Ranger Dave
@rangerdave.bsky.social
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I’m slowly radicalizing into thinking we need to ban all non in person sports betting
An op-ed from Chris Christie (!!) that says "Regulated betting, when done right, strengthens the integrity of sports."
No discussion of gambling's deleterious effects on people!
No discussion of gambling's deleterious effects on people!
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Today, 11/8, in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today, 11/8, in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
Damn a lot of folks who last year claimed to want a Smedley Butler seem to be really reticent to engage with the real world experience that radicalized Smedley Butler.
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Damn a lot of folks who last year claimed to want a Smedley Butler seem to be really reticent to engage with the real world experience that radicalized Smedley Butler.
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Kinda wild that Mamdani and Sliwa are the guys who won their primaries and there has been open, nonstop meddling to overturn that will of the voters and install the disgraced former governor and it’s largely being covered like this is perfectly normal shit
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Kinda wild that Mamdani and Sliwa are the guys who won their primaries and there has been open, nonstop meddling to overturn that will of the voters and install the disgraced former governor and it’s largely being covered like this is perfectly normal shit
No no no you don't understand, I don't want to BE the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan of my visions, my destiny is as the Scheming Vizier to the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan of my visions, I just need to FIND the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan from my Portents
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No no no you don't understand, I don't want to BE the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan of my visions, my destiny is as the Scheming Vizier to the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan of my visions, I just need to FIND the He/Him Lesbian Great Khan from my Portents
Sliwa represents a thing increasingly rare in this society, a Conservative I can respect.
Curtis Silwa was asked if he felt okay with losing and contributing to Zohran Mamdani’s victory and he responded by laying into Bill Ackman and Andrew Cuomo.
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Sliwa represents a thing increasingly rare in this society, a Conservative I can respect.
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Sorry, it’s fucking weird to talk about eating someone’s pet, even if they are a “food” animal. Dogs and cats are eaten in some places too, but it certainly isn’t seen as acceptable to talk about making a meal of them in the comments of a pet photoshoot.
October 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sorry, it’s fucking weird to talk about eating someone’s pet, even if they are a “food” animal. Dogs and cats are eaten in some places too, but it certainly isn’t seen as acceptable to talk about making a meal of them in the comments of a pet photoshoot.
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The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
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Friends, the Miami Seaquarium was a facility with a horrific animal welfare record. I will not miss it.
But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.
But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Friends, the Miami Seaquarium was a facility with a horrific animal welfare record. I will not miss it.
But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.
But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.
There's a lot of miserable novels that, while narratively very effective and with well written prose. We make too centric to high school reading curricula and it does harm to literacy by making young people think reading is supposed to be dour and miserable.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There's a lot of miserable novels that, while narratively very effective and with well written prose. We make too centric to high school reading curricula and it does harm to literacy by making young people think reading is supposed to be dour and miserable.
Anyone I know on here play Path of Titans? Looks like it could be fun but I never hear folks discussing it really.
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Anyone I know on here play Path of Titans? Looks like it could be fun but I never hear folks discussing it really.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Don't confuse experience with intellect, never stop letting yourself enjoy the world, and don't stagnate in your compassion. Listen to new music, it's the voice of those after you. Never become an "I just don't get why this generation..." elder. Teach and tell. Listen and learn. Don't lose that.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Don't confuse experience with intellect, never stop letting yourself enjoy the world, and don't stagnate in your compassion. Listen to new music, it's the voice of those after you. Never become an "I just don't get why this generation..." elder. Teach and tell. Listen and learn. Don't lose that.
The embrace of AI in spaces I thought were more resistant to it has my brain and stomach feeling like it's full of bees tonight and I can't sleep
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The embrace of AI in spaces I thought were more resistant to it has my brain and stomach feeling like it's full of bees tonight and I can't sleep
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Increasingly, I feel as if these self-proclaimed coalition builders talking about "winning the middle" aren't talking about the people they hope to win over. Rather, they're talking about themselves, and defining what it will take to keep them in the tent. Not opposed to purity tests; issuing them.
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Increasingly, I feel as if these self-proclaimed coalition builders talking about "winning the middle" aren't talking about the people they hope to win over. Rather, they're talking about themselves, and defining what it will take to keep them in the tent. Not opposed to purity tests; issuing them.
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Some brief thoughts on the Anthropic settlement, and why I think most authors should claim their share of the settlement if they can, inadequate though I think it is:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
Authors, Time to Get That (Anthropic) Bag
To begin, for those of you who do not follow such things with intense interest, a little context about the “AI” company Anthropic being sued for stealing authors’ works and reachi…
whatever.scalzi.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some brief thoughts on the Anthropic settlement, and why I think most authors should claim their share of the settlement if they can, inadequate though I think it is:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
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I don't care how much you've thought about your sociological observation, if you can't even use words like porn or sex or kill without doing some weird self censorship I am too old to be your audience
October 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don't care how much you've thought about your sociological observation, if you can't even use words like porn or sex or kill without doing some weird self censorship I am too old to be your audience
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TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
Okay, so I'm apparently going to war with AI image generation for internal distribution work documents
So far my arguments consist of
- Chat GPT 4, which our assistant is trained on, is trained on improperly and in some cases, unlawfully licensed content, literally theft
So far my arguments consist of
- Chat GPT 4, which our assistant is trained on, is trained on improperly and in some cases, unlawfully licensed content, literally theft
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Okay, so I'm apparently going to war with AI image generation for internal distribution work documents
So far my arguments consist of
- Chat GPT 4, which our assistant is trained on, is trained on improperly and in some cases, unlawfully licensed content, literally theft
So far my arguments consist of
- Chat GPT 4, which our assistant is trained on, is trained on improperly and in some cases, unlawfully licensed content, literally theft
Jumping Spiders are adorable but it is WILD to me how quickly they went from "another arthropod" to being featured in
- Pathfinder
- Magic the Gathering
- The Entire Pet Trade
Now if there's a spider in media, 80+% of the time it's a Salticid.
@kessuburd.bsky.social says it's Lucas, I think I agree
- Pathfinder
- Magic the Gathering
- The Entire Pet Trade
Now if there's a spider in media, 80+% of the time it's a Salticid.
@kessuburd.bsky.social says it's Lucas, I think I agree
The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.
Scared of spiders? Some former arachnophobes now are keeping jumping spiders as pets
The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.
n.pr
September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Jumping Spiders are adorable but it is WILD to me how quickly they went from "another arthropod" to being featured in
- Pathfinder
- Magic the Gathering
- The Entire Pet Trade
Now if there's a spider in media, 80+% of the time it's a Salticid.
@kessuburd.bsky.social says it's Lucas, I think I agree
- Pathfinder
- Magic the Gathering
- The Entire Pet Trade
Now if there's a spider in media, 80+% of the time it's a Salticid.
@kessuburd.bsky.social says it's Lucas, I think I agree
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They don’t have enough officers to track every person who meets this criteria. The NSPM-7 might allow for extra judicial surveillance and spying on so-called “Leftists”, but just like in Portland, it will exhaust millions in resources for very little results.
Keep fighting, siblings.
Keep fighting, siblings.
September 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
They don’t have enough officers to track every person who meets this criteria. The NSPM-7 might allow for extra judicial surveillance and spying on so-called “Leftists”, but just like in Portland, it will exhaust millions in resources for very little results.
Keep fighting, siblings.
Keep fighting, siblings.
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I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.
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Three high schoolers, who likely didn't make a career out of enabling and encouraging fascism, were shot in Colorado today.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three high schoolers, who likely didn't make a career out of enabling and encouraging fascism, were shot in Colorado today.