Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/

Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate.

Conspiring

*bravely* I might do my job now

My team uncovered that foreign enemies are targeting U.S. servicemembers in war zones by buying their location data. The threat to national security posed by data brokers has never been more clear. We need to dismantle the surveillance advertising industry.

Hondurasgate is direct spoken evidence of that from the mouths of members of the conspiracy. EVERYWHERE hondurasgate.ch

One of the greatest "Fuck You" articles ever from @karlbode.com. Epic.

E-waste illegally dumped in Grapevine Lake

Zampogna, Gaida, Cornemuse du Centre, Border, Uilleann, Highland

You: please act normal, you need these people to like you Me: ok People: hi Me: did you know there’s a bagpipe (or three!) for almost every country in continental Europe, and some of them are really low pitched and quiet, some are played with a bellows instead of blowing, and

"This case is incapable of harming the defendant in any meaningful way, so my personal desire for them to be harmed is irrelevant." ☠️☠️☠️

This presumes something false: That social media platforms are actually a digital marketplace of ideas wherein robust debate occurs that changes the minds of those so engaged. Horseshit. Shards of rhetoric turn no one. This platform can gather, rally and encourage the sentient and sane. That's it.

I'm a climate expert. I know 1000s of climate experts. One fact we all know: poor people care about climate more than rich people. Hardly surprising when you can't afford AC, work outside, etc. A few issues in the article... /1

To reappropriate a phrase from Justice Jackson for a far more noble purpose, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” We are duty bound to set things right, not to stand by and watch them destroy America and lots of people in it.

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

LAMBO!!!!!💥💥💥💥 #WorldBollardAssociation

Hey White House press corps! Here’s someone you should invite to sit at your table Saturday night! A real journalist!

FOR FUCKS SAKE

The Secretary of the Navy is not in the chain of command. Phelan was not the last person stopping Trump from nuking Iran. The SECNAV is responsible for getting ships built and making sure the sailors have the stuff they need.

The worst part of being a sole proprietor in an artistic field is that my boss is an asshole and I can’t ever leave my workplace.

Premium steak cuts going on sale for $12/pound… a day BEFORE Valentine’s Day.

@seattlewxguy.bsky.social saw two water spouts today, but was hung up troubleshooting an issue with my tax return and missed the good show by five minutes 🤬

seeing avis like this on the timeline so I guess it's "you're not actually poor because this chart said so" time

This flew under the radar: Trump's new acting AG Todd Blanche shut down major DOJ investigations into crypto companies, dealers, and exchanges as Pam Bondi's second-in-command — all while holding at least $159,000 in crypto assets himself. The fox is guarding the hen house.

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

cool bug alert

well sure, but like a kayak hard to hide a container ship

@bennjordan.bsky.social is feeling salty and so should you

lol they really don’t like people discussing this 🤣

Let's talk about war crimes, because the conversation is happening whether we're ready or not.

America is now on the clock. We have two weeks to remove Donald Trump from office through the 25th Amendment or impeachment. Not saying that will happen, only saying that a nation with even a shred of decency would get to work on it immediately.

@thebulletin.org lads I think we’re a bit closer than 85 seconds these days

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

@davidgerard.co.uk I thought zero-days were *critical* undiscovered vulnerabilities, not just previously undiscovered bugs. Are they playing with semantics here to sound more impressive?

the vibe

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

I had no idea this was globally referenced! youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM?...

They oversaw a very important social media influence operation for the Kremlin, got caught, fled. And now they're not just back, they're guests at Donald & Melania Trump's Easter Egg Roll at the White House.

It’s a great bit and I did find it funny, but I sure hope this was a honeypot for coordinated inauthentic posting. MANY of these profiles reek of disinfo and seem to want people to conflate Bsky dogpiles with the broad unpopularity of centrist policies among the electorate.

Friendly reminder that being dogpiled on Bluesky, sometimes unfairly, is not equivalent to professional nationwide opinion polling, and that basing your political sentiments on your experience here would be unwise.

I legitimately interpreted this in reference to AI psychosis and the magical thinking endemic in the field. That it turned out to be the opposite is immensely funny.

I don't think I could make a joke better than this

The FBI's New Center for Political Pre-Crime: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-p...

One of the core issues with Waymo, aside from the technology just not being that good. I wonder if people aren’t so resistant to the idea Waymo actually sucks because on its surface it’s a bit of the old “magic future” we were promised way back when.