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Pumpkinloaf

@toneloaf.bsky.social

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Chicagoan. I like food, music, history, sports and tech. Transit and cycling are the future. Studied History, work in tech The widespread proliferation of LLMs & GenAI is a crisis. Check the pinned post if you're curious.

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · Jul 23

This week, I resigned from my position as Director of IT/Tech at an org I truly believed in. I wanted us to stop using Generative AI and was told no.

This thread will explain my decision and why I believe this is a true crisis. I hope ya see this and if you want to chat, + or -, lets do it 1/

My long thread chunked into 4 pieces. Its too long to add alt text so hopefully you read the post if you were interested enough to click on the image!

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4m

Brandon Marsh dips his hair into castor oil between innings

Bill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 21m

if dampness ye see, brandon marsh be he.

if the beardo be dry, tis jayson werth ye spy.

original irate fan @whygavs.bsky.social · 22m

intellectually i understand that brandon marsh is a different person and player than jayson werth but that has still never once stopped my brain from going, "oh shit jayson werth is still playing?!?" every time i see brandon marsh on my television

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 1h

And im guessing the first was into the Allegheny river

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 3h

If it has 2FA, I dont wanna know what my available choices are

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 3h

Dementia brain

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 5h

I've got the Yamamoto Cannon joke covered for the Starcraft II community

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 5h

This was the most upsetting part. The way the question is asked, the flippancy of the answer, and that he feels comfortable letting a random cabinet member handle this? And when she says she has no involvement, he just moves on.

Absolutely nuts

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 6h

This one is worse because he says hed rather leave it to someone who explicitly states they have no involvement. No logic to anything, anyone can do anything and advise on anything

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 6h

Everyone knows "Hey, Soul Sister" is the superior Train track

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 6h

RIP Luke

Floribama Shore - SNL

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Luke has a very important role in this sketch

National School Walkout - SNL

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

There are several more sketches that Luke is in! I can confirm he has been in sketches across at least 4 different episodes, maybe 7 total sketches.

A real powerhouse

Spelling Bee - SNL

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Heidi is so funny

Horns - SNL

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

He was in more than one sketch by the way! I'm not sure what Cut for Time means, maybe it was a special production company? Like Lonely Island?

Cut for Time: Wedding Toast - SNL

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

I have never seen such an offense. Attempting to erase LUKE NULL, Chicago's greatest comedian and a voice of a generation?

You all remember this one. It's got our favorite guy from The Bear, the top dawg at the Riyadh Comedy Fest, that guy from Superman, and Keenan, since it is SNL.

Never forget.

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

I'm so upset because I saw Luke Mones earlier and thought, "Well that doesn't sound right".

If I won't stand up for Luke Null, who am i?

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Preston Garvey did just get word that another settlement needs our help

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

This is a real person, who was really on SNL. Is this not enough?

Luke Null's cameo page. He was actually on SNL, hes pretty funny

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Oh you want SNL alums?

We got SNL alums at home

Chris Kattan's cameo page. Comparable to

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Oh tapirs are so cool

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Gyro

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Gyro

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7h

Its hardly a step up from a bunch of post from X(at least one i found actually was just an X link)

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 8h

1. This is just terrible, too many links
2. This is not compelling stuff

Text from the government release: It’s obvious that what’s happening in Portland isn’t mere protest; it’s premeditated anarchy — the latest chapter of violence in Portland at the hands of Antifa and the Radical Left:

Since early June, Antifa militants have laid siege to the ICE field office in south Portland. The terrorists have violently breached the facility by using a stop sign as a battering ram, hurled explosives and projectiles, burned American flags, viciously assaulted, attacked, and injured officers, doxed officers, berated neighbors, and even rolled out a guillotine.
As part of the ongoing siege, dozens have been arrested and charged with serious crimes such as arson, assaulting federal officers, and resisting arrest.
In May 2024, an “Antifa anarchist movement” took credit for burning more than a dozen Portland Police Bureau training vehicles.
In May 2022, Antifa members deployed smoke grenades, paint-filled balloons, and fireworks to break up a campaign event for a Republican political candidate.
In August 2021, Antifa terrorists violently attacked right-wing demonstrators with explosives and chemical spray.
In January 2021, more than 100 Antifa demonstrators attacked Portland police and vandalized property, with some armed with knives and long poles.
In October 2020, Antifa terrorists sparked a riot at an “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” event, toppling statues of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and vandalizing multiple buildings.
In August 2020, a self-described Antifa militant shot and killed a Patriot Prayer supporter during a riot in Portland, then was later killed after he brandished a weapon while law enforcement attempted to apprehend him on murder charges.

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 8h

A small detail that highlights how peculiar this administration is are all the links in these kind of releases that go to news sources. No government data, research, or FBI dossiers. Its just Fox News, quotes taken out of context, and some orgs that seem less than reliable

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 9h

There are a couple orthodox of some kind in the Catholic Church. Conclave had them