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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 56m

From the very beginning of the country's founding, Southern white conservatives have welcomed disease and pandemics as something that kills the unworthy and purifies society. For decades, New Orleans refused to reduce Yellow Fever because surviving it was what made you socially worthy.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 49m

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 1h

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2h

killdozer pickup trucks are rolling hostile architecture; their manufacturers and drivers should be thought of like people who install park benches studded with caltrops to prevent the homeless from resting on them

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 2h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 2h

The thing about earlier bubbles is that there was at least a successful product of some kind to justify the bubble. LLM has had no killer app, no successful product. It has had free software that’s used as a gimmick but has passed like a fad.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 9h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 9h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 13h

We are all grateful

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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 14h

Tonight's song is dedicated to the Portland Frogs - Peace Frog by The Doors. 🐸

They are on the front lines, they are our everyday heroes. They prove night after night that Portland is not the war ravaged city Shit For Brains says it is.

Thanks Frogs for Keeping Portland Weird. 🐸❤️

GN Bluesky! 💙

The Doors - Peace Frog

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog gets it

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 14h

JMD was a prophet, he foresaw this would be a cover of badasses.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 21h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 2d

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 15h

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 16h

Same. Lot of games not as much free time.

Gamer Heaven.

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 17h

The Pandemic and AAA burnout and delayed releases have left PS5 with a smaller library than others it would like. Like I still have a PS4 and a backlog of games to play and I have caught up with and played the latest PS5 thanks to library rentals.

It’s a trend the even number PS are better.

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 21h

There is only to be the Kubrick cut. One and indivisible.

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 21h

*excised.

Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 21h

I am guessing Kubrick wanted to tone down the happy ending feeling at the end. So he excused it to the single great scene he closed on.

Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 21h

They also secretly look badass

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 23h

I wish the Dems were like the Dems as described by Republicans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 23h

Donald in his very happy place

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Revolutionary_Jack 🕷🕸! @elvingjack.bsky.social · 1d

Brekekekekek oxoxoxox

That’s a deep cut for y’all

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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