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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 16h

Angry prayers likely regarding much striking down and so forth. You know, American Christianity in a nutshell.

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 16h

what is he praying for

a strangely constipated AI founding father

Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 1d

As a former goalie I can confirm this.

Defector @defector.com · 1d

This is not ideal goalie positioning: defector.com/this-is-not-...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Israel says ceasefire is in effect. Thousands hope and head north to see what is left of their homes.

“Will they tell us to leave again? I hope not. I just want this to be the last time we walk this road.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 1d

(Didn't have space)

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 1d

Not only do they not care they resent every actually creative person they've ever met. AI is largely revenge against the artist. It's the guy looking at the Jackson Pollock painting saying "i could do that" writing to program that does a poor job copying it.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Havin’ flashbacks

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Feb 26

I like how this whole thing was supposed to be a media stunt to show everyone how united they are behind the Great Man and the visual they produced looks like a Brezhnev-era politburo meeting where the agronomist with access to the real numbers just told them about the wheat forecast.

Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · Feb 26

The chyron says one thing; the body language says something else

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 1d

Always love seeing my hometown in the headlines!

PBS Wisconsin @pbswisconsin.bsky.social · 1d

A year after an incident involving Famous Yeti's pizza in Stoughton, the state doesn’t have laws regulating how hemp-derived THC products are handled and used in industrial kitchens where foods are prepared, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Legal loopholes in Wisconsin laws regulating THC products leave consumers vulnerable

This article was originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was produced in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Investigative Journalism class ta...

pbswisconsin.org

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 2d

Six Finger Satellite recently reissued Severe Exposure and I had forgotten how badass this song is.
Also lyrically very timely...

Rabies (Baby's Got The)

YouTube video by Six Finger Satellite - Topic

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 2d

Waking up and tuning in to NPR for the first time in ages an still hearing them "both sides" things as the DC affiliate drops their news coverage is utterly demoralizing.

If you're going to go down go down swinging.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 3d

With all the caveats about anonymous posters, this is still staggering, a revelation of what a sliver we see reported across mainstream & alt media combined; and this itself is obviously just a sliver. www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 2d

Lets give the nazis what they want then.

Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 2d

Durbin didn't seem to care.

Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 2d

As a long time Milwaukee resident I can tell you there are resentments here but sweating Chicago's status in the world is waaay down the list.

People on here seem to be complaining a lot about the Brewers not being 'cool' enough. To them I say: grow up and watch yr money burn this season.

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

Iraq war cheerleader gets something wrong.

You assholes are about to pop the AI bubble, bankrupt, millions and take their homes...again. Look at what pres deregulation got us! No, the market needs rules and to be as far away from "inside" government as humanly possible.

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 3d

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

I love spreading salted butter in gram crackers.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

I hope local cardiac units are up to the challenge.

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

In all honesty Democrats would do better in dealing with this administration if they read this book.

Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

To put it another way, Bondi pretty much just jumped up on the desk and pissed all over it. She wanted them stammering and clutching their pearls. Unity in not putting up with the behavior would have played better.

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

I have never seen Dem just walk out on a 'negotiation." They consistently just sit dumbfounded and try to give Rs more. I think it's more likely to catch press if the Dems were to just walk out of these sham hearings.

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 3d

The correct response is to state that this is a waste of my time and walk out instead of weakly stuttering like porky pig over her non sequiturs.

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