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Marco Rogers

@polotek.bsky.social

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Web developer, movie buff, and pretty much the best guy you know.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · Jun 20

I think I'm going to end up talking about AI and LLM technology much more often. I think it's a good idea to pin this thread that outlines my more nuanced stance on things.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · May 29

I appreciate this discussion about the ethics of LLM technology. These are people I know to be smart and experienced in software development, as well as progressive and empathetic humans. And we still are going to land in different places when coming to terms with the impact of this AI tech.

Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · May 29

So yeah anyway, I don’t really know. Which is why I’m trying to talk about it. There’s a lot of upside but also very intense downsides. The uncertainty is really bothering me.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 28m

Many people also call for abolishing the police. Those people are labeled as radicals here in the US. Defund is the compromise version

But to be clear, nobody is actually misunderstanding what is being said. The pushback comes from a different place.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 4h

Tbh though it's mostly a generational thing. Some older Black Americans still think they can get cops to do what cops are supposed to do. And they haven't really been brought along with the alternatives.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 4h

Black Americans want safer neighborhoods. We would love if the police did the job they say they do. But we know they don't actually do that job. We know that police don't make our neighborhoods safer when they come.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 5h

It would help if you stop sounding like a dickhead.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, I didn't realize some random dickhead on the internet had all of the answers and the rest of us are just dumb. Wait, let me get my notepad.
🙄🙄🙄

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Keeper of the Way @liberate2025.bsky.social · 10h

colonizers sense

that their influence is diminishing

so they are resorting

to open terror

to keep their victims

in line

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 6h

Oh no! Keeping people alive will cost me money! Fuck outta here man.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

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:

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 19h

I said it’s only true purpose. What it’s meant to convey is that an organization often begins to discard its other stated values when it faces existential threat. Anything becomes justified to stave off dissolution.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 20h

If your organization is about "fighting crime", then you better make sure there's always some crime to go fight. Otherwise, why would anybody need you? To police, the idea of crime going down is like a company hearing they're going to lose the supply of resources that keep them in business.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 20h

A long time ago, a friend of mine introduced me to a profound idea. At the end of the day, every human organization only has one true purpose. To ensure its own continued existence. All other activities are ultimately about that.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 20h

Oh shit.

Diesel Bug Has An Irrational Amount Of Freedom @dieselbug1137.bsky.social · 20h

If the only thing that's fully funded by the government is the police. Then you live in a police state. That's just how numbers work. It's fair to judge a society by how it chooses to allocate resources.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 20h

Black people have been giving everybody the answer for a long time. As well as showing you what was gonna happen when it starts to go badly for you like it always has been for us. But y'all wanted to talk about the tan suit instead. *shrugs*

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 20h

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 20h

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Hyenas have hearts🐗 @imamewd.bsky.social · 1d

This is how police already work TOWARDS BLACK AMERICANS

BUT NOW!

EVERYBODY GETS THE TREATMENT

Who knew that equality would come under fascism

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 20h

FYI, all law enforcement already treats Black Americans this way. Welcome!

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

You are allowed to think it’s “lame”. But people don’t have to answer your questions. Especially if you’re being a dickhead. You also have a choice to keep digging or to move the fuck on with your life. See how everybody involved gets to make their own choices?

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

The purpose of this app is not to be a "public forum to talk things over". You can tell because people also post cat pics and porn. People come on here for various reasons. Nobody has to talk to you let alone justify anything to you. Especially when you're being a dickhead.

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

a couple of people walking down a street with the words vice on hbo visible

Alt: A short gif depicting Snoop from the TV show The Wire. No audio or captions.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

A screenshot of my phone. It says "The Smart One".

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 2d

Somebody had a lot of fun with this.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 2d

They literally said "It's just a song bro. Stop being a hater!"

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 2d

"... The court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in 'Not Like Us' are nonactionable opinion."

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social