I do the skeets for @semafor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lwvybfjve22wMy job is to get people to read the news, but I think push notifications are deeply unhealthy and it’s fine to just seek out news on your own time instead of letting someone shove it in your face at all hours of the day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvybfjve22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lwut4ee2322noh so now it’s a crime to support local journalism [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwut4ee2322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3luvaivhq4224The people of Earth-818 in FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS26 Jul 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3luvaivhq4224https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lqvdnqra5s23He is now calling for Trump to nationalize SpaceX lmao [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvdnqra5s23https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lqsg3lwobc2aHilarious number of your former colleagues to have immediately running to Politico to trash your new book announcement [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsg3lwobc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lqpadrmfcc2lI love when the New York Post does Eric Adams mad libs03 Jun 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpadrmfcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lqnfpinow224“It was another win for a well-organized lobbying campaign led by manufacturers of dark roofing materials.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/01/dark-roof-lobby02 Jun 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnfpinow224https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lqcvxdvfc22sAlmost opted against submitting expenses for a work trip to avoid having to tell a coworker that I went to Taco Bell three times in one week29 May 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcvxdvfc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lq6mejawnc2dI never really considered that the Secret Service would do this but now I need to know if anyone has ever been picked up on an outstanding warrant because they visited the White House [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6mejawnc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lq45ynocjk2dThere’s a great bit in THE FINAL RECKONING where Ethan Hunt, finally forced to confront the reality that he regularly hurts innocent people in service of his missions, apologizes to someone just for the guy to brush him off and say Ethan actually made his life way better by accident26 May 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq45ynocjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lq3xlzj4622yReally did not love the first hour or so of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, which falls to near FAST & FURIOUS levels of silly self-seriousness, but then Tramell Tillman almost single-handedly saves the movie by being the first person to remember this is supposed to be campy fun26 May 2025 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3xlzj4622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lq3dgnvce22eNYC Tourist Tip: Disoriented coming out of the subway? Just stop at the top of the stairs and wait for a helpful New Yorker to give you directions26 May 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3dgnvce22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lq26uczor224Timothée Chalamet auditioning for the UNCUT GEMS prequel26 May 2025 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq26uczor224https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpzpgg56qs2pSo you’re telling me that in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION, the IMF is subject to Senate oversight and closed door hearings, but in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING we learn that the DNI doesn’t even know about the existence of the IMF?25 May 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzpgg56qs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpyrraneqk2oAny store could shell pistachios for added convenience, but the real Trader Joe’s magic is in coming up with just the perfect repulsive and humiliating name for it25 May 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpyrraneqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpxiyofz3s2dMy dog has been sitting next to me on the couch absolutely locked in for nearly the entire MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE marathon. He can’t get enough of Ethan Hunt and the IMF.25 May 2025 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxiyofz3s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpxfzoyiwk23Rewatching MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT and it’s so funny how both big stunts Tom Cruise does between the HALO jump and the helicopter could have so easily been done by a stunt men? We can barely see your face, Tom!25 May 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxfzoyiwk23https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpv4o4adr22yI don’t love the Knicks but the Pacers are a deeply evil team (have a QR code on their jersey)24 May 2025 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpv4o4adr22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpv3qlakvs2yI worry about Timothée Chalamet at these Knicks games. A sickly little Victorian boy can only handle so much stress24 May 2025 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpv3qlakvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpuuvzmdg22cJust rewatched MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III for the first time in years and for as much as I love Philip Seymour Hoffman’s performance in this movie and think he’s the franchise’s best bad guy, I totally forgot how he ends. MADAME WEB ass villain kill!24 May 2025 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuuvzmdg22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpu6hoj3gc2u“You can’t make an emotional Star Wars for grown ups unless it’s rated R” is an incredibly funny thing to say like a week after the Andor finale [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpu6hoj3gc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lptn7d62os2vActually really enjoyed revisiting this one despite the flaws. Still my least favorite but now I think the real problem isn’t how disconnected it feels from the rest, but that John Woo waited until the last 30 minutes to really start doing John Woo shit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptn7d62os2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lptknaa5ak2vThey need to do George Lucas style special editions of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise in a few years where they just go back and add Kittridge to all the movies he’s not in.23 May 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptknaa5ak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpsh32lkkc25just remembered this23 May 2025 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsh32lkkc25https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpsf3bfpnk25My wife who has never seen any of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies and would not commit to the rewatch marathon is in the room while MI2 is on. Afraid this will make a bad first impression.23 May 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsf3bfpnk25https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpsdpibkss2iThe one who will lead us to the top of the box office [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsdpibkss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpsc4mahfc2dIncredible power move by George Lucas during negotiations over TEMPLE OF DOOM, as recounted by Barry Diller in his new memoir: “This deal, the most generous in history, isn’t worth it?” “No, not really.”22 May 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsc4mahfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpr5oswpkk2oMLB is going to experiment with bat-tracking for check swing challenges in the minors, and I think that’s great, but they’re going to define a swing as “when the head of the bat moves ahead of its knob by more than 45 degrees.” What???22 May 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr5oswpkk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lppi2yj4ts23Brian Eno? The Windows 95 chime composer? [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppi2yj4ts23https://bsky.app/profile/jbillinson.bsky.social/post/3lpp7v7o46c2y“The chatter at the conference, unaddressed by Microsoft executives during their keynotes on stage, was the extent to which the exact features the company is selling to developers will replace those same developers in due time.” https://www.semafor.com/article/05/21/2025/developers-at-microsoft-build-question-their-future-relevance21 May 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:ms4dzr3m4o5ns57pk4uinu7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpp7v7o46c2y