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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 3d

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5d

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 5d

As many of us are learning in real time, it's very difficult to challenge & overturn a legal system of repression *legally*.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5d

Blacksky's Rust implementation of AT Protocol, rsky (/ˈrɪski/), now has over 512 starts on our github repo.

Starstruck x3
@rudyfraser created a repository that has many stars.

History

Bronze and Silver unlocked · First unlocked on Aug 7, 2023
blacksky-algorithms/rsky · ⭐️ 16 stars
blacksky-algorithms/rsky · ⭐️ 128 stars
blacksky-algorithms/rsky · ⭐️ 512 stars

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8d

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve been in combat in Afghanistan wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt.

But sure, people need to look like the 101st to chase a guy with a bicycle across Chicago…

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 9d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

This was always the funniest conspiracy theory to me — that there are MRI machine-like devices that can cure all known illnesses in seconds, but the government has been hiding them — and Trump just posted an AI generated video of himself announcing they're real. We're cooked!

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 10d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10d

Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 10d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 10d

This was two weeks ago. He's doubling down on missleading television coverage.

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 10d

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump, apparently misled by video of 2020 protests, threatens to send troops to Portland

US president mistakes scale of anti-Ice rallies after TV report uses old footage from George Floyd demonstrations

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 11d

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11d

War-ravaged Portland

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 19d

That was quick.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19d

Judge strikes down Trump’s $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times

Judge says US president’s complaint that the newspaper is ‘spreading false content’ about him violates federal rule * US politics live – latest updates A US judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump’s $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper and some of its individual journalists. The judge gave the US president leave to amend the action, however, a court filing showed. The judge in the case said that Trump’s complaint violated a federal rule requiring “a short plain statement” of the claim in an attempt to demonstrate that the plaintiff deserves relief. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 19d

Maybe @thetnholler.bsky.social could tell us...

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 19d

I have known this type of developer...

Andy Pearce 🇬🇧👨🏻‍💻 @andy-pearce.com · 19d

Whilst LLMs do likely have some utility for developers, I’ve always thought that devs that rely too heavily on them will rapidly become what John Ousterhout calls a “tactical tornado” in his phenomenal book “A Philosophy of Software Design”: superficially productive, but harmful over time. (1/6)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20d

“I do have an issue with some of the statements made by Brendan Carr…”

Fox acknowledging if the roles were reversed and Fox was getting censored by the government for their endless stream of lies Republicans would all be going berserk

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 22d

@archive.org preserved the original study, which you can find here. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 22d

Big old dunes (10cm dunes formed in 20cm flow depths 🤓)

Dunes with ~1m length and 10cm heights with small superimposed bedforms in a flume that is drained of water

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 22d

Seen these in the North Sea off Belgium and the Netherlands. Dunes 50m tall with small sand wave patterns superimposed.

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ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22d

This is the same guy.

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 23d

I think this picture speaks for itself. But a here is a good explainer that expands on this idea with a pretty tight 25 minute narrative youtu.be/ybVZ7vluYhQ?...

How the World Came Together to Beat Smallpox – The Plea

YouTube video by Neil Halloran

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 24d

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

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