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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
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"Unlike a standard post office, Keys to Change allows people to receive mail without a government ID, a common problem for some who are homeless. This year, Keys to Change will spend about $117,000 to help 7,000 people get their mail. ... [I]t's a 'crucial part' of helping people exit homelessness."
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Unlike a standard post office, Keys to Change allows people to receive mail without a government ID, a common problem for some who are homeless. This year, Keys to Change will spend about $117,000 to help 7,000 people get their mail. ... [I]t's a 'crucial part' of helping people exit homelessness."
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I will probably be saying this for the rest of my life but I can’t imagine growing up now in a world where you have no idea if the information you encounter everywhere through photo and video is even real
October 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I will probably be saying this for the rest of my life but I can’t imagine growing up now in a world where you have no idea if the information you encounter everywhere through photo and video is even real
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In school I had to debate both in favour of and against molehills and I won both. Debate has as much to do with truth as food photography does with eating. You can glue up the cheese and spray varnish on a doughnut and it will look gorgeous but if you actually swallow it it will fucking kill you.
September 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In school I had to debate both in favour of and against molehills and I won both. Debate has as much to do with truth as food photography does with eating. You can glue up the cheese and spray varnish on a doughnut and it will look gorgeous but if you actually swallow it it will fucking kill you.
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Divide between people who think politics is an exercise in increasing status and career opportunities within a static system and those who think it's about creating the circumstances within which people can live well
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Divide between people who think politics is an exercise in increasing status and career opportunities within a static system and those who think it's about creating the circumstances within which people can live well
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a very significant amount of people see hate that doesn't target them as a weird quirky trait of someone instead of the extreme danger it represents.
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
a very significant amount of people see hate that doesn't target them as a weird quirky trait of someone instead of the extreme danger it represents.
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surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
September 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
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Threats of the militarization of cities—, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a “distraction”.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
Another distraction from them files.
Eyes on D.C.-- Trump has dispatched FBI agents to start patrolling Washington D.C.--- and he is reportedly weighing sending in the National Guard:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Threats of the militarization of cities—, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a “distraction”.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
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Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.
August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.
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We could really use someone with Tom Lehrer's talents right about now. R.I.P. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We could really use someone with Tom Lehrer's talents right about now. R.I.P. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
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*INSTITUTIONALIZATION IS WORSE THEN JAIL*
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
*INSTITUTIONALIZATION IS WORSE THEN JAIL*
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
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The problem with saying “history will remember” is that we are deciding right now whether there will be people in the future
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
July 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The problem with saying “history will remember” is that we are deciding right now whether there will be people in the future
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
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The least exciting but perhaps most plausible explanation for Epstein’s years of impunity is that both the state and his community treated his abuse of girls the way they treat other men’s abuse of girls every day: with indifference.
We knew about Trump's connection with Epstein in his first term, as well as the Access Hollywood tape, many credible sexual assault allegations, and the story of him walking into Miss Teen USA dressing rooms. Feel like the whiff of conspiracy keeps this alive more than the weight of the alleged sin.
July 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The least exciting but perhaps most plausible explanation for Epstein’s years of impunity is that both the state and his community treated his abuse of girls the way they treat other men’s abuse of girls every day: with indifference.
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It's not that Americans don't *want* to think. It's that our culture of overwork disincentivizes Americans from spending time on "unproductive" tasks. And because of capitalism's cost disease, those "unproductive" tasks include the task of caring for others and caring for ourselves.
“If a recent crop of commercials touting the benefits of AI is any indication, lots of Americans these days feel unduly burdened by the demands of everyday cognition. Apparently, it’s asking way too much to expect a human to…write a note to a friend, or plan a meal to feed a child. Let alone read.”
“A company that promises—however jokily—to do your thinking for you is, not even subtly, also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good.”
July 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It's not that Americans don't *want* to think. It's that our culture of overwork disincentivizes Americans from spending time on "unproductive" tasks. And because of capitalism's cost disease, those "unproductive" tasks include the task of caring for others and caring for ourselves.
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July 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Joe Neguse now wants to know why Mike Johnson continues to leave votes open indefinitely for hours every time they don’t have enough votes.
July 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Joe Neguse now wants to know why Mike Johnson continues to leave votes open indefinitely for hours every time they don’t have enough votes.
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Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening
Helluva @notusreports.bsky.social scoop showing that Trump has no idea what's in his budget bill. Seems like something that ought to get a lot more attention.
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening
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Not everything needs a cost-benefit analysis, considering all “stakeholders” and trying to thread an impossible needle.
Some things are just too important.
Our country is failing. Slowly, but it is. We are backsliding. Our public services and goods—once the envy of the world—are a joke today.
Some things are just too important.
Our country is failing. Slowly, but it is. We are backsliding. Our public services and goods—once the envy of the world—are a joke today.
June 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Not everything needs a cost-benefit analysis, considering all “stakeholders” and trying to thread an impossible needle.
Some things are just too important.
Our country is failing. Slowly, but it is. We are backsliding. Our public services and goods—once the envy of the world—are a joke today.
Some things are just too important.
Our country is failing. Slowly, but it is. We are backsliding. Our public services and goods—once the envy of the world—are a joke today.
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The danger isn’t just that people believe lies. It’s that entire communities become locked into belief systems that can’t be challenged, where loyalty replaces evidence, and disagreement feels like betrayal. That doesn’t just distort truth, it breaks trust.
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The danger isn’t just that people believe lies. It’s that entire communities become locked into belief systems that can’t be challenged, where loyalty replaces evidence, and disagreement feels like betrayal. That doesn’t just distort truth, it breaks trust.
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my dudes there's no such thing as "too late" to regulate AI, that's a fake idea. AI models aren't untouchable data gods, they're algorithms hosted in cloud storage. Saying we can't regulate AI is like saying we can't deplatform Child P*rn bc "it's already out there". Like, 1s and 0s can be deleted
June 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
my dudes there's no such thing as "too late" to regulate AI, that's a fake idea. AI models aren't untouchable data gods, they're algorithms hosted in cloud storage. Saying we can't regulate AI is like saying we can't deplatform Child P*rn bc "it's already out there". Like, 1s and 0s can be deleted
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What a time to be cutting scientific research
💥 🍃 🏥 New Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Severe Diabetes (Type 1)
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What a time to be cutting scientific research
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Remember that authoritarians are always trying to create crises or take advantage of existing crises as a "state of exception," which gives them more power and abrogates any established restraints.
June 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remember that authoritarians are always trying to create crises or take advantage of existing crises as a "state of exception," which gives them more power and abrogates any established restraints.