Joe McDonald
@greatideas.bsky.social
plant eater / open source / explorer
Great conversation between @ftrain.bsky.social and @danshipper.bsky.social about AI. well worth the time to watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6O7...
Why Opus 4.5 Just Became the Most Influential AI Model
YouTube video by Every
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December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Great conversation between @ftrain.bsky.social and @danshipper.bsky.social about AI. well worth the time to watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6O7...
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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
steak n shake is maga.
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
steak n shake is maga.
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On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
March 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
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This crucial learning needs to spread around the world.
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think what we're going to see is the conservative numbers in Canada drop because people are looking at the destruction that Trump is unleashing and Canadians are thinking, 'If this is what MAGA looks like, there's no damn way we're going to vote for it in Canada.'
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This crucial learning needs to spread around the world.
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Could headlines please not just take for granted that Trump “is doing” stuff he has no legal authority to do just because he said so? Because the implication to the reader is that he can in fact legitimately do these things.
New: Donald Trump is starting a "gold card" visa program to offer green card privileges to those who commit at least $5 million in the US
Trump to Launch ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program for Wealthy Investors
President Donald Trump said he is starting a program which would offer residency and a path to citizenship for investors who commit at least $5 million to projects in the US.
www.bloomberg.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Could headlines please not just take for granted that Trump “is doing” stuff he has no legal authority to do just because he said so? Because the implication to the reader is that he can in fact legitimately do these things.
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The closest modern equivalent is managing egress costs on AWS-hosted internet services
Heard a song from the 80s reference a "long distance call" and it occurred to me that this is a concept that no longer holds any emotional currency whatsoever
February 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The closest modern equivalent is managing egress costs on AWS-hosted internet services
What a game! I was rooting for Canada and they pulled it off!
February 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What a game! I was rooting for Canada and they pulled it off!
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When Twitter had its layoffs, their analytics just kept getting worse until it didn't work anymore.
Today, the online passport application for Form DS-11 is broken. It was working a couple of weeks ago. I must print out a PDF version and fill it out by hand and mail it.
Today, the online passport application for Form DS-11 is broken. It was working a couple of weeks ago. I must print out a PDF version and fill it out by hand and mail it.
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When Twitter had its layoffs, their analytics just kept getting worse until it didn't work anymore.
Today, the online passport application for Form DS-11 is broken. It was working a couple of weeks ago. I must print out a PDF version and fill it out by hand and mail it.
Today, the online passport application for Form DS-11 is broken. It was working a couple of weeks ago. I must print out a PDF version and fill it out by hand and mail it.
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I really do not think a single person in the US government is paying attention - or realises - what they are stoking to their north right now.
From the White House deputy chief of staff: "We never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state."
February 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I really do not think a single person in the US government is paying attention - or realises - what they are stoking to their north right now.
What Trump's Doing
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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February 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I stand with Canada. Trump is an idiot.
February 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I stand with Canada. Trump is an idiot.
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Someone with standing should file a lawsuit, too, stat. I don’t know if that’s Bluesky or someone who’s been banned from Twitter, but it needs to be challenged. Make the Supreme Court say Republican presidents can privatize government communications.
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Someone with standing should file a lawsuit, too, stat. I don’t know if that’s Bluesky or someone who’s been banned from Twitter, but it needs to be challenged. Make the Supreme Court say Republican presidents can privatize government communications.
twitter has been reduced to a steaming pile of nazis and grifters. they're trying to do the same to our country.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
twitter has been reduced to a steaming pile of nazis and grifters. they're trying to do the same to our country.
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
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The throughline that I keep returning to is:
-they collectively decided that Musk’s takeover of Twitter went *great*.
-so they’ve taking that same approach to the entire federal bureaucracy.
-instead of server crashes and error messages, medicaid breaks and a plane full of kids crashes.
-they collectively decided that Musk’s takeover of Twitter went *great*.
-so they’ve taking that same approach to the entire federal bureaucracy.
-instead of server crashes and error messages, medicaid breaks and a plane full of kids crashes.
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The throughline that I keep returning to is:
-they collectively decided that Musk’s takeover of Twitter went *great*.
-so they’ve taking that same approach to the entire federal bureaucracy.
-instead of server crashes and error messages, medicaid breaks and a plane full of kids crashes.
-they collectively decided that Musk’s takeover of Twitter went *great*.
-so they’ve taking that same approach to the entire federal bureaucracy.
-instead of server crashes and error messages, medicaid breaks and a plane full of kids crashes.
RIP David Lynch.
I watched all 122 of your interview project vignettes last month. so many interesting slices of life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpY...
I watched all 122 of your interview project vignettes last month. so many interesting slices of life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpY...
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
RIP David Lynch.
I watched all 122 of your interview project vignettes last month. so many interesting slices of life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpY...
I watched all 122 of your interview project vignettes last month. so many interesting slices of life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpY...
One of my favorite cooking channels has some thoughts about the LA fires. Merle on fire as usual.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPc...
Let's Talk About The LA Fires
YouTube video by Merle O'Neal
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
One of my favorite cooking channels has some thoughts about the LA fires. Merle on fire as usual.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPc...
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here's today's post: "no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up" — America’s bigots are at it again.
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no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up
America’s bigots are at it again
bit.ly
January 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
here's today's post: "no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up" — America’s bigots are at it again.
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current vibes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuM3...
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VELVET UNDERGROUND - Sunday Morning
YouTube video by Isabella Luna
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December 22, 2024 at 6:43 PM
current vibes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuM3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuM3...