Jason Cross

Jason Cross

@jasoncross.org

Nerd stuff and hobbies I’m into: games, guitar, bread, tech. I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.

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Oh god, oh please, please release it all. Just dump it all out there for everyone to pore over. Go nuts.

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

Bro is out there doing a hot 5 on freaking APPLES in front of a bigass American flag and the GOP is all like "HE'S NOT AMERICAN HE DOESN'T BELONG HERE!"

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

Fall is here. So we can finally talk about this serious topic... Jonagold vs. Honeycrisp apples.

Imagine if any other president did this, part 74342 This would be a MASSIVE scandal for anyone else, nonstop front page hysteria. It's pretty shameful how the mainstream press shrugs off this stuff now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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No billionaire, especially one that gets massive contracts from our government, should have the power to unilaterally decide to shut down communications and weapons during a war of critical importance to the US and Ukraine. We must investigate this and hold Musk accountable.

The thing is, Musk is going to come after you (puppet or not) regardless of whether or not you "pick fights" with him. You will earn no safety by trying to appease Elon, just as you won't when you try to appease Trump. They'll turn on you anyway, as soon as it benefits them.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

Just for context, inflation-adjusted console launch prices (US): NES (deluxe set): $564 SMS: $615 SNES: $495 GENESIS: $516 Atari 2600: $1,010 Intellivision: $1,223

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

'the price of the [Xbox] Helix console has internally been projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless Microsoft decides to subsidize the cost' -Game Pass planning major overhaul (a la carte) -next-gen handheld by 2027 holidays, console 2028 holidays fortune.com/2026/10/20/t...

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

Today there will be 5-10 million people marching and protesting in No Kings rallies all over the country. The national media will give it a tiny fraction of the coverage they gave the Tea Party rallies, which were < 1/10th the size. They've picked a side and they show you that every day.

Just another thing for the massive pile of "if any other president did this it would be the end of them" that the mainstream media will ignore. If it's mentioned anywhere they won't have the guts to call it what it is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."

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NEW: Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party. WIRED's tracking his America PAC funding efforts here - read @hugolowell.bsky.social + @dell.bsky.social:

wired.comElon Musk Is Almost Single-Handedly Funding the Republican Midterms PushElon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.

wow, half a Scaramucci? The guy who hired her must be a real fucking moron.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Katie Zacharia is reportedly "transitioning out" of her role as Trump's press secretary after only 5 days on the job.

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So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Put Musk and Trump on the ballot. Everywhere. Publicize every candidate getting Musk money. Tie every GOP candidate to Trump. They're both terribly unpopular.

#TeslaTakedown@teslatakedown.com

Today's filing: in the last 24 hours, Elon's super PAC added $4,513,280.22 in new spending. Fully $3.94 million of that went to Texas Senate. Musk's super PAC alone has now spent $22,719,081.92 against @jamestalarico.bsky.social

Every accusation is an admission: When Trump complained about democrats "weaponizing the federal government" they were telling us that they intend to do exactly that. And they have. See: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Democrats must NOT be afraid to go after the *actual* crimes committed by Trump and his admin officials. Don't hold back because you don't want to be accused of "weaponizing the justice department against political opponents."

They will accuse you of that regardless, and already have, and use that as a shield to continue to do this dictator shit. You have to CLEAN HOUSE, thoroughly, quickly, and fearlessly.

Apple crossed the $5T threshold today. It crossed the $4T threshold just about a year ago (Oct 28 2026). Up 25% in a year! While inflation rages and gas prices are through the roof. Something's really twisted about our economy.

What a colossal asshole. (who is also very confidently wrong)

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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Just remembered the Christopher Columbus bit from the Curtis Sliwa-Adam Friedland podcast, the #1 clip of all time for Not Having Any Idea What Words Are Coming Next

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🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.

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Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...

I'm watching this RTX Spark microsoft stream and so far it's just a firehose of AI-pilled LLM brain buzzwords. This is a presentation made for investors who want to hear "AI AI AI" and inscrutable nonsense for normal people.

15 minutes after I wrote this I got to the city, which is a neat "big zone with side missions" kind of idea that really works for Gears.

Jason Cross@jasoncross.org

Gears of War: E-Day is great. It's a "back to basics" Gears game, and I mean that in the best way. They didn't try to cram a lot of big ideas in there, with like open world or skill trees or a strategic layer or anything.

Gears of War: E-Day is great. It's a "back to basics" Gears game, and I mean that in the best way. They didn't try to cram a lot of big ideas in there, with like open world or skill trees or a strategic layer or anything.

Just dark, sometimes horror, running around a ruined city from one battleground to the next, then a big setpiece or boss fight, repeat. It's got great pacing and feel, looks fantastic, and is chock full of cheesy one liners like a Schwarzenegger movie in the 80s.

Ew. The new @firefox.com threw a bunch of color gradient bullshit all over the window chrome for no goddamn reason. Why though? It's not supposed to be pretty it's supposed to be INVISIBLE. UGH.

If you call it "super intelligence" it's just another way of saying "I have my tongue ALLLLLL the way up Trump's asshole! LOOK!"

Trump's new America.gov website confirms he lost the 2020 election. Oh, and it calls itself "AI" and not "SI" so I'm sure he's screaming at someone to fix both problems right away.

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🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.