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Breaking: Noah Smith has been sucked out the window of a plane. It was a Boeing, but it wasn't a mechanical failure - his fellow passengers broke it open and threw him out
August 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Breaking: Noah Smith has been sucked out the window of a plane. It was a Boeing, but it wasn't a mechanical failure - his fellow passengers broke it open and threw him out
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Before google maps you just had a buddy in another car who said “follow me” then proceeded to run a late yellow at the next intersection.
August 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Before google maps you just had a buddy in another car who said “follow me” then proceeded to run a late yellow at the next intersection.
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Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way
Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.
Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.
Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way
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We don’t talk enough about the aesthetic of “right wing sorcerer” because they really love that stuff
Where on earth are they getting these guys?
July 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We don’t talk enough about the aesthetic of “right wing sorcerer” because they really love that stuff
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These guys have been throwing random people into gulags without a second thought but they've suddenly rediscovered the concept of presumption of innocence
"I would give everybody a caveat... or, that's a big word, but a warning... that just because somebody flew on a plane doesn't mean they're a dadgum pedophile." - Rep. Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee
July 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
These guys have been throwing random people into gulags without a second thought but they've suddenly rediscovered the concept of presumption of innocence
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my favorite part about bluesky is that it has all the people in the world that still don’t know what the onion is
July 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
my favorite part about bluesky is that it has all the people in the world that still don’t know what the onion is
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i wonder if this might be why linda resigned from twitter
July 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i wonder if this might be why linda resigned from twitter
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I've had basically no internet for the past 2 hours and the moment i get a ding on my phone i see this
July 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I've had basically no internet for the past 2 hours and the moment i get a ding on my phone i see this
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Elon’s response, as far as I can tell, was to fire the new X Head of Product after one week on the job when he tweeted out an oblique criticism of Grok.
Has Musk apologized yet for his Hitler-loving AI?
I can’t see it if he has.
Have Republican and Democratic Party leaders alike demanded an apology from him and an investigation into how it happened?
Or is antisemitism just a cudgel used to attack supporters of Palestinians?
I can’t see it if he has.
Have Republican and Democratic Party leaders alike demanded an apology from him and an investigation into how it happened?
Or is antisemitism just a cudgel used to attack supporters of Palestinians?
July 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Elon’s response, as far as I can tell, was to fire the new X Head of Product after one week on the job when he tweeted out an oblique criticism of Grok.
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X's head of product
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
X's head of product
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I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine
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grok to be announced new CEO of X
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that "after two incredible years, I've decided to step down"; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business (Sara Fischer/Axios)
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July 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
grok to be announced new CEO of X
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trying for ages to make grok more racist, finally succeeding, and then deleting it in a panic. what are they doing over there. literally just dril's turning the racism dial post
July 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
trying for ages to make grok more racist, finally succeeding, and then deleting it in a panic. what are they doing over there. literally just dril's turning the racism dial post
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Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...
July 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...
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One mistake people make with these letters is assume they're written for humans, but they're not. There's no contrast.
They're written for shareholders, & for them, this text is just a non-stop parade of good news. Record numbers? All verticals up? Layoffs?! What a feast, for them, what a feast.
They're written for shareholders, & for them, this text is just a non-stop parade of good news. Record numbers? All verticals up? Layoffs?! What a feast, for them, what a feast.
language like this is so insulting, imo. is it a compulsory thing for CEOs to need to brag while laying people off?
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One mistake people make with these letters is assume they're written for humans, but they're not. There's no contrast.
They're written for shareholders, & for them, this text is just a non-stop parade of good news. Record numbers? All verticals up? Layoffs?! What a feast, for them, what a feast.
They're written for shareholders, & for them, this text is just a non-stop parade of good news. Record numbers? All verticals up? Layoffs?! What a feast, for them, what a feast.
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Microsoft never should have been allowed to acquire Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard-King, it should have been blocked for the clear monopoly making move it was, and anyone with pattern recognition could've seen this coming, because voraciously acquisition always comes with mass layoffs.
July 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Microsoft never should have been allowed to acquire Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard-King, it should have been blocked for the clear monopoly making move it was, and anyone with pattern recognition could've seen this coming, because voraciously acquisition always comes with mass layoffs.
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Re: Diddy being acquitted on sex trafficking charges, one of the reasons the MeToo backlash has been so effective is because the court system enables a commentary class to say the absence of a guilty verdict means that women and victims are liars. In reality it’s incredibly hard and rare to convict
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Re: Diddy being acquitted on sex trafficking charges, one of the reasons the MeToo backlash has been so effective is because the court system enables a commentary class to say the absence of a guilty verdict means that women and victims are liars. In reality it’s incredibly hard and rare to convict
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Important to note; Japan has way stricter laws around laying people off. Actual protections from its government that force companies to do things like have execs take pay cuts before doing a mass layoff. The solution to this problem is not a “good” CEO. It’s systemic and complete reform.
I remember a time Nintendo leader Satoru Iwata took a paycut himself to prevent laying off developers. They really don't make the like they used to.
Layoffs begin at Xbox
aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-july
aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-july
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Important to note; Japan has way stricter laws around laying people off. Actual protections from its government that force companies to do things like have execs take pay cuts before doing a mass layoff. The solution to this problem is not a “good” CEO. It’s systemic and complete reform.
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This might seem like a small thing compared to the concentration camps and deportations, but these attempts to make everyone feel isolated and helpless and paranoid are also part of the fascist project.
An Offhand Remark About Gold Bars, Secretly Recorded, Upended His Life www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/c...
Y’all.
Y’all.
An Offhand Remark About Gold Bars, Secretly Recorded, Upended His Life
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This might seem like a small thing compared to the concentration camps and deportations, but these attempts to make everyone feel isolated and helpless and paranoid are also part of the fascist project.
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When Fanbyte got shuttered, HR was noticeably angry that people were hanging up on them during the layoff calls which were held in Slack huddles.
Their Slack accounts were getting deactivated *during the calls.* HR blamed the people anyway.
Their Slack accounts were getting deactivated *during the calls.* HR blamed the people anyway.
As one illustration of just how sloppy and chaotic today's mass Xbox layoff has been, some employees at Zenimax Online Studios are now watching their Slack accounts abruptly get locked out. No message from HR, no word on whether they still have a job, just an ominous Slack deactivation
July 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When Fanbyte got shuttered, HR was noticeably angry that people were hanging up on them during the layoff calls which were held in Slack huddles.
Their Slack accounts were getting deactivated *during the calls.* HR blamed the people anyway.
Their Slack accounts were getting deactivated *during the calls.* HR blamed the people anyway.
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It's so crazy how the comics, animation, and video games industries are wildly popular billion dollar profit type shit and yet there is no money and no jobs for the people who make that possible
Being a creative right now feels like being attacked with steel rakes every time you open your phone
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's so crazy how the comics, animation, and video games industries are wildly popular billion dollar profit type shit and yet there is no money and no jobs for the people who make that possible
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the great mistake we made after WW2 was letting way way too many Nazi party members live.
July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
the great mistake we made after WW2 was letting way way too many Nazi party members live.
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the boomer posting on xhs is crazy
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
the boomer posting on xhs is crazy
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![Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26 and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreicwreql25fxq3hliczfe3pgz6djdjbrvwbax2d2oyevjm73tb3voy@jpeg)