Neil Carpenter
@neilcar.bsky.social
Technologist, street photographer, anti-fascist
Trump is definitely unfit to be a Fed governor, though.
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trump is definitely unfit to be a Fed governor, though.
Robert Matthew Van Winkle tried to warn us years ago.
a man is standing in front of a wall with the words `` ice ice baby '' on it .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a wall with the words `` ice ice baby '' on it .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Robert Matthew Van Winkle tried to warn us years ago.
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#OnThisDay in 1981, Simon & Simon aired “Trapdoors”—likely the first non–sci-fi depiction of computer hacking on US TV. 💻📞
Teen Robbie Rist uses an Apple II + acoustic modem to access a bank—2 years before “hacker” hit mainstream media.
A proto-Whiz Kids story from creator Phil DeGuere.
Teen Robbie Rist uses an Apple II + acoustic modem to access a bank—2 years before “hacker” hit mainstream media.
A proto-Whiz Kids story from creator Phil DeGuere.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#OnThisDay in 1981, Simon & Simon aired “Trapdoors”—likely the first non–sci-fi depiction of computer hacking on US TV. 💻📞
Teen Robbie Rist uses an Apple II + acoustic modem to access a bank—2 years before “hacker” hit mainstream media.
A proto-Whiz Kids story from creator Phil DeGuere.
Teen Robbie Rist uses an Apple II + acoustic modem to access a bank—2 years before “hacker” hit mainstream media.
A proto-Whiz Kids story from creator Phil DeGuere.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
Two people just walked me and the woman said, "Fucking wet pussy in a dry pocket don't work" and I have no idea what this wisdom means
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Two people just walked me and the woman said, "Fucking wet pussy in a dry pocket don't work" and I have no idea what this wisdom means
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Just started rereading @greatdismal.bsky.social's third trilogy and there's never been a more accurate description of jet lag.
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just started rereading @greatdismal.bsky.social's third trilogy and there's never been a more accurate description of jet lag.
Just a reminder that generative AI is shite at answering questions.
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Just a reminder that generative AI is shite at answering questions.
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
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The greatest Christmas movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.
“Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” was released on this date in 1977.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The greatest Christmas movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.
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There’s something you don’t see every day in a Prius.
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
There’s something you don’t see every day in a Prius.
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Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
November 29, 2023 at 2:18 AM
Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
I can’t wait to see people posting AI spew with the inline ads intact.
“OpenAI is exploring a range of revenue-generating initiatives to change its fortunes, including in-line ads within ChatGPT.”
“OpenAI is exploring a range of revenue-generating initiatives to change its fortunes, including in-line ads within ChatGPT.”
I tried to login to Microsoft online to check something in my settings and it just plopped me into a copilot webpage. It took me like 30 seconds to figure out how to get out of it. Pathetic and useless.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I can’t wait to see people posting AI spew with the inline ads intact.
“OpenAI is exploring a range of revenue-generating initiatives to change its fortunes, including in-line ads within ChatGPT.”
“OpenAI is exploring a range of revenue-generating initiatives to change its fortunes, including in-line ads within ChatGPT.”
I had an engineering mgr ask me if I ever use chatGPT to write blogs. “Look, the one you’re working on, I fed the topic in and it wrote all this! I mean, it’s kind of generic and parts of it are wrong but it wrote this!”
My man, I responded, I’ll write it and it will be neither generic nor wrong.
My man, I responded, I’ll write it and it will be neither generic nor wrong.
this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I had an engineering mgr ask me if I ever use chatGPT to write blogs. “Look, the one you’re working on, I fed the topic in and it wrote all this! I mean, it’s kind of generic and parts of it are wrong but it wrote this!”
My man, I responded, I’ll write it and it will be neither generic nor wrong.
My man, I responded, I’ll write it and it will be neither generic nor wrong.
This is so shockingly unsurprising.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is so shockingly unsurprising.
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Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
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Accurate. I didn’t realize how awful Lucas is at writing dialog until, excitedly, I went to a midnight showing of The Phantom Menace and lost 20 years of love for the franchise.
Star Wars is like Weezer, where the later albums are terrible enough to make you hate the earlier ones you liked
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Accurate. I didn’t realize how awful Lucas is at writing dialog until, excitedly, I went to a midnight showing of The Phantom Menace and lost 20 years of love for the franchise.