Cosmic Cleric
@cosmiccleric.bsky.social
A Gen-X gamer who loaded his first games into his computer using a cassette tape player.
A retired software dev expressing opinions on the state of gaming, tech, and humanity.
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A retired software dev expressing opinions on the state of gaming, tech, and humanity.
All posts/comments/content by me are licensed by [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0].
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Cosmic Cleric
@cosmiccleric.bsky.social
· Mar 22
I would pay real money to have Congress pass a law that states that any AI generated content that's posted online be marked as such, regardless if it's an article, a post, a comment, a tweet, etc.
Wasting your time talking to a bot inteferes with you socializing with other humans.
Its not social.
Wasting your time talking to a bot inteferes with you socializing with other humans.
Its not social.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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#PortfolioDay
Some of my recent personal work. From a series of giant space robots fighting kaijus in space.
Some of my recent personal work. From a series of giant space robots fighting kaijus in space.
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#PortfolioDay
Some of my recent personal work. From a series of giant space robots fighting kaijus in space.
Some of my recent personal work. From a series of giant space robots fighting kaijus in space.
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PERA, with recent changes that have restricted access to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, would create a perfect storm that gives patent trolls and major corporations with large patent portfolios free rein to squeeze out independent inventors and small businesses. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
PERA Remains a Serious Threat to Efforts Against Bad Patents
PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check. This includes the Supreme Court’s Alice v. CLS Bank decision, which bars patents
www.eff.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
PERA, with recent changes that have restricted access to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, would create a perfect storm that gives patent trolls and major corporations with large patent portfolios free rein to squeeze out independent inventors and small businesses. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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There's a bill on Gavin Newsom's desk right now that would stop monopoly utility companies from adding the costs of their lobbying and PR campaigns into customers' bills.
It's unclear if Newsome will sign the bill, despite 93% of voters agreeing with its premise.
It's unclear if Newsome will sign the bill, despite 93% of voters agreeing with its premise.
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There's a bill on Gavin Newsom's desk right now that would stop monopoly utility companies from adding the costs of their lobbying and PR campaigns into customers' bills.
It's unclear if Newsome will sign the bill, despite 93% of voters agreeing with its premise.
It's unclear if Newsome will sign the bill, despite 93% of voters agreeing with its premise.
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If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”
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Bloomberg News has obtained more than 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account.
Here, my colleagues summarize correspondence between Mitch Webber — then a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz, now a partner at Paul, Weiss — and Epstein:
Here, my colleagues summarize correspondence between Mitch Webber — then a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz, now a partner at Paul, Weiss — and Epstein:
September 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Bloomberg News has obtained more than 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account.
Here, my colleagues summarize correspondence between Mitch Webber — then a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz, now a partner at Paul, Weiss — and Epstein:
Here, my colleagues summarize correspondence between Mitch Webber — then a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz, now a partner at Paul, Weiss — and Epstein:
@governor.ca.gov Right now, if a Californian wants to tell companies not to sell or share their info, they must go through the processes set up by each company, ONE BY ONE, to opt out of data sharing. AB 566 can remove that burden. @CAgovernor, please sign AB 566 to empower consumers!
September 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@governor.ca.gov Right now, if a Californian wants to tell companies not to sell or share their info, they must go through the processes set up by each company, ONE BY ONE, to opt out of data sharing. AB 566 can remove that burden. @CAgovernor, please sign AB 566 to empower consumers!
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Are you ready to take action from your computer or phone? Pick your favorite social media platform and help us tell @governor.ca.gov to sign AB 566 into law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
California: Tweet at Governor Newsom to Get A.B. 566 Signed Into Law
We need your help to make a common-sense bill into California law. A.B. 566 intends to make it easy by directing browsers to give all their users the option to tell companies they don’t want personal
www.eff.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Are you ready to take action from your computer or phone? Pick your favorite social media platform and help us tell @governor.ca.gov to sign AB 566 into law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.
September 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.
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“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."This doesn't just constrain Democrats. It applies to all officeholders, including you. You took an oath to the Constitution not to Donald Trump.
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."This doesn't just constrain Democrats. It applies to all officeholders, including you. You took an oath to the Constitution not to Donald Trump.
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The common good is a set of shared commitments.
To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth.
We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.
To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth.
We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.
September 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The common good is a set of shared commitments.
To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth.
We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.
To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth.
We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.
This is something for all of us to remember, as we use social media and watch the news, that our opinions can be affected, manipulated, shaped, based on what we are shown, and what were not shown.
September 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is something for all of us to remember, as we use social media and watch the news, that our opinions can be affected, manipulated, shaped, based on what we are shown, and what were not shown.
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Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
September 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
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SCOTUS should toss the Fourth Circuit’s made-up ‘material contribution’ test that stretches contributory liability and pressures ISPs to cut off whole households from the internet on mere accusations of copyright infringement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF to Court: The Supreme Court Must Rein in Expansive Secondary
If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of
www.eff.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
SCOTUS should toss the Fourth Circuit’s made-up ‘material contribution’ test that stretches contributory liability and pressures ISPs to cut off whole households from the internet on mere accusations of copyright infringement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Brightline West is betting it can build the first true high-speed rail line in the U.S. But the company says costs are rising, despite its best efforts to keep them down.
High-speed train from California to Las Vegas tries to slow rising costs
Brightline West is betting it can build the first true high-speed rail line in the U.S. But the company says costs are rising, despite its best efforts to keep them down.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Brightline West is betting it can build the first true high-speed rail line in the U.S. But the company says costs are rising, despite its best efforts to keep them down.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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RRRN statement after ICE showed up on Westminster near Eastman Museum yesterday:
September 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
RRRN statement after ICE showed up on Westminster near Eastman Museum yesterday:
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Anna Maria island, Gulf of Mexico
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Anna Maria island, Gulf of Mexico
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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..Lulu🦋
Anna Maria island, Gulf of Mexico
..Lulu🦋
Anna Maria island, Gulf of Mexico
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This hot mic Zuckerberg moment show their numbers are all lies, undercutting Trump’s entire economic agenda.
In a rational world every media outlet would be leading with it.
In a rational world every media outlet would be leading with it.
September 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This hot mic Zuckerberg moment show their numbers are all lies, undercutting Trump’s entire economic agenda.
In a rational world every media outlet would be leading with it.
In a rational world every media outlet would be leading with it.