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JD Yates

@jdyates.bsky.social

An unmitigated nerd. Frequently verbose. Doing my best to bore you to death with politics and science and finance but most frequently just whatever I happen to be watching. (He/Him) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆย ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿ–– Dallas is home. Primarily Mastodon: @jdyates@mastodon.social

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Wishing a very โ€˜win way more in punitive damages than youโ€™d ever have in a pensionโ€™ to all those affected.

07.08.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a captain america costume says " i understood that reference " Alt: captain america says " i understood that reference "
05.08.2025 04:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching yโ€™all watch this is better than watching this.

04.08.2025 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Forcing myself to play something from my (expansive) backlog today instead of [insert rotating assassins/arkham/horizon title here].

03.08.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black dog on the couch staring at the camera intently with ears pulled back to invisible.

Black dog on the couch staring at the camera intently with ears pulled back to invisible.

When the criminal lack of NOMS is so serious your ears go on strike.

03.08.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
iOS 5 liquid droplet wallpaper

iOS 5 liquid droplet wallpaper

What if we brought back the real Liquid Glass for iOS 26?

01.08.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last night I hung out with my brother that I hadnโ€™t seen in four years. And then found out that in seven months Iโ€™ll be a guncle. What is the prognosis for permanent terror?

01.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman in a school uniform says " i am so random i can 't believe i just did that " Alt: Jamie private school girl in a school uniform says " i am so random i can 't believe i just did that "

Also you.

31.07.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Underpants gnomes meme from South Park

Underpants gnomes meme from South Park

Step 1: eat bowl of cinnamon toast crunch.
Step 2: use CTC milk in coffee/tea.
Step 3: profit.

31.07.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember thinking the prose was facile in like seventh grade and still being unable to put them down. Will be interesting to see if this remains true today. ๐Ÿ˜‚

29.07.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holy shit, wow, core memory unlocked. I have to do this now.

29.07.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black dog sleeping curled into the spot between my legs on the couch bathed in warm light

Black dog sleeping curled into the spot between my legs on the couch bathed in warm light

Important life update: I will never be moving from this spot ever again. ๐Ÿฅฐ

29.07.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Catherine Tate gay dear who dear me dear no dear.

Catherine Tate gay dear who dear me dear no dear.

28.07.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The queue forms behind me.

28.07.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sam Kirk from strange new worlds.

Sam Kirk from strange new worlds.

This part. What about Moustache Rideโ€™s Enterprise???

27.07.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me, picking up a video game controller: โ€œI must not fall. Fall damage is the mind killer. Fall damage is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my rage quit. I will permit it to pass over meโ€ฆโ€

27.07.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s legitimately four foot eleven and if you put him in a tuxedo heโ€™s gonna look like a penguin to say nothing of how a franchise about western decadence and imperialism just really does not bear rebooting for a Gen Z Disney audience.

27.07.2025 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am honestly begging anyone seriously considering Tom Holland to be the next Bond to watch any Bond film made before 2000.

27.07.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Barry Sloane wearing a tank top under a loose linen shirt with many buttons open and an axe slung over his shoulder smouldering.

Barry Sloane wearing a tank top under a loose linen shirt with many buttons open and an axe slung over his shoulder smouldering.

Excuse me, sirโ€ฆ are you me dad? ๐Ÿฅบ

25.07.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching The Rehearsal makes me want to strap myself to a homemade rocket and shoot myself into space because I simply cannot inhabit a planet with these literal lizard people any longer.

24.07.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am once again begging streaming platforms to do even the most basic audio levelling between titles. And then adopt a standard for it amongst themselves.

24.07.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve ever managed more than two books in a year, usually on vacation, but itโ€™s only July and Iโ€™ve just started numbers 8 & 9. ๐Ÿฅณ

2025 reading list so far:

The Dark Forest (Liu)
Deathโ€™s End (Liu)
In the Woods (French)
The Darkness Outside Us (Schrefer)
Foundation (Asimov)
+4 nonfiction

23.07.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman says oh man the girls are fighting are n't they ALT: a woman says oh man the girls are fighting are n't they
21.07.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your bookshelf really answers a lot of questions already answered by your handle.

21.07.2025 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This photo features โœจ exceptional cuteness โœจ.

20.07.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sai!!! ๐Ÿ™Š ๐Ÿ‘€

18.07.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chris petrovski IMDb headshot looking ripped in a Henley with dark hair and stubble.

Chris petrovski IMDb headshot looking ripped in a Henley with dark hair and stubble.

I finished The Darkness Outside Us today. I haveโ€ฆ takes. But, hear me out, Chris Petrovski as Kodiak in the inevitable film adaptation.

17.07.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you redact the tracking code from the url they will play in the browser. (Everything after โ€œ?โ€)

16.07.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black dog with her hind legs up on one side of an L shaped couch, her front legs on the floor, and her face rested on the other side looking as if this is totally normal with a loading indicator photoshopped in above her head.

Black dog with her hind legs up on one side of an L shaped couch, her front legs on the floor, and her face rested on the other side looking as if this is totally normal with a loading indicator photoshopped in above her head.

HALP! I think my dog is stuck in a race condition.

16.07.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coincidentally, both my kryptonite and my villain origin story is people doing improv.

11.07.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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