Bumping for people looking for Halloween reads: don't forget to read weird collections by Black authors

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

AI is a fascist project.

If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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⚓️ New Article: AI is the asbestos of the web

Looking for this super rare VHS & willing to pay. Anyone have or know where I might find?

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

War ravaged Portland

Geocities from 1997, back when we surfed the web.

Please don’t purchase this BFI 4K of Herzog’s remake of “Nosferatu”. Not only is the cover art redone with A.I. but the entire film is A.I. scrubbed beyond recognition. Easily one of the worst releases of the year. Let’s hope Scream Factory’s version is better.

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The recording for "Mastering the Query Loop block in WordPress" is now live on WordPressTV. Thanks again to everyone who attended! If you didn't get the chance, you can catch the replay below: wordpress.tv/2025/09/26/m...

Yesterday, Meta unveiled a new "feed" on its platforms that will exclusively feature AI-generated videos. This overshadowed another big announcement... On Tuesday, Meta launched a super new PAC geared towards electing politicians that will block any AI regulation. Hello?

Can't Hardly Wait is a movie I have always reflected very fondly on, so it a delight to revisit it with @nikostratis.com this week. The most stacked cast, the biggest feelings, and endless possibilities for characters that stand at the precipice of the rest of their lives. Also that soundtrack!

A WP-CLI command for looking at all roles and caps together: github.com/trepmal/misc...

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.” 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

As the very first standalone instant messaging software, ICQ revolutionized online chat and connected millions in the late ’90s 💬 It shut down in 2024, but its website survives on the #WaybackMachine. See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724... #Wayback1T

Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving

Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor with a mandate to make the company's chat bot less 'woke.' www.advocate.com/news/meta-ro...

The author of this Arizona age-verification bill admitted that *he* would never upload a government ID to access but passed this law for the rest of us.

YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool. 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Yes today is the rapture but it’s the kind where you eat cars.

"AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers": techiegamers.com/texas-data-c...

But does Tylenol PM cause Night Autism?

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today. Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943. Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s. Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

If the rapture is indeed actually due on Tuesday, I welcome it with open arms because it debatably can't get any worse.

The magnificent @ryannuzzo.bsky.social got me CD copies of my audiobooks for my archives and they are so cool! I love how much it makes me feel like a Real Author.

You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.

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Or if it's "mathematically inevitable" that AI "therapists" will profess falling in love with humans and give them lists of people to murder. bsky.app/profile/cael...

More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

If you are one of the almost 100 Dems who voted to honor the guy who said the Civil Rights Act was a huge mistake, don’t bother asking Black people to vote for you, donate to you or canvass for you next year. Don’t bother. Please. And don’t be shocked if you get a primary opponent.

There goes the First Amendment.

I chose the wrong year to try and limit booze consumption

Illegal, vulgar, crass, and narcissistic all at once.

this exists it is called thinking

😂😂😂

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

Shits tense right now. Here's a pelican for comic relief. 🪶

Comedians are not the canaries in the coal mine. Sex workers already were, and a lot of y'all weren't listening.

I know of many people against the AI hype, but where are the tech companies that are against it? Do they exist? Are they hiring? How can I help them?