Does your AI say the 2020 election wasn’t stolen? The free speech enjoyer administration is coming for you. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

About that "softer" "emotional" DHS head with the "goal" of keeping ICE out of the news every day who promised to have "the best" outreach of all federal agencies

If you’re a software engineer, designer, or technologist who wants to help make City government work better and faster, apply to join our PIT crews at nyc.gov/pitcrew.

they fucking built the benches, too lmao protect them www.tiktok.com/@elisejoshi/...

4 years ago today

Please, I'm pretty much begging, include links to information that is being screenshotted/copied and pasted. We really are in an information era where anything appearing on social can be, and increasingly is, completely fake. A link to the place where information is coming from is very important.

@gabrielmalor.bsky.social that Flock thing is fake - company says they never sent it and a lot about the letter itself is off bsky.app/profile/cing...

Me: AI sucks, it’s hilarious how much it sucks! The World: Here’s an AI poster for your event...

WOW— "Ethics officials granted a conflict of interest waiver to an unnamed official at the SEC, allowing them to hold on to stocks in Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft despite their work on an investigation that could involve the companies." @taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com

Under RFK Jr., the CDC made state reporting of Cyclosporiasis optional. The CDC itself was recently reported to be “running on fumes”. The result is a huge and growing outbreak across 29 states. For context, Michigan usually has around 50 cases per year. This year, they have 1250.

Lina Kahn resurgent (complimentary)

With much attention on Mitch McConnell's health this week, who supports maximum age limits for federal elected officials? Large majorities in both parties, according to a 2023 @pewresearch.org survey.

I'm sending this out into the world - if anyone has old IBM POWER8 S822LC RAM risers - the ones that take DDR3/DDR4 RAM modules on them and have the L4 controller on the PCB (and NOT integrated RAM+L4 controller on one DIMM) then please, please hit me up. I need to find like, 8.

@BerkeleyLaw is hiring a tenured professor in AI, Law and Society, as part of an interdisciplinary campus-wide cluster. Please spread the word, and consider applying! Deadline is September 4. Happy to field questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05397

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Good climate reporter job at CalMatters/Grist, for anyone looking! calmatters.org/about/jobs/c...

I’ve been asking myself a lot of new security questions since 2025; here’s another one. www.cjr.org/analysis/exp...

The judge gave Estrella 21 days to file an asylum application, but I don’t know how that’s going to work, since she doesn’t have a lawyer, she’s separated from her mom, and again, she’s three years old.

They say: “American History is Worth Learning” [Posts picture from British history].

Climate change comes back to bite us.

@bostonglobe.com seeks an enterprise biz reporter: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-hel...

You're laughing... I can't withdraw my Bonk from Kraken and you're laughing?

stoked to share that i’m now a SENIOR reporter at @wired.com! taking this promotion as an opportunity to put out a call for tips 🫡 i love writing about software and how it impacts our lives. contact me securely on signal signal.me#eu/-nUwtfyy0...

FIFA clearly in the pocket of big Ronaldo

I care so little about the World Cup and even I can see this var situation is soul sucking. we’re counting moving fabric? ‘Chips’? Pinky toes? Lame as hell

Restoration Hardware catalogue opening with a massive Ronald Regan quote lmao. Somehow I’m not buying that this is the design equivalent of the Berlin Wall coming down

Birthright FTW ⚽️

very important announcement from @prospect.org: we are hiring a full time development director. it’s a key part of our strategy to build diverse revenue sources and a stronger progressive, unionized media. check it out: prospect.org/careers/deve...

"Against the Wind" lol. AI's got the wrong Bob.

Sister Leticia "Letty" Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, Texas, when federal immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary, and put her in handcuffs. DHS would not respond to requests for comment. The Catholic nun from Nigeria is a nurse who entered the country legally.

Lunch is waiting. Children 18 and under can get free meals at Grove Park, Strawberry Creek Park, Frances Albrier Community Center, West Campus Pool, and the @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Central Library. No application. No income check.

Poster for my talk in Roi Et, Isaan, Thailand in one week. This is part of Roi Et Ratchabat University’s “global gender” talk series. The talk will be in Thai. Stop by if you’ll be in Isaan next week!

An iPad inside Independence Hall tells visitors that a second floor room was used in the 1850s to hold individuals “accused of crimes of the period.” Originally, the screen read “accused fugitives of slavery.” @fallonroth.bsky.social and I discover more retelling of history by Trump’s admin. 🎁 🔗

As someone with a day job in marketing, can confirm. IT'S ALL AN AD!!!!!!!!

this is a long shot, but do I know anyone in MA or at least the New England area with a working PC AT who would help me with something incredibly stupid

Bluesky is a bit bigger now. Any chance I have any followers in Lancashire? My buddy is a Philly expat who moved to Croston with her hubby and opened a little café called Thyme on the Yarrow.

behold the boring, fenceless, tarpless pool

Literally listening to a secret service guy flirt with some women He says the fences down here and by Lafayette park will come down once the ufc stuff is gone

Id actually say freelance rates are way lower than in the 90s (from what I’ve been told), inflation or no. A ‘good’ freelance rate these days is $1 a word. 90s/00s, hell even early aughts, ~$4 a word. Flat fee in the thousands +expenses. Freelancers could even get permalance for way more.

Salah posting a shirtless selfie walking the streets of Spokane, WA is so funny

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

"I’m not saying anything readers can’t see for themselves, but The Sun has changed since its purchase by David Smith, executive chairman of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. I no longer fit there."

We're hiring! The Knight Institute is looking for a litigator to join us for a two-year position fighting for free speech in the digital age. knightcolumbia.org/page/staff_a...

Crowdsourcing knowledge: I am looking for some writing on the origin of the shortening ‘bot’ for scripts, automated accounts etc, and also anything on the term «chatbot». Any good ideas?

BIG NEWS: Senate Judiciary today advanced bills that would: — Require #SCOTUS videostream oral args + opinion announcements (Cameras in the Ctrm) — Permit district & appeals courts to videostream proceedings (Sunshine in the Ctrm) Both passed by voice vote; will add text once Congress.gov is fixed.

Exciting news: I just learned that @boltsmag.org has won a Nonprofit News Award tonight. The award is for the powerful (& distressing) story reported by @burness.bsky.social on the zealous prosecution of a community of American Samoans by the state — you may remember the article: