True Blue Spark
@truebluespark.com
He/him. Creative mind in a tired body. Happily married to @Skyliting.bsky.social
Still upset about Bluesky bowing to the censors, but I'm not nuking my account here just yet. If I ever do vanish, you can find my other socials at truebluespark dot com.
Still upset about Bluesky bowing to the censors, but I'm not nuking my account here just yet. If I ever do vanish, you can find my other socials at truebluespark dot com.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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"AI is just like calculators"
Show me a calculator sold with the warning "outputs may be incorrect. Please check answers before using"
Show me a calculator sold with the warning "outputs may be incorrect. Please check answers before using"
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"AI is just like calculators"
Show me a calculator sold with the warning "outputs may be incorrect. Please check answers before using"
Show me a calculator sold with the warning "outputs may be incorrect. Please check answers before using"
/checks for my county and situation
/living wage is $20 higher than what I make
Yeah... Yeah, that tracks.
/living wage is $20 higher than what I make
Yeah... Yeah, that tracks.
Related, here is the "Living Wage" for where I live in Ohio: How much you need to make on a yearly basis to be able to afford things like health care, child care and housing. Depending on circumstances, it can be $100K+, and I live in a "cheap" area in the US.
livingwage.mit.edu/counties/39037
livingwage.mit.edu/counties/39037
Living Wage Calculator
- Living Wage Calculation for Darke County, Ohio
livingwage.mit.edu
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
/checks for my county and situation
/living wage is $20 higher than what I make
Yeah... Yeah, that tracks.
/living wage is $20 higher than what I make
Yeah... Yeah, that tracks.
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Maybe it is the abuses that create division, not report of the abuse, not consequence for the abuse.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Maybe it is the abuses that create division, not report of the abuse, not consequence for the abuse.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
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We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
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Artist: @imbrokencomics.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Artist: @imbrokencomics.bsky.social
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It's not looking good for your girl. New nebuliser works great but my lungs are not responding well to the treatments or my rescue inhaler. If I am still wheezing hard after my next neb treatment, I am going to the ER. For which I have no health insurance. Nor income.
gofund.me/b025baa58
gofund.me/b025baa58
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November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's not looking good for your girl. New nebuliser works great but my lungs are not responding well to the treatments or my rescue inhaler. If I am still wheezing hard after my next neb treatment, I am going to the ER. For which I have no health insurance. Nor income.
gofund.me/b025baa58
gofund.me/b025baa58
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Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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one of the big lessons re conservatives and especially conservative christians is that they are more satisfied by being comparatively better off than others rather than being better off in absolute terms.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
There are a lot of conservstives screaming "THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS" as their lives get measurably worse.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
one of the big lessons re conservatives and especially conservative christians is that they are more satisfied by being comparatively better off than others rather than being better off in absolute terms.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
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I don’t ever want to hear any Republican anywhere ever complain about someone instigating political violence against them ever again. They are a political violence party. They just object to splashback onto themselves of the environment of political violence they’ve created.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I don’t ever want to hear any Republican anywhere ever complain about someone instigating political violence against them ever again. They are a political violence party. They just object to splashback onto themselves of the environment of political violence they’ve created.
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Ignorance is the result of malice. Some choose it maliciously specifically because ignorance advances malicious intent and knowledge does not; others fall into ignorance through misinformation and propaganda and other malicious tools that malicious people use in order to manufacture ignorance.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ignorance is the result of malice. Some choose it maliciously specifically because ignorance advances malicious intent and knowledge does not; others fall into ignorance through misinformation and propaganda and other malicious tools that malicious people use in order to manufacture ignorance.
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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Epstein built an empire of abuse and a whole lot of people just sat in silence and didn’t say anything.
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Epstein built an empire of abuse and a whole lot of people just sat in silence and didn’t say anything.
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
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Fact check: TRUE
Mike Johnson says House Republicans “did some of the best work of their careers” when they stayed home for the duration of the government shutdown.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fact check: TRUE
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I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
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Women don’t need defending but men need to let other men know that that shit is not gonna fly
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Women don’t need defending but men need to let other men know that that shit is not gonna fly