Dave LaFontaine
@davelf.bsky.social
Lead UX Designer, Author of various "... for Dummies" books, globetrotting professor, started as a newspaper reporter back when that was still a thing. Still cantankerous, mostly funny.
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they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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Sharp piece by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: “Not just once but twice, Donald Trump put his hand on a Bible and swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He’s been violating that oath, and lying nonstop in all conceivable venues, ever since.”
Lying under oath? Seriously? The case against Comey is as hypocritical as it is weak and incompetent. From Trump on down, this is an administration people who got their jobs by misleading and outright lying to Congress. My latest at @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
We’re Led by an Administration of Liars
Trump insisted Comey be prosecuted for supposedly lying to Congress—but his own administration is full of officials who lied to Congress.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sharp piece by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: “Not just once but twice, Donald Trump put his hand on a Bible and swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He’s been violating that oath, and lying nonstop in all conceivable venues, ever since.”
The problem is even worse on Facebook, where the look-alike audience is functionality allows, scammers to target those who are duped by other scammers. It is a snake eating, its own tail of worthless content designed to confirm, racial hatred already existing in a ldisturbingly large percentage
"This has all been especially painful for X users who are, as a baseline, extremely racist. And they are now suffering through the psychic torment of learning that users, predominately from the Global South, are behind some of the bigger right-wing accounts on the site."
Republicans astroturfed themselves
Read to the end for a good Thanksgiving reminder
www.garbageday.email
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The problem is even worse on Facebook, where the look-alike audience is functionality allows, scammers to target those who are duped by other scammers. It is a snake eating, its own tail of worthless content designed to confirm, racial hatred already existing in a ldisturbingly large percentage
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Everything from pension funds to 401ks will be wrecked by all of this popping at the same time because they got exposure to the AI industry through data center debt while the tech companies skate by unscathed when the bubble pops.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Everything from pension funds to 401ks will be wrecked by all of this popping at the same time because they got exposure to the AI industry through data center debt while the tech companies skate by unscathed when the bubble pops.
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I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Isn’t this missing the option to actually take a break — rather than just click on “this was helpful“ and then keep going?
The options here are not options at all
#darkdesign #ai
The options here are not options at all
#darkdesign #ai
One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Isn’t this missing the option to actually take a break — rather than just click on “this was helpful“ and then keep going?
The options here are not options at all
#darkdesign #ai
The options here are not options at all
#darkdesign #ai
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My heart aches for those Belarusians and other exiles who came to Georgia for shelter, only to end up under another Russian-backed consolidating dictatorship with 0 regard to their well-being… forced to move again…
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My heart aches for those Belarusians and other exiles who came to Georgia for shelter, only to end up under another Russian-backed consolidating dictatorship with 0 regard to their well-being… forced to move again…
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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Home Depot growth has now turned negative .
I guess rounding up migrants at the local hardware store with rental trucks from that very store isn't good for business .
Lowes doesn't have this problem and their growth is up .
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I guess rounding up migrants at the local hardware store with rental trucks from that very store isn't good for business .
Lowes doesn't have this problem and their growth is up .
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Home Depot growth has now turned negative .
I guess rounding up migrants at the local hardware store with rental trucks from that very store isn't good for business .
Lowes doesn't have this problem and their growth is up .
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I guess rounding up migrants at the local hardware store with rental trucks from that very store isn't good for business .
Lowes doesn't have this problem and their growth is up .
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
AI generated slop ads are going to lead to an uptick in people going to farmers market, if nothing else. Talk about destroying brand value.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
The fact that nobody is even bothering to check the slop at any level is incredible. Yeah, I won't be trusting your beans to not be all rat shit if this is your level of quality control.
hey quick question!! Can anyone else see this? Is this real? Am I having an episode? Is this occurring? Am I dead? Am I dead and this is hell?
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
AI generated slop ads are going to lead to an uptick in people going to farmers market, if nothing else. Talk about destroying brand value.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
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sort of explains this earlier report that the text was not written in idiomatic English and contained numerous "Russianisms", i.e., Russian idioms/usages translated literally into English suggesting hasty translation www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy, as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal – as it happened
US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposal
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
sort of explains this earlier report that the text was not written in idiomatic English and contained numerous "Russianisms", i.e., Russian idioms/usages translated literally into English suggesting hasty translation www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
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Maybe one day they'll call it "The Great Breaking Point."
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Maybe one day they'll call it "The Great Breaking Point."
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I know there is lot going on but Witkoff got rolled by the Russians again. A bunch of R Senators said hold up today (including Graham) and Rubio just threw the clown car in reverse. Total shit show.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
Villains from a 80s teen comedy all growed up now and still insufferable pricks
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Villains from a 80s teen comedy all growed up now and still insufferable pricks
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‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Dear Ukraine,
I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
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I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
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November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dear Ukraine,
I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
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I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
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