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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1h

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are national treasures who Trump will definitely try to indict www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfC...

Pam Bondi Hearing Cold Open - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

www.youtube.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 53m

Strike down Media Matters and it will become the Pope

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 51m

Either Peter Thiel knows nothing about branding or he wants us to associate him almost exclusively with the Antichrist.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 8h

Sending strength to Joe Biden as he begins radiation and hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Few people have given more of themselves in service to this country. Wishing him comfort and healing surrounded by family and love.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

we need to abolish this shit

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3h

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2h

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

www.bloomberg.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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helchose.bsky.social @helchose.bsky.social · 51m

Exactly the same for me.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2h

This is it. I didn’t find it at all difficult to leave Twitter in the end: it stopped being fun and became boring and depressing. Whenever I opened it I’d see things that were obnoxious or upsetting. It was a relief not to do that.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 5h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

These are agents who were sent AFTER the violent insurrection was well underway. Kash Patel issued a statement that said that after a fringe right wing outlet reported it falsely. But Trump chooses to run with the lie from them rather than the statement from his FBI Director.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1h

#MorningVibe

There are good things happening all over. You might just have to look. Check out Health in the Hood, a Miami-based nonprofit that connects food-insecure communities to nutritious food and healthier lifestyles. healthinthehood.org

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1h

gandalf: I am not trying to rob you!
I'm trying to help you.

[small dog holding tennis ball in its mouth stares back]

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 6h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BASH: Are you gonna look into the way ICE is conducting itself?

JIM JORDAN: We're going to look into the whole situation where you have these mayors--

BASH: So you'll only look into that side and not federal law enforcement?

JORDAN: Wuh wuh wuh we'll look into all this

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

n.pr

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helchose.bsky.social @helchose.bsky.social · 59m

No, Jim. It started with Trump raising eyebrows by goading Russia to attack Hillary's campaign and the Democratic party. Which Russia promptly did. And that attracted the attention of everyone. Including FBI.

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Grumpy Zeus @grumpyzeus.bsky.social · 1h

The problem is Republicans are pissed at America, and the retribution is directed at all of us who love our country.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

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helchose.bsky.social @helchose.bsky.social · 1h

There's nothing left.