John Francis
@sunbreakthedawn.bsky.social
Kings basketball, leftist politics.
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No im just crying a bunch because it’s chill
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December 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Counterpoint: fuck you
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Counterpoint: fuck you
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We need a resurgence of sabotage as a strategy
#OtD 23 Dec 2013 after an unfavourable review with a manager, a Citibank worker downed 90% of the bank's networks. He did it so management could "see what the guys on the floor [are] capable of doing when they keep getting mistreated" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9554...
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We need a resurgence of sabotage as a strategy
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Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist was assassinated #tdih in 1988.
He fought against deforestation in the Amazon and for the rights of Brazilian peasants.
He remarked, “Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”
He fought against deforestation in the Amazon and for the rights of Brazilian peasants.
He remarked, “Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist was assassinated #tdih in 1988.
He fought against deforestation in the Amazon and for the rights of Brazilian peasants.
He remarked, “Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”
He fought against deforestation in the Amazon and for the rights of Brazilian peasants.
He remarked, “Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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December 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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elon christmas special (2022)
December 23, 2023 at 11:23 PM
elon christmas special (2022)
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Probably the same way we put men on the moon with 1960s technology. Or how we built the most dominating military in world history. Or how we created a postal system that can deliver a package to any address, anywhere in the country, no matter how remote, for just a few bucks.
I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
December 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Probably the same way we put men on the moon with 1960s technology. Or how we built the most dominating military in world history. Or how we created a postal system that can deliver a package to any address, anywhere in the country, no matter how remote, for just a few bucks.
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Nothing like asking career AUSAs who have been under assault for the last year, watched their colleagues get fired for no reason, and their offices taken over by incompetent boobs to volunteer their time to perpetuate a cover up of their boss's involvement w/a sex predator 🙃
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nothing like asking career AUSAs who have been under assault for the last year, watched their colleagues get fired for no reason, and their offices taken over by incompetent boobs to volunteer their time to perpetuate a cover up of their boss's involvement w/a sex predator 🙃
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six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
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i don’t think everyone needs to like every film but the way people refuse to even take the avatar series seriously in any capacity feels so performative in a way no other series has ever been treated, very odd to me
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
i don’t think everyone needs to like every film but the way people refuse to even take the avatar series seriously in any capacity feels so performative in a way no other series has ever been treated, very odd to me
Love that Trump has resorted to telling foreign presidents to raise their prescription drug prices
picturing trump and macron having this exchange and cackling
Trump: "I called up the heads of the countries. As an example, France, I spoke to a very good man -- President Macron of France. And I said 'Emmanuel, you have to raise your drug prices.' He said, 'No no no, we will not do that.' I said, 'You have to.'"
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Love that Trump has resorted to telling foreign presidents to raise their prescription drug prices
US govt paying to send people to foreign torture prisons without any due process.
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
US govt paying to send people to foreign torture prisons without any due process.
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Everyone is 12 now
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Everyone is 12 now
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If you got a problem, yo, I'll solvent, check out the gunk, isopropyl dissolves it
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you got a problem, yo, I'll solvent, check out the gunk, isopropyl dissolves it
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This is a great long-form article about King’s rookie Parisian big Maxime Raynaud. It covers a lot, from Parisian culture and socioeconomic’s to the concept of “home”, NIL and more.
#kings #nbasky
This is a great long-form article about King’s rookie Parisian big Maxime Raynaud. It covers a lot, from Parisian culture and socioeconomic’s to the concept of “home”, NIL and more.
#kings #nbasky
A Matter of Trust
Stanford provides Maxime Raynaud with the best of both worlds.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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This is a great long-form article about King’s rookie Parisian big Maxime Raynaud. It covers a lot, from Parisian culture and socioeconomic’s to the concept of “home”, NIL and more.
#kings #nbasky
This is a great long-form article about King’s rookie Parisian big Maxime Raynaud. It covers a lot, from Parisian culture and socioeconomic’s to the concept of “home”, NIL and more.
#kings #nbasky
Shifting from private sector to an equally sized bureaucracy is a huge adjustment. Moving to an exponentially large bureaucracy is incredibly difficult.
Barr had previously worked in the DOJ’s large bureaucracy before having to run it.
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Shifting from private sector to an equally sized bureaucracy is a huge adjustment. Moving to an exponentially large bureaucracy is incredibly difficult.
I’m a firm believer that the Kings Dancers are the best in the league
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I’m a firm believer that the Kings Dancers are the best in the league
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Biden has a ton of faults for sure. And merrick garland sat in his hands for four years. They Dems didn’t do fuck all, and they didn’t try. But it’s not like the media would have let them pull even half the shit Trump is pulling
Counterpoint here, which the media just chose not to air.
Im fairly certain any “pugnacious” attitude from Biden would’ve been painted in a bad light by the media and be dunked on (Biden is the real threat to Democracy!!!) and not moved the needle.
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Im fairly certain any “pugnacious” attitude from Biden would’ve been painted in a bad light by the media and be dunked on (Biden is the real threat to Democracy!!!) and not moved the needle.
static01.nyt.com/images/2022/...
December 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Biden has a ton of faults for sure. And merrick garland sat in his hands for four years. They Dems didn’t do fuck all, and they didn’t try. But it’s not like the media would have let them pull even half the shit Trump is pulling
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i remember this image from tumblr after obergefell v hedges dropped but i had no idea they put it on the new yorker until yesterday
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
i remember this image from tumblr after obergefell v hedges dropped but i had no idea they put it on the new yorker until yesterday
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"Oil did spectacularly well under Biden. He is literally arguing against some imaginary Democrat Party policy that doesn’t even exist." -- @jenzunleashed.bsky.social
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December 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Oil did spectacularly well under Biden. He is literally arguing against some imaginary Democrat Party policy that doesn’t even exist." -- @jenzunleashed.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
bsky.app/profile/sean...
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I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!