Jack Jenkins

…I did tho. bsky.app/profile/jack...

NOTUS, btw, is a publication owned by a nonprofit.

If this comes to fruition, I'm not gonna say I called it, but…(see next skeet)…

“NOTUS Media in February filed an application to trademark a new name — The Washington Sun.”

I low-key hope that I somehow end up as an AI expert but instead of helping you, it just actively inserts typos into your copy and vacillates wildly between suggesting very serious paragraphs about religion and rambling diatribes about Star Wars and Thomas Paine and birding

The Upshot is hiring a data graphics/multimedia editor. Come work with us and make weird things that help people understand the world!
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There's evidence Dorsey had an epiphany about open protocols a while ago, but, on paper, what he really seems to want is Mastodon (which already exists)?

It's also unclear if he's actually pursuing that, and if he's interested on principle or bc he thinks protocols can elide moderation (or both).

There's been lots made of a story involving "Armageddon briefings" in the US military. There's also lotsa skepticism around it, mainly bc it seems none of the first-hand sources spoke to reporters.

If you're a member of the military who HAS experienced these briefings, my Signal is: jackmjenkins.60

Interestingly, this is an effort that has been in the works for a while.

The day Roe was overturned — and even in the months leading up to it — faith-based abortion rights activists were already talking to me about filing religious freedom lawsuits. religionnews.com/2022/06/25/a...

Judge Blocks State from Enforcing Abortion Ban Against Religious Objectors A judge has handed down a ruling that prevents Indiana from enforcing its near-total abortion ban against women who say the procedure is a requirement of their religious faith.

I've been writing for years about the strategy of challenging abortion bans as violations of religious liberty. www.politico.com/news/2023/06...

A court in Indiana just ruled that the state's abortion ban violates the religious liberty protections Mike Pence signed into law
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Quote-posting specifically to note the presence of Johnnie Moore to Trump's left.

In Trump's first term, Moore effectively served as the spokesperson for Trump's evangelical advisors.

More recently, he helped lead the widely criticized Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. religionnews.com/2025/08/27/h...

True!

Francis Collins 'a bit' frustrated with evangelicals amid COVID-19 vaccine push Collins said seekers of a religious exemption from new COVID-19 rules would ‘have to really come through with a coherent argument about why that applies in this place.’

Oh he is! religionnews.com/2021/09/10/f...

Also worth noting that the author of this piece is Aaron Renn, who co-founded the American Reformer and has ties to a lot of overtly Christian nationalist figures/efforts.

See @ruthgraham.bsky.social's big 'ol writeup on him from last year: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

* SCOTUS only has one confirmed Protestant. The rest are Catholic, Jewish, and whatever Gorsuch is (raised Catholic, last attended an Episcopal church pre-SCOTUS, but unclear how he IDs)

** Mullin is Pentecostal. That's now widely regarded as evangelical, but that was more complicated in the past.

This piece is referring to SCOTUS*, but:

The Speaker of the House is an evangelical Christian, as is the Senate Majority Leader.

See also:

· Secretary of Defense
· OMB director
· Outgoing DHS sec
· Incoming DHS sec (if confirmed)**
· HUD Sec
· Head of the White House Faith Office

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war.

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

Asking for a friend

Okay but what’s the status of their just-enough-room-for-a-tiny-house-property market

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JN

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Maybe I'm kirking out but the unreality of this war is wild. People posting that thousands of Kurds are fighting the regime for the CIA, while the Kurds say it isn't happening. Every video of a missile attack I just have to assume is AI whether it is real or not.

OMG. NOEM LIVE: www.wfaa.com/video/news/l...

It's a broad category.

Meet Markwayne Meet Markwayne

Specifically, per his campaign website, Mullin and his family attend an Assemblies of God church. mullinforamerica.com/meet-markway...

www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...

Religion note: According to Pew (see next post) and other sources, Mullin is a Pentecostal Christian.

There it is: Noem out, Mullin in