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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 5m

These fuckin’ guys.

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 2h

it rains all the time. you can’t even golf, folks. it’s terrible. the pizza kat was very nasty to me. the frog is stealing valor from my frog people. and…stephen, why are there three parentheses around phil knight in the script?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 44m

The sexism inherent in the regime that they never considered SHE was the founder …

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 51m

Just as Trump make W look better, so does Kristi Noem make Sarah Palin look like a Rhodes scholar.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 1h

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 6h

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 7h

"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."

@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 6h

Once again, stealing is not a legitimate, longterm business plan.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 9h

The words you were annoyed to read, now spoken out loud by the people who wrote them!

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 9h

O'Neal is pushing "The Post into video podcasting, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to launch a show hosted by Megan McArdle next month and a flagship program in January. The marquee show, I’m told, will be helmed by O’Neal himself."

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 10h

What org will then gift him with some kind of similar award for peace or statesmanship?

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 10h

Will Trump stop touting all the wars he has allegedly settled once he does not win the Nobel Peace Prize this year?

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 11h

This Australia? The one that just demanded a refund for an LLM-written report? Why do they keep falling for this?

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 12h

forgot the two most important ones

Gold Rally Points to Eroding Faith in Central Banks Worldwide

In Japan, as in the U.S., a new leader wants the central bank to make government debt more bearable, which could feed inflation

A New Wall Street Trade Is Powering Gold and Hitting Currencies

Investors are pouring money into dollar alternatives like bitcoin and precious metals

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Anne Paulson @annepaulson.bsky.social · 21h

Driver kills waitress legally crossing the street with the light, lies about it to cops, gets probation.

If you want to murder someone, do it with a car and you'll get no punishment.

The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1d

San Jose man gets probation for killing waitress in Hayward trib.al/CiTETeD

San Jose man gets probation for killing waitress in Hayward

The defendant claimed the victim, a waitress who’d finished her shift minutes before she was killed, was “jogging” into the intersection, court records show.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 21h

Travis on his way to Taylor’s …

Hannah Pumpkins 🎃 🍂 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 23h

Richard Scarry: Fury Road

A Richard Scarry illustration of a skeleton-bone dragster being driven by a little mouse

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 22h

If I ran a consulting firm, I'd be yelling as loudly as I could that we will never use LLMs in lieu of the work of our experienced, talented, brilliant people. If a consulting firm's work is so shitty that it can be replaced with an LLM, then they should go out of business as soon as possible.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 23h

My grandfather was born in 1896, before the Wright Brothers flew, and was alive for space shuttle missions.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Due to AI, in 150 years Jeopardy contestants will be High Priests of the Cult of Knowledge, weirdo who know things on their own and can recall facts and data unaided by AI. It will seem like magic.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Weiss being handed CBS News is a major season 5 plot for The Newsroom, and I say this as someone who dislikes both Weiss and The Newsroom.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Russians reading about American suicide by gun think to themselves: “Shot himself with his own gun? Who do they think they are fooling with this shit?”

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Russian authorities claimed that Pravda publisher Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

Pravda Publisher Dies After Fall From a Window in Putin’s Moscow

Authorities claimed Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

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Electrek @electrek.co · 2d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm … still, it seems clear it was meant to be a laugh line.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Do Russian builders use special, Hollywood-style break away glass? I am 6ft, 190lbs and I have *bounced off* a number of office building windows in my life w/nary a worry about crashing through.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Russian authorities claimed that Pravda publisher Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

Pravda Publisher Dies After Fall From a Window in Putin’s Moscow

Authorities claimed Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

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