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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 7h

I think whats gonna be the only diff between then and now is that *then* the dot com bubble bursting took out folks connected to it but this time the AI bubble bursting is gonna take out darn near everything all b/c ppl are putting their fingers in their ears and going lalalala all for a quick hit.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 13h

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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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 4h

And, the data center doesn't even have to really get started for the ecological damage to be severe and long-lasting. Clear-cutting and soil "stabilization" would take ages to heal w/o more (costly) human intervention.

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 13h

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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jamie lee curtis from off of halloween 🔪 @lilbeethoven92.bsky.social · 3h

I reckon we’ll see the first “don’t celebrate Ian Watkins’ death no matter how bad he was” post within the hour

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Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

sorry. Barron? As in Barron Trump?
(I mean - it nepoFascistly tracks but still)

Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 2h

With Barron being targeted to be on the board of TikTok, circle December 16th, because I will be gone on or before that date

#USDemocracy

nypost.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 2h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

whenever anyone calls something virtue signaling, it says everything i need to know about *them*.
I get the same vibes from ppl who say "disability fraud is rampant".
i block both

Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 4h

The problem with “virtue signaling” as a rhetorical framework was always that it pressed you not toward deeper and more sincere acts of virtue, but away from goodness as a goal at all.

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Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

JZ fandom really was brutal 😮‍💨 Prepares ya for anything!

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libby watson @libbycwatson.com · 22h

this ms. rachel lady must be a complete fraud. for example, when she hid behind her hands, she had obviously disappeared forever; yet when she moved her hands, she was there again, as if she never left. what can explain this?

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 1d

And of course all those martyred journalists mean the world can pretend to know nothing has happened.

Damn this world to hell. Hrlp Adham, help all Palestinians.

Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 2d

Just when the world thought we were safe in Gaza after the ceasefire was declared, the occupation is now committing a massacre in Gaza, with more than 70 martyrs under the rubble.

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Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

the nordixs are weird. trying too hard to be the US

European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 3h

Young Europeans leave their parents’ home at the age of 26 on average.

However, this varies significantly between EU countries.

According to the latest survey, the youngest Europeans to leave home are, on average, Finnish, at 21.4 🇫🇮 and the eldest are Croatians, at 31.3 🇭🇷

An infographic about the average age when people leave their parental home with a map of the EU countries.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

One of the only welcome things about this current period in the U.S. is that the "this is not who WE are" stuff might finally be over.

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courtesy appreciation account @lacroixshotgun.bsky.social · 3h

bsky mods gonna start banning people for celebrating the death of ian watkins

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Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

i am so proud i still don't know what ai sora is.

the only Sora I know is Sora the troll

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

my instagram reels are just filled with ai slop sora vids now

Mairead⁷ @maireadeire.bsky.social · 1h

Please share.
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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 2h

Dear friends, I documented my return journey from the south to the north on my Instagram story.
You can follow and watch by searching for my name adham_madi or the link in my bio. ❤️

Please don't forget to support us:
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 4h

More than 200 students and community members are protesting outside of the Morton School District 201 offices on Cermak in Cicero this morning after Morton West HS staff chased away community members sharing know-your-rights flyers on 10/8.

About 100 students with anti-ICE posters and Mexican flags protest in front of the J Sterling Morton school district 201 building on Cermak in Cicero.

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇿 Unknown drones were spotted near military facilities in the Czech Republic.

Drones also flew near critical infrastructure

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 23h

Is Antifa an LLC or S Corp?

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 14h

Watch out everyone... we're doubling the rewards we almost never pay

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Apple announces a "major evolution" of its Security Bounty program, doubling the top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware attacks (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 11h

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner was an apt choice. An islamophobic Zionist who rubs shoulders with Europe's far-right including Geert Wilders and Marie Le Pen and who has expressed support for a renewed Reconquista. Europe's direction of travel encapsulated.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

Huge explosions were seen as Israeli air attacks hit a town in south Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring at least seven others.

The strikes targeted a site that sold excavators and other heavy machinery.