Blue Milker
@bluemilker.bsky.social
Middle-aged New Yorker. He/him.
This is only rational in the context in which we accept that travel has a mandatory death toll. I will not accept any statement from an autonomous car company that doesn't come with an answer to the biggest question:
When your technology kills someone, who is to be held responsible? And how?
When your technology kills someone, who is to be held responsible? And how?
these comments, in context outside of a fucking popcrave snippet, to me, do not seem at all unreasonable, and seem more responsible than most tech CEO comments i've read in recent years on most topics, though every headline on this is deliberately inflammatory.
Society will accept a death caused by a robotaxi, Waymo co-CEO says
"We don't say 'whether.' We say 'when,'" the executive said.
www.sfgate.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is only rational in the context in which we accept that travel has a mandatory death toll. I will not accept any statement from an autonomous car company that doesn't come with an answer to the biggest question:
When your technology kills someone, who is to be held responsible? And how?
When your technology kills someone, who is to be held responsible? And how?
In fact, I would postulate that if your moral/ethical positions *consistently* align with your own best interests, that is a reason to examine them particularly carefully.
Me. That would be me.
many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In fact, I would postulate that if your moral/ethical positions *consistently* align with your own best interests, that is a reason to examine them particularly carefully.
I saw this show, and it's a really fun production with a killer cast! Worth watching.
Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
Twelfth Night ~ About | Great Performances | PBS
The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong'o and more.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I saw this show, and it's a really fun production with a killer cast! Worth watching.
Can’t sleep. Playing with the toy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can’t sleep. Playing with the toy.
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Just want to call out that two of the most energizing American political voices of the last decade have been young, brown, Democratic Socialists from New York City.
The party needs to pay attention.
The party needs to pay attention.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just want to call out that two of the most energizing American political voices of the last decade have been young, brown, Democratic Socialists from New York City.
The party needs to pay attention.
The party needs to pay attention.
New York is a nearly impossible city to govern. It's an insanely hard job. Mamdani will screw up, and we'll have to yell at him about it.
But I believe he gives a crap about the job.
And Andrew Cuomo is a vile, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, opportunistic piece of shit.
But I believe he gives a crap about the job.
And Andrew Cuomo is a vile, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, opportunistic piece of shit.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
New York is a nearly impossible city to govern. It's an insanely hard job. Mamdani will screw up, and we'll have to yell at him about it.
But I believe he gives a crap about the job.
And Andrew Cuomo is a vile, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, opportunistic piece of shit.
But I believe he gives a crap about the job.
And Andrew Cuomo is a vile, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, opportunistic piece of shit.
What if — hear me out, here — supporting trans people, immigrants, and the working class is a *winning* strategy for Democrats?
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What if — hear me out, here — supporting trans people, immigrants, and the working class is a *winning* strategy for Democrats?
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
5 minutes after the polls close! Hell yeah.
Terrible job Andy! Enjoy your retirement!
Terrible job Andy! Enjoy your retirement!
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
5 minutes after the polls close! Hell yeah.
Terrible job Andy! Enjoy your retirement!
Terrible job Andy! Enjoy your retirement!
What a schmuck.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What a schmuck.
Hey New York! It’s free sticker day!
What? You didn’t get your free sticker yet? They’re holding it for you at your local polling site! Go get it!
What? You didn’t get your free sticker yet? They’re holding it for you at your local polling site! Go get it!
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey New York! It’s free sticker day!
What? You didn’t get your free sticker yet? They’re holding it for you at your local polling site! Go get it!
What? You didn’t get your free sticker yet? They’re holding it for you at your local polling site! Go get it!
As excited as I would be by the open housing, my enthusiasm is tempered by the knowledge that it would all be on Staten Island and the worst chunk of the UES.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As excited as I would be by the open housing, my enthusiasm is tempered by the knowledge that it would all be on Staten Island and the worst chunk of the UES.
“Huh, Halloween was a couple of days ago, why is everyone on the subway wearing orange?”
Ohhhh!
Ohhhh!
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Huh, Halloween was a couple of days ago, why is everyone on the subway wearing orange?”
Ohhhh!
Ohhhh!
Other mythological tasks:
An Orphean task - one that you can completely undo by making one mistake right at the end.
An Orphean task - one that you can completely undo by making one mistake right at the end.
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Other mythological tasks:
An Orphean task - one that you can completely undo by making one mistake right at the end.
An Orphean task - one that you can completely undo by making one mistake right at the end.
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Nerf Gummy Clusters
Nerf Gummy Clusters
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bitterfingers
Bitterfingers
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Spittles
Spittles
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Nerf Gummy Clusters
Nerf Gummy Clusters
If Platner were a generational political talent; if he had a proven record of progressive success; maybe — maybe! — it would make sense to give him the benefit of the doubt.
What I see is a guy with some good opinions, some bad ones, and a demonstrable history of making poor judgements.
What I see is a guy with some good opinions, some bad ones, and a demonstrable history of making poor judgements.
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If Platner were a generational political talent; if he had a proven record of progressive success; maybe — maybe! — it would make sense to give him the benefit of the doubt.
What I see is a guy with some good opinions, some bad ones, and a demonstrable history of making poor judgements.
What I see is a guy with some good opinions, some bad ones, and a demonstrable history of making poor judgements.
One of the most important lessons from decades of design work: if you ask people exactly what they want, and then give it to them, they will often *hate* it.
One of the most important jobs of a designer is understanding that there are some things that everyone says they want, but then absolutely hate if they get it
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
One of the most important lessons from decades of design work: if you ask people exactly what they want, and then give it to them, they will often *hate* it.
I realize that this administration is so chaotic and lawless that it's hard to make anything stick, but these extrajudicial murders in the caribbean are truly insane.
Even if we believed the people doing these murders, drug smuggling is not a capital crime! The military is just murdering people.
Even if we believed the people doing these murders, drug smuggling is not a capital crime! The military is just murdering people.
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I realize that this administration is so chaotic and lawless that it's hard to make anything stick, but these extrajudicial murders in the caribbean are truly insane.
Even if we believed the people doing these murders, drug smuggling is not a capital crime! The military is just murdering people.
Even if we believed the people doing these murders, drug smuggling is not a capital crime! The military is just murdering people.
You simply do not have to hand it to him — Curtis Sliwa has been a bane on this city for literally my whole life. He is a violent gutter racist with the politics of the New York Post on its worst day.
The only good thing I can say about him is that he hates Andrew Cuomo almost as much as I do.
The only good thing I can say about him is that he hates Andrew Cuomo almost as much as I do.
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You simply do not have to hand it to him — Curtis Sliwa has been a bane on this city for literally my whole life. He is a violent gutter racist with the politics of the New York Post on its worst day.
The only good thing I can say about him is that he hates Andrew Cuomo almost as much as I do.
The only good thing I can say about him is that he hates Andrew Cuomo almost as much as I do.
I remember a world where “nazi stuff” was an absolute taboo. Where no American who valued their reputation would have defended it.
Relatedly, I was raised among elders who had survived nazi Germany. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that as that cohort dies out, the taboo is fading.
Relatedly, I was raised among elders who had survived nazi Germany. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that as that cohort dies out, the taboo is fading.
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I remember a world where “nazi stuff” was an absolute taboo. Where no American who valued their reputation would have defended it.
Relatedly, I was raised among elders who had survived nazi Germany. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that as that cohort dies out, the taboo is fading.
Relatedly, I was raised among elders who had survived nazi Germany. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that as that cohort dies out, the taboo is fading.
Someone I loved once taught me about the great evil that could be done by “experimenting” with the education of children. Children who will only ever get one chance at this, who will suffer the effects of your work long after you’ve moved on to the next idea.
This tragic but excellent article needs to be read by everyone throughout the country. The Republicans want to kill public ed. They are using state takeovers and charter school owning charlatans like Mike Miles (and his abusive NES) to do it. See at what they are stealing from our (soon your) kids!🧵
By @houstonchronicle.com columnist Lisa Falkenberg: "Books — actual books, with dust jackets, spines, whimsical illustrations, and characters and cliffhangers — are increasingly unwelcome in the land of worksheets and slide shows." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Someone I loved once taught me about the great evil that could be done by “experimenting” with the education of children. Children who will only ever get one chance at this, who will suffer the effects of your work long after you’ve moved on to the next idea.
Inside you are two kidneys.
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Inside you are two kidneys.
