018) January 6, 2021
I really struggle when seemingly everyone loves a show that I find just okay. It’s hard for me to accept that you all have bad taste and I must forge on, in my correctness, alone
— caitie delaney (@caitiedelaney) December 22, 2020
One problem with politics being covered like sports for so long is that you end up with people in positions of public trust acting like it's all just a game.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 2, 2021
If you're happy and you know it... pic.twitter.com/gXVK7G1cji
— Tracy Anderson-Powell (@DammitTracy) January 1, 2021
Maybe this year will be better than the last
— Counting Crows (@CountingCrows) January 1, 2021