Jonathan Hansen, but scary
@jonathanhansen.bsky.social
Last of the V-8 Interceptors. He/Him. Pop Culture, Politics, and an undying hatred of Trumpers and their white enablers. No friend of Fandom. 280,132nd person on Bluesky. Occasionally surly. “Che la mia ferita sia mortale.”
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I hate this for us
October 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I hate this for us
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I have never seen someone excel at getting money for doing absolutely nothing like David Zaslav.
October 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I have never seen someone excel at getting money for doing absolutely nothing like David Zaslav.
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Every billionaire believes this because they all see themselves in the role. None have the depth to think about what any dictator would necessarily have to do to be "efficient" in governance and "benevolent" for the people: seize billionaires' assets and nationalize their industries.
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient."
Hmm, where have I heard this before?
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
Hmm, where have I heard this before?
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Every billionaire believes this because they all see themselves in the role. None have the depth to think about what any dictator would necessarily have to do to be "efficient" in governance and "benevolent" for the people: seize billionaires' assets and nationalize their industries.
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HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles.
The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
October 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles.
The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
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"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?"
Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
October 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?"
Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
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Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
October 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
I’m still going as Nebraska Hal Jordan for Halloween, but while I enjoyed #Lanterns a lot, I was really surprised at how much a prequel the show truly was. I take this to mean that while John has a pretty big role in Superman 2, it’s not big enough that there’s room in the film for his back story.
I’m going to be Green Lantern for #Halloween, but the #Lanterns Hal Jordan version, so I have about a month to find a good ring. If I don’t, then I’ll be Lanterns Hal Jordan AFTER he loses the ring.
October 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’m still going as Nebraska Hal Jordan for Halloween, but while I enjoyed #Lanterns a lot, I was really surprised at how much a prequel the show truly was. I take this to mean that while John has a pretty big role in Superman 2, it’s not big enough that there’s room in the film for his back story.
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Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
October 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
I saw a rando nerd recently, still whining because Agents of SHIELD isn’t official #MCU canon, still mad at #Marvel for not acknowledging it, and I just can’t imagine…
A. Deciding that Agents of SHIELD was the hill you would die on,
Or B. That the subject was even a hill at this point.
#ComicSky
A. Deciding that Agents of SHIELD was the hill you would die on,
Or B. That the subject was even a hill at this point.
#ComicSky
October 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Stop giving people shit for comparing them to Nazis and that's a message for the "but we have local examples" crowd as well as the "Nazis were worse" crowd
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Pete Hegseth’s Air Force Academy speech backdrop draws scrutiny: ‘Accidental Nazi is just not a thing’
An angular eagle behind the defense secretary departed from the Pentagon’s established branding. Critics saw echoes of the Third Reich.
www.advocate.com
October 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Stop giving people shit for comparing them to Nazis and that's a message for the "but we have local examples" crowd as well as the "Nazis were worse" crowd
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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October 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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I’m busy this week, so there may not be another post for a few days. But if you want to check out my Ghost, there’s a ton of responses to things I’ve watched, like #TheEndOfOakStreet, as well as some pop culture commentary and original #fiction too. Check it out.
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October 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I’m busy this week, so there may not be another post for a few days. But if you want to check out my Ghost, there’s a ton of responses to things I’ve watched, like #TheEndOfOakStreet, as well as some pop culture commentary and original #fiction too. Check it out.
#FilmSky
#ComicSky
#WritingCommunity
#FilmSky
#ComicSky
#WritingCommunity
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I think the problem is that for whatever reason, society/the media/whoever have correctly determined we need a way to reintegrate millions of people into society and from that incorrectly determined the way to do so is for the people who were wronged to apologize to the people who wronged them.
The press is so invested in a “these aren’t bad, racist people, they were hoodwinked!” whitewash of the Trump years.
October 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I think the problem is that for whatever reason, society/the media/whoever have correctly determined we need a way to reintegrate millions of people into society and from that incorrectly determined the way to do so is for the people who were wronged to apologize to the people who wronged them.
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Over and over some people demonstrate that racism IS a material interest in their decision making and that the racism supercedes everything else. But some refuse to take these folks at their word.
October 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Over and over some people demonstrate that racism IS a material interest in their decision making and that the racism supercedes everything else. But some refuse to take these folks at their word.
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I think we missed a huge opportunity to normalize masking as a public health tool.
We eradicated an entire strain of the flu with Covid prevention measures.
Masking shows respect for those around you.
It shows solidarity with the disability community.
It shows you value long term health.
We eradicated an entire strain of the flu with Covid prevention measures.
Masking shows respect for those around you.
It shows solidarity with the disability community.
It shows you value long term health.
October 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I think we missed a huge opportunity to normalize masking as a public health tool.
We eradicated an entire strain of the flu with Covid prevention measures.
Masking shows respect for those around you.
It shows solidarity with the disability community.
It shows you value long term health.
We eradicated an entire strain of the flu with Covid prevention measures.
Masking shows respect for those around you.
It shows solidarity with the disability community.
It shows you value long term health.
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Normalizing masks over normalizing excess death & normalizing horrific disability seems like it would be an easy choice
It’s still the choice I make too
I mask since 2020 & require people visiting my house to wear masks
I supply them if needed
It’s not that hard
It saves lives
Please mask up
It’s still the choice I make too
I mask since 2020 & require people visiting my house to wear masks
I supply them if needed
It’s not that hard
It saves lives
Please mask up
I’ve been wearing a mask since 2020, never stopped. It’s not even that big a deal to wear it, but it’s a HUGE deal to those who have weak immune systems. It absolutely helps reduce the chance of people getting sick, it’s just that simple. Please mask up.
October 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Normalizing masks over normalizing excess death & normalizing horrific disability seems like it would be an easy choice
It’s still the choice I make too
I mask since 2020 & require people visiting my house to wear masks
I supply them if needed
It’s not that hard
It saves lives
Please mask up
It’s still the choice I make too
I mask since 2020 & require people visiting my house to wear masks
I supply them if needed
It’s not that hard
It saves lives
Please mask up
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They’re framed as a contagion ruining otherwise virtuous suburban lives, luring their innocent children into lurid and seedy relationships with racial minorities who may have sex with them.
Drug smuggling has proven to be a great pretext for just about any assault on anyone. However, there is a discomforting bias against working on the demand side of this market. What is the Trumpian rationale for that?
October 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
They’re framed as a contagion ruining otherwise virtuous suburban lives, luring their innocent children into lurid and seedy relationships with racial minorities who may have sex with them.
The pedos in the GOP are like a hydra, one falls and two more take their place.
Palm Beach GOP doesn’t rule out supporting #Florida candidate who's been arrested & accused of child sex abuse
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic... via @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic... via @miamiherald.com
Palm Beach GOP doesn’t rule out supporting candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
www.miamiherald.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The pedos in the GOP are like a hydra, one falls and two more take their place.
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He’s just throwing ethics reform in there cuz he knows how ridiculous he’d sound urging them to do nothing
October 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
He’s just throwing ethics reform in there cuz he knows how ridiculous he’d sound urging them to do nothing
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"First time Trump voter" five days after the January 6th Coup attempt:
October 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"First time Trump voter" five days after the January 6th Coup attempt:
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It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
October 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
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Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
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come on, now
October 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
come on, now
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Whoa, one of the pedophiles responsible for the GOP's political power just died. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84
Former U.S. House Speaker John Hastert has died at the age of 84 from natural causes.
wgntv.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Whoa, one of the pedophiles responsible for the GOP's political power just died. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
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this seems fine
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
www.forbes.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
this seems fine