Jason Pontius
@ponti.us
Raconteur, aesthete, family man. instagram.com/jasonpontius
repost if you will never vote for a democrat willing to harm trans kids puberty blockers are medicine hormones are medicine nobody is carving your kids up children know who they feel like
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
This is how you felt about Democrats three years ago
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4mo agoThe vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.
“My Mayor is Muslim, my bagel is Jewish, my Christian’s Dior… Knicks in 4!!!”
There's funnier tweets out there but the perfect buildup to the last minute ridiculous swerve into complete pointlessness is so perfectly my sense of humor that it's nearly supplanted the actual lyrics to this song in my head
Dr. Sarah Parcak@indyfromspace.bsky.social · 7mo agoOK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."
democrats should stage a walk out, ideally bit by bit, because he'd crash out in real time
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 9mo agohe’s 100% got no script and is just going to ramble to a captive audience for two hours
can you imagine how fucking annoying it would be to be the like. 12th best person in the world at ski jumping. like you can’t STOP going to the competitions right? but you’re going to get 12th. your mom flew there
I think some people understand the world as a series of systems that mesh together in ways that make everything better or worse, and other people understand the world as a big stage for them to perform on
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 9mo agoPeople should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
First shot: sugarcane The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times Still used to make rum of course!
Doing an OJ used to mean running through the airport to catch your flight.
Teri B@tallmaschq.bsky.social · 10mo agoWithout revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
god he’s right I am fully verklempt over this. maybe there is hope for our dumb species after all
Brian Coulter@philabcoulter.bsky.social · 10mo agoBest TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
goddammit this whole thing is so great, thank you @casten.house.gov
Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social · 11mo ago47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.
‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
there are simply not that many people who are highly articulate, verbal, and online most people do not establish and maintain online identities if you do, you absolutely will stand out AI slop is being posted largely by people who were never going to participate without it
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
Hey people I pay attention to on here — not too many of you: @zas.bsky.social @eleanor.lockhart.contact @unavaleable.bsky.social @hausofdecline.bsky.social @hausofholes.bsky.social Ok fine @jamellebouie.net Anyway the point is KATE BARR. @katebarrcanwin @cantwinvictoryfund (IG) This is the way
HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING: -the public has beliefs about the world -history tells us those beliefs can be anything, from mundane to horrific, from rational to deranged -those beliefs are mostly formed by people talking to each other a lot and deciding what feels right based on what they hear
Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
bring on the dancing horses 🦃@ihavethatonvinyl.com · last yr.sting? fucking STING? who in 2025 wants to see solo sting? this has to be a joke www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
This all feels so right on the fuckin money and I say it tracks for pulp fiction and reservoir dogs too
ellie lockhart (she/they)@eleanor.lockhart.contact · last yr.tarantino films are inert,safe,as long as you believe they are set in their specific time periods and nowhere else the same is true of star wars,if you think that the galaxy far far away is merely a fairy tale but if you think there’s a big shared story made up of symbols,they become live rhetoric