Scenic_Decay
@scenicdecay.bsky.social
If found return to Chicago.
I want to know more about how he gave himself mercury poisoning because he exclusively ate gas station sushi during the run of a broadway play.
How much do I have to pay to ask him about that horseshit?
How much do I have to pay to ask him about that horseshit?
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I want to know more about how he gave himself mercury poisoning because he exclusively ate gas station sushi during the run of a broadway play.
How much do I have to pay to ask him about that horseshit?
How much do I have to pay to ask him about that horseshit?
If the left cares as much about the middle class as we say we do, we have to consider this real and true threat to the long term prospects of the middle class.
I confess I do not understand why “the left should prepare for the worst case scenario with AI and jobs” seems to have elicited such a strong negative reaction bsky.app/profile/chri...
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
If the left cares as much about the middle class as we say we do, we have to consider this real and true threat to the long term prospects of the middle class.
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When I was a young man I used to imagine that it would be cool and fun if the things I was interested in -- the nature of cognition & consciousness, defenses of ethics & democracy from a secular perspective -- became the subjects of broad public discourse. What the absolute fuck was I thinking.
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
When I was a young man I used to imagine that it would be cool and fun if the things I was interested in -- the nature of cognition & consciousness, defenses of ethics & democracy from a secular perspective -- became the subjects of broad public discourse. What the absolute fuck was I thinking.
Ed Zitron is a huckster who comforts us in our priors and will take checks until the day we all get run over by the AI white collar job thresher.
ed zitron is ratioing chris hayes by explicitly arguing to completely ignore whether or not the technology works and what its impact might be, and arguing to instead focus exclusively on how much money is tied up in ai companies
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Ed Zitron is a huckster who comforts us in our priors and will take checks until the day we all get run over by the AI white collar job thresher.
AI externality blindness is our side’s climate change denial.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
AI externality blindness is our side’s climate change denial.
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The challenge is that many different issues are packed together, and people pick the ones they want to object to. The economics of data centers could be unsustainable, content generated could be shoddy, IP issues could be untenable, etc. *and* the project to displace workers could still succeed.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The challenge is that many different issues are packed together, and people pick the ones they want to object to. The economics of data centers could be unsustainable, content generated could be shoddy, IP issues could be untenable, etc. *and* the project to displace workers could still succeed.
The response to Chris’s post shows that there’s a shit-ton of denial built up.
It is clear to me that at least 50% of my current workflow could be automated in the next year. I don’t see how firms justify keeping dinosaurs like me around at my current salary OR hiring young professionals.
It is clear to me that at least 50% of my current workflow could be automated in the next year. I don’t see how firms justify keeping dinosaurs like me around at my current salary OR hiring young professionals.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The response to Chris’s post shows that there’s a shit-ton of denial built up.
It is clear to me that at least 50% of my current workflow could be automated in the next year. I don’t see how firms justify keeping dinosaurs like me around at my current salary OR hiring young professionals.
It is clear to me that at least 50% of my current workflow could be automated in the next year. I don’t see how firms justify keeping dinosaurs like me around at my current salary OR hiring young professionals.
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Albania: Just the left one for some reason.
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Albania: Just the left one for some reason.
Underrated cause for the Tech Right’s trans panic is a number of Gen-X oligarchs hitting late middle age at the same time and simultaneously realizing that while their wealth was increasing on an exponential scale their dickies no work so well.
Pro-trans humanist but anti-transgender is a really funny ideology. We will transcend the boundaries of flesh, be whatever we want to be EXCEPT IN THAT ONE WAY, NONE OF THAT, freeing ourselves from the shackles of our physical husks BUT DON’T TOUCH THE GENITALS.
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Underrated cause for the Tech Right’s trans panic is a number of Gen-X oligarchs hitting late middle age at the same time and simultaneously realizing that while their wealth was increasing on an exponential scale their dickies no work so well.
The funniest thing about these articles is that we KNOW more will come out. The redactions won’t be maintained forever and whistleblowers from the FBI, etc. will come forward with more heinous shit than you can imagine. There’s no bow to put on this.
Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The funniest thing about these articles is that we KNOW more will come out. The redactions won’t be maintained forever and whistleblowers from the FBI, etc. will come forward with more heinous shit than you can imagine. There’s no bow to put on this.
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The funniest things about this interchange is that (1) Sesame Street taught generations of kids their first Spanish words & (2) because of Maria & Luis, I thought all Spanish speakers were from PR.
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The funniest things about this interchange is that (1) Sesame Street taught generations of kids their first Spanish words & (2) because of Maria & Luis, I thought all Spanish speakers were from PR.
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Donald Trump just goes ahead and posts the most vile racist shit, and he doesn't care because he knows he will not suffer a single consequence for it. He doesn't even have the change the name of his administration to The Conners.
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Donald Trump just goes ahead and posts the most vile racist shit, and he doesn't care because he knows he will not suffer a single consequence for it. He doesn't even have the change the name of his administration to The Conners.
The only dignified response from President Obama would be: “I’m going to give the President the benefit of the doubt that he is not fully aware of what he posted, considering that he barely noticed shitting himself in the Oval Office last week.”
if obama wants to give a service to the country, he should do regular comedy skits mocking trump. trump will totally crash out.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The only dignified response from President Obama would be: “I’m going to give the President the benefit of the doubt that he is not fully aware of what he posted, considering that he barely noticed shitting himself in the Oval Office last week.”
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A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity
Boot and Rally Old Testament Style
Dear Synagogue staff: I’m sure you’re all hard at work planning your Purim parties, but if it’s not this wild then I’m not going
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Boot and Rally Old Testament Style
Yipes. Those under 10% gotta drop and endorse.
Illinois - 9th DEM House Polling:
🔵 Fine 21%
🔵 Biss 21%
🔵 Abughazaleh 14%
🔵 Simmons 7%
🔵 Andrew 4%
🔵 Amiwala 4%
🔵 Huynh 2%
GBAO / Jan 29, 2026
(Fine Internal)
🔵 Fine 21%
🔵 Biss 21%
🔵 Abughazaleh 14%
🔵 Simmons 7%
🔵 Andrew 4%
🔵 Amiwala 4%
🔵 Huynh 2%
GBAO / Jan 29, 2026
(Fine Internal)
February 4, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Yipes. Those under 10% gotta drop and endorse.
I take so much courage from this woman and everyone else who has put their bodies on the line.
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I take so much courage from this woman and everyone else who has put their bodies on the line.
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And the question is “Mr. President, did you, or did you not, spackle your BVD’s with doo-doo butter? Because we all heard what we heard.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
And the question is “Mr. President, did you, or did you not, spackle your BVD’s with doo-doo butter? Because we all heard what we heard.”
Seriously, a naked coffin flop would be a gift to the nation’s children.
on one hand I do think that smocking elderly people for losing control of their bodies reveals a pretty ugly lack of empathy, considering that fate awaits us all if we’re lucky. on the other hand Donald Trump deserves no empathy whatsoever so lol lmao he shit himself.
February 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Seriously, a naked coffin flop would be a gift to the nation’s children.
Sisyphus Has Fallen.
setting aside whether or not trump actually shit himself in that press conference (he did), what do you think the secret service code for the president shitting himself is? i assume it happens often enough with this president that they have one
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Sisyphus Has Fallen.
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What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
We need Irving Park BRT
Conversely, same problem in Logan Square getting to places on the red line.
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We need Irving Park BRT