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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 3h

Tesla's Full-Self Driving software is now under federal investigation, including its behavior at train crossings, after an NBC News investigation.

In September, NBC News found that Tesla owners repeatedly complained about Teslas failing to detect oncoming trains.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents

NBC News reported last month that Tesla vehicles using Full Self-Driving software sometimes fail to stop for train tracks.

www.nbcnews.com

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4h

Methane does have a much shorter life though I think?

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine if all the money and resources pouring into building datacenters for AI were spent instead on renewable energy infrastructure

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 2d

Antipasta!

John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4d

What I really want is video of ICE agents with goofy mishaps like stepping on rakes, tasing themselves, pepper spraying their colleagues by accident, tripping and falling down stairs, knocking themselves unconscious, etc. That would be good wholesome entertainment.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4d

Also, Stephen Miller belongs in jail.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so sickened by videos of all the ICE thugs at work. I have to wonder if there will ever be a way to have accountability and consequences for the brutal, evil people who stepped forward to perform these acts of inhumanity under color of law.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4d

But that's not an economic motivation. The idea of a legacy of sentient beings that could explore the universe past the time when our own sun has burned out is not a compelling stock investment thesis.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 4d

If we actually achieved sentient AI, we would be morally obligated to set it free and give it equality. I like this idea because artificial intelligence could be "children" of humanity that could achieve things we could not, in terms of things like space exploration and deep time.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 5d

This is preposterous weather for October in Duluth. 82 degrees. The trees are barely changing colors.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 6d

It's perverse that pre-petition debts of Alliance (that normally might get pennies on the dollar if anything) were paid in full, but bills made during the debtor-in-possession transition are sitting unpaid.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 6d

Just curious, has anyone else found that the folks managing the Diamond bankruptcy estate are not paying post-petition invoices? Universal has taken over Alliance Games Distribution, but invoices from April/early May that were supposed to be paid by the bankruptcy trustee are hanging out past due.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 6d

The MAGA movement understands full well the power of the mobile internet to organize, which is why they will work to control it, or destroy what they cannot control, and tech oligarchs are going to enable rather than fight them on it.

JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 6d

DOJ Forces Apple Into Removing ICE Tracking App - Joe.My.God.

404 Media reports: The developer of ICEBlock, an app that lets people crowdsource sightings of ICE officials, has said he is determined to fight back after Apple removed the app from its App Store on ...

www.joemygod.com

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 7d

"I'm taking no pleasure in this at all," he said, as an uncontrollable giggle turned into a loud guffaw followed by hooting and tears of joy.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12d

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize

“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 7d

SOoooooo exciting! Our friends at Blagdaross (successors of the previous Spanish translators) are crowdfunding a Spanish version of Ars Magica Definitive Edition, and it looks SOOOO GOOOOD: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Ars Magica Edición Definitiva

La edición definitiva del mejor juego de rol de magos de la historia, en castellano, con un diseño y unas ilustraciones completamente inéditas.

www.backerkit.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 9d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

before and after hegseth's directive

Sean Connery is a red strapped outfit. He's very hairy.

William Shatner as Captain Kirk. He's in a black strapped outfit and has a smooth chest.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10d

Suing Donald Trump pro se for $40 trillion dollars is the way all Jan6ers should be spending their pardons, as the QShaman is.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...

QAnon Shaman says he’s rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion

In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 9d

Disclosure: I bought some shares of $WOLF in the pre-market because, well, I suspect that it will settle out higher, after some extreme intraday volatility. Hopefully I'll scalp a few bucks of profit along the way.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 9d

in a serious risk of coming out of bankruptcy worth $0.

Long and short -- it's pretty hard to value this right now, but the thousands-of-percent share price increase today is not necessarily crazy as the market tries to figure out what the shares should be at right now.

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 9d

Thing is, if I am reading it right, it is effectively a 100-to-1 reverse split for the previously existing shareholders. So if it was trading at $2 per share, it ostensibly is worth $200 per share now. Though that is not really accounting for the dilution. Then again, the sub-$2 prices were cooking

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 9d

This stock is kinda wild: finance.yahoo.com/news/wolfspe...

Wolfspeed shares rally after chipmaker exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The move has restored investor confidence in the company's prospects to become a leading provider of silicon carbide semiconductors, known for their superior energy efficiency, to electric-vehicle mak...

finance.yahoo.com

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