Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
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Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
· Nov 12
World Punk Atlas: A Map of DIY Punk Spaces - Google My Maps
Hey punks! This is a collective DIY project aimed at documenting past and present venues that host(ed) punk and hardcore shows around the world. If you're interested, please contribute as much info as...
www.google.com
I started this DIY World Punk Atlas a while ago & have been happy to see it grow. Please feel free to contribute and share it with other folks who might be interested! Simple instructions for contributors are linked in my first reply below. www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
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This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
Cool country
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Cool country
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
Any sane, competent government would immediately revoke this company’s corporate charter and end their existence within a week’s time.
“Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Any sane, competent government would immediately revoke this company’s corporate charter and end their existence within a week’s time.
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Baby, I don't wanna leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble
Oh, yeah
Baby, baby, I believin'
We really got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
I can hear it callin' me back home
Baby, I don't wanna leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble
Oh, yeah
Baby, baby, I believin'
We really got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
I can hear it callin' me back home
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Baby, I don't wanna leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble
Oh, yeah
Baby, baby, I believin'
We really got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
I can hear it callin' me back home
Baby, I don't wanna leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble
Oh, yeah
Baby, baby, I believin'
We really got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
I can hear it callin' me back home
Every policy is now being dictated by cartoon villain caliber monsters who, in a more just society, would spend their lives in prison.
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Every policy is now being dictated by cartoon villain caliber monsters who, in a more just society, would spend their lives in prison.
Finally
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/AIdcinL
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to lead the charge.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Finally
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If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
The Story Of The Rogue Burger King In Pittsburgh
Every city has its own fast food urban legend, here's Pittsburgh's.
www.cracked.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
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Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
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Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
When my kid was a baby there was a big scandal because there’s only like 2-3 places in the US that make formula & one of them had all kinds of health violations that caused shortages. Was very cool having to illegally import formula from Germany like it was it heroin, just to ensure a steady supply.
FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of ...
www.healthbeat.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When my kid was a baby there was a big scandal because there’s only like 2-3 places in the US that make formula & one of them had all kinds of health violations that caused shortages. Was very cool having to illegally import formula from Germany like it was it heroin, just to ensure a steady supply.
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The real NVIDIA earnings are the friends we made along the way
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The real NVIDIA earnings are the friends we made along the way
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Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
There’s really no going back once you become a butter dish on the counter household. It’s a superior way to live.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There’s really no going back once you become a butter dish on the counter household. It’s a superior way to live.
Eating that good shit that made an entire generation not be able to afford houses
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Eating that good shit that made an entire generation not be able to afford houses
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always "spam risk" never "friendship opportunity"
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
always "spam risk" never "friendship opportunity"
😭
Former GOP state rep Austin Smith (Turning Point guy) has pleaded guilty to election fraud. He was caught submitting more than 100 forged signatures on his petition for reelection -- that he personally forged.
“ludicrous!!” he said before pleading guilty.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
“ludicrous!!” he said before pleading guilty.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud
Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
😭
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I suppose me snapping someone’s arm is testing it
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I suppose me snapping someone’s arm is testing it
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
This is so fucked
ICE point gun at father in front of son—drag him out of truck by smashing window.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is so fucked
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In this fight we find ourselves in—the struggle for independence in the modern age—, we need to fearlessly push back against all market concentration wherever it arises.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In this fight we find ourselves in—the struggle for independence in the modern age—, we need to fearlessly push back against all market concentration wherever it arises.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.
I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.