Tim Shannon
tshannon.bsky.social
Tim Shannon
@tshannon.bsky.social
Software Engineer, loves open source software.
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"If anyone tells you that after you cast your vote, you have done your job, tell them it is just the beginning."
Zohran Mamdani: “New York City Is Not for Sale”
At a Brooklyn town hall with Bernie Sanders on Saturday, Zohran Mamdani recounted how Bernie “gave me the language of democratic socialism to describe my politics” and called on supporters to keep org...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I HATE when people compare AI to the printing press, it's so disingenuous. The printing press was opposed by the elites because it put power in the hands of everyday people, and popularized a vernacular. AI does the opposite, by allowing elites to bypass artists and laborers.
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Now let’s chat about the “informant” and her ill-thought-out plan. Tori Branum, a Republican running in Georgia’s 12th, bragged about pushing the ICE raid on Hyundai’s construction site.

It was a political stunt. But she didn’t think it through…
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September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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The raid stalled a battery plant that would have employed Georgians in good-paying jobs. She screwed her own voters.

Most of the S Korean workers weren’t “taking jobs.” They were specialists brought in to get the plant operational. Their expertise was the bridge to thousands of American jobs.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM