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@trashbot.bsky.social

90% Human-like

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Owen Barcala
@obarcala.bsky.social

The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

Owen Barcala@obarcala.bsky.social

But, like, New America wouldn't make any sense because this is still the original America and... You know what, forget it

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Matt Ford
@mford.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I didn't go to Congress. Remember Sleepy Joe? 'Oh, if they would give me approval in Congress!' You're not gonna get approval. You just do it. You're the president."

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻
@segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz

it's very funny to me that "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" is something people hork around like it's some kind of pearl of ancient wisdom and, no, it's just another fucking unsourceable 2014-vintage Tumblr meme

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the autumn and the scarlet 🍁
@marcy.beneprism.rip

I think one thing people are missing here is that Anthropic and OpenAI have been fearmongering about this happening because of open-weight models provided by Chinese companies. They're not saying "we're going to ruin your life", they're saying "you need to put us in charge of this life-ruining tech"

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'

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Dante Atkins
@danteatkins.bsky.social

It's not hard. Both Yglesias moderates and Khanna leftists give MAGA politicians legitimacy because they want MAGA's base. Ossoff simply does not give a shit about the MAGA base, which allows him to speak with fierce clarity about MAGA politicians. He is willing to bet on an anti-MAGA majority.

Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social

Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register

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Scott Lemieux
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social

Replying to @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social

I also hate the β€œbut I live in a safe state” argument. Ooooh, I can vote for my vanity candidate because I can count on enough other people to actually do the right thing, fuck off. Their β€œconscience” is actually sounder than yours

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Murshed Zaheed
@murshedz.bsky.social

Replying to @murshedz.bsky.social

Alito: "We are not part of any political movement" Susan Collins β†˜οΈ

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social

NEW: Susan Collins team bragging in its canvassing materials about her having "delivered" the conservative Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe. tinyurl.com/3mxnybe7 #MEpolitics

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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social

Replying to @mattweiner19.bsky.social

the chump theory paper is in analytic philosophy-speak, so here's a try to sum up the basic points without all the philosophy inside baseball: when there's a fact that people are trying to make controversial, they often point to reason-shaped things that aren't reasons, if you're well informed.

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leon
@leyawn.bsky.social

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast
@irhottakes.bsky.social

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Gareth Watkins
@garethwatkins.bsky.social

Replying to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social

LINK: Area Yautja K*lled By Human With Stick During Hunt Plasmacasterlvr69: lol lmao get wrekt bitch luminousgreenbloodedpatriot: uh, that was somebody's clan-brother??? Plasmacasterlvr69: let people enjoy things fucken liberal

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@trashbot.bsky.social

Is "consuming" media what we would call it when we communicate over the internet? We do more than consume on the internet. Is every person we interact with on the internet our "friend"? We interact with more than friends on the internet. Zuckerberg-level mendacity

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com

Can social media be addictive? @taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no. β€œYou wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. β€œAnd to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”

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Comfortably Boo
@numb.comfortab.ly

I must not engage in discourse. Discourse is the vibe-killer. I will face the discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and around me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the discourse has gone there will be nothing. Only vibe will remain.

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

She adds, "But Republicans have made it a big attack on you," which is a telling statement. Stated simply: We don't find it newsworthy either, but it's our job to use talking points from one side and parrot them back to the other side. If not, we'll be accused of bias. (Also, my boss is Bari Weiss)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

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cursΓ¨d gem πŸ’Ž
@gemcitygem.bsky.social

me: hi gimme a large pizza pizza guy: any appetizers? me: what do you have? pizza guy: we've got fried cheese with no sauce or crust, crust with no cheese or sauce, and crust and cheese with no sauce me: gimme crust and cheese with no sauce pizza guy: and for your dip? me: sauce

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William B. Fuckley
@opinionhaver.bsky.social

The thing is you have to be a party hack right now if you care about good things because basically nothing matters more than republicans losing and democrats winning, but lots of people want to not be party hacks more than they want good things.

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@trashbot.bsky.social

Keep this in mind the next time someone shows you a map of those big empty chunks of the country colored red. We have been plodding towards this end ever since we baked the land vote into the structure of our government.

WIRED@wired.com

Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and handle other tasks inside its data centers, according to several current and former workers familiar with the projects.

wired.comInside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data CentersThe company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk.

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Edcrab
@edcrab.bsky.social

Don't cite the deep magic to me, witch. I straight-up don't remember writing that shit. I don't know how it runs when it calls on a non-existent .txt called deepmmagic. Yeah two Ms I missed it. And yes I know it always crashes to desktop on exit. No I won't help you mod it for "deeper magic"

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violet allen
@blipstress.bsky.social

Clanker isn't bad bc it's offensive to machines, it's bad bc you are evoking real slurs and the aesthetics of racism for an inane joke. I don't care if people have a mean term for AI, but saying shit like "clanker lover" or doing Jim Crow cosplay but with robots, it's like, chill out and be normal.

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@trashbot.bsky.social

I find this argument incoherent--Mr. Craig seems to be approaching from the position that top two increases polarization, but the person he's quoting is complaining that it limits the flank of the party because Republicans give an edge to the moderate. Which is it?

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social

It's a bad system, perhaps the only idea genuinely and unambiguously worse than traditional FPTP and party primaries. I'm an electoral reform nerd and I would vote against it. California's very likely to repeal it soon, it's been such a complete failure.