Andrew Arkills
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Andrew Arkills
@andark.bsky.social
· Jan 26
If you’re like me & missing the notification feature on Bluesky, there’s a separate app called Blue Notify that notifies on specific accounts.
An extra step but works really well from what I’ve seen. Think of it like an extension for 🦋. Thanks @bmsimp.bsky.social for the tip.
An extra step but works really well from what I’ve seen. Think of it like an extension for 🦋. Thanks @bmsimp.bsky.social for the tip.
It works really well! Setup is a bit tedious (time consuming, not confusing) if you have a lot of follows, but very straightforward!
@bluenotify.app
@bluenotify.app
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
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Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
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it's insane how good it feels to see someone with actual political clout give a single honest response to something
Governor Hochul on Elise Stefanik doubling down on her claims that Mamdani is a “jihadist.”
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
it's insane how good it feels to see someone with actual political clout give a single honest response to something
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Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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Elon introduces feature on twitter that allows anyone to see where the account is located.
All the far right and pro Israel meme accounts turn out to not be based in the US.
Elon shuts down the feature
All the far right and pro Israel meme accounts turn out to not be based in the US.
Elon shuts down the feature
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Elon introduces feature on twitter that allows anyone to see where the account is located.
All the far right and pro Israel meme accounts turn out to not be based in the US.
Elon shuts down the feature
All the far right and pro Israel meme accounts turn out to not be based in the US.
Elon shuts down the feature
🙃
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🙃
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Did the Orange Guy really scare the Dems w/ the whole "punishable by death" thing a couple days ago? Because it really looks like it did. Let's follow up the Herculean feat we pulled off for abuse survivors just days ago by looking like absolute p*ssies.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Did the Orange Guy really scare the Dems w/ the whole "punishable by death" thing a couple days ago? Because it really looks like it did. Let's follow up the Herculean feat we pulled off for abuse survivors just days ago by looking like absolute p*ssies.
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Trump ignores or violates the law constantly, as courts keep finding. In his first term he repeatedly asked why protesters near the White House couldn't be shot.
OF COURSE IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME HE MIGHT ISSUE UNLAWFUL ORDERS.
Trump will do ANYTHING to avoid accountability & retain power. #FDT
OF COURSE IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME HE MIGHT ISSUE UNLAWFUL ORDERS.
Trump will do ANYTHING to avoid accountability & retain power. #FDT
What's weirdly missing from coverage of the Dem video is any discussion of this Q: Is it reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal orders, or not? The answer is, yes, of course it is.
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump ignores or violates the law constantly, as courts keep finding. In his first term he repeatedly asked why protesters near the White House couldn't be shot.
OF COURSE IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME HE MIGHT ISSUE UNLAWFUL ORDERS.
Trump will do ANYTHING to avoid accountability & retain power. #FDT
OF COURSE IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME HE MIGHT ISSUE UNLAWFUL ORDERS.
Trump will do ANYTHING to avoid accountability & retain power. #FDT
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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For seven years, CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp have documented the virtually untouched bedrooms of children killed in school shootings across the United States. These rooms have become memorials to young lives cut short. Anderson Cooper reports, Sunday.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For seven years, CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp have documented the virtually untouched bedrooms of children killed in school shootings across the United States. These rooms have become memorials to young lives cut short. Anderson Cooper reports, Sunday.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Pretty impressive timing from MLS for both of these stories to drop in the same week
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pretty impressive timing from MLS for both of these stories to drop in the same week
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once again grading and lamenting the disappearance of students' voices and students' work and their replacement by LLMs.
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
once again grading and lamenting the disappearance of students' voices and students' work and their replacement by LLMs.
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
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We don't really know how bicycles work.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We don't really know how bicycles work.
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Holy fuck. Something about taking the words he says and put them with another voice just drives home how incredibly fucking stupid he is. Just vomit of the mouth repeatedly. The press have let one of the dumbest men on the planet get away with being a clueless fucking goon.
A Trump quote without his face or voice - Trump without Trump. The quote is unedited and 100% accurate. This is from the McDonald's Impact Summit on November 17, 2025 - The drip drip water.
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Holy fuck. Something about taking the words he says and put them with another voice just drives home how incredibly fucking stupid he is. Just vomit of the mouth repeatedly. The press have let one of the dumbest men on the planet get away with being a clueless fucking goon.
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Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
What a spineless piece of shit
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What a spineless piece of shit
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
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Citizenship ceremonies are one of the most joyous celebrations of America that you can find. 100% patriotism vibes from people who believe in the American dream. So no surprise that these ghouls would cancel them.
Leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes” ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
Feds tell county to cease naturalization ceremonies - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials received a directive from federal immigration officials to cease all local naturalization ceremonies. Naturalization ceremonies are typically held throughout t...
ithacavoice.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Citizenship ceremonies are one of the most joyous celebrations of America that you can find. 100% patriotism vibes from people who believe in the American dream. So no surprise that these ghouls would cancel them.