← Feed

Posts

• View post

  I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/post/3mwh6qellv223

• View post

  Um. Wow? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfdiyietterineb3cvu3ddco/post/3mwe5uukko22m

• View post

  I'll note that the data shows that social media use stayed steady during this period (AI use isn't surveyed, but other studies show it has increased steadily in this age group over the time period). RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3mw376dspcm2h

• View post

  So @dwillner.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy & I took some of our discussion thread from Bluesky last week regarding the "sexy apocalypse" predictions from the EA-aligned "AI Safety" folks, and wrote an article from the perspective (Dave's) of those who do *real* risk mitigation work. The apocalypse will not be sexy. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mw24ndty6iy7

• View post

  So, if I'm reading this correctly, the Yankees just got through the 12th inning on... two pitches. Inning started with the Manfred Man on 2nd, then there was an intentional walk. So 2 men on base, no pitches. Then a pitch and a pickoff catching the guy on 2nd base. Then next pitch is hit into a DP.

• View post

  Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mv7jmoewgq23

• View post

  Gee. Wonder why Giuliani was just saying he didn't think Mamdani should show up at the 9/11 event... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zetunk75tdvsmkjqkel65dcl/post/3muzquckwvs2c

• View post

  This whole thing is so bizarre. The media shouldn't just be repeating the nonsense. They should be the ones calling out how this is all 100% based on hateful bigotry. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wqhbdx55f4vv7bnpps5pur4c/post/3muxrksqfq22q

• View post

  In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mtzirhnpvj2q

• View post

  Had not seen this, but amazing work @davidjbier.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy www.cato.org/sites/cato.o... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3eztk6n5yfusonzysddcqer/post/3mtyxt7qj622a cato.org/sites/cato.org...

• View post

  Every op ed about the rich leaving states is always just some version of this. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dci5jlffbhbi4ui4inf2wk6i/post/3mslpamip222z Arrested Development But It Mi...

• View post

  Keffiyehs as far as Olivia can hallucinate. But also... so what? Even if there were... so what? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:trqqcu6a3xwkmserqrohveu5/post/3mseatb23dc2x

• View post

  Oh wow. Bending Spoons is basically the graveyard for companies that once mattered. Didn't think Airtable had reached that point, but... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/post/3msbcyrntrn2e

• View post

  And, of course, after they leave the Senate next year, the cable shows will all have them on pretending that Cornyn and Tillis meaningful opposed Trump's agenda, when they were absolutely key to making it happen. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ihpglfqq3dapqjmwl2ntktil/post/3ms6qpww3i223

• View post

  I repeat: this IS NOT AN AGREEMENT WITH TRUMP so it doesn't even matter that it's not binding. This is the DOJ saying it's withdrawing its own order establishing the fund. But the settlement still exists, and Trump's motion on Friday makes it clear he intends to enforce it, meaning the fund remains RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/post/3ms6s6xvc7c2l

• View post

  This doesn't get rid of the settlement that establishes the fund. That would require Donald Trump's sign-on, and he made it clear he wants the fund. All this does is rescind the DOJ's order establishing the fund. Trump can still go to court and demand the fund because the settlement remains. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/post/3ms5jpj5g2c27

• View post

  This got me to finally read the entire New Yorker article on the Tates and... yeah. I don't see how what they're doing is any different than what everyone has accused Jeffrey Epstein of doing. Except they're *more public* about admitting to what they're doing AND getting young men to join in. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:twjze4qqf6fgxz33ct52wlnl/post/3mrzyupnwu22q

• View post

  Incredible. In normal circumstances this whole thing would be a massive embarrassment to the DOJ and the US Attorney in charge of the case. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bkmfse64kqf3yjoqdcs65qto/post/3mrxx4fhfks2d

• View post

  Yes this is all ridiculous but if even Fox is asking Hassett about his previous wrong predictions... that's a significant change. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mrwywdtnwp24

• View post

  When even the Discovery Institute (!!!) is like "yo this dude is full of shit" you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7prh6raya2ntwnpyzte5u5hc/post/3mrrwuvuczp2w

• View post

  So as the NYTimes is blocked from AI scraping, Meta will now be getting news from Newsmax. What could possibly go wrong? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/post/3mrqvbutdss22

• View post

  If you're trying to connect with me on LinkedIn... don't do this. Beyond clearly written by AI and taking a spray & pray approach to connecting, it's full of bad jargon and doesn't make me want to connect with you in any way at all.

• View post

  Modern American healthcare. In April I had to have some imaging done to check on something (everything's fine). In early July I randomly got a bill for ~$200, which I paid. Today I get a voicemail from the provider saying they need to set up a payment plan for my "overdue payment."

• View post

  Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6wwty6iar2ya7heph6d25cw3/post/3mrgouakfh226

• View post

  Important thread... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vlo3zxogayv3fr7i6yzfjufq/post/3mr6kwqmgzs2u

• View post

  Yeah, sure, Senator Mark Warner, the former venture capitalist and second wealthiest Senator is a [checks notes]... communist? Do these idiots listen to themselves? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mr6ft7tzl225

• View post

  "Look at how many more soldiers I can kill" is quite the pitch to the American public. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3mr6llzsf7k22

• View post

  I kinda think it should be a career destroying scandal that the head of DHS (a department that shouldn't exist) is completely hallucinating hordes of drones that didn't exist that DHS didn't shoot down. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mr445jz2y42n

• View post

  Once again, @charlottewillner.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy is giving a wonderful opening talk for #trustcon, kicking it off around the theme of "what did you want to be when you grew up?" and connecting to that to how much the entire trust & safety field has grown up and matured.

• View post

  The whole reason this place exists (with Jimmy Hoffa buried under the original stadium) is because it could have so much parking which people assumed was necessary to get people to go to (American) football in the 1970s. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w7xh2b3bg33q44qf3lazrjft/post/3mqzgtxmiat2d