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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Dec 7

people sometimes repurpose my shitposts into visual art or other media. I love & encourage this. but please PLEASE don't use AI for it. it just remixes the stolen work it was trained on. it generates an absurd carbon footprint to achieve this. whatever your ability, it's better than an LLM. trust me

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 4d

the US mint has an opportunity to make this legal in the funniest way possible

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 9d

Can’t even laugh at this. The idea of these meatheads skulking around my beautiful, glittering jewel box of a city, looking to tackle every non-white person they see, makes me sick to my stomach. This is the real domestic terrorism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 9d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 10d

a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers

Alt: A shot from Godzilla 2014. Dr. Ishirō Serizawa, Project Monarch scientist played by Ken Watanabe, suggests letting Godzilla and the Mutos fight (presumably to destroy each other) while a group of heavily armed soldiers deploys from behind a security wall.

media.tenor.com

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · 18d

This stuff that sounds like flavor text from a video game set in the near future is in fact from The Economic Times.

Article extract:
AI Psychosis is piling up the threat
Adding to the unease, Microsoft's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has warned of a growing mental health crisis field by "AI psychosis." He cautions that users are forming dangerous attachments to chatbots, mistaking them for conscious or even divine beings. Psychiatrists report risings cases of obsession, while critics fear thus blurring of reality could spark misguided calls for AI rights.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Jul 20

When you ask a human a question, they understand that the question contains words, these words have meanings, and comprehend that the question is about something.

Chatgpt doesn't do any of this. It doesn't know what words or meanings are, or how to understand sentences.

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𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖞𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 🕯️ @warmyellowlight.bsky.social · 18d

soon i will delete the entire internet

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 20d

The employee who was dealing elephant tranquilizers has been fired. If you booked a party at the zoo, make sure to bring your own drugs from home.

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 22d

You're cheering this? The judge has effectively sentenced Luigi to death from Dick Too Sucked disease and you're cheering?

Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 22d

BREAKING: Justice Gregory Carro has dismissed the first degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione in his state case, finding the DA put legally insufficient evidence before the grand jury. More TK.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 22d

yes, things are about to get bad for most of us. but we really need to stop expecting the billionaires to face the same consequences we do. decades of asymmetrical class warfare insulated them from that

blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 22d

bad economic data means interest rate cuts, and interest rate cuts juice the stock market. if things get really bad, they know governments will bail the business class put, just like they did in 2008 and 2020. the markets aren't deluded, they've monetized the rot

Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 22d

Interesting to see data like this juxtaposed with the booming stock market. People are defaulting on loans at a record clip. Agriculture and manufacturing mired in a trade war. Inflation is persistent. I think we're barreling into a recession and the stock market is running on hopium fumes

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 22d

Reporter: Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. FICO says the delinquency rates are at the highest level since 2009 on car loans, credit cards, and personal loans.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 22d

got out of Alberta 25 years ago. My best advice is find somewhere with some institutions / values left fighting for, and dig in

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 22d

Why in the world do the Dutch give a shit about this

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22d

? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Bob Vylan gig in Netherlands cancelled after frontman makes comments about death of Charlie Kirk

The 013 venue in Tilburg says ‘new statements go too far’, while band responds that ‘at no point was Kirk’s death celebrated’

www.theguardian.com

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 24d

they are mourning the massive investment that the foster friess's of the world just lost. its like a megayacht sinking

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24d

Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.

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Drift @inanity101.blacksky.app · 24d

This shithead still has a job, but the MSNBC anchor who, without hyperbole, accurately described what Charlie Kirk spent his entire career doing was fired. This environment is completely unacceptable for the continued survival of civilization.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24d

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

www.huffpost.com

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 25d

current mood in the alt-right media ecosystem

still image from the Star Trek episode 'Mirror, Mirror'. Chekov's counterpart in the evil universe has a phaser pointed at Captain Kirk, who is restrained at the arms by two other crew. The photo is captioned with Chekov's line in the scene: "So you die, Captain. And we all move up in rank."

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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 25d

me talking about the AI from “I have no mouth and I must scream”

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 25d

He argued with civility. It's a start.

Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 25d

What disagreements, exactly, was he bridging via his work and words?

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 26d

Charlie Kirk’s shooter was a 22 year old white cis man & 4chan groyper.

Charlie Kirk’s last words were “gang violence”. he was claiming Black people were inherently violent right before his life was ended by another white man.

Here is a description of Kirk’s terrorism by one of his many victims:

Dr Stacey Patton

I am on Charlie Kirk's hit list.

His so-called "Professor Watchlist," run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.

For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: "bitch," "c*nt," "n****r." They threatened all manner of violence.

They overwhelmed the university's PR lines and the president's office with calls demanding that I be fired. The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.

And I am not unique.

Kirk's Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse.

Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely.
Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!

That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built.
He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement's lies.

And now, in the wake of his shooting, there's all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater. But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!

And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.

But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups. Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.

It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 26d

specifying an in-group which the law protects but does not bind: haha fuck yeah this rules

meeting the out-groups which the law binds but does not protect: shit. oh shit. ohhh shit

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 26d

This is the person they are suspending people over btw

Charlie Kirk: "god's perfect law says gay people should be stoned to death"
REGISTER AT
COMIACICO
HOUGHTCRIME
0:09
ARLIE KIRK & JACK POSOBIEC
MS. RACHEL'S PRIDE MONT *

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 27d

yeah, i think the organization that said they had the suspect in custody before immediately saying they did not have the suspect in custody - twice! - should absolutely be trusted when they say they have evidence in the case!

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 27d

was wondering where I left that

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mave @mave.bsky.social · 27d

Roses are red
The violet remains

Scientists are electrifying lakes to capture invasive species they believe are transported by hurricanes

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John @notheotherjohn.bsky.social · 27d

Best country in the world. Two children were murdered in school today and no one is talking about it because a guy who would have told us not to let the murder of school children become the “narrative” was also murdered

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