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maxamas.bsky.social
Horse girl, but for trains
@maxamas.bsky.social
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I like my dogs, but I miss my best friend.

I like sports, but don’t root for ownership groups.

I dislike the police state.
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maxamas.bsky.social
This ad for sleep apnea has me feeling a little confused about what I'm into
picture of an adsense ad featuring a black and white drawing of a person laying back on a pillow with their mouth wide open, drool slopping down their chin, and their eyes closed. there is a caption that says, "sleep apnea: the main cause and how to avoid it"
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
This is naive and incorrect. AI is being used by ALL learners, not just “stupid and lazy” ones and it is having an impact on learning already. What that full impact is we don’t know because it’s all so new, but it’s clearly not as cut and dry as you’re implying.

time.com/7295195/ai-c...
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area-into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAl's ChatGPT, Google's search engine, and nothing at all, respectively. Researchers used an EEG to record the writers' brain activity across 32 regions, and found that of the three groups, ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and "consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels." Over the course of several months, ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
As a non-military lawyer, I am appalled beyond belief that (even if true, which it obviously isn't) "attempting to continue their drug run" from a burning boat can qualify as being either a valid military target or a "threat" to the US navy, especially when it's about someone WE AREN'T AT WAR WITH.
Bradley was watching the live feed as the operation unfolded, the Pentagon officials said, as was Hegseth for part of the attack. The first part of the strike set the boat on fire and killed nine people, the officials said. It took an hour before the survivors were visible on the live feed, a third defense official said. Bradley, in making his decision, considered that other “enemy” vessels were nearby and that the survivors were believed to be communicating via radio with others in the drug-smuggling ecosystem, the officials said. If the boat was incapacitated and the men were unable to threaten U.S. military personnel, then the survivors would have met the definition of unable to fight, legal experts say. But if Bradley’s account is accurate, “it would appear to provide a legitimate explanation for the second strike,” said Geoffrey Corn, a former military lawyer who now directs the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
Look at these two nuggets. They bonded so fast!
Two pit bulls sleeping next to each other. Their little snoots are touching and they look hella chill and comfy.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
I think my dog is having a malfunction.
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
Elon and grok are literally just this tweet
Tweet wint @dril turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
Somehow I think that, despite living in California my entire life, following @phillytradesman.bsky.social might be turning me into a Philly sports fan. wtf
Lord of the rings meme template. Gimli (son of gloin iirc) says: never thought I’d root for the eagles. Legolas responds: what about rooting against the cowboys Gimli agrees: fly eagles fly
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
Had to look up GTTM: Give to the max!

I happened to donate to the shelter yesterday that we got our two new ones from (in memory of the girl we lost—pictured in my pfp), so I feel like we participated in spirit even though we aren’t in Minnesota.
Two pits adorably sleeping on a stoop next to each other.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
A defense attorney at heart.
Given that the hearing officers (currently, Derrick Brooks, Jordy Nelson, Ramon Foster) are former players, the argument in Ramsey's defense would be fairly simple. "What would you have done during your playing career if someone had spit on you?" Really, that's all that needs to be said. And if the NFL doesn't recognize that, the hearing officer should.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
Reading about protests in Berkeley for the TPUSA “event” and I see this quote from a Kirk supporter.

These people are so fucking stupid. Do you think civil war is like a Disney movie? “I’m honestly ok with it” as though you’re talking about settling for pizza instead of Chinese food.
"I'm not opposed to civil war, honestly," Sanchez said, noting he also supports changing minds through speech. "Not promoting violence, but if we're beyond any type of repair, then I'm OK with it. That's all I'm saying."
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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She’s a good little dog, despite looking too similar to my precious Kiki for my poor ol’ heart to take. But she’s helping with the grief as much as she can!
A tan and brown dog named Busy. She’s wearing an orange harness and is some sort of pit mix. I think Chihuahua, but am told that is absurd.
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
35% of people choosing to pack up and move house does not imply that most are “very pleased”. Moving is AWFUL and people usually have to be pushed pretty far before they do it.
When I spoke with Joseph Lubeck, he vigorously denied that American Landmark's practices are predatory, claiming that "most residents are very pleased" and that 65 percent renew their leases. But he confirmed that rent increases and displacement are part of the company's strategy. "When we take over a property, the first analysis we do is: How much is the rent going to go up, and how many can afford to stay?" Lubeck said. "We typically raise the rent anywhere from $100 to $400, so some people are absolutely displaced. Some people paying $1,000 in a distressed apartment are not going to be able to afford the $1,400 we're going to charge."
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
lol fml
A few skeets replying to the original post 8 months ago. They are saying basically not to impugn congress based on “two members from conservative districts”. lykyk @realturkana.bsky.social • 8mo It's two members from conservative districts, can we not use them as examples to condemn the whole caucus? dreamn24.bsky.social @dreamn2... • 8mo Dan Goldman (Sachs) lykyk @realturkana.bsky.social •8mo Yeah, there are maybe half a dozen in the House and maybe 2-3 in the Senate who will be like that. Focus on the outliers are representative of the entire caucus?
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
Winning a wave election then promptly abandoning any principles as they are wont to do.

In two weeks we will see this didn’t actually accomplish anything for healthcare but just gave Trump a W and cemented the long-term cuts of our remaining safety nets.
Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic senator for Connecticut, told reporters that he would vote against the funding measure but suggested there could be enough Democratic support to pass it. "I am unwilling to accept a vague promise of a vote at some indeterminate time, on some undefined measure that extends the healthcare tax credits," Blumenthal said. "The Senate might get a vote" on the health insurance credits, Ben Ray Luján, a New Mexico Democrat, said. "I'll emphasize 'might' But is Speaker Johnson gonna do anything? Is the president gonna do anything?" Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, has previously said he would not hold a vote on a plan to extend the tax credits that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans who are not insured through their employers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
These two may not fill the hole in my heart left by losing my Kiki (the dog in my profile), but I have to admit I’m glad they’re here now to help.
A black and white dog sitting on a blue blanket on a chair. A brown and white dog sitting on a chair. There is a lovely monstera and weird cactus in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Normal people who are just doing bureaucracy. Not pulling a trigger, not swinging a fist, just doing their jobs.
Arendt found Eichmann an ordinary, rather bland, bureaucrat, who in her words, was 'neither perverted nor sadistic', ', but 'terrifyingly normal'. He acted without any motive other than to diligently advance his career in the Nazi bureaucracy. Eichmann was not an amoral monster, she concluded in her study of the case, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963). Instead, he performed evil deeds without evil intentions, a fact connected to his 'thoughtlessness', a disengagement from the reality of his evil acts. Eichmann 'never realised what he was doing' due to an 'inability... to think from the standpoint of somebody else'. Lacking this particular cognitive ability, he 'commit[ted] crimes under circumstances that made it well-nigh impossible for him to know or to feel that he [was] doing wrong'.
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
Gee I wonder if this will come back to bite the UC. They’ve never been let down by a third party before!

Oh no, oh dear

www.twingate.com/blog/tips/un...
UC faculty note that Trellix, formerly known as FireEye, was itself hacked by Russian intelligence in the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack that compromised more than 250 federal agencies. Because it has full administrative control over every computer it monitors through a mechanism called "root access," Trellix could become a single point of failure if breached, faculty argue. Adopting Trellix could make UC systems "more rather than less vulnerable to threats," the UC Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate wrote in a May letter to the UC president.
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
Look it’s only ONE Nazi tattoo!
Chidi from “the good place” holding up a shirt that says “Pobody’s Nerfect” on it
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
The ACA’s backbone is Republican friendly things like the individual mandate and forcing people into private insurance markets rather than a complete single-payer system.

Obama himself said the plan draws significantly from the Heritage Foundation! (You know them, the Project 2025 folks.)
Obama told host Matt Lauer that "when you actually look at the bill itself, it incorporates all sorts of Republican ideas. I mean a lot of commentators have said this is sort of similar to the bill that Mitt Romney, the Republican governor and now presidential candidate, passed in Massachusetts. A lot of the ideas in terms of the exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation....
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
You’re disingenuously rewriting history. Obama modeled the ACA on Romneycare BECAUSE it was GOP-lite. He (mistakenly) believed that because it was a Republican idea they would be on board. It’s another example of Dems thinking they are bargaining in good faith with the other side.
But that's—that wasn't available; we weren't starting from scratch. So what did I then do? I said, well, where is a system out there that seems to be providing coverage for everybody that politically we could actually get through a Congress and where we could get Republican support? And lo and behold, in Massachusetts there was a plan that had been designed on a bipartisan basis—including by a Republican Governor who ultimately became the nominee for the Republican Party-that came close to providing universal coverage. And I would have thought, since this was an idea that had previously gotten a lot of Republican support, that it would continue to get a lot of Republican support. And yet, somehow, magically, the minute we said this is a great idea and it's working, Republicans said this is terrible and we don't want to do this. [Laughter]
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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This one message Streisanded me into reading the article. (It’s a good article, but the intrigue made it so much better.)

Even if she WAS guilty it’s clearly nothing but fishing, but I’m dying that the case hinges on property rented to a family member and that she DOES use it personally.
All of which is why, last Saturday, I took particular interest in a New York Times story about the Norfolk home at the center of the James case. The report revealed that the property is occupied by James's grand-niece, Nakia Thompson. Several times a year, the report said, James stays at the property with Thompson and her children, who have lived there since James purchased the home in 2020. The Times further reported that Thompson appeared before a Norfolk grand jury in June, testifying that "she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent." According to the report, Thompson was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict James was seated in Alexandria rather than Norfolk. As I saw it, the Times report tended to undermine the indictment's central claim: that James used the home as a "rental investment property. The evidence, assuming the Times report is accurate, would be exculpatory, I reasoned, in that it tends to show that James did not primarily use the property as a means to collect rent.
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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One can only assume “OpenAI Ethics” is trending alongside “World Cup” because OpenAI formed their ethics policy based on a framework developed by FIFA
Bluesky trending topics including “OpenAI Ethics” next to “World Cup”
October 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Thank you. This thread makes me feel insane. Biden refused to exercise any leverage over Israel and push through this deal. Everyone is treating Biden as smol bean president uwu who had no ability to influence Israel. That’s counter to reality.
From PBS: But it is also true that the Biden administration - and this is something that Biden administration officials are going to have to face and have to account for — did not exercise the leverage that they possessed. They had huge leverage with Israel. President Biden was extremely popular with the Israeli public right after October 7, so he had that leverage, political leverage. And, of course, they had the leverage of the provision of weapons. You can't say that you're working tirelessly for a cease-fire and continue to provide the weapons that ensure that the fire continues. That is simply inconsistent. So, yes, they had the kind of leverage that, had they wanted to, they could have called Prime Minister Netanyahu out, which they didn't want to do. They didn't want to take tough votes at the Security Council, and, most of all, they didn't want to withhold or condition the provision of weapons. Again, I agree that President Trump faced more favorable circumstances, but there's a lot of leverage that the Biden administration had and they simply refused to exercise.
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
maxamas.bsky.social
These new dogs are good, but I miss my Kiki. She was the best friend anyone ever had. My only remaining fear of death is that once I’m gone, nobody will know how perfect and loved she was.
Two dogs sleeping next to each other in a black and white carpet.
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
maxamas.bsky.social
Wealth corrupts human nature, not the inverse.

"The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet, how can any one speak of it today, with every soul in a prison, with every heart fettered, wounded, and maimed?"
Quote from Emma Goldman: “But what about human nature? Can it be changed? And if not, will it endure under Anarchism? Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless dabbler in science, presumes to speak authoritatively of human nature. The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet, how can any one speak of it today, with every soul in a prison, with every heart fettered, wounded, and maimed?
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM