Mark of Distinction
@mhanch.bsky.social
I read. I write. I drink.
Not at the same time.
Not at the same time.
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One of the difficult things I deal with now is the passive slide towards fascism. My grandfather was in the 20th Armored. The Liberators. First unit into Dachau.
Back when I was on Twitter I met a person who had family in Dachau who survived. They kept a patch from the 20th in the family.
Back when I was on Twitter I met a person who had family in Dachau who survived. They kept a patch from the 20th in the family.
This is 100% true.
Have you ever been to a frat house? That is, like, the natural state of many men. I would even wager a plurality of men.
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is 100% true.
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"human driver" statistical comparisons are fraught because these AVs only operate on certain roads and in certain conditions, but the important takeaway here is that Teslas are deeply unsafe and should not be on the road
"data suggests Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles"
that's just really really bad sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
that's just really really bad sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
Tesla’s 29 Austin Robotaxis have crashed 8 times since June, as data suggests they perform much worse than human drivers
That’s a lot of crashes for such a small fleet....
sherwood.news
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"human driver" statistical comparisons are fraught because these AVs only operate on certain roads and in certain conditions, but the important takeaway here is that Teslas are deeply unsafe and should not be on the road
This series was sooo good.
Ollie and Dinah relocate to Seattle for a fresh start.
As they settle in, Ollie is aware that the Robin Hood Killer is making their way across the country and he believes that they will hit Seattle next.
In addition, someone is slashing women open on the streets of his new city.
As they settle in, Ollie is aware that the Robin Hood Killer is making their way across the country and he believes that they will hit Seattle next.
In addition, someone is slashing women open on the streets of his new city.
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This series was sooo good.
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
No lie detected
“I’m looking all over, and there’s just no way we can make this any worse,” Trump said
Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy
WASHINGTON--Searching in vain for a meaningful way to retaliate after Indiana lawmakers rejected his Republican gerrymandering push, a visibly frustrated President Donald Trump was reportedly struggling Friday to find any infrastructure left in the stat...
theonion.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
No lie detected
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remembering one of the all-time greatest twitter posts
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
remembering one of the all-time greatest twitter posts
Someone committed a Journalism
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Someone committed a Journalism
I see a lot of folks use Kaizen improperly. This story gets it right.
I tell this story periodically, but it seems like it's time again:
General Motors ran an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, that was one of the worst in the country. Accident rates and defects were astronomical. Absenteeism was through the roof.
1/12
General Motors ran an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, that was one of the worst in the country. Accident rates and defects were astronomical. Absenteeism was through the roof.
1/12
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I see a lot of folks use Kaizen improperly. This story gets it right.
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I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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Oh really
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh really
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27% are crazy
Within the margin of error of The Crazification Factor.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
27% are crazy
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The legendary CBGB club on a snowy, cold day in New York City
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The legendary CBGB club on a snowy, cold day in New York City
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
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This has all happened before…..
Does anybody remember how Sun Microsystems (SUNW) died?
They sold SparcServers (&Solaris) in the dot-com boom.
Thousands of VC funded startups buying SparcServers.
Hugh revenue! stock soaring 10x in a year.
They sold SparcServers (&Solaris) in the dot-com boom.
Thousands of VC funded startups buying SparcServers.
Hugh revenue! stock soaring 10x in a year.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This has all happened before…..
Amazing
Tell me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson without telling me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson.
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Amazing
It’s a death trap.
Tesla was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growing body of litigation scrutinizing the company’s electrically powered handles
Tesla Sued Over Another Fatal Crash in Growing Scrutiny of Doors
Tesla Inc. was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growing body of litigation scrutinizing the company’s electrically powered handles.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s a death trap.