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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 1h

Yeh, I've noticed this over the years as well. They lean heavily into watchmaker theories

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

Think about how for decades, one of the ingredients of a crackpot was: retired engineer.

Retired engineers, for *generations* have been a fertile ground for crackpot theories in everything.

They get that golden watch and bam, incoherent manifesto about quantum archeology inbound.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 4h

Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 5h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Nigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social · 1h

Who needs nukes to take out the USA? RFK Jr is a hell of a lot cheaper.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 15h

A diseased population is easier to control

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 6h

"A great way to get censored in this country is investigate Epstein and Maxwell and to research the origins of the Maxwell family and Robert Maxwell's ties to organized crime."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtTW...

Sarah Kendzior: The Fiction of Antifa, Plus, Answering the Epstein “Files” Question

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

www.youtube.com

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 15h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, and what kind of government would love to exploit a dumb, paranoid, and gun-infested populace?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

i’ve been trying to think of the real actual applications of generative ai in it’s current state and the two things i have so far is it makes everyone more dumb and also every more paranoid

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Patrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 14h

The stupid. It burns… like the climate.

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pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/10/t...

Trump administration cancels largest solar project in United States

The Bureau of Land Management has officially cancelled the Esmeralda 7 solar project, a Nevada-based project that would stand among the world’s largest solar power plants, large enough to power nearly...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 10h

The Tru(mp)man Show

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Janice @bebelestrangern.bsky.social · 1d

We will see an increase in cervical cancer with decreased number of HPV vaccines and circumcisions. Is this RFK Jr's intent? My opinion is- this administration is trying to kill us.

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 12h

You give them too much credit

pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 16h

Those idiots think (read: wish) such people can be replaced with AI.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 23h

ICE are pathetic, un-American, fascist thugs

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 1d

TRON ARES = A SNORTER

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 1d

Listen all day at WKCR!

Thelonious Monk Birthday Broadcast | WKCR 89.9FM NY

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Starting to suspect that the main opposition to renewable energy isn't climate groups seeking to improve environmental regulations

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 1d

goddamn trump and his ridiculous tariff hammer.

The man is a moron and the fact that he's good for clicks is not a valid excuse for you to have carried water for him, The New York Times.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

I knew this looked familiar.

NYT 1931: HITLER CONDEMNS RIOTS.; He Says They Were Provoked by Paid Agents in Germany.

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pannonica @acinonnap.bsky.social · 1d

justkillhimalready

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