LFV
@vickita61.bsky.social
Web developer, sometimes photographer, lapsed physicist. Be kind.
"Resistance without risk is like faith without works." -- Grant Peeples
"Resistance without risk is like faith without works." -- Grant Peeples
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We have reached the pinnacle of technology.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We have reached the pinnacle of technology.
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
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The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.
Honestly im shocked
Well
Not that shocked
Well
Not that shocked
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
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In February, DOGE - under Elon Musk’s direction - gutted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, notably including their autonomous vehicle safety unit, which was investigating Tesla.
For years, people have lodged complaints about Tesla’s doors. With no official statistics, Bloomberg did its own analysis on the number of fatal crashes in the US in which door functionality played a role. Read more: bloom.bg/49tm0fF
📷️: Getty Images
📷️: Getty Images
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In February, DOGE - under Elon Musk’s direction - gutted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, notably including their autonomous vehicle safety unit, which was investigating Tesla.
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Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
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Musk should be in prison
Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Musk should be in prison
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December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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*sigh* it’s me again, your neighborhood simple country theoretical physicist. I cannot emphasize enough how much these companies are not going to build fusion reactors.
"The answer, of course, is grift. The answer is always grift."
Latest newsletter:
Latest newsletter:
Why Is Trump's Truth Social Merging With a Nuclear Fusion Company?
The answer, of course, is grift. The answer is always grift.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
*sigh* it’s me again, your neighborhood simple country theoretical physicist. I cannot emphasize enough how much these companies are not going to build fusion reactors.
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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It should not be controversial to say "I'm anti-child labor" in the 21st century, but here we are.
www.thenationshealth.org/content/53/6...
www.thenationshealth.org/content/53/6...
Legislators rolling back child labor protections
On Feb. 13, lawmakers in Arkansas filed a bill to roll back laws on employing 14- and 15-year-olds. Less than a week later, a federal investigation made national headlines: Packers Sanitation Services...
www.thenationshealth.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It should not be controversial to say "I'm anti-child labor" in the 21st century, but here we are.
www.thenationshealth.org/content/53/6...
www.thenationshealth.org/content/53/6...
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Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
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President Donald Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members, a senior administration official confirmed.
ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
President Donald Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members, a senior administration official confirmed.
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Nation's top fusion scientist assassinated in his home in one of the safest cities in the country isn't an omen, it's an operation.
This should be a much bigger story. You know, like it is when a nuclear scientist is assassinated in Iran.
This should be a much bigger story. You know, like it is when a nuclear scientist is assassinated in Iran.
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nation's top fusion scientist assassinated in his home in one of the safest cities in the country isn't an omen, it's an operation.
This should be a much bigger story. You know, like it is when a nuclear scientist is assassinated in Iran.
This should be a much bigger story. You know, like it is when a nuclear scientist is assassinated in Iran.
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As somebody who has probably, over the last 30 years, spent something over 20,000 hours analyzing jobs data, this is the single most gonzo employment graph I have ever seen in my life. The only thing that comes close is the employment data in March/April 2020.
Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As somebody who has probably, over the last 30 years, spent something over 20,000 hours analyzing jobs data, this is the single most gonzo employment graph I have ever seen in my life. The only thing that comes close is the employment data in March/April 2020.
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What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
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Take THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! On sale today for $2.99 anywhere ebooks are sold.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Take THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! On sale today for $2.99 anywhere ebooks are sold.
www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
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Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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It took a while for the centers, labs & groups bringing together scientists, researchers, and communicators on climate to realize Bluesky was a thing. But once they did, they arrived in droves.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It took a while for the centers, labs & groups bringing together scientists, researchers, and communicators on climate to realize Bluesky was a thing. But once they did, they arrived in droves.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
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Bari Weiss was hired by a billionaire to blow smoke up the ass of the extraction class and amplify their cultural division propaganda
there's no actual real-world market for it
there's no actual real-world market for it
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Bari Weiss was hired by a billionaire to blow smoke up the ass of the extraction class and amplify their cultural division propaganda
there's no actual real-world market for it
there's no actual real-world market for it
*sigh* Well, hell. All right, fine, moving to a new browser in 5...4...3...2...
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
*sigh* Well, hell. All right, fine, moving to a new browser in 5...4...3...2...
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize board has reached its discovery phase.
Trump claims physical and mental anguish.The board wants all Trump physical and mental examinations, medications, and tax returns for proof.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Trump claims physical and mental anguish.The board wants all Trump physical and mental examinations, medications, and tax returns for proof.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Pulitzer Prize board grinds Trump's lawsuit to a halt by demanding highly personal info - NewsBreak
Donald Trump's efforts to sue the Pulitzer Prize board over defamation claims took a turn for the president last week, according to a new report from Law &
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December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize board has reached its discovery phase.
Trump claims physical and mental anguish.The board wants all Trump physical and mental examinations, medications, and tax returns for proof.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
share.newsbreak.com/gb
Trump claims physical and mental anguish.The board wants all Trump physical and mental examinations, medications, and tax returns for proof.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
share.newsbreak.com/gb
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Here's a fun thing I just learned: If you're a magazine or catalog or other bulk mailer who is willing to add AI-generated content to your mailing, USPS will reward you with a 5% discount—potentially many thousands of dollars!
How on earth does this benefit USPS? www.usps.com/business/pro...
How on earth does this benefit USPS? www.usps.com/business/pro...
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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As soon as Trump dies you'll be able to cue up the second half of "Layla" and watch these people all do their best to destroy each other. It's gonna be outstanding.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As soon as Trump dies you'll be able to cue up the second half of "Layla" and watch these people all do their best to destroy each other. It's gonna be outstanding.