Pete
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It's incredibly cringe lib to think writing tweets is going to "combat the dangerousness" of the right.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's incredibly cringe lib to think writing tweets is going to "combat the dangerousness" of the right.
I just want to thank those of you who reached out to wish me a good one.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I just want to thank those of you who reached out to wish me a good one.
This is the most incorrect take I've seen on Bluesky.
Man you guys gotta be more normal about the one guy on your train not wearing headphones, it's annoying but it's not, like, a decay of society level issue.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is the most incorrect take I've seen on Bluesky.
This is one of my biggest cringe lib pet peeves. So you found one person who claims to a) have voted for Trump, b) be mentally capable of reasoning that his policies are bad and that their vote was a mistake. And now you are projecting that into some sort of awakening?
@walshfreedom.bsky.social I thought you'd want to see this. People are waking up. I hope it's more numerous than that. But it looks like we're seeing people starting to wake up.
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is one of my biggest cringe lib pet peeves. So you found one person who claims to a) have voted for Trump, b) be mentally capable of reasoning that his policies are bad and that their vote was a mistake. And now you are projecting that into some sort of awakening?
My unfavorable opinion is that I support protests but I do not support corny signs. The protest should be about displaying genuine anger, not to be funny for your friends or to go viral.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My unfavorable opinion is that I support protests but I do not support corny signs. The protest should be about displaying genuine anger, not to be funny for your friends or to go viral.
I've seen like 26 variations of the same take on Ezra Klein's way of thinking or analyzing, and zero on the way he talks. His permanent rehearsed podcast spiel affect is incredibly grating.
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've seen like 26 variations of the same take on Ezra Klein's way of thinking or analyzing, and zero on the way he talks. His permanent rehearsed podcast spiel affect is incredibly grating.
el-oh-el at Anthropic for pioneering the AI CLI and then proceeding to turn their VSCode extension into a regular chat extension. I thought their belief was that code editors will cease to exist soon?
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
el-oh-el at Anthropic for pioneering the AI CLI and then proceeding to turn their VSCode extension into a regular chat extension. I thought their belief was that code editors will cease to exist soon?
I'll admit that a lot of AI products initially suck, then eventually become decent to good, so maybe that'll happen with Zuck's "smart" glasses. But whereas autonomous cars or AI code assistants solve obvious problems, face-mounted wearables still look more like sci-fi fantasy in search of a problem
Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates that his AI smart glasses suck and don't work: defector.com/mark-zuckerb...
Mark Zuckerberg Demonstrates That His AI Smart Glasses Suck And Don’t Work | Defector
“Um … there we go … uh-oh,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage as he attempted to answer a video call through a combination of movements between a wristband and a pair of glasses. “Well, I ……
defector.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'll admit that a lot of AI products initially suck, then eventually become decent to good, so maybe that'll happen with Zuck's "smart" glasses. But whereas autonomous cars or AI code assistants solve obvious problems, face-mounted wearables still look more like sci-fi fantasy in search of a problem
There's a narrative that players like Leyva just need time to develop, and while that's obviously true, there's also the possibility that the Sounders trying to shoehorn him into being a 6 instead of the 10 he so clearly is delayed his development.
💯 and counting 🙌
Congratulations to Danny on reaching 100 all-competition appearances for the club!
Congratulations to Danny on reaching 100 all-competition appearances for the club!
August 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There's a narrative that players like Leyva just need time to develop, and while that's obviously true, there's also the possibility that the Sounders trying to shoehorn him into being a 6 instead of the 10 he so clearly is delayed his development.
I wish someone had told the Sounders this before they did their awful rebrand.
![Designers, in other words, are only part of the equation these days in terms of crafting a brand identity.
"[The process] has been pulled away from graphic designers - specialists - and pulled into this nebulous room of other people who make design decisions by committee," said Ben Mahler, a former creative director at MLS club DC United. "Marketing directors, focus groups, analytics driven shit, it all ends up pushing things into safer territory. It's losing the artistic side and the wonkiness that comes from an individual."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fvwukmgefat7jlwwwy3plkfq/bafkreidakvxen2p5inutszuw3xzn65sp5wcyijlbbwm3cofm42qarpkdpm@jpeg)
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish someone had told the Sounders this before they did their awful rebrand.
I'm too grouchy and cynical to put much hope into individual politicians, but goddamn this is amazing content.
August 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm too grouchy and cynical to put much hope into individual politicians, but goddamn this is amazing content.
I would pay good money for a music streaming service that has no AI generated music.
June 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I would pay good money for a music streaming service that has no AI generated music.
from @mehrsab.bsky.social, a new twist on Brandolini's law.
June 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
from @mehrsab.bsky.social, a new twist on Brandolini's law.
There are many valid critiques of AI, but claiming it's outright useless is ignorant. The software industry is getting eaten by AI as we speak. It's kinda crazy to see people claim otherwise and think they have a clue as to what's happening.
85-90 % for strictly limited least ambiguous info set to 30-50% for 'regular' typical stuff.
If I had staff, friend, software, with 10-70% unreliability factor...not useful. And if same staff, friend, software yielded outright lies (false court cites, false bios of real people) and perpetuated
If I had staff, friend, software, with 10-70% unreliability factor...not useful. And if same staff, friend, software yielded outright lies (false court cites, false bios of real people) and perpetuated
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There are many valid critiques of AI, but claiming it's outright useless is ignorant. The software industry is getting eaten by AI as we speak. It's kinda crazy to see people claim otherwise and think they have a clue as to what's happening.
It's amazing (& sad) just how terrible Amazon dot com is now. Nearly all searches yield thousands of off-brand garbage products. It's impossible to filter anything down to a reasonable selection of reliable quality. I'm inclined to ask how there are no competitors, but I think I know the answer.
June 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's amazing (& sad) just how terrible Amazon dot com is now. Nearly all searches yield thousands of off-brand garbage products. It's impossible to filter anything down to a reasonable selection of reliable quality. I'm inclined to ask how there are no competitors, but I think I know the answer.
I'm not sure how anyone can listen to the content of what he's saying or the manner it which he says it and not think to themselves "what a fucking dork."
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm not sure how anyone can listen to the content of what he's saying or the manner it which he says it and not think to themselves "what a fucking dork."
I can't remember where but I read someone say that we don't need to do this whataboutist stuff with Republicans because their criticism (e.g. "but her emails") was never sincere. It's always been bad-faith bullshit so pointing out the hipocrisy is a waste of time. There are no referees.
Trump officials creating a massive security breach is bad enough. That those involved had often criticized Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information makes it worse, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/PgtWxSR7
But Her Emails?
The Signal security breach would be bad enough if those involved had not spent so much time criticizing Hillary Clinton for her mishandling of classified information.
theatln.tc
March 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I can't remember where but I read someone say that we don't need to do this whataboutist stuff with Republicans because their criticism (e.g. "but her emails") was never sincere. It's always been bad-faith bullshit so pointing out the hipocrisy is a waste of time. There are no referees.
Reposted by Pete
i wish i could live in the tom nichols's world where if liberals hadn't proposed that the guys who have been doing fascist baby steps for decades might be fascists everyone would be listening to tom nichols say "ok folks, this is it: fascism" and following his lead.
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
i wish i could live in the tom nichols's world where if liberals hadn't proposed that the guys who have been doing fascist baby steps for decades might be fascists everyone would be listening to tom nichols say "ok folks, this is it: fascism" and following his lead.
I was already tired of the emails with a subject line of "omg Pete we need $9.46 from you or Trump is gonna do the fourth reich"
TEXT #COURAGE to give $5 to your favorite Democratic Senator who had the courage to stand athwart catatrophe yelling "what if there's a worse catastrophe later?"
March 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I was already tired of the emails with a subject line of "omg Pete we need $9.46 from you or Trump is gonna do the fourth reich"
Lol
Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse
Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse
The clock is ticking for the metaverse.
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Lol
screaming into the void #bsky
August 16, 2023 at 4:02 PM
screaming into the void #bsky