@timhiker.bsky.social
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Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?
A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'
A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?
A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'
A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'
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It's a multiple failure of editing; first of the editor in "assigning" the piece to "AI," and second in not knowing enough about what they've "assigned" to understand that the output is bullshit. In a different era, this would have gotten someone fired.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's a multiple failure of editing; first of the editor in "assigning" the piece to "AI," and second in not knowing enough about what they've "assigned" to understand that the output is bullshit. In a different era, this would have gotten someone fired.
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Measles and tariffs, what century is this?
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Measles and tariffs, what century is this?
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File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
DirectFile.irs.gov
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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FBI LITIGATION UPDATE:
Consent agreement reached btwn Plaintiffs & Govt to effectively impose TRO relief (w/exception noted in Order) as we proceed to seek Preliminary Injunction. Oral arguments scheduled for March 27, 2025.
Significant victory in protecting @FBI employees!
Consent agreement reached btwn Plaintiffs & Govt to effectively impose TRO relief (w/exception noted in Order) as we proceed to seek Preliminary Injunction. Oral arguments scheduled for March 27, 2025.
Significant victory in protecting @FBI employees!
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
FBI LITIGATION UPDATE:
Consent agreement reached btwn Plaintiffs & Govt to effectively impose TRO relief (w/exception noted in Order) as we proceed to seek Preliminary Injunction. Oral arguments scheduled for March 27, 2025.
Significant victory in protecting @FBI employees!
Consent agreement reached btwn Plaintiffs & Govt to effectively impose TRO relief (w/exception noted in Order) as we proceed to seek Preliminary Injunction. Oral arguments scheduled for March 27, 2025.
Significant victory in protecting @FBI employees!
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
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Never Trump.
Never MAGA.
Never DOGE.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Never MAGA.
Never DOGE.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
December 28, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Never Trump.
Never MAGA.
Never DOGE.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Never MAGA.
Never DOGE.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Time to give @bluesky props. As I write this, there are 560 quotes and replies to the post below.
Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
👏👏👏👏👏
Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
👏👏👏👏👏
It’s a battle of political leverage. Who can use tariffs, retaliatory tariffs or sanctions to create more political pain for the other leader. Forcing them to capitulate or face undesired consequences.
How crazy would it be if China, Mexico and/or Canada initiated tariffs before Trump took office
How crazy would it be if China, Mexico and/or Canada initiated tariffs before Trump took office
From your standpoint as a businessman and manufacturer, is there any sense behind this? Especially now that other countries are threatening tariffs of their own in retaliation. But that doesn't make sense cause it would mean raising their own taxes.
November 27, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Time to give @bluesky props. As I write this, there are 560 quotes and replies to the post below.
Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
👏👏👏👏👏
Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
👏👏👏👏👏
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I'm not sure how much longer our Mississippi Free Press account will post to X, but for now it makes a good case study—and a good case for why other newsrooms shouldn't fear moving to BlueSky.
Look at the difference in engagement for identical posts with the same links.
Left: BlueSky, Right: X 🧵
Look at the difference in engagement for identical posts with the same links.
Left: BlueSky, Right: X 🧵
December 1, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I'm not sure how much longer our Mississippi Free Press account will post to X, but for now it makes a good case study—and a good case for why other newsrooms shouldn't fear moving to BlueSky.
Look at the difference in engagement for identical posts with the same links.
Left: BlueSky, Right: X 🧵
Look at the difference in engagement for identical posts with the same links.
Left: BlueSky, Right: X 🧵
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Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.
Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths | CNN
Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.
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Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !
November 25, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !
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If you want Bluesky to have a lot of energy (and have more news folks) you have to start following a lot of them, so that you can create a lot of discussions and cross-pollination, so to speak. Threads hates engagement, and X has drowned it in trolls.
November 21, 2024 at 3:29 AM
If you want Bluesky to have a lot of energy (and have more news folks) you have to start following a lot of them, so that you can create a lot of discussions and cross-pollination, so to speak. Threads hates engagement, and X has drowned it in trolls.
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It started in low
and started to grow
and started to grow
Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.
November 15, 2024 at 4:22 AM
It started in low
and started to grow
and started to grow