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Ashwath
@bronzemountain.bsky.social
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Nerd stuff (ttrpg, comics, books, games). Brand strategist. He/him.
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bronzemountain.bsky.social
Bye, Robot.
breezycarter.bsky.social cetologist 🐋 @breezycarter.bsky.social · Jan 15
interstellar and inception are staying so do with that what you will
theigbobear.blacksky.app The Governor of Chaos 🇳🇬🇨🇩 @theigbobear.blacksky.app · Jan 15
One Sci-Fi Movie Has To Go, Which One Are You Picking? #BlackSky #BlackSkyOver30 #BlackSkyOver40
January 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Giant Star-Wars-socks-wearing cat dad Jarrett Allen was amazing tonight. Way to go Cavaliers! #Letemknow
January 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Wait. The premise of the new crypto TV spot is that cash is bad because ... wind exists? I have so many questions for their agency.
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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jlussenhop.bsky.social
My colleague @anniewaldman.bsky.social has a bombshell expose on UnitedHealth, how it uses an algorithm originally intended to help flag patients at risk of suicide or substance use to instead flag "overuse" of mental health services. She's got internal documents: www.propublica.org/article/unit...
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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deanbarker.bsky.social
Transcript is out. Do read this.
GROSS: Marty Baron, what's your reaction to what Trump has threatened? And what are your biggest concerns about the type of retribution he might carry out against the news media? MARTY BARON: Sure. Well, I do think he will use every tool in his toolbox, and there are a lot of tools. But first, I would say that there was no rigged election, and secondly, that we didn't conspire with the Democratic Party to rig any election. And the second thing I would say is that any attack on the free press is not - it's not just an attack on the free press. The intent is to suppress free expression overall. In terms of what he's likely to do, I think they are looking at absolutely everything because they've talked about pretty much everything. And as David said, I think we should take what he says seriously and what his allies are saying quite seriously. And his most recent appointment to head of Federal Communications Commission has already talked about what he intends to do. He's salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists for leaks of national security information, or what they would call national security information. Trump has spoken at his rallies about - that journalists who are imprisoned will, as he puts it, meet their bride, which means that they will be raped. And he has celebrated that idea to applause and cheers. I think they're probably looking at increased classification of documents. This is from the guy who took documents with him to Mar-a-Lago. But I think he'll classify more and scale back things like the Freedom of Information Act. I think he'll put pressure on owners, as he already has, who have other business interests, who are dependent on federal regulators for mergers, acquisitions and the like. I think that he will encourage his allies to bring libel suits, as he already has during his first administration and since, and that he will attempt to challenge New York Times v. Sullivan, sort of the key Supreme Court case, which provides protection for coverage of politicians and other public figures. I think he'll try to put pressure on advertisers. I think he'll - as his nominee for the FCC, I think he will try to expand the jurisdiction of the FCC over technology platforms and other areas where it has historically not had any jurisdiction, which would require some legislation. And I would expect that he would deny funding to public radio, such as this, and TV and that he will seek to exercise control over the Voice of America and its parent company, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, as he did in his previous administration, trying to turn it into a propaganda outlet.
November 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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thekitchentapes.bsky.social
Someone added Moo Deng to the "It girl" Wikipedia page.
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
You better fucking subscribe to The Onion. This is the kind of thing we will do with your money.

It allowed us to buy InfoWars. Now help us staff it.

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November 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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kellyhereid.bsky.social
Updated NGFS scenarios in some cases quadruple the cost of physical climate risks, because this time they remembered to, um, actually include them.
Global GDP Seen Taking Much Bigger Climate Hit Than First Feared
(Bloomberg) -- The economic cost of climate change will likely be much more severe than previously feared, as fresh data informs models used to predict the most probable outcomes.Most Read from Bloomb...
finance.yahoo.com
November 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Quote post with a picture of yourself to the newbies what they’re dealing with
November 14, 2024 at 2:44 AM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Saw Conclave this weekend. It was great! Kind of like if Knives Out and 12 Angry Men had a baby. Or if The Firm were directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Eminently enjoyable.
November 14, 2024 at 2:20 AM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
We can all agree that Ekko is the true hero of #Arcane right?
November 10, 2024 at 4:14 AM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
This 2024-25 NBA season is absolutely the year of coaching impact. LA, Houston, Phoenix, my Cavs - all transformed by coaching.
November 8, 2024 at 8:56 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Distracting myself from existential despair with DA: Veilguard. This is a very good game that is in desperate need of more cut scenes, especially interlude style scenes that aren't from Rook's perspective.
November 7, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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shawntomkin.bsky.social
Good day for a distraction.

I have 30 free community copies of Ironsworn: Starforged available at @itch.io.

shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn-st...

#ttrpg #ironsworn
Ironsworn: Starforged by Shawn Tomkin
The standalone, sci-fi evolution of the Ironsworn tabletop roleplaying game
shawn-tomkin.itch.io
November 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Exact vibes.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Nov 5
Stressed Nation Asks Obama If It Can Bum 340 Million Cigarettes
theonion.com/stressed-nat...
November 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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kendylhanks.bsky.social
By the great Mike Luckovich
A cartoon reflecting women in red robes, hanging their heads under white caps, standing in line to enter a voting booth. On the other side of the voting booth women are exiting wearing heels and dresses and pant suits, having cast their handmaid’s tale garb aside, leaving them on the ground outside the voting booth
November 2, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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edzitron.com
I have people on twitter telling me I don't understand the growth mindset. I am telling them to seek a priest
edzitron.com Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Nov 1
Newsletter: Microsoft is a cult driven by “The Growth Mindset,” a psuedo-science that informs recruitment, hiring, firing and promotion decisions, all while instructing employees and managers to generate performance reviews using hallucination-prone AI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-cult-of-microsoft/
The Cult of Microsoft
At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that dri...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
That this is coming from not a single writer, but the entire Haaretz editorial board, pubbed in both English and Hebrew, is a tremendous deal.

(Yes, it’s later than many of us would wish and not using strong enough language yet AND STILL.)

(Haaretz is in Israel what NYT was, well, once.)
If it looks like ethnic cleansing, it probably is | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
October 30, 2024 at 10:08 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
Go Cavs!!!!!!!!!
October 31, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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sarahscire.com
Readers frustrated with @washingtonpost.com's non-endorsement rerouted their subscription dollars to news orgs that *did* endorse a candidate — including The Guardian, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, and more. www.niemanlab.org/2024/10/the-...
The Washington Post’s non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs
The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice.
www.niemanlab.org
October 30, 2024 at 8:06 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
How to do it if it must be done.
October 30, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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stinasdemons.com
🎃NE MORE DAY!!! Happy All Hallow's Eve Eve!
No / Yes Woman Meme ["No" pic] Buying plastic skulls and skeletons for Halloween ["Yes" pic] Using natural and compostable billionaire bones
October 30, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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parismarx.com
No wonder Elon Musk is so desperate to make sure Donald Trump gets elected to make all this go away.

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...
A graph showing the investigations Musk’s companies are facing and the agencies or government departments behind them.
October 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
bronzemountain.bsky.social
More TTRPGs should borrow from sports. Sportsball positions are such an interesting array of classes/playbooks. Schemes and strategies. Make combat more like sports!
October 22, 2024 at 1:03 AM