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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 7d

To double quote @slack2thefuture.bsky.social:

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 7d

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Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

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Orla Nic Fhlannchaidh/Orla Clancy @orlacp.bsky.social · 4h

Remembering the women in the lives of the great men. Who would have been nothing without them. Here's a pencil and watercolour sketch I made in Venice some years ago. www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine if George W. Bush was making secret payments to Al Qaeda in 2000 and 2001 via a third country cut out? Why we give Israel a dime of our tax dollars is beyond me.

Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 11h

Barbaric brutality. And, it highlights the a) terrible intelligence failure, that could have prevented the attack and b) the equally disastrous political decision by Bibi to hav propped up the group via payments by Qatar. Accountability required for both. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

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Andrea Basso @a4xrbj1.bsky.social · 8h

Fastcompany - Starlink satellites are already falling, and it will only get worse

SpaceX’s Starlink orbital internet satellites are falling out of low earth orbit at an increasingly alarming rate, with one to two satellites now reentering Earth’s atmosphere every single day.

#SpaceX #Musk

Starlink satellites are already falling, and it will only get worse

Elon Musk’s satellite network is expected to balloon in size over the next decade. Should we be concerned? (Hint: Many experts already are.)

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

Market dumped.

The trader made a profit of $192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Made a RoboSapien

Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Testing programmed moves earlier?

www.reddit.com/r/singularit...

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Robot doing the same martial arts pattern as with the guy a few days ago?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Gilded Rage" isn’t simply a rehash of existing reportage. What separates Silverman’s book from other writeups, and where his book truly shines, is in his attempt to get at the root of Silicon Valley’s anti-democratic lurch. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta wear gloves

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Stretchy cat cheer up.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like to brag but I do think our cat Jim is probably better at stretching than virtually any other cat in Britain.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 1d

Ukrainian air defense intercepted and destroyed an Iskander-K cruise missile on its way to a city.

Cause → trained crews, smart radar, ready launchers. Effect → lives saved, homes intact, power still on. 👇

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like to brag but I do think our cat Jim is probably better at stretching than virtually any other cat in Britain.

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Traders looking at tesla numbers before starting on the path of tslaq.

a close up of a man with the words it 's a

ALT: a close up of a man with the words it 's a

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

The squirrel cops watched as they ate their donuts.

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From the montreal community on Reddit: Spotted on my morning stroll

Explore this post and more from the montreal community

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Riffs eh

a group of men are standing in a line and one of them is saying you warriors are good

ALT: a group of men are standing in a line and one of them is saying you warriors are good

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Grog @grogofgrog.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda surprised they didn't put a scantily clad anime chick on the bike

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

These watches appear to be ripoffs of famous designs. Likely from some factory that normally produces "homage" watches and they just swapped out the branding.

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Patek Philippe

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex and Hublot

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adorabelleheart.bsky.social @adorabelleheart.bsky.social · 1d

A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/QZAN3eS779SW...

Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!

Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.

We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.

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