Zvi
@fredfred.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Reader. Dad. 🍁
Like all men, but more so
Like all men, but more so
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
I bought too many snacks for my trip. Oh no. What will I do
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I bought too many snacks for my trip. Oh no. What will I do
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
Feminist separatist ideology is a reasonable response to <all this>.
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Feminist separatist ideology is a reasonable response to <all this>.
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Unlike the USA, Canada has only one source of federal funding for archives, the DHCP:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
The Carney Liberal government just cut the DHCP permanently.
I can't even begin to say how disgusted and angry I am. There is NO OTHER SOURCE of program funding for archives.
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
The Carney Liberal government just cut the DHCP permanently.
I can't even begin to say how disgusted and angry I am. There is NO OTHER SOURCE of program funding for archives.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Unlike the USA, Canada has only one source of federal funding for archives, the DHCP:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
The Carney Liberal government just cut the DHCP permanently.
I can't even begin to say how disgusted and angry I am. There is NO OTHER SOURCE of program funding for archives.
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
The Carney Liberal government just cut the DHCP permanently.
I can't even begin to say how disgusted and angry I am. There is NO OTHER SOURCE of program funding for archives.
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Neow
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Neow
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Jobs are easy. Just get a job at your dad's sticker factory, or use your family's connections to go into politics.
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Jobs are easy. Just get a job at your dad's sticker factory, or use your family's connections to go into politics.
What, indeed. Canadians, take note
ICE has offices in five cities across Canada. What are they doing here?
ICE has offices in five cities across Canada. What are they doing here?
While ICE did not respond to the Star's inquiries about Canadian operations, experts say the field offices are not authorized to carry out independent investigations or carry out immigration enforceme...
www.thestar.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What, indeed. Canadians, take note
How did he go from the Gates Foundation and alleviating suffering worldwide to this evil nonsense? Or is he Jekyll/Hyde? Venereal disease?
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
How did he go from the Gates Foundation and alleviating suffering worldwide to this evil nonsense? Or is he Jekyll/Hyde? Venereal disease?
[this is good]
"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."
I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Someone swallowed the hype and seriously fucked up
“A new slew of AI equipment, featuring cameras that watch your every move, was somehow even more expensive than their already considerably pricy lineup of exercise equipment.”
“And shockingly, the company’s doubling down on AI doesn’t appear to have paid off.”
“And shockingly, the company’s doubling down on AI doesn’t appear to have paid off.”
Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI
Peloton's doubling down on AI doesn't appear to have paid off. The company slashed 11 percent of its workforce this week.
futurism.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Someone swallowed the hype and seriously fucked up
Mulroney and Reagan are spinning in their graves
KENNEDY: If Canada came to the US and said, 'We're going to 0 tariffs on the US, all of them are off,' would you and the president go to 0 tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?
BESSENT: Absolutely not
BESSENT: Absolutely not
February 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Mulroney and Reagan are spinning in their graves
The fuck does AI have to do with it? Buzzword nonsense.
We’ll reward the production of made-in-Canada vehicles and harness our world-class capabilities in AI to ensure that Canada’s auto workers are building the cars of the future.
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The fuck does AI have to do with it? Buzzword nonsense.
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
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I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
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Every Metric song: (speaking into oscillating fan effect on vocal) it's life / or death / a dead ringer / ringing out / outbound / leaving the city *Nokia ringtone.wav* *guitar* *open car door beep*
Me every day for 20 years, crying: I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Me every day for 20 years, crying: I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!
February 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Every Metric song: (speaking into oscillating fan effect on vocal) it's life / or death / a dead ringer / ringing out / outbound / leaving the city *Nokia ringtone.wav* *guitar* *open car door beep*
Me every day for 20 years, crying: I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Me every day for 20 years, crying: I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!
No soup for ice!
actual soup nazis
some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
February 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
No soup for ice!
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Marx knew what was up. Skewered
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Marx knew what was up. Skewered
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New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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A nuanced look at Chomsky and his absolutism on free speech etc.
In @thenation.com, Greg Grandin wrote, "if more e-mails come out on the Chomsky-Epstein relationship, this whole essay may read as wrong". Looking forward to the follow-up.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
www.thenation.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 PM
A nuanced look at Chomsky and his absolutism on free speech etc.
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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers https://theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax-detention-center-for-most-harden-1827838332/
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers https://theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax-detention-center-for-most-harden-1827838332/
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this sucks so bad i need to remembers suicide jokes only worsen my mental health] put on the best talent show this towns ever seen
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OP I hope you know that this post is a BIG HIT on the adolescent psych ward. Genuinely very helpful to get kids to start reframing their negative thoughts!!!
guys this post is a big hit on the adolescent psych ward](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:awzzrtrcrvpnxi3ph2sbhxwv/bafkreieu3y3djtewllxzd5crvxba777n2ofm76bkyilj4tp4m2bbkho6na@jpeg)
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"I begged my wife for the last two months to stop calling me flaccid. That kind of rhetoric needed to stop. I said to her in March--if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be a black eye. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anyone with a black eye. But I warned her."
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"I begged my wife for the last two months to stop calling me flaccid. That kind of rhetoric needed to stop. I said to her in March--if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be a black eye. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anyone with a black eye. But I warned her."