Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. (It’s recency bias but I don’t care.)

If I said "Hey, give me a dollar to tell you a joke" and then I took all of the dollars people gave me and paid someone to punt a baby, would you give me more dollars or would you tell everybody I was a fucking sicko that paid people to punt babies? That's Harry Potter now. Simple enough for you?

Rowling? Living. Gaiman? Living. Musk? Living. Ellison? Living. Give them money and somebody gets hurt. It's really that fucking simple. "But what if" nope. They take your money and do hideous shit with it. They sow misery and grow fat. This isn't about art.

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Added to my bio: No dooming in my replies. Life is fucking terrible right now, so nobody needs future predictions of doom. That thin thread of hope is what’s keeping some of us out of the vortex. Don’t cut it.

This one’s going in the bank.

The thing about the “touch the stove” metaphor is that the stove toucher is supposed to learn from the experience, and the Trump admin is dumb as shit.

Hopefully the Democratic administration in 2029 will finally just let the cheap Chinese EVs in.

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

Cool, do “community” next.

Amen.

Community.

No Kings in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska!

So here's another thing that happened at the Damascus No Kings event today. Some counter protestors showed up in a big truck with lots of Trump flags. I took a photo of it because I was taking photos of everything. Here it is, parked like an asshole, of course.

Just a few photos from the No Kings event in Damascus, Oregon, population 11,050, today. #nokings

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

This right here.

A couple hundred people out at No Kings in Damascus, Oregon. #nokings

Me blocking someone.

Trying to decide if I'm Too Sad or Just Sad Enough to go to No Kings.

see you there

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When the biggest political challenge of the last decade has been "the re-emergence of the Nazis", being able to recognize Nazi stuff, talking points, aesthetics, tactics, etc. is definitely the floor of expectation for left-wing political candidates

"President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said." We coulda had a Black female president.

Racism over effectiveness (hell, racism above all) is the only consistent belief among Republicans.

Thread.

I now see casual mentions of AI tool usage akin to posting about doing cocaine. Like, you're just gonna post that on main?

Know what’s awesome? Season two of One Piece.

“it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity.” Always is.

The face I make when @darthbluesky.bsky.social is back.

AI both a bad business and a bad product.

Manufactured crisis.

That's our money.

Every blue dot is a fool. Every single one.

Neoconservative hogwash.

This is the way.

Use a VPN to feel safe, get spied on by the NSA. Perfect.

The first time I saw armed guards at synagogues was when I was traveling in Europe in the 90s and my first thought was pride at how we didn't have to do that back home. Now we do.

After thinking about this more, I believe that Mike is either trolling or is experiencing AI psychosis.

This article paints a rosy picture of what could happen with AI tools and tries to link that fantasy to the glory days of the open web, but let’s take a look at what AI tools have done to the actual open web today. (THREAD)

Conservatism is and has always been about maintaining entrenched wealth and power. I fail to see how it being politically homeless is a loss for literally anyone but the entrenched wealthy and powerful.

This article paints a rosy picture of what could happen with AI tools and tries to link that fantasy to the glory days of the open web, but let’s take a look at what AI tools have done to the actual open web today. (THREAD)

Looks like we will once again have to raise our shipping prices. When I started the farm, flat rate boxes were $7. They're now $10. I guess in a month it'll be $11.

I’m still mad about the idea that AI vibe coding (corporate, inhuman, extractive) is anything like the open web (independent, human, creative). If your brain gets to “AI = Open Web,” you have swallowed too much water. Out of the pool immediately.

Once again, being Jewish prepared me for things as a kid that gentiles seem to struggle with as adults. James and the Giant Peach was my favorite book, then I learned Roald Dahl was a virulent antisemite, so I just never read it again. It's really that simple, guys.

Is YouTube busted for everyone or just me?

If you know who Hasan Piker is, and don’t know he’s a dummy, this thread is for you. If you don’t know who he is and/or already know he’s a dummy, um, hi. You look nice today.

In short, boo. Hiss.

Calling vibe coding “view source” is like going to a restaurant, ordering something complicated, and when it comes to the table claiming you’re a fucking chef.