pweston.bsky.social
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no it absolutely does not
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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few frustrations quite like watching your uber driver reject the google maps route repeatedly and each time be proven wrong because of lights/traffic as your eta just gets later and later
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Thank you for increasing visibility! @iwsmith.bsky.social has been trying to warn people of the same attack:
Signal will never message you like this.

If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.

DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Look for the helpers.
Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic.

But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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i stopped setting new year's resolutions for myself, they never worked for me, but i do like woody guthrie's list of new year's rulin's. they work at any time of year, actually.

keep hoping machine running. dream good.
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Be kind. Do something nice. To others and to yourself. These are difficult times. And difficult times call for empathy, humility, and community. — Happy Thanksgiving, may better days lie ahead.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens
➡️ 260+ cooks
➡️ 900+ pots
➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food
Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
August 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Vanity Fair has a new profile of Waymo CEO Tekedra Mawakana, positioning her as a kind of anti-Elon, and yours truly gets quoted along the way.

Worth a read, if you think all "self-driving cars" are the same, and all leading to the same place (they're not).

www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
Elon Musk Has His Vision. Waymo Chief Tekedra Mawakana Says She’s Got a Better One
The Georgia-raised Silicon Valley tech exec, whom one venture capitalist calls “the un-Elon,” is gearing her car company up for a cross-country drive.
www.vanityfair.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Just listen to how Stephen Colbert answered this question off the cuff.
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Always reblog. Happy Easter!
April 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Kurt Vonnegut man
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Protest in Redwood City, CA
#handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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this is a good post and "decadence" is a good way to think about a lot of things. true decadence is, eg, thinking you could let an insurrection go unpunished and the country would just keep chugging along nbd
April 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Hi, are you doomscrolling about tariffs?

Have you had something to eat? Is there an offline activity you can do tonight instead, like read a book, compile a list of essential items you need to stock up on, or call an elected official about the recession ahead?

Try not to stay up too late tonight.
April 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Don't get distracted by the theatrics. The party in charge of Congress could end all of this tomorrow
They obviously didn’t, the emergency declaration is nonsense and Congress should override that declaration tomorrow.
One thing nobody's talking about is whether Congress really gave the president the power to singlehandedly upend decades of tax and trade policy.
April 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Maybe nobody in cinema history has been more badass than Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone.
Huckleberry Doc Holliday GIF
Alt: GIF of Val Kilmer making the utter nonsense line "I'm your huckleberry" completely and entirely badass in "Tombstone."
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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RIP King
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM