Nick Steinberg
@nick-steinberg.bsky.social
Indie head and adult-onset-jock-syndrome haver (He/Him).
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa, ON
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People criticize Bari Weiss’s journalism skills but she’s now done more than any other individual to alert Americans to the existence of the pilot concentration camp their taxes are funding in El Salvador.
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
People criticize Bari Weiss’s journalism skills but she’s now done more than any other individual to alert Americans to the existence of the pilot concentration camp their taxes are funding in El Salvador.
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Bari Weiss is Rory Gilmore (derogatory)
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bari Weiss is Rory Gilmore (derogatory)
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*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
February 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM
*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
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you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die
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Cloudflare is just one guy holding two cables together. The entire internet runs through them. He is being electrocuted 24/7 but holds on because he knows people need the world wide web. When he passes out from pain & exhaustion we get 404 errors
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cloudflare is just one guy holding two cables together. The entire internet runs through them. He is being electrocuted 24/7 but holds on because he knows people need the world wide web. When he passes out from pain & exhaustion we get 404 errors
HBO MAX is now HBOflix
Wild news with some massive implications for the video-game industry www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal
Netflix Inc. agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in a historic combination, joining the world’s dominant paid streaming service with one of Hollywood’s oldest and most revered studios.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
HBO MAX is now HBOflix
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Are millennials too snooty to drink puddle water? Here’s why “tap guzzlers” aren’t just selfish, they’re our next economic crisis
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Are millennials too snooty to drink puddle water? Here’s why “tap guzzlers” aren’t just selfish, they’re our next economic crisis
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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Korn had two types of songs and they’re either called Stinky Party or Got Molested
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Korn had two types of songs and they’re either called Stinky Party or Got Molested
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Better question: Did men ruin the entire fkng world?
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Better question: Did men ruin the entire fkng world?
Ok I can get behind this
well, at least Drake lost a ton of money tonight
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Ok I can get behind this
Winning two in Dodgers Stadium guarantees we don’t have to watch another game in that loud ass parking lot with a baseball field in the middle of it
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Winning two in Dodgers Stadium guarantees we don’t have to watch another game in that loud ass parking lot with a baseball field in the middle of it
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i don't understand why they're called the toronto blue jays and not the toronto baseballs. i'll never understand it. same with the dodgers, they should be called the baseballs too. more people should be like me and speak out when they see that something is wrong
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
i don't understand why they're called the toronto blue jays and not the toronto baseballs. i'll never understand it. same with the dodgers, they should be called the baseballs too. more people should be like me and speak out when they see that something is wrong
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At the Viagra Boys concert and they straight up said 'this next song is plainly to say fuck fascism, fuck ICE, free Palestine, and fuck anyone who is against it" and there is a guy behind me who since that was said, has not been having a good time.
🙂
🙂
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
At the Viagra Boys concert and they straight up said 'this next song is plainly to say fuck fascism, fuck ICE, free Palestine, and fuck anyone who is against it" and there is a guy behind me who since that was said, has not been having a good time.
🙂
🙂
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Dodgers bullpen… thank you
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Dodgers bullpen… thank you
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A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
“The state of Ontario”
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“The state of Ontario”
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SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I think that Leafs contention window has closed
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I think that Leafs contention window has closed
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It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.
This is fucking infuriating. AI is a scourge that’s destroying every good part of the internet.
Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking to the site
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is fucking infuriating. AI is a scourge that’s destroying every good part of the internet.