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riftmaster.bsky.social
@riftmaster.bsky.social
Confused, concerned, and yet still lazy.
Something I often see misunderstood is that the progressive income tax only applies the higher bracket tax percentage to income over that bracket.

www.irs.gov/filing/feder...
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For some reason I thought this was a good idea.

I prompted Dezgo Flux with "Bill Maher dressed like Kid Rock."

I'm going to give it 6/10 for execution, not bad for the first result.
April 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
April 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
That link ought to include a picture.
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sometimes when I see a post like that I am reminded that AI image generators exist, and I try putting that in as a prompt to see what it comes up with.

So, dezgo.com Text-to-Image XL Flux - "Prompt: RNC Stood By and Let Mark Elias Steal Seats in California in Broad Daylight"

The first 4 results:
December 3, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I've wondered whether the U.S. education system's results are declining for years, but don't have solid reasons, just vague impressions.

I've heard standardized testing is part of the issue, but if this is accurate it depends on the test and school:
www.britannica.com/procon/stand...
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 AM
I've heard some claim that their preferred vector of entry is McDonald's food.
November 22, 2024 at 5:17 AM
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Sometimes I see a post and decide to throw it at dezgo to see what the image generator comes up with.

"An ant hellbent on vengeance becomes a blue wizard."
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Yeah...f that.
November 22, 2024 at 3:44 AM
This might be a dumb question, but...

By whom and how is it determined which sites show up in share buttons on other sites?

I know you can just post URL's into posts, here.

Example image:
November 17, 2024 at 2:03 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspap...

It seems "paper of record" relies on the size and reach of the org.
An organization with equal or better independent and accurate news gathering, yet which is not seen by as many persons, would be further down this hierarchy.
November 15, 2024 at 11:22 PM
This is apparently a map made in 2018, with the coloring of a locality depending on what percentage of 2016 election votes went to Trump. For some reason, every locality in Alaska and Hawaii are the same shade, and that seems unlikely.

I found it here: dabrownstein.com/tag/purple-s...
November 15, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Closer
November 13, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Told an AI image generator:

A pale green translucent gelatinous ooze posing in front of a United States government seal with the words "Office of Government Efficiency" on it.

Of course, it messed up the wording.
November 13, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Is that...legal?
November 13, 2024 at 4:35 AM
This is an AI generated image I had dezgo create awhile back, I don't even recall the reason.
It has some sky in it.
November 13, 2024 at 3:01 AM
November 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Odd, I see way less likes when I look at your post, compared to after I clicked on it to reply:

Currently it's showing 869
November 12, 2024 at 12:41 AM