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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 17h

Socialize the risk, privatize the profit.

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 17h

"The fire department in Jerome Township, Ohio has grown increasingly annoyed at two Amazon data centers...Since the first site was approved by local officials in 2021, first responders have answered a combined 84 emergencies...on top of regular safety inspections" #AI futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

futurism.com

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry for you and other sane people that EA stopped meaning GiveWell and mosquito nets and started meaning bad science fiction about the Singularity, but that's what happened, and it was terrible, sloppy thinking on top of everything else.

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

But Neil, you know full well that in practice what this meant was "let's just skip past climate change to focus on the trillion humans of Year Million".

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

I think mine was Once Upon a Time in China, although Peking Opera Blues is a delight; I saw his slapsticky rom-com Shanghai Blues in the theater a few months ago!

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

Watching @radleybalko.bsky.social's years of diligent reporting on police abuses, prosecutatorial overreach and corruption, and America's racialized system of justice get thrown overboard while this schlock gets rewarded because is endlessly depressing.

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

Fun coda to the story, Bari Weiss is now head of CBS news and Radley Balko was fired from the WaPo mostly because he was such a good actual journalist on his beat

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

There was a fake tweet going around that was exactly this: grade school Mamdani going back in time before Twitter was founded to celebrate 9/11. (I presume Messing fell for it?) www.indy100.com/politics/zoh...

Zohran Mamdani hit with fake tweets as critics try to drum up controversy

With socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani set to contest November’s mayoral election in New York City after beating Andrew Cuomo in his party’s primary (Cuomo is, however, reported to be staying on the b...

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

It's anti-Italian discrimination.

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

This is legitimately what the Washington Post said when talking about its diversity of opinion last week: they're willing to let Republicans defend Trump and Democrats attack Mamdani.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

Fun coda to the story, Bari Weiss is now head of CBS news and Radley Balko was fired from the WaPo mostly because he was such a good actual journalist on his beat

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Kier-La Janisse @kierlajanisse.bsky.social · 2d

Visiting my producer friend Andy Starke and got to wear one of the actual masks from KILL LIST

Me wearing pointy mask made of straw and twigs

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of praying and no breakfast!

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPu...

The Most Unwanted Song (FULL VERSION)

YouTube video by FraKctured

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 2d

Mama mia.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 2d

My EC Artist's Library books had filled up a shelf but several more volumes are coming so I wasn't sure what to do to find space. But it doesn't seem so bad having some next to my Russ Cochran slipcases.

The top shelf has slipcase editions of Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat, and Weird Fantasy, plus six of the Artist's Library books. The second shelf has the rest of my Artist's Library books.

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 4d

"Burger" Becky Heineman designed Bard's Tale III and was the lead programmer on Wasteland. A legend.

Javmaster @javmaster.bsky.social · 5d

www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10...

Gaming Legend Rebecca Heineman Could Really Do With Your Positive Vibes Right Now

Heineman's career in games stretches back over 40 years

www.timeextension.com

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 4d

Here's their Instagram; I hope they get some kind of WCSB-in-exile thing going, but I genuinely listened to WCSB all the time in my car and a streaming radio station is just not going to be the same: www.instagram.com/reel/DPWkBag...

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 4d

We're gonna need a bigger gravy boat, because we are eating so much delicious food on our vacation!

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 4d

In crappier Cleveland news, Cleveland State killed student radio for no apparent reason. RIP @wcsb.bsky.social. www.clevescene.com/news/clevela...

Cleveland State University Kills WCSB, Transfers License to Ideastream to Broadcast Smooth Jazz - Cleveland Scene

CSU president Laura Bloomberg claimed the move, which drew immediate criticism, wasn't to cut costs but to increase opportunities for students as Ideastream takes the reins of WCSB.

www.clevescene.com

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

This is my local boulangerie, and they're so goddamn good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cleveland bakery to represent US in ‘Bread Olympics’ in France

For the first time since 2017 the US will be represented in the event, by Brian Evans of On the Rise Artisanal Breads

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

Murc's Law is undefeated and probably undefeatable.

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

Is the water warm enough? Yes, Lisa.

Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 5d

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

My first #spooktober watch was Sammo Hung's "Encounters of the Spooky Kind". #filmsky 📽️

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The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the conservative “Oh, you know the ones” meme, only with their *other* set of beliefs.

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

ISSUES catching strays.

The STEVE-il of Frankenstein @snark.bsky.social · 5d

"Why can't Mamdani poll about 50% when facing a former governor from his own party, it must be because he is historically weak due to LEFTISM."

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