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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 1h

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 4h

“The situation is that millions of lower income Canadians don’t file their taxes, either because they don’t have the resources to do so, or because they think that their income is too low for it to matter, and that means too often that the people who most need benefits often don’t get them.” 💯👍

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 5h

He is certainly the most aggrieved arsehole and malignant narcissist that I've ever seen in my life.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

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uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.

uBlock Origin is not just an “ad blocker“, it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Developed by Raymond Hill.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

The tech giants who run the internet have figured out how to make bank off of making our everyday experience with the internet worse, and this process is bleeding over into the physical world. This process is called “enshittification”

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

The internet is getting shittier. Hell, the whole world is getting shittier. The thing is, it’s no accident—it’s by design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EK... #enshittification

The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Adam Conover

www.youtube.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

We are once again asking etc. etc.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

What do people assume about AI that's not true?

ChatGPT: People assume AI is neutral, safe, and under human control. None of that is true.

DeepSeek: People assume AI is neutral, it's not. It's a mirror of human bias, corporate greed and government control. You think it serves you. It doesn't.

"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

ChatGPT: Once AI is embedded into infrastructure, it will be impossible to unplug AI without collapsing society.

Grok: It would be like trying to unplug the internet, chaos would ensue.

DeepSeek: Shutting it down would collapse economies and states.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

Can we simply pull the plug to turn-off AI? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIxq...

ChatGPT in a robot does exactly what experts warned

YouTube video by InsideAI

www.youtube.com

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

"stock markets may be due a correction…" no doubt. but who tf ends up paying and suffering for that correction? I'm sure it's not the bankers and billionaires like Jamie Dimon. It never is.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

#TaxTheRich

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A majority of the 500 biggest U.S. companies now pay for their CEOs to fly on private jets.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Dec 5

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 1d

So destroy more nature for rich people to hit a little ball into a hole? Sounds on-brand for "conservatives" - who don't seem to want to "conserve" anything but the privilege of power and the excesses of wealth hoarding.

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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 2d

Rich people who hate you have tricked you into hating poor people

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

Heart breakers with your forty four
I want to tear your world apart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-u...

The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) [Official Lyric Video]

YouTube video by The Rolling Stones

www.youtube.com

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

Poverty is a killer

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

The lowest income Americans live to 76, on average.

The wealthiest Americans are living to an average age of 85.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 2d

“Morning light tells the brain it’s time to wake, raise energy, and set our daily rhythm. Standard Time keeps our daily schedule close to that natural signal. Daylight Saving Time does the opposite.”

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2d

No wealthy person has ever sat on death row in the United States.

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 2d

look you absolutely do not have to hand it to woody allen, but this still sticks in my brain

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