@babyratte.bsky.social
tfw your hair is turning white and you've never had a salaried job with benefits
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
tfw your hair is turning white and you've never had a salaried job with benefits
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“Yes, please. Allow me to dig or fill holes for my fellow man. I will be glad for it.” It lets me tell them I love them without it getting awkward and personal
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Yes, please. Allow me to dig or fill holes for my fellow man. I will be glad for it.” It lets me tell them I love them without it getting awkward and personal
They did it, they effectively ended the fight against climate change by starving all the other issues and creating a utilitarian argument for it by inflicting massive human suffering.
Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change | CNN Business
In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued r...
www.cnn.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They did it, they effectively ended the fight against climate change by starving all the other issues and creating a utilitarian argument for it by inflicting massive human suffering.
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I've noticed this too—zoomers and boomers are hooked on ChatGPT and trust it completely, while thirty- and forty-somethings are the most skeptical cohort. Granted, I know a lot of writers, which is a skewed sample.
Kinda not sure what we're supposed to do about chatGPT being as normalized as it is. I feel like everyone that's either very young or very old is into it, millennials largely being the only normal ones lol
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've noticed this too—zoomers and boomers are hooked on ChatGPT and trust it completely, while thirty- and forty-somethings are the most skeptical cohort. Granted, I know a lot of writers, which is a skewed sample.
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But where was the NYPD, whose mission is to protect protesters' right to free speech and, equally important, their safety, during last week's raid on Canal Street?
Answer: nowhere to be found. That's by design. And it threatens to be a problem — of Constitutional proportions.
Answer: nowhere to be found. That's by design. And it threatens to be a problem — of Constitutional proportions.
Ugly Truth: Feds' Canal Street Raid Pushed Aside NYPD, Safety and Free Speech - Streetsblog New York City
President Trump's heavily armed and masked immigration troops are turning American cities into battlegrounds — and eliminating accountability and free speech in the public realm.
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
But where was the NYPD, whose mission is to protect protesters' right to free speech and, equally important, their safety, during last week's raid on Canal Street?
Answer: nowhere to be found. That's by design. And it threatens to be a problem — of Constitutional proportions.
Answer: nowhere to be found. That's by design. And it threatens to be a problem — of Constitutional proportions.
Just a little irreplaceable historic building gore as a treat
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
www.curbed.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just a little irreplaceable historic building gore as a treat
Please stop I’m getting sick and tired of boycotting every single company
Apple on short list of donors to Trump’s White House demolition ballroom project
Apple on short list of donors to Trump’s White House demolition ballroom project
Throughout this week, photos have shown demolition happening at the White House as much of the East Wing is being demolished. The images have been jarring as they show that President Trump’s plans for a privately funded ballroom mean replacing much of the East Wing, not just extending it.
more…
9to5mac.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Please stop I’m getting sick and tired of boycotting every single company
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You know what’s super cool?
The fact that Instagram updating their app to show your live location without your permission and that the update dropped while I was solo backpacking.
Instagram actually sucks for that.
Why was this ever approved
The fact that Instagram updating their app to show your live location without your permission and that the update dropped while I was solo backpacking.
Instagram actually sucks for that.
Why was this ever approved
August 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You know what’s super cool?
The fact that Instagram updating their app to show your live location without your permission and that the update dropped while I was solo backpacking.
Instagram actually sucks for that.
Why was this ever approved
The fact that Instagram updating their app to show your live location without your permission and that the update dropped while I was solo backpacking.
Instagram actually sucks for that.
Why was this ever approved
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take heart in this fab essay and forthcoming book: archaeologists find that when empires fall, the powerful fare badly but the commoners fare better!
people want to cooperate and thrive. what happens next is still up to us.
aeon.co/essays/the-g...
people want to cooperate and thrive. what happens next is still up to us.
aeon.co/essays/the-g...
The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides
aeon.co
August 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
take heart in this fab essay and forthcoming book: archaeologists find that when empires fall, the powerful fare badly but the commoners fare better!
people want to cooperate and thrive. what happens next is still up to us.
aeon.co/essays/the-g...
people want to cooperate and thrive. what happens next is still up to us.
aeon.co/essays/the-g...
A new Animalympics but with a proper Animal Sport? Let's goooo
GOAT - Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
www.youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A new Animalympics but with a proper Animal Sport? Let's goooo
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Any comment on SCOTUS hacking away at the Constitution or are we just moving on from that
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Any comment on SCOTUS hacking away at the Constitution or are we just moving on from that
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Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in the same week, man. Two genuine visionaries who gave us so much, suffered so much, and both retreated from the outside world for long stretches of time, burrowing inside themselves, as their music became raw materials for entire genres and sub-genres and sub-sub-genres.
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in the same week, man. Two genuine visionaries who gave us so much, suffered so much, and both retreated from the outside world for long stretches of time, burrowing inside themselves, as their music became raw materials for entire genres and sub-genres and sub-sub-genres.
This article gave me brain damage
Two months after Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’ disappointed at the box office, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is on its way to becoming a billion-dollar hit. Some analysts say the difference comes down to their approach to the term ‘live-action.’
Why Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Succeeded Where Snow White Failed
Two months after Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’ disappointed at the box office, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is on its way to becoming a billion-dollar hit. Some analysts say the difference comes down to their approach to the term ‘live-action.’
www.vulture.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This article gave me brain damage
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May 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another nice day of @nytimes.com championing marginalized voices
May 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another nice day of @nytimes.com championing marginalized voices
AI does work and we are frickin cooked
AI is the ideal technology to accompany the decline of America.
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
Artificial Intelligence and American Decline
Something very disturbing is happening with the proliferation of artificial intelligence
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
AI does work and we are frickin cooked
Physically painful for me to hear people close to me saying they won’t support Bernie, AOC or the Squad because of what they think their views on Israel are
May 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Physically painful for me to hear people close to me saying they won’t support Bernie, AOC or the Squad because of what they think their views on Israel are
Last few days to "fittingly" listen to these two weird covers of "Little April Showers" that I adore. First up is the Roches, hidden in this bizarre (but cool) medley of other things
youtu.be/7ObPekx0h0M?...
youtu.be/7ObPekx0h0M?...
Opening Medley ("I'm Getting Wet And I Don't Care At All")
YouTube video by Ken Nordine - Topic
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Last few days to "fittingly" listen to these two weird covers of "Little April Showers" that I adore. First up is the Roches, hidden in this bizarre (but cool) medley of other things
youtu.be/7ObPekx0h0M?...
youtu.be/7ObPekx0h0M?...
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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
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So I started animating this stupid joke about these two types of digital artists
March 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
So I started animating this stupid joke about these two types of digital artists
Solve the mass layoffs and the toxic internet activity simultaneously: force all platforms to hire content moderators and investigators on a massive scale
March 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Solve the mass layoffs and the toxic internet activity simultaneously: force all platforms to hire content moderators and investigators on a massive scale
There are two kinds of people: people who need to hear "go ahead" and people who need to hear "pleeeeease stop"
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There are two kinds of people: people who need to hear "go ahead" and people who need to hear "pleeeeease stop"
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater asking to *repeal congestion pricing* because of this, don't you think?
New Survey Finds Congestion Pricing Accelerating Displacement in Chinatown and Lower East Side
The Coalition gathered responses from 112 businesses over a month-long period, and found that 86.5% of those in the survey group oppose congestion pricing.
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater asking to *repeal congestion pricing* because of this, don't you think?
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“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
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Reflecting on her participation in the Paris AI Summit, @abeba.bsky.social pushes back on the “deeply mistaken assumption that AI technologies are inherently good and that mass adoption inevitably leads to public benefits” — and outlines a clear vision for public interest AI. aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
Bending the arc of AI towards the public interest
By Abeba Birhane, 18/02/2025
Following the first in Bletchley Park in 2023 and the second in Seoul in 2024, the third AI Action Summit took place in February 2025 in Paris. In the context of previous ...
aial.ie
February 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reflecting on her participation in the Paris AI Summit, @abeba.bsky.social pushes back on the “deeply mistaken assumption that AI technologies are inherently good and that mass adoption inevitably leads to public benefits” — and outlines a clear vision for public interest AI. aial.ie/pages/aiparis/