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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 18h

How could it *possibly* know how to conduct stakeholder outreach in this hyper specific context and why would I pay you for your knowledge if you want to ask Chat GPT that

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 18h

Even in consulting, which I wouldn't consider creative in the same sense, I'm shocked at what people will ask Chat GPT. Shocking partly because I find exercising my professional judgement more satisfying than asking an LLM, but partly because I don't think it gives useful answers for these questions

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 3d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 2d

had a fellowship with a member of Congress representing the area

Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 2d

not where I'm from, but Wilkes-Barre

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker's forceful, defiant response to Trump's threat to jail him confirms the points I tried to make in the piece and thread below about the role of conflict and attention in the public battle over Trump's authoritarian takeover:

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 3d

I had a job once where someone would routinely bust out this combo at work parties

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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 3d

FWIW, Sears was born in Jamaica in 1964. Castro took over Cuba at the very end of 1958.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 3d

This is obviously an established campaign talking point: "I've seen this kind of socialism, I've seen this kind of government control ... I saw communism come to Cuba ... I can't believe this is possibly where we are headed in America."

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 3d

they're calling it pretty fucking cringe

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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WESA @wesa.fm · 3d

Train derailments in the Pittsburgh region are more likely to happen in disadvantaged communities and near waterways, according to a report from the University of Pittsburgh analyzing rail accidents between 1998 and 2024 using data from the Federal Railroad Administration.

Dangerous train derailments more likely in vulnerable communities, Pitt analysis shows

The report from the University of Pittsburgh looks at rail accidents between 1998 and 2024, using data from the Federal Railroad Administration.

buff.ly

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 4d

Not true! I pulled microfiche records in the law library for a research project, within the last decade even! And I really liked that project (early NLRB history)

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 4d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 4d

Heartbreaking: the Worst People You Know Spent Months Making Absolutely Dogshit Points

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 5d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8d

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8d

I mean come the hell on…

The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...