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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 50m

Touched grass today and can't say I was much changed by the experience. Which probably means I was already cool and normal prior to that

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1h

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 4h

Tim Heidecker is so good at this.

WHAT an incredible experience getting to perform at the Riyadh comedy festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty’s generosity. I’ll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1h

At this point I've thoroughly settled for being able to create something useful, at least I can try to solve someones problems creatively, and some times that's good enough.

Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 2h

It is a shame that the people you're trying to explain this to will never have the attention span to stick around for the explanation, and the slogan has now been so decoupled from the idea that you have to spend ages defending yourself from allegations from absolute braindead fucking morons.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 2h

Incredible things are happening in the self-awareness and political literacy spaces

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”

@lasvegassun.bsky.social
lasvegassun.com/news/2025/oc...

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 3h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 2h

not all

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack as two men arrested

Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.com

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 4h

Just remember it's not *all* bad news

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack

Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 7h

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Jan 9

Who up wandering around like Théoden King muttering hauntedly "how did it come to this"?

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 1d

Sad and whatnot!

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

"[Rich people] keep trying and often succeeding in removing pieces of the Jenga that they think are not necessary, and assume its absence won't make everything collapse, or thinking that they've hoarded enough resources that in any case it'll insulate them from the result"

--Benno Rice

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1d

CEO: You get a name for our new hand warmer company?
Copywriter: Sure did boss, real fuckin creepy just like you asked.
CEO: what

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 6d

This is my blood

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

"I've put my best people on the task of sifting through foreskins until they find the autism"

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

artwork of some guy hunched over looking at like a bird thing, orange high-relief terrain with starry sky and gigantic skull in background. caption over skull reads actual deadly diseases, caption near guy reads RFK Jr looking for penis autism

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Don Hughes @donaldhughes.ca · 1d

Congratulations to Venezuela on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. ❤️🇻🇪

Venezuelans celebrating winning the Nobel.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah 11 years ago it's how I got my current job. Now I'm reasonably good at it.

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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 1d

In video games, you will often find a fully roasted chicken abandoned on the ground, and eating it extremely quickly makes you feel better. What's less known is that this is also true in real life

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

we're just normal men

Hello world

YouTube video by Graeme Barrett

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

the paul thompson with a passing grade is surely the superior one

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