Shane
@shanecsmith.bsky.social
I do philosophy (like actual degree holding not “I am deep trust me”) and photography and wonder what went wrong.
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Shane
@shanecsmith.bsky.social
· May 21
So, the newest video generation AI from Google makes stuff that I can't tell from reality. Separate from the obvious freakiness here, something that interests me is how much of the potential badness of this is, in fact, already here.
For example, suppose you go to TikTok.
For example, suppose you go to TikTok.
This thread is something I have worried about around separate things like VR and Utility and the crowd pacification problem for some time. AI just makes it more obvious.
Infrared test image.
Nice to get out now and then.
Nice to get out now and then.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Infrared test image.
Nice to get out now and then.
Nice to get out now and then.
Also, the advantage of single payer is because you are a giant market you have power.
The worst part of being a lone buyer is you have zero power.
This is literally antisocial bargaining.
The worst part of being a lone buyer is you have zero power.
This is literally antisocial bargaining.
“Negotiating your own insurance” will result in everyone getting the dirt-cheapest junk plan which covers virtually nothing, because most people are terrible at risk assessment.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Also, the advantage of single payer is because you are a giant market you have power.
The worst part of being a lone buyer is you have zero power.
This is literally antisocial bargaining.
The worst part of being a lone buyer is you have zero power.
This is literally antisocial bargaining.
“Yes, for about 15 years of negotiations with these terrorists they have gone back on their word 100% of the time, but seriously what are the odds they will try to hurt this country that they hate and have been actively trying to destroy, yet again?”
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Yes, for about 15 years of negotiations with these terrorists they have gone back on their word 100% of the time, but seriously what are the odds they will try to hurt this country that they hate and have been actively trying to destroy, yet again?”
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Benjamin Thomas Faulty Bossoms
England and Wales, Census, 1911
England and Wales, Census, 1911
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Benjamin Thomas Faulty Bossoms
England and Wales, Census, 1911
England and Wales, Census, 1911
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
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Tim Kaine is a chump who believes Republican promises.
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Sen. Tim Kaine statement "on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care"
bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tim Kaine is a chump who believes Republican promises.
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Will they lose a hand a hand to save the turkey?
Yes!
Yes!
BUT WAIT, HERE COME THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE TURKEY!
Art by Mike Lukovich
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Will they lose a hand a hand to save the turkey?
Yes!
Yes!
That’s you @schumer.senate.gov the ignorant surrender monkey.
However this vote turns out, boy you suck at this.
Schumer: "However this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight."
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
That’s you @schumer.senate.gov the ignorant surrender monkey.
This @schumer.senate.gov you pathetic little weasel.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This @schumer.senate.gov you pathetic little weasel.
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Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!!
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!!
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
If @schumer.senate.gov lets this garbage pass and gets nothing for the shutdown the republicans caused, I will never donate another cent to any dem running for senate again, until he is removed.
If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If @schumer.senate.gov lets this garbage pass and gets nothing for the shutdown the republicans caused, I will never donate another cent to any dem running for senate again, until he is removed.
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
At this point working for ICE is just a confession that you are a horrible person who shouldn’t be allowed in polite society.
I think once you understand that no normal person would treat other human beings like this for a paycheque, it becomes pretty obvious that these fuckers derive enjoyment from hurting others and are a danger to society.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
At this point working for ICE is just a confession that you are a horrible person who shouldn’t be allowed in polite society.
It _was_ legal to yell in America, but then you morons elected a fascist…
Large protest in Evanston where landscapers were detained by federal agents
"They were brutalizing people who were yelling at them, it’s legal to yell in America," Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/l...
"They were brutalizing people who were yelling at them, it’s legal to yell in America," Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/l...
Large protest in Evanston after landscapers were detained, 3 citizens arrested by federal agents
Hundreds protested Saturday in Evanston where undocumented landscapers were detained and three citizens were arrested by federal agents on Halloween.
www.nbcchicago.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It _was_ legal to yell in America, but then you morons elected a fascist…
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Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.
One day everyone will have always been against this.
But for right now “don’t support” and “doing something to stop” has a massive gulf between them.
But for right now “don’t support” and “doing something to stop” has a massive gulf between them.
The ex-prosecutor also said this:
“I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”
“I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One day everyone will have always been against this.
But for right now “don’t support” and “doing something to stop” has a massive gulf between them.
But for right now “don’t support” and “doing something to stop” has a massive gulf between them.
Feels like the story of the modern world. “A sexist racist ass has inherited a fortune and will now use it to make the world worse” is basically the center free square in modern capitalism bingo.
1. Here are some facts about the guy, Timothy Mellon, who donated $130 million so Trump could pay the troops during the government shutdown.
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The reclusive plutocrat who became the biggest political donor of 2024
The largest donor of the 2024 presidential campaign, by far, is Timothy Mellon, the reclusive billionaire and heir to the Mellon banking fortune.
popular.info
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Feels like the story of the modern world. “A sexist racist ass has inherited a fortune and will now use it to make the world worse” is basically the center free square in modern capitalism bingo.
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"we're in an economy right now where beef prices are soaring and American farmers have soybeans. The simple solution is, of course, more vegetarians."
...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.
...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"we're in an economy right now where beef prices are soaring and American farmers have soybeans. The simple solution is, of course, more vegetarians."
...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.
...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.
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If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
I donated to his campaign. I was pissed off when it was revealed he worked as a merc, and debating what to do when the tattoo & queerphobic posts came out.
I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.
I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
“…and the way we do that is to not have healthcare, to end vaccinations, and to eat horse dewormer and beef tallow.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“…and the way we do that is to not have healthcare, to end vaccinations, and to eat horse dewormer and beef tallow.”