8one6
@8one6.bsky.social
Aka Dustin.
He/him
RPG enjoyer
#RoadTrip enthusiast
Trans rights are human rights
He/him
RPG enjoyer
#RoadTrip enthusiast
Trans rights are human rights
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8one6
@8one6.bsky.social
· Oct 18
A famous Klingon once said, "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Cruelty in jest is still cruelty. Bigotry as irony is still bigotry. Do not pretend to be that which you do not want to be.
How do I pin someone else's skeet?
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IBM's "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" was from 1979. That was 47 years ago.
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
If you're reporting on the deepfake porn site because of Grok, please make clear in the headline that governments not acting are allowing the scaled abuse of women and children online.
Don't say Grok is doing that harm. Grok isn't doing anything. It's human men who are doing these things.
Don't say Grok is doing that harm. Grok isn't doing anything. It's human men who are doing these things.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
IBM's "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" was from 1979. That was 47 years ago.
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
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If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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Hazard: You are sent to the bug planet.
January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Hazard: You are sent to the bug planet.
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Look at this pretty sit from the most handsome-ist of boys! You could almost believe he wasn’t a total dork.
#corgi #kaiserthecorgi #dogsky #corgicrew
#corgi #kaiserthecorgi #dogsky #corgicrew
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Look at this pretty sit from the most handsome-ist of boys! You could almost believe he wasn’t a total dork.
#corgi #kaiserthecorgi #dogsky #corgicrew
#corgi #kaiserthecorgi #dogsky #corgicrew
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
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they used to "insult" reactionary NY senator al damato by calling him "pothole al" because you could call him up and get the pothole on your street fixed. this was seen as beneath the office of a US senator but can you even imagine a politician actually doing something for you now
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
they used to "insult" reactionary NY senator al damato by calling him "pothole al" because you could call him up and get the pothole on your street fixed. this was seen as beneath the office of a US senator but can you even imagine a politician actually doing something for you now
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An unbelievable take from the Wall Street Journal.
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
An unbelievable take from the Wall Street Journal.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
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$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch
www.datacenterwatch.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
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We banned overdraft fees. Trump brought them back.
The 20 biggest US banks made over $3 billion last year in overdraft fees.
US overdraft fees jump at big banks amid regulatory, economic shifts
Fourteen of the largest U.S. retail banks posted jumps in the income they generated from overdraft and bounced-check fees during the first nine months of the year, while two big banks reported sharp d...
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
We banned overdraft fees. Trump brought them back.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Door of Destinies - for Magic: The Gathering's "Lorwyn Eclipsed". AD: Tom Jenkot
I was asked to use a cut-paper style for this piece, but as I don't usually work in that medium, I thought I'd try and emulate the look using acryla gouache instead! I think it turned out really cool.
I was asked to use a cut-paper style for this piece, but as I don't usually work in that medium, I thought I'd try and emulate the look using acryla gouache instead! I think it turned out really cool.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Door of Destinies - for Magic: The Gathering's "Lorwyn Eclipsed". AD: Tom Jenkot
I was asked to use a cut-paper style for this piece, but as I don't usually work in that medium, I thought I'd try and emulate the look using acryla gouache instead! I think it turned out really cool.
I was asked to use a cut-paper style for this piece, but as I don't usually work in that medium, I thought I'd try and emulate the look using acryla gouache instead! I think it turned out really cool.
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at least one prominent influencer will literally shit themselves to death this year. Mark it.
Trend-spotters are proclaiming that fiber is the new protein — the 2026 “it” nutrient. There’s a real risk the fad will backfire as people take fiber too far.
Here is what you need to know to benefit from the trend and the potential traps.
Here is what you need to know to benefit from the trend and the potential traps.
Column | You’re probably not eating enough fiber. Here’s what to do about it.
How much fiber do you need, and how can you get more of it into your diet?
wapo.st
January 6, 2026 at 6:41 AM
at least one prominent influencer will literally shit themselves to death this year. Mark it.
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If you have been turned away from Hilton Hotels, we welcome you to sleep in our maintenance shed where you will be given a bowl of water and unlimited raw raccoon meat.
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
If you have been turned away from Hilton Hotels, we welcome you to sleep in our maintenance shed where you will be given a bowl of water and unlimited raw raccoon meat.
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...aaaaand we're back to not staying at Hilton. apnews.com/article/ice-...
Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents' rooms
A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
...aaaaand we're back to not staying at Hilton. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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During my time in SDS during the Bush era I put a lot of effort into educating activists about their civil rights, talking to them about how to stay within the law to avoid arrests, etcetera.
These days I would probably focus on telling people when to run.
These days I would probably focus on telling people when to run.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
During my time in SDS during the Bush era I put a lot of effort into educating activists about their civil rights, talking to them about how to stay within the law to avoid arrests, etcetera.
These days I would probably focus on telling people when to run.
These days I would probably focus on telling people when to run.
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you know one thing dems do not need and have never needed overwhelming majorities to do is to stop talking about republicans as their respectable colleagues who they hope will do the right thing and the fever will break any minute now, and to start talking about them as enemies who must be defeated
A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
you know one thing dems do not need and have never needed overwhelming majorities to do is to stop talking about republicans as their respectable colleagues who they hope will do the right thing and the fever will break any minute now, and to start talking about them as enemies who must be defeated
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RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A and B, and RSV. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
And, you can also change the narrative yourself, by leading the public. Public pressure absolutely moves politicians. Sitting around waiting for others to take this seriously is failing. Making something the story and making the public care about it is the job of a politician.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
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I love that EFF knows their base well enough to lead with "we understand you probably already have a lot of polyhedral dice sets..."
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January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I love that EFF knows their base well enough to lead with "we understand you probably already have a lot of polyhedral dice sets..."
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January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM