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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 2h

I was OFFENDED that someone tried to goddamn fact check me with a fucking language model.

Loser ass energy.

RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 2h

I had a vendor say "I asked CoPilot about that and it agreed with you" today.
I had to sit HARD on the impulse to ask if they were just going to blindly trust me and some machine about THEIR product.
Also:
Of-fucking-course I was right, I know how to read a standard and I have EYES.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 14h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 12h

«ahem»
Rosie the Ribbiter

Thank you for you attention to this matter.

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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 4h

My go-to for the past decade is to look at who is heralding some new use case and how many people work in the impacted industry that would be put out of a job.
The bigger the number out of work, the more likely that's the point.
Leaves a whole lot of cool stuff behind :(

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Franky Sinatra with sister Nancy @frankysinatra.bsky.social · 10h

This looks like a good spot.
#rabbit #bunny

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 9h

This premise is so bad Tom Clancy did a better version of it 40 years aho

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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 5h

Where do I buy my ticket on the Tortellini Train? Does it have a local stop at Ravioli Junction?

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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans have spent the last several decades ratcheting up the rhetoric without "meaning" to carry through with it, but nobody informed their newer crops of True Believers that they don't go through with such things because it would be bad.
So they get to be shocked pikachu face now.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

chat I'm not sure they're thinking things through

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/s...

Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings: "This is a disaster"

Democrats are warning that Trump officials who carry out the layoffs could be prosecuted.

www.axios.com

RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 6h

Bitcoin mining is one of the most useless activities ever devised by humanity.

Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 9h

A Bitcoin mine moved into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but for the time being, the operation’s loud computers have been silenced by litigation.

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy - Inside Climate News

The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.

insideclimatenews.org

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

New England can only dream of California’s bold “eat my ass and hair” approach to rich sociopaths trying to keep people off the state’s 100% public beaches.

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 1d

HAHAHAHAHAHA get fucked you rich asshole

Carlsbad homeowner ordered to remove private gate to public beach, fined $1.4 million

John Levy was penalized by state Coastal Commission for a string of Coastal Act violations stretching back years

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 9h

Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants’
declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants’ declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a
lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne
Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609
(N.D. Ill.). In addition to demonstrating a potential lack of candor by these affiants, it also calls
into question their ability to accurately assess the facts. Similar declarations were provided by
these same individuals in Chicago Headline Club et. al. v. Noem, 25-cv-12173, Doc. 35-1, Doc.
35-9 (N.D. Ill.), a case which challenged the Constitutionality of ICE’s response to protestors at
the Broadview ICE Processing Center. In issuing its TRO against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,
the court in that case found that the plaintiffs would likely be able to show that ICE’s actions
have violated protestors’ First Amendment right to be free from retaliation while engaged in
newsgathering, religious exercise, and protest, and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from
excessive force. Id. at Doc. 43. Although this Court was not asked to make any such finding, it
does note a troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of
appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning,

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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans do not know how to balance a budget, do not know how to operate an economy, and do not know how to do anything but line their own and their donors' pockets on the backs of those who *actually* generate the wealth via revenue.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 7h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 9h

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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CaptDedEyes @captdedeyes.bsky.social · May 29

This Tumblr post gave me a huge confidence boost:

Tumblr post that reads: kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?

Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture

SteveIsDamaged @steveisdamages.bsky.social · 1d

Cognition is like strength. Use is required to not just gain, but maintain. The more thinking and cognitive work we offload, the duller we become as a result.

It's like deciding you'll use a mobility scooter without need and then figuring out a year later that you can no longer walk.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 11h

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 11h

if nobody wrote it why should somebody read it

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 19h

Ahh. The reactionary mindset in a nutshell "secretly, everyone is afraid to agree with me that this selfish thing is Good Actually™️™️™️, so I'm going to just do it bc then I'm actually doing what everyone is doing & am not REALLY selfish".

it's why the RW tilts at "voter fraud" windmills so much.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11h

"Affirmative Action for Incompetence"

The Trump Administration is purging the government of qualified, competent individuals, indicting his enemies, and replacing them with the world's most mediocre conservatives on Earth.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Affirmative Action for Incompetence

The Trump Administration is purging the government of qualified, competent individuals, indicting his enemies, and replacing them with the world's most mediocre conservatives on Earth.

open.substack.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

exactly, I have a functioning social life: I do not need to or want to talk to the robot that I would, in a less stupid world, be using to do my dishes

Horse of Course @horsecourser.bsky.social · 11h

"I built an AI that can be your friend!"

"Listen. I have friends. I need an AI that will re-grout my tub and mop the kitchen floor. Chop chop, motherfucker."

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 10h

SOMEONE didn't read the contract, huh

Tech Insider @tech-insider.bsky.social · 10h

Big move in AI legal frameworks! 🤖📝 The Agentic MSA is a game changer, streamlining contracts for AI agents. Smart partnerships like this are the future of efficient tech growth. #Innovation #AI

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 2d

So, against that background: I became aware of these folks via an announcement from ANOTHER AI startup called Paid that they had "partnered" with Git.Law to produce an "Agentic MSA," or "a Master Services Agreement tailored for AI Agents."

git.law/news/launchi...

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

Time to start expanding public transit!

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 15h

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 16h

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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