Shepherd
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social
"Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
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It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...
How did we end up threatening our kids’ lives with AI? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...
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Everything else put aside, I'm just very taken at the notion that Andy Beshear needs tips from a New Yorker on how to win in Kentucky
So, I see Andy Beshear has a book out offering himself up as the latest Bible-thumping Dem (see James Talarico.) Folks, if you think competing for evangelicals is the Dem path to victory...no. If you think we need more religion in US politics...no. Religion in politics is a problem not a solution.
February 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Everything else put aside, I'm just very taken at the notion that Andy Beshear needs tips from a New Yorker on how to win in Kentucky
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the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
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Twin Citizens: If you frequent a small, independently owned restaurant that would benefit from a grant for lost business during the siege, let them know about the Salt Cure Fund. It’s a small ($2500-10000) grant, and the deadline to apply is 2/23.
I made a flyer you can share out, DM me for the PDFs
I made a flyer you can share out, DM me for the PDFs
February 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Twin Citizens: If you frequent a small, independently owned restaurant that would benefit from a grant for lost business during the siege, let them know about the Salt Cure Fund. It’s a small ($2500-10000) grant, and the deadline to apply is 2/23.
I made a flyer you can share out, DM me for the PDFs
I made a flyer you can share out, DM me for the PDFs
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It’s easy to forget that humans are animals. We’re wired for connection.
So what happens when that behavior meets an AI chatbot that promises to be your dream partner? 👀
Ep 1 is live! 🎧
youtube.com/shorts/wUsVW...
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@doctornerdlove.com @drlizpowell.bsky.social #datingpodcast #airelationships
So what happens when that behavior meets an AI chatbot that promises to be your dream partner? 👀
Ep 1 is live! 🎧
youtube.com/shorts/wUsVW...
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@doctornerdlove.com @drlizpowell.bsky.social #datingpodcast #airelationships
Pack Bonding with Robot Vacuums
YouTube video by Do As We Say, Not As They Did
youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It’s easy to forget that humans are animals. We’re wired for connection.
So what happens when that behavior meets an AI chatbot that promises to be your dream partner? 👀
Ep 1 is live! 🎧
youtube.com/shorts/wUsVW...
.
.
.
@doctornerdlove.com @drlizpowell.bsky.social #datingpodcast #airelationships
So what happens when that behavior meets an AI chatbot that promises to be your dream partner? 👀
Ep 1 is live! 🎧
youtube.com/shorts/wUsVW...
.
.
.
@doctornerdlove.com @drlizpowell.bsky.social #datingpodcast #airelationships
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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I have eaten
the disks
that were in
production
and which
you were probably
saving
for your PC
Forgive me
they were so capacious
so fast
and so NVMe
gizmodo.com/because-of-a...
the disks
that were in
production
and which
you were probably
saving
for your PC
Forgive me
they were so capacious
so fast
and so NVMe
gizmodo.com/because-of-a...
AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already
Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I have eaten
the disks
that were in
production
and which
you were probably
saving
for your PC
Forgive me
they were so capacious
so fast
and so NVMe
gizmodo.com/because-of-a...
the disks
that were in
production
and which
you were probably
saving
for your PC
Forgive me
they were so capacious
so fast
and so NVMe
gizmodo.com/because-of-a...
Donner Summit was doing some historical re-enactment yesterday
www.instagram.com/reel/DU3yrNj...
www.instagram.com/reel/DU3yrNj...
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February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Donner Summit was doing some historical re-enactment yesterday
www.instagram.com/reel/DU3yrNj...
www.instagram.com/reel/DU3yrNj...
Honestly I would love to see two groups of players play this PvP. Perhaps we can convince @funranium.bsky.social and Co to do it for a fundraising stream, although Phil might also understandably be all "I SPEND ENOUGH TIME WORKING"
Vague idea for a TTRPG campaign: All Regulations Are Written in Blood
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Honestly I would love to see two groups of players play this PvP. Perhaps we can convince @funranium.bsky.social and Co to do it for a fundraising stream, although Phil might also understandably be all "I SPEND ENOUGH TIME WORKING"
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Brick Immortar as DM would break the internet
Vague idea for a TTRPG campaign: All Regulations Are Written in Blood
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
February 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Brick Immortar as DM would break the internet
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whenever possible, choose a fridge with french doors so as not to disturb the catgoyle
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
whenever possible, choose a fridge with french doors so as not to disturb the catgoyle
Welp, time to get out of bed and start another day of desperately trying to keep my livestock alive and the pipes thawed out. The snow doesn't re-start for 24 hours. I have to manage to get to the feed store and get pelleted/chopped forage because I'm down to 3 bales hay.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Welp, time to get out of bed and start another day of desperately trying to keep my livestock alive and the pipes thawed out. The snow doesn't re-start for 24 hours. I have to manage to get to the feed store and get pelleted/chopped forage because I'm down to 3 bales hay.
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These numbers demand a complete rethinking of immigration in this country and accountability for the terrorism of DHS/CBP/ICE.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Trump is very underwater on immigration.
There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
February 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
These numbers demand a complete rethinking of immigration in this country and accountability for the terrorism of DHS/CBP/ICE.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
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I saw an ad on the subway that I thought was for a 5/14 No Kings rally and I was like “wow they are really going all out” and then I realized it was an ad for a Springsteen show and he just really hates Trump
February 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I saw an ad on the subway that I thought was for a 5/14 No Kings rally and I was like “wow they are really going all out” and then I realized it was an ad for a Springsteen show and he just really hates Trump
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I give more of my net worth to the homeless on the street in an average year than Elon Musk has given to anyone, ever, in all forms of charity combined, over his entire life.
Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I give more of my net worth to the homeless on the street in an average year than Elon Musk has given to anyone, ever, in all forms of charity combined, over his entire life.
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Yes. I took this approach with my boardhost message board back in the early 2000s, with people who wanted to argue about LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist. To argue is to accept an unacceptable frame. You wouldn’t waste time discussing if the number two represents three apples or if red is really blue.
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Yes. I took this approach with my boardhost message board back in the early 2000s, with people who wanted to argue about LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist. To argue is to accept an unacceptable frame. You wouldn’t waste time discussing if the number two represents three apples or if red is really blue.
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The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
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P.S., If any has information on the holding cells at the ICE office in Hartford, Connecticut — let’s talk.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
Activists Want the City to Enforce Code Against the Dallas ICE Field Office. Can It Be Done?
Cities across the state and nation are finding ways to hold ICE accountable. Will Dallas?
www.dmagazine.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
P.S., If any has information on the holding cells at the ICE office in Hartford, Connecticut — let’s talk.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
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5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.
www.livescience.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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One of my driver's ed instructors interrupted my lesson to go feed his macaw. He was much more interested in discussing Castle Wolfenstein than teaching me to drive.
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
One of my driver's ed instructors interrupted my lesson to go feed his macaw. He was much more interested in discussing Castle Wolfenstein than teaching me to drive.
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"...reporting noted an account that described its politics as “to the right of Hitler.” Separately, an X account connected to the shooter appears to show years of engagement with far-right and conspiratorial content." www.advocate.com/news/crime/r...
Rhode Island hockey mass shooting leaves family shattered and shooter’s identity in the spotlight
The shooter's history includes a Nazi tattoo and amplifying far-right conspiracy theories online.
www.advocate.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
"...reporting noted an account that described its politics as “to the right of Hitler.” Separately, an X account connected to the shooter appears to show years of engagement with far-right and conspiratorial content." www.advocate.com/news/crime/r...
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Pro-Trump white supremacist with "SS" tattoo who shot and killed family members, is being painted as example of "trans terrorist" by far-Right due to their gender identity.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Pro-Trump white supremacist with "SS" tattoo who shot and killed family members, is being painted as example of "trans terrorist" by far-Right due to their gender identity.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.