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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 10h

What's the latest excuse for bothsidesing colonization and apartheid culminating in a livestreamed genocide?

@BarackObama After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 10h

Undisputed Truth Spacemachine

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 11h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 11h

whew

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 10h

Cane & Able - Girl You Move Me (1972)

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 10h

Jones The Rhythm

YouTube video by Grace Jones - Topic

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 14h

Fake Quote from Foucault (original don't mention "White")

"White People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does."

- Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 15h

I read « Vibe Graping » (at straws?)

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 16h

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 16h

It's long, but I think it's worth having in the public record. Thanks for reading, and don't forget to subscribe!

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/democracy-...

Democracy Is a Really Bad System and AI-Induced Human Extinction Would Be Just Fine: My Conversation with Dr. Richard Sutton

The Turing Award winner chats with me about a wide range of issues, and what he says is eye-popping.

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com

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MidnightRose @midnightrose.bsky.social · 1d

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 16h

An interesting piece in WIRED today about going around synthetic video generators to do pretty interesting stuff

The Future of AI Isn't Just Slop

Behold Neural Viz, the first great cinematic universe of the AI era. It's from a guy named Josh.

www.wired.com

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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 18h

The Future of AI Isn't Just Slop | WIRED

The Future of AI Isn't Just Slop

Behold Neural Viz, the first great cinematic universe of the AI era. It's from a guy named Josh.

www.wired.com

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 20h

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 21h

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 20h

It's true that guns, which are neither good or bad, have historically been branded as General Purpose Tools allowing people to do anything they'd like.
Guns also need to be mastered by people otherwise they'll be let behind.
Lastly the gun industry is at risk of being killed by anti-gun policies.

Attract Mode @theetceteras.bsky.social · 22h

Once guns were invented, you lived in a gun world. Doesn't mean guns are good or bad but SOMEBODY was gonna use them and you did, in fact, have to adapt to the fact that you lived in a world with guns. And, you know, we know something about those dynamics from history.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23h

This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”

ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 21h

He wants le Bill Burr et l'argent du Bill Burr

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

always double down

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh Com...

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 21h

Appendix 1: on gun analogies

Nobody ever asked me to teach gun safety in history class. The reasons are so obvious they don't need stating and have nothing to do with whether gun safety matters.

But I am being asked (not politely) to spend history class helping people to learn how to use Al.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.