PeoriaBummer
@peoriabummer.bsky.social
Tech ethics and policy, CS education, tabletop games, D&D, indie rock, guitar, and gardening.
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Look, it's simple, the Dems help end the shutdown and in return we'll get a handful of beans that Sen. Thune assured me are magic.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look, it's simple, the Dems help end the shutdown and in return we'll get a handful of beans that Sen. Thune assured me are magic.
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i think they should let Ms Rachel design a squid games for Mr Beast specifically
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
i think they should let Ms Rachel design a squid games for Mr Beast specifically
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My money printing machine business is struggling.
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My money printing machine business is struggling.
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Rick Scott is right, government funding for health insurance is such a scam.
Google “Rick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue
Google “Rick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Rick Scott is right, government funding for health insurance is such a scam.
Google “Rick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue
Google “Rick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue
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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
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I held this post up to the light.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I held this post up to the light.
Any voters dumb enough to fall for this shit AGAIN deserve a Second Great Depression.
President Donald Trump is adjusting his messaging strategy to win over voters who are worried about the cost of living with plans to emphasize new tax breaks and show progress on fighting inflation.
Trump is ramping up a new effort to convince a skeptical public he can fix affordability worries
President Donald Trump is adjusting his messaging strategy to win over voters who are worried about the cost of living with plans to emphasize new tax breaks and show progress on fighting inflation…
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Any voters dumb enough to fall for this shit AGAIN deserve a Second Great Depression.
We could lose about 200 pounds by chucking Dr. Oz into the sea.
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We could lose about 200 pounds by chucking Dr. Oz into the sea.
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15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.
Even if the AI boom pays off, powering it would be the real challenge. China wins in that case, too.
There is a small chance that the AI investment pays off a lot AND that is somehow monetized and the IP protectable. There is an extremely large chance that solar pays off [it's paying off right now] for China and the rest of us [relative to the counterfactual carbon emissions.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Even if the AI boom pays off, powering it would be the real challenge. China wins in that case, too.
DON’T WORRY DO YOUR BEST
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
DON’T WORRY DO YOUR BEST
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capitalism rules, I love doing extensive research any time I need to replace something because roughly 94% of all products are scam garbage
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
capitalism rules, I love doing extensive research any time I need to replace something because roughly 94% of all products are scam garbage
This woman has what it takes to be our next leader.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This woman has what it takes to be our next leader.
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Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
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imagine being jd vance's brother and *you're* the loser brother lmaoo
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
imagine being jd vance's brother and *you're* the loser brother lmaoo
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the message that people should take away from sandwich guy is that getting blackout and picking fights with cops always ends well. I am a lawyer* and this is legal advice**
*this is disputed by the bar, whose legitimacy I do not recognize
**for the court of life, before which all are plaintiffs
*this is disputed by the bar, whose legitimacy I do not recognize
**for the court of life, before which all are plaintiffs
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
the message that people should take away from sandwich guy is that getting blackout and picking fights with cops always ends well. I am a lawyer* and this is legal advice**
*this is disputed by the bar, whose legitimacy I do not recognize
**for the court of life, before which all are plaintiffs
*this is disputed by the bar, whose legitimacy I do not recognize
**for the court of life, before which all are plaintiffs