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@bishma.bsky.social
I like my social media like I like my Doritos: Nacho Cheesy
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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Happy 15th Anniversary to CRACKED After Hours!
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Happy 15th Anniversary to CRACKED After Hours!
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This isn’t bold leadership.
It’s executive cosplay where you point at a chatbot and hope investors forget you spent a decade hiring people to build internal tools no one uses.
It’s executive cosplay where you point at a chatbot and hope investors forget you spent a decade hiring people to build internal tools no one uses.
In a memo to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
June 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This isn’t bold leadership.
It’s executive cosplay where you point at a chatbot and hope investors forget you spent a decade hiring people to build internal tools no one uses.
It’s executive cosplay where you point at a chatbot and hope investors forget you spent a decade hiring people to build internal tools no one uses.
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Dem senator: Please, protestors, there are better ways to oppose the president
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
June 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dem senator: Please, protestors, there are better ways to oppose the president
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
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Bewildered and heartbroken to see the two most unlikeable people in America stopped liking each other.
June 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Bewildered and heartbroken to see the two most unlikeable people in America stopped liking each other.
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Wernher von Braun was born in Iowa and his birth name was Jimmy Applebottom people don’t know this
May 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Wernher von Braun was born in Iowa and his birth name was Jimmy Applebottom people don’t know this
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If you haven't even bothered to read the studies that don't exist cited in RFK Jr's MAHA report, you have no right to criticize!
May 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you haven't even bothered to read the studies that don't exist cited in RFK Jr's MAHA report, you have no right to criticize!
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Brazilian researcher uncovers CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site
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🔗 www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...
May 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Brazilian researcher uncovers CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site
🔗 www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...
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Well, hell. RIP to perhaps the greatest one-liner delivery machine in TV history.
George Wendt, the Beer-Loving Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 77
Jason Sudeikis' uncle earned Emmy nominations six years running after getting started on Second City in his hometown of Chicago.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Well, hell. RIP to perhaps the greatest one-liner delivery machine in TV history.
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NEW: Trump administration arrests Newark mayor
Trump DOJ Arrests Newark Mayor for Protesting ICE Facility
This is a significant development
meidasnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NEW: Trump administration arrests Newark mayor
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"92% of companies have put Generative AI skills as a job requirement" did someone put LSD in my Wheaties? Are the GenAI jobs in the room with us now?
May 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"92% of companies have put Generative AI skills as a job requirement" did someone put LSD in my Wheaties? Are the GenAI jobs in the room with us now?
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Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
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🔗 www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.
www.404media.co
April 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
🔗 www.404media.co/researchers-...
🔗 www.404media.co/researchers-...
Here's today's reason to feel old. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Revisiting iZombie, 10 years later
We loved the show’s wicked humor, great characters, and mix of cases-of-the-week with longer narrative arcs.
arstechnica.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's today's reason to feel old. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
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Somebody in the Virginia state government didn’t pay their AWS bribe money this month.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in...
In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region | Amazon Web Services
AWS is adding a new Availability Zone in Maryland to the US East (Northern Virginia) Region by 2026, enhancing redundancy and supporting growing AI workloads while maintaining high-bandwidth, low-late...
aws.amazon.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Somebody in the Virginia state government didn’t pay their AWS bribe money this month.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in...
I'm on day 5 of Peace Train being stuck in my head. I love the song, but if I have another thought interrupted by
"🎵Ooh-ah, ee-ah, ooh-ah. Come on, now Peace Train🎵"
I'm going to lose my mind.
"🎵Ooh-ah, ee-ah, ooh-ah. Come on, now Peace Train🎵"
I'm going to lose my mind.
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm on day 5 of Peace Train being stuck in my head. I love the song, but if I have another thought interrupted by
"🎵Ooh-ah, ee-ah, ooh-ah. Come on, now Peace Train🎵"
I'm going to lose my mind.
"🎵Ooh-ah, ee-ah, ooh-ah. Come on, now Peace Train🎵"
I'm going to lose my mind.
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Can we choose the next pope from the cast of Succession?
April 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Can we choose the next pope from the cast of Succession?
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“Why?,” “Why?,” and “For Christ’s sake, why?”
April 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Why?,” “Why?,” and “For Christ’s sake, why?”
Sometimes you don't know you desperately need something until you see it for the first time. hackaday.com/2025/04/16/m...
Making A Variable Speed Disc Sander From An Old Hard Drive
This short video from [ProShorts 101] shows us how to build a variable speed disc sander from not much more than an old hard drive. We feel that as far as hacks go this one ticks all the boxes. It …
hackaday.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sometimes you don't know you desperately need something until you see it for the first time. hackaday.com/2025/04/16/m...
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Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..