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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 14h

Altman dropped out of CS after 2 years. No philosophy major. No degree.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 14h

Savage, and so so accurate.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

I'm no Trump fan, and the rebuild has massive issues (funding, corruption, national security risks associated with who builds it and if any bugs are planted)....

But the WH also needs some improvements. A lot of folks say its low key gross.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Joffrey Trump.

Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

It juat shows how software developers are *not* decision makers for software engineering, even though they are best placed to demonstrate what works best. Somehow coders became important but not important enough to be the leaders.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

Somw foreign countries will want the construction done, to ensure their newly embedded listening devices will be useful.

Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

Reading "fool" in your comment brought me a deep sense of comfort and joy.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 2d

You're demonstrating the old adage: Need something done? Ask the busiest person you know. 🤣

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

CZ pleaded guilty to a criminal money laundering charge and was sentenced to prison.

But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.

Today, he got it.

If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 3d

I know many voted for Trump because they felt he was a wild card; a desperate attempt to shake things up in a world that hasn't deliver.

For everyone's sake, Dems have to deliver. They cannot fail. The responsibility is too great. The need, too large.

Mike O'Malley @mikeomalley.bsky.social · 3d

Demolishing the East wing to build a ballroom for entertaining oligarchs, while SNAP benefits are about to go unpaid. It's a perfect statement of our brutal Gilded Age

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 3d

There are national security concerns too. It isn't a statue he's altering.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 7d

This news hurts my heart.

Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 7d

Heavy.

Hopefully we can just vote a Dem majority for the midterm, and a progressive trifecta in 2028.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 7d

Gives this former (and old) editor of a school paper hope. Love it! 🥰

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 8d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 9d

Kids.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d

Be part of this, show up for #NoKings on Saturday — and join up with an organization afterwards — do what you can, it matters.

Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 9d

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

The resistance reaches into Trump country

As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10d

Given the Trumpist assault on the patriotism of all who plan to attend No Kings rallies, I urge every Democratic elected official to attend one. They shouldn’t speak—if there are speakers, better to br less partisan civic leaders and citizens—but they should stand in solidarity with the rest of us.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10d

He's not opening the government because he doesn't want those secret files revealed. It's not complicated.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10d

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 10d

1000%. Someone needs to challenge her. Are Democrats Americans? Do they deserve prison (terrorist) or exile (undocumented immigrant)? Would it be appropriate to punch or otherwise assault a Democrat? Can a Christian be a Democrat?

Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 10d

1000% this. Also, any disposal costs should also be required to be borne by the AI companies. These tech cos have very little experience building physical infrastructure, maintaining it, and sunsetting it at an appropriate time.

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 10d

I feel like regulating data centers' energy grid impacts is such a layup for state legislators. These costs should be borne by tech companies, who can then pass them on to their users. There is no reason why local residents should be paying increased energy bills.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 11d

This is horrifying and yet explains so much www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 11d

Makes one wonder why MJ (or any other Speaker) is involved at all. Surely a member's power is from the election, not the swearing.

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Thomas Ray @ranger65.bsky.social · 11d

OpenAI releasing sext bots means the AI bubble bursting can't be far off. Why would they risk torching their reputation unless they were so desperate for revenue they've no other choice? Remember too they are deeply in bed with nvidia. It'll impact construction and energy sectors too.

Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 11d

Tell me you're desperate for revenue without telling me.

Seriously, imagine your elevator pitch is "we offer an AI that revolutionizes the enterprise, answers questions at a PhD level, and also talks dirty to horny young men." It would be like if PornHub was selling a productivity suite.

404 Media @404media.co · 11d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

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