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william rusan
@williamrusan.bsky.social
· Jun 11
by the way, if I know you and I don't follow you here it's because I'm not aware you're here. shoot me a dm so I make the association! 💗
I would literally watch a show about @davidallengreen.bsky.social tying balloon animals or gardening strawberries. Why he isn't a household staple makes no sense to me (okay he's too black I get it)
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I would literally watch a show about @davidallengreen.bsky.social tying balloon animals or gardening strawberries. Why he isn't a household staple makes no sense to me (okay he's too black I get it)
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The problem with digital ID cards isn't what you think. Here's why Britain and other nations should stop pushing digital ID apps, right now. My latest for @newscientist.com, now free from the paywall! www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Digital ID cards could be a disaster in the UK and beyond
The British government isn't the only one looking to introduce digital ID cards. There is so much to worry about here, not least the threat of hacks, says Annalee Newitz
www.newscientist.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The problem with digital ID cards isn't what you think. Here's why Britain and other nations should stop pushing digital ID apps, right now. My latest for @newscientist.com, now free from the paywall! www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Yes measles is highly infectious
Yes you can get REALLY sick from it
Yes you can die from it
Yes, if you survive you are immune to measles
AND
It will have wiped out ALL your protection from ALL the other diseases remembered by your immune system
You are totally exposed
Not a word of that here
Yes you can get REALLY sick from it
Yes you can die from it
Yes, if you survive you are immune to measles
AND
It will have wiped out ALL your protection from ALL the other diseases remembered by your immune system
You are totally exposed
Not a word of that here
Thousands of close contacts alerted as measles outbreak grows
thespinoff.activehosted.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yes measles is highly infectious
Yes you can get REALLY sick from it
Yes you can die from it
Yes, if you survive you are immune to measles
AND
It will have wiped out ALL your protection from ALL the other diseases remembered by your immune system
You are totally exposed
Not a word of that here
Yes you can get REALLY sick from it
Yes you can die from it
Yes, if you survive you are immune to measles
AND
It will have wiped out ALL your protection from ALL the other diseases remembered by your immune system
You are totally exposed
Not a word of that here
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INCONTHIEVABLE!
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
INCONTHIEVABLE!
One of the few upsides of 2025 is that — suddenly — nobody calls my culture and political takes over the top anymore. Suddenly, it's almost like I'm a moderate again. Funny.
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
One of the few upsides of 2025 is that — suddenly — nobody calls my culture and political takes over the top anymore. Suddenly, it's almost like I'm a moderate again. Funny.
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This is staggering.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is staggering.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Sometimes I wish I could just take a vacation from life and be Okoye
a woman with a shaved head is smiling and wearing a necklace and armor .
ALT: a woman with a shaved head is smiling and wearing a necklace and armor .
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sometimes I wish I could just take a vacation from life and be Okoye
I still say "weak sauce". It's too good to let go of.
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I still say "weak sauce". It's too good to let go of.
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Here’s the thing: neither the people pushing any specific politician for 2028 nor the people refuting said pushes are really, IMO, fighting a useful fight. /1
I can’t wait to see who wins the 2016 democratic presidential primary.
I’m not entertaining any 2028 speculation until July 2027, as that will mark six months of Congress post-midterms.
We are not even 250 days into this administration and y’all are claiming that we have to settle on our fighter right now. Unserious people.
We are not even 250 days into this administration and y’all are claiming that we have to settle on our fighter right now. Unserious people.
August 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Here’s the thing: neither the people pushing any specific politician for 2028 nor the people refuting said pushes are really, IMO, fighting a useful fight. /1
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You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
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Ed's got a significant scoop here, an under-the-hood look at GPT5 that suggests why it feels like such a step back to users. The incompetence from OpenAI here is truly remarkable.
Here's a bonus ep of Better Offline. I report on how OpenAI’s new "router-based" ChatGPT-5 makes it impossible for OpenAI to cache the static prompt for any model or tool it uses every single prompt, doubling token burn for mediocre gains.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Exclusive: How GPT-5 Actually Works
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 08/22/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Ed's got a significant scoop here, an under-the-hood look at GPT5 that suggests why it feels like such a step back to users. The incompetence from OpenAI here is truly remarkable.
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You've definitely seen him somewhere before
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
You've definitely seen him somewhere before
This is my friend Charlie Jane, who I am friend-divorcing now
When will the MCU introduce Dr Strange's arch nemesis... Dr. Familiar???
August 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is my friend Charlie Jane, who I am friend-divorcing now
May we all know the serene contentment of my old buddy Jack nap-cuddling on @theogermaine.bsky.social's head.
August 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
May we all know the serene contentment of my old buddy Jack nap-cuddling on @theogermaine.bsky.social's head.
why is donnie yen so hot
August 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
why is donnie yen so hot
Putting it out into the 'universe' that I would give my left nut to do an absolutely gonzo cyberpunk remake of DEMOLITION MAN.
Being transfemme, I'd give my left nut for basically a year of rent - but just trust me, that movie would be good.
Being transfemme, I'd give my left nut for basically a year of rent - but just trust me, that movie would be good.
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Putting it out into the 'universe' that I would give my left nut to do an absolutely gonzo cyberpunk remake of DEMOLITION MAN.
Being transfemme, I'd give my left nut for basically a year of rent - but just trust me, that movie would be good.
Being transfemme, I'd give my left nut for basically a year of rent - but just trust me, that movie would be good.
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The US is already lowkey Balkanizing.
illinois gov. JB pritzker responds to ken paxton's threat to arrest TX democrats who fled the state: "they're here in illinois. we're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them."
August 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The US is already lowkey Balkanizing.
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A few months ago there was a TikTok trend of Gen z employees sincerely confused that older customers would ask them product questions. Someone explained that employees used to know things. Then we had to tell them about Radio Shack.
I realized they truly had no idea that things used to…work.
I realized they truly had no idea that things used to…work.
August 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A few months ago there was a TikTok trend of Gen z employees sincerely confused that older customers would ask them product questions. Someone explained that employees used to know things. Then we had to tell them about Radio Shack.
I realized they truly had no idea that things used to…work.
I realized they truly had no idea that things used to…work.
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an anonymous source that goes by the neutral name "jeffersondavisfan" has leaked that, as a child, Zohran Mamdani drew this hate-filled symbol in over eight notebooks and on two different desks
July 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
an anonymous source that goes by the neutral name "jeffersondavisfan" has leaked that, as a child, Zohran Mamdani drew this hate-filled symbol in over eight notebooks and on two different desks
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We can ( and should) mock this
But Media Literacy needs to also include why so many of Mamdani “takedowns” involve young white women and how that digital formula was practiced
And how the habit of mocking them without making them ostracized doesn’t work and hasn’t in an attention economy
But Media Literacy needs to also include why so many of Mamdani “takedowns” involve young white women and how that digital formula was practiced
And how the habit of mocking them without making them ostracized doesn’t work and hasn’t in an attention economy
thank you, muckraking journalists of the bari weiss tribune, for exposing the awesome stuff zohran mamdani has tweeted about like abolishing medical bills and seizing the property of millionaires
July 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We can ( and should) mock this
But Media Literacy needs to also include why so many of Mamdani “takedowns” involve young white women and how that digital formula was practiced
And how the habit of mocking them without making them ostracized doesn’t work and hasn’t in an attention economy
But Media Literacy needs to also include why so many of Mamdani “takedowns” involve young white women and how that digital formula was practiced
And how the habit of mocking them without making them ostracized doesn’t work and hasn’t in an attention economy
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Good piece from @brianbeutler.bsky.social about Mehdi Hasan’s recent debate against 100 duck-sized horses
How Liberalism Sabotages Itself
Our intentional blindness to bad faith is a loophole fascists use to gain respectability and power.
www.offmessage.net
July 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Good piece from @brianbeutler.bsky.social about Mehdi Hasan’s recent debate against 100 duck-sized horses
Hundreds of hours of my childhood over years, happily wasted on this (and Starcraft)
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter
Descent is a big part of gaming history, but not many people talk about it.
arstechnica.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hundreds of hours of my childhood over years, happily wasted on this (and Starcraft)
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
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Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.