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Amy Hoy

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 8d

"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"

"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you getting the picture?"

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2m

oh no, not again

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 1h

The bros are at it again! and make no mistake, they are LITERALLY calling it "Vibe Lawyering"

GitLaw Alpha - Vibe Lawyering

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2m

oh no

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 52m

people are so goofy

human beings aren't born in a hard shell to crack open and be free, to begin with. it's not that kind of egg. you can't crack a human egg, it's a squishy cell!

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

"solo work" ???

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

i only gave a place name bc somebody else already said "saguaro" !

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

including you, i see

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

i'm probably not the only one. the first thing most quiz perverts do is take it again

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

sorry!

i didn't see repeated samples, if it helps

it doesn't say not to, anywhere, maybe you want to add that or stop it from being doable

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

interesting. my rate so far is 83%

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

ironically it’s probably more correct according to its original naming by native people

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

tucson

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Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social · 2h

Henry's writing about about institutional actors more than the mass public, but the basic collective-action point relates to mass protests as well--a means of signaling the scope of opposition, unafraid and peaceful. Put me in mind of the No Kings day planned for 10/18, which can't come soon enough.

Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 10h

"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 2h

If lending that monopoly to authoritarians for a bit is the price, so be it, says Cupertino.

It's all part of the playbook, which is anti-democratic in practice, if not theory:

infrequently.org/2025/09/appl...

Apple's Antitrust Playbook - Infrequently Noted

Apple wants to launder the consequences of its own anticompetitive, anti-user choices through a credulous tech press. The goal is to frame regulators for Apple's own deeds, and it's rotten to the core...

infrequently.org

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

UGH what a bummer

this is one of the most useful labelers

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 3h

This labeler will be shutting down. We will first be unlabeling everyone who is labeled and then will cease to operate. As the unlabeling operation will take an unknown amount of time, we are not setting a specific timeline other than as soon as possible.

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

not to mention giving hiking instructions that don't respect the weather

i'm guessing the body count is in the 10s at minimum

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

i mean it's been telling people to mix dangerous chemicals, inject or drink the wrong thing, and kill themselves for a while

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

guarantee you we crossed that a while ago

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

any random moderately successful small restaurant creates 20 jobs

imagine how many little businesses that $38 million could spawn if we *correctly* allocated that capital to *actual job producers* (which are always small business)

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6h

"For instance, CNBC found that one Microsoft data center in Illinois received more than $38 million in data center sales tax exemptions but created just 20 permanent jobs."

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/t...

In race to attract data centers, states can forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companies

Amazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI.

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

worst advent calendar

well. that you'd do to yourself.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 2h

Germany's justice ministry held firm and killed EU chat control (for now):

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

Admirably concise and direct. German in the best possible way.

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

is this the first time you've read a headline? headlines usually include some attribute of the subject like profession or family status

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

churches, bars, public transit, offices: all dating platforms

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 3h

kinda odd thing to call it a “dating platform.” sometimes people just meet socially and fall in love.

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 3h

didn't know she wrote up on the roof!