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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 2m

With the possible exception of childcare? I feel like Europe has been largely moving forward on this in the past generation. Not sure the dynamics there tho, who's pushing it.

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 15m

The thing about calling Dems conservative vs. European left-of-center parties is that in Europe, universal health care & worker rights is the status quo they're defending. When it comes time to challenge the status quo leftwardly, they tend to be similar or worse

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 30m

New construction in South Carolina with wraparound balconies.

Why does Oakland Planning hate bigger balconies?

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 1h

Shrinkflation strikes again

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 1h

What would this be for greater Oakland? The best I can come up with is San Pablo - I say sæm'pæblo - but I'm not sure that's universally hewn to

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

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

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 2h

(does seem like they have decent evidence he was there & it was him, physically speaking)

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 3h

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 4h

Let's take with a grain of salt because the prosecuting attorney is notorious Trumpista Bill Essayli. Can't trust him to present all the facts fairly. Could be it really was an accident (which the question to ChatGPT presupposed) & the rest is red herrings. But it could be this

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 5h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4h

I have listened and learned. I will NEVER AGAIN call for increased taxes (carceral, eugencicist). Instead, income transfers should be decided through tax credits (humane, progressive)

Jack 대한 @jdaehan1.bsky.social · 4h

When people say we have a literacy crisis they need to include their fellow progressives and libs. Insane replies on a post that is just explaining the Child Tax Credit

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 7h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 4h

Let's take with a grain of salt because the prosecuting attorney is notorious Trumpista Bill Essayli. Can't trust him to present all the facts fairly. Could be it really was an accident (which the question to ChatGPT presupposed) & the rest is red herrings. But it could be this

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 5h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 4h

A range of filings and low level sparrings www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/...

Contestant 1, a California Resident et al v. MRB2024, LLC et al (2:25-cv-03051), California Central District Court

Contestant 1, a California Resident et al v. MRB2024, LLC et al (2:25-cv-03051), California Central District Court, Filed: 04/07/2025

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 4h

A year now since this suit was filed and it doesn't seem to have been dropped or settled. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_G...

Beast Games lawsuit - Wikipedia

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, the typical racial/socioeconomic patterns of course. But if it could happen to Britney Spears...

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 5h

Reminds me of the problems with conservatorships. Some people who you'd think would have power get locked into abusive arrangements by people financially benefiting, others are left to twist when they need the help. No clear pattern except shit's fucked

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 5h

Looks like neither Chrome nor Edge displays it

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 5h

Why does my Windows laptop not display this? I had to paste it into Emojipedia to identify. But that same source says it was added to Unicode in 2021!

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 6h

Darn, looks like I'm wrong - the Bank of England has a calculator purporting to go back eight centuries, and while it has a reasonable disclaimer, that's hidden by default.

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 6h

And just in practice, when trying to make such adjustments across more than a century, reliable sources will qualify any "inflation" figures out the ass in this regard, no? So one is either ignoring warnings or relying on sketchy websites.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 6h

A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.

Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 6h

Mike Johnson was born in 1972. Lee Greenwood's hits were admittedly mostly in the 80's, but I still suspect (a) Johnson had no interest in him at the time and (b) he would have been shoved into multiple lockers if he had

WasteLandRover @wastelandrover.bsky.social · 6h

Nothing captures the coveted 18-34 demographic quite like an 82 year old right wing country singer whose biggest hit was 40 years ago.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 7h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 6h

And climbdown again bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 7h

Got a second No on 50 mailer from the Young Master Munger. Glossy 8x14". Big photo & quote from Arnie, then three 2010 redistricting commissioners, then some randos including a Jarvisite org guy.

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 7h

So the judge agrees Mike Lindell's statements were defamatory but might let him off on the "I genuinely believed my bs" defense.

What if we had some kind of super-adult status where ignorance is not a defense, and which you need to be, I don't know, an officer of a limited liability corporation?

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic, federal judge rules

Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled.

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 8h

Yup, should have credited. Buck Godot: The Gallimaufry

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 8h

1993 comic

Tall skinny comic panel. Large human with moustache talking to purple alien with breasts & weird shaped head.
Human: Whatever. Look, can you act like a real reporter for a minute? I need someone who can do some research.
Alien (gagging): Ee-YUK! Why? Sentients can get their own facts off the computers! _I_ create journalistic infotainment-like art-product!

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