we suck. we've always sucked. but we don't have to keep sucking. that's my view.

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

I would absolutely run for President with @neolithicsheep.bsky.social as my running mate We'd campaign on the back of war oxen, sporting flamethrowers and other incendiaries bsky.app/profile/simr...

Rise and shine assholes let's go vote for mayor

And in fact, I recall that when Ancillary Justice came out, someone (don't recall who) said indignantly that it made no sense to build AI ships so that they could feel feelings and maybe not want to do what you tell them.

NEW: In a joint statement, six of the top #IL09 candidates condemned the indictment of Kat Abughazaleh and five others on Wednesday, calling it "partisan and unethical." "This is what happens in dictatorships and failed states; we should never accept it here." Statement:

Firstly, billionaires are not physically made of stocks, if a billionaire falls down a hole and expires his stock portfolio persists and continues to have value, secondarily, this is why one diversifies one's investment portfolio outside of the stock market, thirdly, okay, let's test this hypothesis

The fallout from the fact that data science/classical machine learning & generative AI are both called "AI" has been remarkably broad & persistent Policy addresses the wrong harms, companies have been confused about who should lead efforts, hiring is misguided, academic discussion is often muddled.

Happy Sinkhole Bus day to yinz who celebrate!

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Every bureaucrat involved in this sort of thing needs to either be jailed or guillotined (or both) www.fns.usda.gov

I keep thinking about the symmetry of Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong both being second games where the original had an emo sadboy protagonist and then the sequel being about a girl who is just incredibly task-focused and direct and probably shops at Athleta

🙋🏿‍♂️I have some words! It's easier to see the destruction of physical institutions than organizational ones. If you picture the whole building being bulldozed, that's what we did to the USAID org. We've also destroyed our relationships with our allies, our foreign trade position, and the rule of law

whoa, TIL

They might be equally petty

The abrupt demolition of USAID and the abrupt demolition of the White House are not equally horrific and not equally tragic, but I feel like they rhyme and I am sad about both of them.

Evergreen skeet

This is the biggest, longest lasting and most dangerous misconception about American society, honestly.

It’s kind of wild that after seven million people were in the streets protesting, the president posted a hallucinated video of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans and then proceeded to start demolishing parts of the White House

"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements

The No Kings protests were actually a clever ruse to distract Louvre security.

No kings, no kings’ things. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Okay, props where due -- congratulations to President Trump for using the cover of the No Kings rallies to pull of the Louvre heist.

France went so hard in solidarity with no kings that someone stole the Crown Jewels from the Louvre

Shit, I wanted to disagree with this because how can there be a majority tech opinion, but... but it's a good point.

Some of us know what’s up here, checkmate physicists

I'm glad nobody suggested nixos because I'd have to hit 'em with the Real Questions and they would lose several days of their lives trying to solve them to prove me wrong

if healthcare was not tied to employment in the USA what would you be doing differently in your career?

This goes really fucking hard, damn

Okay who did this

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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system." This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

Hell, that describes at least half the people who have a statue in a town square or their name on a municipal building. And boy is this section depressing. A functional immigration system would've given him legal status years ago for several different reasons.

There are two questions I ask people making a product bet: 1) How will you know if you were wrong? 2) What can you do if you're wrong? The answers for a bad bet are "we won't" and "nothing." And that's exactly what big tech is doing: rushing forward with eyes closed and fingers in their ears.

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

/8 So: yes, praise the FBI agent who wouldn’t perp-walk James Comey. But praise him for defying routine law enforcement bad behavior AND Trumpism.

Google maps has an "unplowed road" report option, just saying

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

The fact that we're still in an era where C-level executives with tremendous power over millions of people's lives like to tell people that their feelings are hurt. To be fair, I still think this is strictly better than dealing with faceless corporations. But also, good grief.

We are entering a massive negative feedback loop that will impact the very foundations of what we used to consider the public good, all to subsidize tax cuts for wealthy elites who will never experience the pain of the loss they're imposing on the rest of us.

human sex hormones are lifesaving medication etc etc etc but i also think you should just be allowed to play with them without having to ask for permission first. what’s the fucking point of a cyberpunk dystopia where you can’t even impulse buy some cross-sex hormone therapy at the gas station

This is the shit. IRL participatory civil resistance is *the* thing that every anti-Trump leader should be calling for.

Yes, and I absolutely expect that to happen Arrest them anyway, put them through the system anyway, and force them to litigate every pardon's validity one case at a time bsky.app/profile/maxt...

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

The only reason I have relatives in Philly is 100% b/c my grandaddy’s brother whistled @ a white woman. He fled Alabama hopping a train & didnt get off until Philly for fear of getting lynched. And instead the Klan nearly lynched our family in retaliation for *that!* I am (1) generation from that.

Today I'm starting my fourth week working for the Lean FRO, the organization shepherding the development of the Lean programming language and proof assistant. Here's my attempt at explaining why I think Lean is neat if without assuming you know about proof assistants. typesafety.net/rob/blog/lea...

The Supreme Court may allow for harm and destruction, but we have a written constitution. "All persons born or in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

CHOTINER: And when was that? MY CAT: I mean at least 14 hours ago CHOTINER: Well hold on. You're telling me you haven't been fed at all today but if I look in your bowl here I see a- MY CAT: An untouched serving, I know, but if you'd let me finish- CHOTINER: Yeah, of course.

Me in bed: Content, warming