Gwyan Rhabyt
@rhabyt.bsky.social
Immigrant, Prof of Interaction Design at Cal State East Bay. 3-time Fulbright Scholar. Games. Politics. Science. No One Lets Go of Anyone's Hand
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this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
Really interesting to watch the Europeans progressively cut their dependence on energy from Russia, and tech from America. Not overnight, but quarter by quarter, year by year, in a way that can be sustained for decades.
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Really interesting to watch the Europeans progressively cut their dependence on energy from Russia, and tech from America. Not overnight, but quarter by quarter, year by year, in a way that can be sustained for decades.
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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these guys are LARPing like siege commanders talking about "supply lines"
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
these guys are LARPing like siege commanders talking about "supply lines"
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
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Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
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A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 AM
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Props to Newsom for framing this as "caving to this US president will alienate the next"
Starmer et al need to ask, is it worth capitulating to Trump, who is famous for being a short term friend who then stabs you in the back, if it damages their countries' relationship with the next US govt
Starmer et al need to ask, is it worth capitulating to Trump, who is famous for being a short term friend who then stabs you in the back, if it damages their countries' relationship with the next US govt
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California at Davos, does not hold back in criticising Keir Starmer and the European Union for capitulating to Trump,
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
January 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Props to Newsom for framing this as "caving to this US president will alienate the next"
Starmer et al need to ask, is it worth capitulating to Trump, who is famous for being a short term friend who then stabs you in the back, if it damages their countries' relationship with the next US govt
Starmer et al need to ask, is it worth capitulating to Trump, who is famous for being a short term friend who then stabs you in the back, if it damages their countries' relationship with the next US govt
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Why is there so much more interest in the tendency of young men to back Reform, rather than the tendency of young women to shun it?
Why is there so little interest in the tendency of all young people to favour Greens, and in particular why is there so little interest in young women breaking Green?
Why is there so little interest in the tendency of all young people to favour Greens, and in particular why is there so little interest in young women breaking Green?
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Why is there so much more interest in the tendency of young men to back Reform, rather than the tendency of young women to shun it?
Why is there so little interest in the tendency of all young people to favour Greens, and in particular why is there so little interest in young women breaking Green?
Why is there so little interest in the tendency of all young people to favour Greens, and in particular why is there so little interest in young women breaking Green?
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
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The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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they were not premature, in fact it was probably too late by that point. Also this is a great example of how old women are just generally dismissed out of hand most of the time.
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
they were not premature, in fact it was probably too late by that point. Also this is a great example of how old women are just generally dismissed out of hand most of the time.
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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
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People act like it’s some insane unrealistic liberal fantasy to get rid of an organization that’s barely old enough to legally drink
January 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
People act like it’s some insane unrealistic liberal fantasy to get rid of an organization that’s barely old enough to legally drink
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A by no means complete list of things that are older than ICE
The movie Zoolander
That one kid from Stranger Things, you know the one
Special state quarters
The video game Kingdom Hearts
Timothee Chalamet
Viagra
Spongebob Squarepants
Most of the people reading this right now
The movie Zoolander
That one kid from Stranger Things, you know the one
Special state quarters
The video game Kingdom Hearts
Timothee Chalamet
Viagra
Spongebob Squarepants
Most of the people reading this right now
Abolish ICE is a specific ask and singular message that, based on polls, has real support.
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
A by no means complete list of things that are older than ICE
The movie Zoolander
That one kid from Stranger Things, you know the one
Special state quarters
The video game Kingdom Hearts
Timothee Chalamet
Viagra
Spongebob Squarepants
Most of the people reading this right now
The movie Zoolander
That one kid from Stranger Things, you know the one
Special state quarters
The video game Kingdom Hearts
Timothee Chalamet
Viagra
Spongebob Squarepants
Most of the people reading this right now
Abolish ICE protest, Honolulu
January 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Abolish ICE protest, Honolulu
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount