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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 44m

River Monster! What a fight!

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

JPMORGAN: “.. Despite the lack of official releases, we do have most of the data to forecast the September retail sales .. for which we expect 0%m/m ..

“.. This is consistent with our Chase card spend data showing a soft 0.1% gain in retail control last month.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 18h

LOL

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Meiselas: MAGA Mike Johnson was being questioned about the shutdown during this disastrous press conference he held. He literally says, “I don’t have any strategy." Then Rep. Lisa McClain jumps in, apparently realizing Mike Johnson had just blown it and she completely unravels on camera.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 23h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h

For those curious this is a negative 5900% gross margin

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 19h

AI ROI? LOL

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 20h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 19h

📢 Latest from Spain
WCK’s Nelly is in La Ràpita where the community is coming together to support one another after severe flooding caused by DANA Alice. As cleanup gets underway, WCK teams are on the ground providing sandwiches, fruit, and water to families affected by the storm. #ChefsForSpain

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 20h

You get one life. Fish it well. Big King Salmon. Another awesome day on the Salmon River!

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 1d

‘The most important aspect of the deals is not what is said, but what is left unsaid. And that is the dollar cost of these deals, the revenue that will be required to pay them back, and where the rest of the money is going to come from.‘ dcahn.substack.com/p/circular-d...

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

UK getting it…brilliant

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The Green Party is expected to have more Members than the Conservative Party by the end of the week.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Israeli parliamentary member Ofer Cassif was expelled from the Knesset yesterday after protesting Trump's speech.

"Yesterday, there was a disgusting display of flattery and personality cult by two megalomaniacs who are hungry for power and blood."

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

The level of stupid losers is just astounding…daily

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

AI is literally mirage of itself…trillions will just evaporate

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 1d

With the Gen AI bubble nearly burst, people seem to be waking up from a years-long fever dream and asking: after spending trillions, all that CO2, is this it? A machine that poorly rephrases the Internet?

This is a piece on the lies Gen AI boosters told to get us here
medium.com/@patchgaley/...

The Secret Lies of AI

I recently listened to an excellent podcast from the team at QAA, investigating a phenomenon that is both at once very new and extremely…

medium.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Frank was Antifa.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

Ridicule if nothing else works…

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

#GoneFlyFishing yes, again…
You get one life. Fish it well.

radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

Buy stonks!

The Collapse Chronicle @collapsechronicle.bsky.social · 1d

Millions more homes in England, Scotland and Wales face devastating floods, and some towns may have to be abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable. New analysis suggests that some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance.

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

How long before Israel continues its stated goal of taking everything?

Before Trump leaves or right after?

They're going to say Hamas failed to bla bla bla and use that as an excuse.

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 1d

Egyptian contracting and building materials companies are seeking to secure a leading role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following the recently announced peace agreement, company executives told Al-Shorouk.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251014-egy...

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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

$TSLA stock could not be any more disconnected from reality & it feels like it’s about to have a $100 down day & meltdown all the way down into a low two digit stock..

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