@flumpet38.bsky.social
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oh my god
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
oh my god
A lot of discussion about AI misses this. The algorithms aren't *neutral* - they're created and operated by people and corporations with agendas, and those operators will choose their bottom line over your success and wellbeing 10/10 times.
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A lot of discussion about AI misses this. The algorithms aren't *neutral* - they're created and operated by people and corporations with agendas, and those operators will choose their bottom line over your success and wellbeing 10/10 times.
Noem is deploying a paramilitary government agency to, in her own words, liberate a city from the duly-elected lawful governor and mayor of that city. This is literally an illegal coup and impeachment is NOT sufficient. She must be arrested and removed from office.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Noem is deploying a paramilitary government agency to, in her own words, liberate a city from the duly-elected lawful governor and mayor of that city. This is literally an illegal coup and impeachment is NOT sufficient. She must be arrested and removed from office.
It's hard to know what to say about this level of obvious, naked ghoulishness. "The company was not sufficiently anti-consumer enough to make the profit we expect"..."there's too much scrutiny for us to be properly evil"...
Capitalism is eating itself and all of us alive...
Capitalism is eating itself and all of us alive...
"The group, which seeks...damages, argues that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing "the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve" its earnings goals."
do you have a moment to discuss the Good News of dialectical materialism?
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
do you have a moment to discuss the Good News of dialectical materialism?
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
UnitedHealthcare sued by shareholders over reaction to CEO's killing
The group of investors alleged the company misled them by not adjusting its forecast after Brian Thompson was killed.
www.nbcnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's hard to know what to say about this level of obvious, naked ghoulishness. "The company was not sufficiently anti-consumer enough to make the profit we expect"..."there's too much scrutiny for us to be properly evil"...
Capitalism is eating itself and all of us alive...
Capitalism is eating itself and all of us alive...
Hey, remind me how those 'reluctant moderates' handle events in Rogue One? You should probably watch the whole fucking story first...
It's very to me that the show makes clear that it's not the radicals who win the war in the end but the very reluctant moderates who want the Republic back.
May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hey, remind me how those 'reluctant moderates' handle events in Rogue One? You should probably watch the whole fucking story first...
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all of this hype over a new pope and then they announce him and he’s got some dumb name like “GREGORY XVII.” they should shake things up and give this one a star wars name. his holiness rylar jorbo
May 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
all of this hype over a new pope and then they announce him and he’s got some dumb name like “GREGORY XVII.” they should shake things up and give this one a star wars name. his holiness rylar jorbo
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Do I want to see @kaine.senate.gov do more to protect our Democracy?
Yes
His entire life has lead to this moment and he could be doing so much more.
Yes
His entire life has lead to this moment and he could be doing so much more.
April 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Do I want to see @kaine.senate.gov do more to protect our Democracy?
Yes
His entire life has lead to this moment and he could be doing so much more.
Yes
His entire life has lead to this moment and he could be doing so much more.
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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
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Hey @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
Y’all ready for bank runs?
You think your Republican friends are gonna wake up when we get bank runs?
Y’all ready for bank runs?
You think your Republican friends are gonna wake up when we get bank runs?
BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hey @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
Y’all ready for bank runs?
You think your Republican friends are gonna wake up when we get bank runs?
Y’all ready for bank runs?
You think your Republican friends are gonna wake up when we get bank runs?
This CANNOT be allowed to occur. Absolutely insanely dangerous idea. @kaine.senate.gov , @markwarner.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This CANNOT be allowed to occur. Absolutely insanely dangerous idea. @kaine.senate.gov , @markwarner.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ohh "America First" was a hit list
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
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Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process.
That means the United States is simply unsafe
That means the United States is simply unsafe
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process.
That means the United States is simply unsafe
That means the United States is simply unsafe
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
Hey, American Service Members and family members: this is what the current admin thinks of protecting your operational security. This is how careless they are. They will make this mistake again, with your lives on the line, because they Just. Do. Not. Care
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey, American Service Members and family members: this is what the current admin thinks of protecting your operational security. This is how careless they are. They will make this mistake again, with your lives on the line, because they Just. Do. Not. Care
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If it isn't obvious, you aren't safe in this Trump Administration. Dictators come after anyone and everyone deemed a threat, including their former allies and loyalists.
Your white skin, American accent, Christian background, Rust Belt zip code, and/or GOP voting record won't save you.
Your white skin, American accent, Christian background, Rust Belt zip code, and/or GOP voting record won't save you.
March 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If it isn't obvious, you aren't safe in this Trump Administration. Dictators come after anyone and everyone deemed a threat, including their former allies and loyalists.
Your white skin, American accent, Christian background, Rust Belt zip code, and/or GOP voting record won't save you.
Your white skin, American accent, Christian background, Rust Belt zip code, and/or GOP voting record won't save you.
The next generation of Democratic leaders need to be thinking about how, if they do ever hold power again, how they're going to reassure the world we don't just turn around 4-8 years later and elect another Trump. How could our allies possibly trust us again without major, major reforms?
March 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The next generation of Democratic leaders need to be thinking about how, if they do ever hold power again, how they're going to reassure the world we don't just turn around 4-8 years later and elect another Trump. How could our allies possibly trust us again without major, major reforms?
Absolute madness. Want to do research to benefit women at all? Might lose your grant money. What the hell are we doing?
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Absolute madness. Want to do research to benefit women at all? Might lose your grant money. What the hell are we doing?
If any of us did this, we'd be in jail. Why has Musk, unelected, unconfirmed private citizens, not been arrested?
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If any of us did this, we'd be in jail. Why has Musk, unelected, unconfirmed private citizens, not been arrested?
@warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @connolly.house.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov are y'all doing anything about this? Kinda sounds like a bunch of unelected private citizens are stealing a ton of data on govt employees and maybe also seizing the purse strings from Congress.
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @connolly.house.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov are y'all doing anything about this? Kinda sounds like a bunch of unelected private citizens are stealing a ton of data on govt employees and maybe also seizing the purse strings from Congress.
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Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Seattle peeps. Heads up:
ICE is currently on 3rd and University going through restaurants.
If you have folks you know who could potentially face deportation, let them know.
ICE is currently on 3rd and University going through restaurants.
If you have folks you know who could potentially face deportation, let them know.
January 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Seattle peeps. Heads up:
ICE is currently on 3rd and University going through restaurants.
If you have folks you know who could potentially face deportation, let them know.
ICE is currently on 3rd and University going through restaurants.
If you have folks you know who could potentially face deportation, let them know.
Not that this was ever really a valid or reasonable reason to discriminate against trans folk in the first place, but....
Research has found that trans women who undergo testosterone suppression through gender-affirming care have no clear biological advantages over cis women in elite sports.
House Votes to Ban Trans Girls From Women’s Sports in Schools
Research has debunked the idea that trans athletes have an inherent advantage.
www.teenvogue.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Not that this was ever really a valid or reasonable reason to discriminate against trans folk in the first place, but....