Jake K
@jakekpgh.bsky.social
digital humanist, visualizer, taiko player, maker, pinball aficionado, pens fan
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Thanks to @michaelannica.bsky.social for flagging this infuriating news update on administrative burden in SNAP. The AZ agency tasked with verifying SNAP eligibility dropped OVER 3 MILLION CALLS in 18 months amid SNAP cuts and only 13% of calls led to complete interview! www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
Data shows DES failed to complete most SNAP eligibility interviews, resulting in massive cuts
The state agency responsible for confirming which Arizonans qualify for SNAP benefits reported dropping more than 3 million calls with potential beneficiaries during an 18 month period — as nearly hal...
www.kjzz.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to @michaelannica.bsky.social for flagging this infuriating news update on administrative burden in SNAP. The AZ agency tasked with verifying SNAP eligibility dropped OVER 3 MILLION CALLS in 18 months amid SNAP cuts and only 13% of calls led to complete interview! www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
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The utter lack of self-awareness is beyond belief.
JD Vance: "The American people have every right to expect that when they write a check to the IRS, when they write a check to the federal government, that money is gonna go to where the law says it should go and not to fraudsters."
September 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The utter lack of self-awareness is beyond belief.
Let’s be clear: blame his party too cuz they could have stopped some of his worst policies. They didn’t even try because they all fear a mean tweet more than him doing actual harm to America.
I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs
September 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Let’s be clear: blame his party too cuz they could have stopped some of his worst policies. They didn’t even try because they all fear a mean tweet more than him doing actual harm to America.
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“Leave things alone to preserve your independence” is pure mafia speak for “Nice central bank you got there, shame if something happened to it.”
Hassett: "President Trump and I actually think that there isn't a reason right now to raise rates ... it's pretty important for the Fed to just leave things alone ahead of an election to preserve its independence"
September 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
“Leave things alone to preserve your independence” is pure mafia speak for “Nice central bank you got there, shame if something happened to it.”
Naysayers just like the ones who worried Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz
TRUMP dismisses clamor for AI regulation or slowdown, per pool: “We can put guardrails, and we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up and they're bringing up things that won't happen.”
September 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Naysayers just like the ones who worried Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz
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I would have gone out and found like an 8th generation Texan family who had an adult trans kid who fled Texas and cut an ad with them going "i voted the way i did to keep this texas family together, but Ken Paxton drove them apart. When the government reaches into the home, I begin to question it."
September 12, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I would have gone out and found like an 8th generation Texan family who had an adult trans kid who fled Texas and cut an ad with them going "i voted the way i did to keep this texas family together, but Ken Paxton drove them apart. When the government reaches into the home, I begin to question it."
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Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Texas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midterms
Democrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Whenever I see something like this I have to wonder if he talked a doc into giving him T supplements.
American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after mid-air meltdown loses his job
American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after mid-air meltdown loses his job
Other passengers claimed Lundeen was using vulgar and bigoted language toward the flight crew
trib.al
September 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Whenever I see something like this I have to wonder if he talked a doc into giving him T supplements.
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Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
September 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
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There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way
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Bessent: "Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for taking a lying regime at face value"
September 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Bessent: "Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for taking a lying regime at face value"
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Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
September 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
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I'm a Disney Adult in that I'm a dirty little fiend for infrastructure and the processes required to manage humans. Seriously cannot get enough of that shit.
Rides? No. Mouse? Fuck off.
Systematic analysis of moving thousands of tons of garbage without showing your hand? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!
Rides? No. Mouse? Fuck off.
Systematic analysis of moving thousands of tons of garbage without showing your hand? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!
September 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I'm a Disney Adult in that I'm a dirty little fiend for infrastructure and the processes required to manage humans. Seriously cannot get enough of that shit.
Rides? No. Mouse? Fuck off.
Systematic analysis of moving thousands of tons of garbage without showing your hand? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!
Rides? No. Mouse? Fuck off.
Systematic analysis of moving thousands of tons of garbage without showing your hand? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!
Many of us knew the answers to these questions in Nov 2024
Statement from Gov. Mike DeWine: "I think we have to ask ourselves: is this really good? Is it what we want done to people like this being picked up and facing deportation? Do we want that being done in our name?"
The cruelty is the point. Shame on this administration and shame on the people who voted for this.
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
September 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Many of us knew the answers to these questions in Nov 2024
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Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO.
My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say.
The new CDC Director is failing us.
My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say.
The new CDC Director is failing us.
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
www.inquirer.com
August 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO.
My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say.
The new CDC Director is failing us.
My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say.
The new CDC Director is failing us.
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There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo.
“All Systems Red” is the second one.
The other is “Dune”
Congratulations @marthawells.com.
“All Systems Red” is the second one.
The other is “Dune”
Congratulations @marthawells.com.
August 31, 2026 at 5:01 AM
There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo.
“All Systems Red” is the second one.
The other is “Dune”
Congratulations @marthawells.com.
“All Systems Red” is the second one.
The other is “Dune”
Congratulations @marthawells.com.
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The U.S. loses 390–540 GW of wind, solar, and storage over the next decade under current policy. This will result in an average utility bill increase of $230/year by 2035. 🔌💡 @nrdc.org
www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
NRDC Report: How Trump’s Actions Are Hiking Utility Bills and Destroying Investments
The full suite of President Trump’s actions is set to destroy a massive $700 billion in new power investments over the next decade, leading utility bills to spike by an average of $230 a year, while o...
www.nrdc.org
August 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The U.S. loses 390–540 GW of wind, solar, and storage over the next decade under current policy. This will result in an average utility bill increase of $230/year by 2035. 🔌💡 @nrdc.org
www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!!!
Here Are the Winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards - Reactor
On Sunday, the 2026 Hugo Awards were presented at LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. The awards were voted on by members of the 2025 and 2026 World Science Fiction Conventions; the ce...
reactormag.com
August 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!!!
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And we uncovered that a Pentagon official who emerged as a central figure in the Anthropic blacklisting held millions of dollars in stock in Perplexity AI — an Anthropic competitor.
August 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And we uncovered that a Pentagon official who emerged as a central figure in the Anthropic blacklisting held millions of dollars in stock in Perplexity AI — an Anthropic competitor.
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BREAKING: A judge just ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI company resisted government demands over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
But there’s more to this story.... ⬇️
But there’s more to this story.... ⬇️
August 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
BREAKING: A judge just ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI company resisted government demands over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
But there’s more to this story.... ⬇️
But there’s more to this story.... ⬇️
Antivaxers saying giving sugar to children is bad in 3 2 1…
A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Fridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reach
Unreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that.
www.gavi.org
August 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Antivaxers saying giving sugar to children is bad in 3 2 1…
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Please take a moment and read Lara
Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
August 21, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Please take a moment and read Lara
Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.?
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
August 21, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.?
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
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I agree that the tech backlash has a lot to do with the fact that Silicon Valley has pretty much given up on giving us cool things - and has trained us to assume that tech products that *seem* cool are probably secretly evil.
I wrote about this last year:
I wrote about this last year:
I Just Want a Cute Robot Lamp That Isn't Evil
Apple's engineers have figured out how to design a robot lamp so adorable that everyone I've shown the video to says they'd die for it.
By studying how to translate human expression into the movement...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
August 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I agree that the tech backlash has a lot to do with the fact that Silicon Valley has pretty much given up on giving us cool things - and has trained us to assume that tech products that *seem* cool are probably secretly evil.
I wrote about this last year:
I wrote about this last year: