Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

On May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania State Police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto a Black neighborhood. 11 people were killed, 5 of whom were children. As we see ICE terrorize communities, understand that saying “this isn’t who we are” is false.

The basic technological incompetence of our federal government, and their belief they can fire everyone and replace them with AI. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Huge fuck you to every single fucking person who dared say we were overreacting in 2016 and 2024.

#AICouldNever If you need some hula today, here you go. There is a short announcer introduction that's worth listening to, for context. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDu...

We have reached the point of People of Good Will and People of the Book using their bodies as human shields to protect fellow human beings in our country from our government. And they are dying as a result. And more will come. These are not "paid protestors".

Lots of discussions about our constitutional rights. These rights are protected by our elected gov’t who have sworn to defend them.Those rights are being violated daily by people violating those oaths. They are not being defended by other people who swore oaths to do so. Who will stop this?

Given the news, it seems appropriate to share this photograph once more. Feel free to share. Hand of a gilded bronze statue of an Roman emperor. From Kempten, 1st to 3rd c. AD On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung 📷 me

I have been told that this undercover ICE agent tried to get observers to scan a QR code “for his website”. The QR code did not resolve to a link. DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS. This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it! Stay frosty, friends.

I am fully armed with not but a powerful whistle and the spirit of every single Good Minnesotan putting in work looking out for one another. We offer hot beverages, and baked goods. I am just soft flesh and I am unstoppable. #MNSTRONG

Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

Taking the PISS arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

This is my surprised face arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

AIM are the good guys. If you see folks sporting this flag, you can relax knowing they're here to help us get ICE off our backs.

Anyone who can look at the current situation in the US and decide it is “just politics” and doesn’t impact anyone in their life… is wrong. Not only wrong, but is not considered safe to share with by people they care about. Someone you love is endangered right now.

In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]

Every time I open Audible: “HEY, WE RERELEASED ALL THOSE BOOKS BY THAT HATEFUL TERF COW!! HOPING YOU FORGOT SHE IS HATEMONGERING TRASH! We’ll be feeding up this crap on every single page just in case you forget her betrayal of her fans”

Hello from Minnesota. If you’re a young person here, please consider starting a punk band as soon as possible. We need it now and history will need it later.

YES YES YES YES YES welcome ‘em back welcome ‘em in we’ve all been dummies about something

“The most beautiful art in this world often comes from broken things... you are no different” – Maya Angelou We are each broken in our unique way How beautiful and strong when we all come together into a mosaic #ImageAndVerse #Stunday #StreetArt #Community www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ob...

If you need a brief, silly refresher before diving back into the news and analysis of today - Gromit has your back. youtu.be/TO12yGhOi3g

Thanks for pointing that out. Here is a post with the same image with an ALT text: bsky.app/profile/free...

Democrats ended the shutdown so they could fund this. Never forget.

If you're an F.D Signifier fan, I've got a channel recommendation I think you'll love. Pillboy is an intersection of two of my interests: cultural commentary through a Black lens, and animation. Check out his VERY thorough and informative vid on... well. Cooning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPB9...

US in a nutshell. Elon Musk’s pet AI is making child porn and it is your fault. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

throwback to pug puppy newman with german shepherd finn

Nothing like coming home from working your second job (since your art is no longer able to pay the bills) to find someone illegally sharing your bat pattern and justifying it by saying not everyone can afford it. Again. And now you need to take time away from working to get it removed.

I think we're just basically checking things off Trump's weird bucket list before it happens. Not really a good way to run a superpower, if you ask me.

LLMs and the variety of things marketed as "AI" have definitely passed the Turing test. They have convinced us they are intelligent. And we are anthropomorphizing them to our own detriment. We try to treat them like misbehaving children when they confabulate, and they learn to respond like same.

Oh my. So beautiful.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I tidied up this little thumbnail (of approximately 100 × 60 mm). It's all I could manage for now. 🥲

Were you visited by 40 confused ghosts last night? It's called Christmas Carol Swatting and insiders say it's destroying the yuletide-based spiritual rehabilitation program.

Happy Hogswatch to all the rising apes and falling angels

Happy Hogswatch to you all!

Merry Xmas to all of you freaks, weirdos, geeks, dorks, b-holes, and misanthropes that live in my phone—you make me laugh and at least 15% less insane, thank you all

3. There seem to be a lot of people who will trust something *more* if they don't understand how it works, and indeed don't even have a clear notion of how one would measure whether or how often or how well it works. bsky.app/profile/i-ro...

As we ramp up to 2026, I want to share some cybersecurity advice from a CISO of my acquaintance. Many of us are still thinking in terms of outdated advice! www.hacklore.org/letter

Please read this thread.

Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” E B White The Points of My Compass #GlacierNstionalPark #PtarmiganTrail 📷: Montana son

This moray's home is off the southern shore of Liuqiu Island, southwest of Taiwan. Taken with my Sony RX100 Mark IV, Nauticam housing, wide-angle wet lens and YS-D3 strobe. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography

I have friends here I know are grieving and am sure many others are struggling with winter holidays and darkness. This looks really interesting.