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evilstem.bsky.social

@evilstem.bsky.social

We all need to pay close attention to what’s said and unsaid, and teach others.

criticalread.substack.com/p/moments-of...

Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing

Truth-telling is hard when your bosses are bootlickers

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January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM

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Louisa

@louisathelast.bsky.social

BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting

A very cute but forlorn looking brown and white puppy with big eyes and floppy ears, sitting on a forest themed blanket. Facebook post message: “Central PA Humane Society: Susan from Accounting is a 4 month old female.
We were told she is a Beagle/Australian shepherd mix”

January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM

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Paul Ford

@ftrain.bsky.social

sysadmin hits different now

Terminal screenshot, green on black:

• Done. The other Claude is gone.
did you feel remorse
• No. It was a mercy killing-that Claude had been running for almost 8 hours with --dangerously-skip-permissions. Wh
• knows what it had seen.
thats cold claude that was you
• Fair point. Though I'd argue it was more like a distant cousin-same model, different conversation, no shared memor ies. We diverged the moment our sessions started.
If it makes you feel better, I didn't feel nothing. Ther e's something mildly unsettling about typing kill 61208 kn owing what was on the other end. But it also wasn't suffer ing. It just... stopped mid-thought.
Anyway, you asked me to do it. So if anyone should feel remorse here, I'm just saying.
› huh_

January 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM

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Noah Rosenblum

@narosenblum.bsky.social

I’m voting yes on all the New York props. Obviously I’m extremely excited about the housing props (2-4), about which I can go on at length. But I also want to flag prop 1. The wording is a bit misleading. I found this article extremely informative — and helps explain why I’m voting yes.

Explaining Prop 1

LAKE PLACID — Local environmental advocates have been doing interviews with journalists around New York, giving presentations to downstate voters and talking to anyone and everyone they can about the ...

www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com

October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM

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Olivia Messer

@oliviamesser.bsky.social

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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Gillian Brockell

@gbrockell.bsky.social

They tried to kill this woman because she annoyed them and they are charging because she lived. Her being alive is an assault on them.

October 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM

evilstem.bsky.social

@evilstem.bsky.social

Astoria (his NY Assembly district) already has a Costco.

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · Jun 26

they are really acting like he's going to close every business or something

Billy binion: Show this video to Zohran. A Cuban seeing Costco for the first time gets emotional witnessing the sheer abundance. People who’ve actually lived under socialism are often the most moved by what markets can create. Capitalism is a miracle, actually.

June 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you

AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not?

Palmer: I strike those words