Jon Bershad
@jonbershad.bsky.social
Handsome man with many friends. Writer and animator at many places.
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Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
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The question is always, if this company is worth a trillion dollars what trillion dollar problem is it fixing and the only possible answer to that question in the instance of A.I. is “wages.”
AI guys insisting on the inevitability of the tech are so irritating. every comparison they make is to something whose utility was immediately apparent. "it does things faster and we can fix its mistakes later and that'll be the job now" does not compare to "metronome that doesn't need winding"
February 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The question is always, if this company is worth a trillion dollars what trillion dollar problem is it fixing and the only possible answer to that question in the instance of A.I. is “wages.”
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Such a perfect illustration of how terrible Gavin Newsom is that while he is saying this dumb shit there’s a big neon sign shouting GAVIN NEWSOM
Gavin Newsom: "I'm in the old Ronald Reagan mansion here in Sacramento. The spirit of Reagan is very alive in the walls surrounding me. Now we have an invasive species, Donald Trump, in relation to that. The populism of Trump is reflected in Bernie and AOC and our politics on the left."
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Such a perfect illustration of how terrible Gavin Newsom is that while he is saying this dumb shit there’s a big neon sign shouting GAVIN NEWSOM
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And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
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I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
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But… but… but the AI weirdos assured me that Claude was the one that actually worked!!!
I’m so shocked!!!
I’m so shocked!!!
Using Claude Code is a trip. I asked it to read some files, perform analysis and tabulate results. I noticed table didn't match the underlying data.
Asked Claude what happened. It can't read PDFs so it just made up the results. Next time provide tools for reading PDFs before asking me to do a thing
Asked Claude what happened. It can't read PDFs so it just made up the results. Next time provide tools for reading PDFs before asking me to do a thing
a bald man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is talking on a phone
ALT: a bald man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is talking on a phone
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
But… but… but the AI weirdos assured me that Claude was the one that actually worked!!!
I’m so shocked!!!
I’m so shocked!!!
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FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
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Everything else is commentary
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Everything else is commentary
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Kind of weird that the DNC just straight up won't release the post-2024 election autopsy so we know why they lost. 🤔
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Kind of weird that the DNC just straight up won't release the post-2024 election autopsy so we know why they lost. 🤔
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I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
One of the interesting things this time around is just how hollow the whole thing sounds. In the past, people have been able to use the empty concept of electability to anoint and position the person they demanded, but now that Republicans are getting obliterated everywhere, that doesn't work.
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
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the democrats deliberately boosted the candidacy of donald trump and ran status-quo empty suits against him and those brilliant strategies got the US two trump terms. a few oddly still have the audacity to blame the left for their lack of enthusiasm in cheering on these obviously awful plans
February 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
the democrats deliberately boosted the candidacy of donald trump and ran status-quo empty suits against him and those brilliant strategies got the US two trump terms. a few oddly still have the audacity to blame the left for their lack of enthusiasm in cheering on these obviously awful plans
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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liberal walking into the car dealership: i want the second shittiest car you have. i will buy it for literally any price
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
liberal walking into the car dealership: i want the second shittiest car you have. i will buy it for literally any price
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Elon wants a race war.
Out driving just now and saw this giant mural of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who got stabbed on a bus.
Despite the fact that her family has asked them not to use her death for political reasons, Elon Musk has been funding these murals all over the country.
Despite the fact that her family has asked them not to use her death for political reasons, Elon Musk has been funding these murals all over the country.
February 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Elon wants a race war.
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It’s really @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social who’s being unclear not @wajali.bsky.social tho
A simple ? from Wajahat Ali pushes Hakeem Jeffries into a crashout:
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
February 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s really @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social who’s being unclear not @wajali.bsky.social tho
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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Damn, can’t wait until these things are in control of my healthcare.
February 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Damn, can’t wait until these things are in control of my healthcare.
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another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
Good to know that the business people who act like cartoon supervillains talk like cartoon supervillains too.
Meta said it planned to add facial recognition to its smart glasses. In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the U.S. would distract critics from the feature’s release. nyti.ms/4qyZZlK
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Good to know that the business people who act like cartoon supervillains talk like cartoon supervillains too.
Anyone demanding you MUST VOTE FOR GAVIN NEWSOM a full year before the primaries start knows that this is the time for finding a better candidate and is purposefully trying to silence that conversation.
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Anyone demanding you MUST VOTE FOR GAVIN NEWSOM a full year before the primaries start knows that this is the time for finding a better candidate and is purposefully trying to silence that conversation.
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the minute the fb algorithm clocks you as a straight man it immediately sets about trying to destroy your life & endanger those around you
February 13, 2026 at 11:19 AM
the minute the fb algorithm clocks you as a straight man it immediately sets about trying to destroy your life & endanger those around you