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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 5h

Peter Thiel is no more an eminence grise billionaire, he wants to get on that ranting nutjob billionaire gravy train (?) like Elon Musk. Now a cult leader, he instructs converts with secret "lessons" about "truth". No dread curse for the loose lips, there's an NDA and smaller CEOs hunting you down.

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 19h

"Record everything he does" he says publicly. And then what? What would even be the purpose of "recording" social media habits do, and for whom. This performatively martial way of panhandling for engagement sounds so fucking icky. The absolute pomposity of doing nothing for the greatest grift.

Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 20h

Robocop was kind of darkly intentional, I believe, I'm pretty sure that DPS is absolutely blind to it, in the way of "I do not see skin colors so there is no racism possible for me".

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Awkward Penguin's Minis @awkwpengu.bsky.social · 1d

Magical girly made for @coreypress.com ✨

#dnd #dndart #miniature #miniaturepainting #ttrpg #3dprinting #daggerheart

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 1d

TBH they also get some things about Gen X movies that are both true and depressing, like how in Dead Poets Society nothing changes in the school's collective zeitgeist and the fact that the individual kids are somehow personally enlightened means jack shit, and it's not a glimmer of hope.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

www.propublica.org

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 1d

So we were scrolling through "restorativland" (the Geocities backup repository) and we randomly found Jen Zee's (the art director at Supergiant of Hades 1/2 fame) old Geocities site. Very cool to stumble upon this.

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 1d

🌟 Join the wave of #TTRPGRising!
💘 Celebrate creativity and uplift small #Punk, #TTRPG, and #Queer creators.
🚀 Share your promos and hype. Just remember to boost others too. Bonus for supportive comments!

💝All We Have Is Each Other, We All Rise Together💝

tag day promo image for #TTRPGRising
sketch filter, hyper-saturated color, hands holding polyhedral RPG dice over an out of focus gaming table, white area on left with text and stamped white text in lower right.
Left text: All We Have Is Each Other, We All Rise Together [break return] Celebrate creativity and support small developers by boosting, buying, and playing indie tabletop games
Right text: #Tabletop #TTRPGRising #IndieGames

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 2d

What a time to be alive.

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the cyberpunk Israeli genocide cinematic universe.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

how does he always look like he's cosplaying as fascist Eminem

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 2d

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 2d

... Everybody was sure they would be shuttering 40k at the time, it looked grim. 2nd edition. I made it to 3rd, and that doomed my wallet.

Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 2d

The first one was Advanced Squad Leader and boy, we understood nothing and there was no internet around for questions. Then I got into Warhammer, I think I was 16 and settled for dark elves. Which meant I never got a DE army and played half painted Undead. Then I began buying Eldar...

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Left Coast Reads 📚🌹 @leftcoastreads.bsky.social · 3d

As I've gotten older I've realized this sort of phony libertarianism developed because the federal government was perceived as helping undeserving (read: black) people. It was never based on any deeper concerns about abuses of power.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d

as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

if the democratic party starts stepping away trans people they might as well sign this country away to the far right forever

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Ken Reilly @yarkshiregamer.bsky.social · 3d

I don't talk about skirmish games on the Yarkshire Gamer #Podcast it's not because I hate them, it's because I'm s^*t at them, here's the last attempt, 1 box of plastics & a tank effort 🤷
#wargames #tabletopgaming #hobby #history

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 3d

I started getting a lot of short form videos of people doing "married life" skits on FB at some point, and they all looked like they are 22 at max. A part from the fact it made me feel old, but also, why are you married, you should be doing your homework, or playing with beyblades or whatever.

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🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 4d

Updates from Argentina

Since our last post, where we talked about the importance of the legislative elections on October, and the government's struggle to keep the dollar exchange rate fixed before the election by spending dollars from the reserves and loans. Since then, three events have...

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🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 19d

Updates from Argentina

Long time no see for these kinds of posts, but guess what? I'm kinda super tired of my TL being drowned in US politics stuff, so I'll do this again, especially to relay the good news. Milei's government is cracking. This is gonna be a long tread explaining why.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21d

Argentina spends $1bn to defend peso as Milei’s crisis spirals on.ft.com/4gtNFzW

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Francesco Lanza @franzlanz.bsky.social · 4d

the bend creates a so-called "water seal", it stops you from smelling the sewers from your pipes, among other stuff like being a noble but often futile attempt at saving your wedding ring from its call of the void.

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Arne @androidarts.bsky.social · Nov 10

Why put nasty hairy little men in a setting when you can have ducks? It doesn't make any sense.

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Mia Violet @ohmiagod.bsky.social · 4d

Looking at the new Space Marine heads and I swear this is modelled after that cool 6 foot tall lesbian you meet at Pride.

The one who shows you her awesome tattoos and then tells you about her new art project making clay vaginas 🏳️‍🌈

A photo of a Warhammer space marine model, the character is helmetless with a shaved head, and sorta looks like a cool butch lesbian.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 4d

More pilot results here:

Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Feb 16

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread:

bsky.app/profile/scot...

Here's a UBI starter pack too:

bsky.app/profile/scot...

And here's a UBI 101 link:

An Introduction to Unconditional Basic Income For All

Why UBI is necessary now and how to get it done

www.scottsantens.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Dee Vida @dee-vida.bsky.social · 4d

There is like a 14% chance Jay checks into a rehab of some sort before the end of the month. Idk, just feels like that kind of vibe

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