Dave the Tenor
@davethetenor.bsky.social
Singer/Teacher/Writer.
Avid reader, movie buff, chatter extraordinaire.
I speak English, French, German and Italian.
I believe in human rights for everyone.
Avid reader, movie buff, chatter extraordinaire.
I speak English, French, German and Italian.
I believe in human rights for everyone.
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Just pointing out that the same people who pushed for "return to office" for the "culture and collaboration" are now promoting AI tools that increasingly isolate employees.
No more work besties in our AI future, no matter where we are located.
No more work besties in our AI future, no matter where we are located.
AI is making the workplace lonelier
"I hate myself for saying it, but a big reason Gemini works [is] because it functions as the colleague with no drama."
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just pointing out that the same people who pushed for "return to office" for the "culture and collaboration" are now promoting AI tools that increasingly isolate employees.
No more work besties in our AI future, no matter where we are located.
No more work besties in our AI future, no matter where we are located.
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"Y'all are punks. Y'all are cowards. Harvard, Columbia... "y'all are sitting on $40 billion??? And you can't oppose this man? Either you're cowards or you are with him and if you are with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with."
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Y'all are punks. Y'all are cowards. Harvard, Columbia... "y'all are sitting on $40 billion??? And you can't oppose this man? Either you're cowards or you are with him and if you are with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with."
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“The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025.”
The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025.
gizmodo.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025.”
The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
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When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
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BREAKING: Donald Trump goes on a deranged rant claiming countries want him to serve as the leader of Europe.
This level of delusion is not normal.
This level of delusion is not normal.
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump goes on a deranged rant claiming countries want him to serve as the leader of Europe.
This level of delusion is not normal.
This level of delusion is not normal.
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ICE tried to kidnap one man from a local grocery store in St. Paul, MN, but community members used their humanity & their bodies as a human shield to successfully fend them off. ✌🏻
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ICE tried to kidnap one man from a local grocery store in St. Paul, MN, but community members used their humanity & their bodies as a human shield to successfully fend them off. ✌🏻
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Garcia: "Just last night we received about 95,000 photographs from the Epstein estate. We've gone through maybe about 25,000 of them so far ... we will continue to put out more photos in the days and weeks ahead."
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Garcia: "Just last night we received about 95,000 photographs from the Epstein estate. We've gone through maybe about 25,000 of them so far ... we will continue to put out more photos in the days and weeks ahead."
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Happy 100th birthday Dick van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy 100th birthday Dick van Dyke!
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It's been over three weeks and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's been over three weeks and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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Want to book an aurora tour in Fairbanks? We have availability, and the next week is predicted to be clear here as well. This is one of the longest stretches of clear skies I've seen in Fairbanks!
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Want to book an aurora tour in Fairbanks? We have availability, and the next week is predicted to be clear here as well. This is one of the longest stretches of clear skies I've seen in Fairbanks!
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Magnificent Aurora over Loften, Norway ~ time lapse
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Magnificent Aurora over Loften, Norway ~ time lapse
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Northern lights going wild last night
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Northern lights going wild last night
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The Northern Lights are back in view over the Northland!
My thanks to those in the region who have shared their photos of them with our station.
Enjoy!
My thanks to those in the region who have shared their photos of them with our station.
Enjoy!
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The Northern Lights are back in view over the Northland!
My thanks to those in the region who have shared their photos of them with our station.
Enjoy!
My thanks to those in the region who have shared their photos of them with our station.
Enjoy!
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Remember this as Trump and Big Tech lobbyists try to block AI regulation at both the state and federal level.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Remember this as Trump and Big Tech lobbyists try to block AI regulation at both the state and federal level.
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The biggest change higher education over the past decade+ has been the growth of the professional "Higher Education Administrator"- administrators now have backgrounds in business or degrees in "Leadership" instead of rising through traditional faculty positions
Result: less value on academics
Result: less value on academics
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The biggest change higher education over the past decade+ has been the growth of the professional "Higher Education Administrator"- administrators now have backgrounds in business or degrees in "Leadership" instead of rising through traditional faculty positions
Result: less value on academics
Result: less value on academics
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The customer model presupposes they have complete preferences across all options already & are fully informed.
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The customer model presupposes they have complete preferences across all options already & are fully informed.
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
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Between that and the whole terrified-of-subways thing are we sure the Secretary of Transportation has ever... trasnsported
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Between that and the whole terrified-of-subways thing are we sure the Secretary of Transportation has ever... trasnsported
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If I am correct this is about AI, I add that I can’t take an industry (or greater corporate economy) seriously when the true use case they think will happen is “I can lay off all employees and no longer have to have payroll!” while still thinking “our customers will have money to spend!”
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If I am correct this is about AI, I add that I can’t take an industry (or greater corporate economy) seriously when the true use case they think will happen is “I can lay off all employees and no longer have to have payroll!” while still thinking “our customers will have money to spend!”
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a) Video games have not replaced books despite dire predictions that are now FIFTY YEARS old.
b) If anybody in publishing believes that reading is any less intersectional than before, they have never been to a public library or looked at the numbers for the audiobook boom (double digit growth YOY)
b) If anybody in publishing believes that reading is any less intersectional than before, they have never been to a public library or looked at the numbers for the audiobook boom (double digit growth YOY)
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
a) Video games have not replaced books despite dire predictions that are now FIFTY YEARS old.
b) If anybody in publishing believes that reading is any less intersectional than before, they have never been to a public library or looked at the numbers for the audiobook boom (double digit growth YOY)
b) If anybody in publishing believes that reading is any less intersectional than before, they have never been to a public library or looked at the numbers for the audiobook boom (double digit growth YOY)
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The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.