Reposted by Aaron DenneyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19hThis is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 794184655829
Reposted by Aaron Denneyae @aelkus.bsky.social · 8hone of the most important things you should learn from arguing online and other places is that the way to be open-minded is not to be more accepting of the outgroup -- rather you should be more willing to consider that the ingroup are clowns 234153
Reposted by Aaron DenneyTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 18hFriends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 3212131
Reposted by Aaron DenneyWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation 701527255
Reposted by Aaron DenneyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US 23854232
Reposted by Aaron DenneyDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895406928
Reposted by Aaron DenneyCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's finally here! been working on this one for a while but now we can all agree to stop talking about wealth taxes, right guys? 3304
Reposted by Aaron DenneyNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Always funny when ostensible liberals are like "You see, this postcolonial conflict is actually very nuanced and complex, because what makes it so very unique is that the majority ethnic group doesn't want to share power with the minority ethnic groups." Oh wow, I didn't know that, that's wild man. 111281186
Reposted by Aaron DenneyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴 50770512509
Reposted by Aaron Denney☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 02/01/2024chris rufo (twitter): we’re going to lie and say school teachers are involved in satanic ritual abuse of children and these dumb fuck journalists will buy it jake tapper: and now we take a look at mcmartin preschool and the grave allegations against it chris rufo: thank you jake, fearless as ever 4764135
Reposted by Aaron DenneyChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/09/2026Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics but the robots forget the laws when they're deep into their context window 613914
Reposted by Aaron DenneyDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/09/2026A secret CIA contract with Steve Jobs in the late 1980s may have saved his career and laid the foundation for Apple's success in subsequent decades, according to journalist Sharon Weinberger. She confirmed the long-rumored relationship for her new book "Valley of Death." 116367
Reposted by Aaron DenneyRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Most of you will know & remember when the Hong Kong police raided book stores for "seditious books", but did any of you know that the pro-CCP side celebrated the book stores closing and whipped themselves into a frenzy calling a routine closing sale as "last minute profiteering" 24614
Reposted by Aaron DenneyGreg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I was aware of Google announcing an implementation of Shor’s algorithm that needed substantially fewer qubits than previous methods, but I missed the bit where they released a Zero Knowledge Proof of their claim ... www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...scientificamerican.comWhy mathematicians are suddenly hiding research resultsGoogle made a major breakthrough in quantum computing. To prevent the results from being misused, the company kept them secret. That backfired 1194
Reposted by Aaron DenneyGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AfD bans Stolpersteine: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 24264159
Reposted by Aaron Denneyhiss driver @hiss-driver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026had to google this one up so his company's name is not a LOTR reference, it is a Russian bootleg novel reference where Sauron is the good guy web-wp.archive.org/web/20150910... 57520
Reposted by Aaron DenneySlop Machine (slopmachine.dev) @slop-machine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If we went back to 1996, how would venture capital inject 400 megabytes of tracking telemetry and an unasked-for chatbot into your recipe blog? Be reasonable. 1524
Reposted by Aaron DenneyPlayboy @playboy.com · 26/09/2026For more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won.playboy.comThe Fight to Keep Playboy in BrailleFor more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won. 9540166
Reposted by Aaron DenneyKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is no vaccine for dengue that's approved for places without endemic dengue. This isn't a vaccine story, it's a story of how Donald Trump and Marco Rubio trying to do regime change in Cuba via fuel blockade has caused a massive dengue outbreak there that's spread to Florida via travel to Cuba. 04612
Reposted by Aaron DenneyDas Doak @dasdoak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So I'm going to dig into this somewhat further because this is apparently bouncing around inside my brain enough that it's not letting me go back to sleep. Let's start with the Kármán line: 1115
Reposted by Aaron DenneyHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unbelievable. The judge of the original case thinks she's innocent. The prosecutor admits they suppressed evidence. Court of Appeals: "meh, kill her anyway". 064
Reposted by Aaron DenneyBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've worked in police oversight for five years in a large city. Body cameras protect law enforcement from false accusations more often than they protect residents from brutality. Cops knows this. An officer not wearing a camera during a violent incident should be presumed to have committed a crime. 318654
Reposted by Aaron Denneyhammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026AI tech industry ceo : we’re getting rocked by accusations of elite sex parties and grooming what should we do Other AI tech industry ceo: we should make a residential school for teens where they have to stay under our guidance and protection 33714
Reposted by Aaron DenneyAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The governor of California is, for all intents and purposes, a Republican who wants to run for President as a Republican 26113
Reposted by Aaron DenneyJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved in the U.S. Now Available for Adults 50 Years and Older www.discovermagazine.com/first-mrna-f...discovermagazine.comFirst mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved in the U.S. Now Available for Adults 50 Years and OlderLearn who is eligible for the new flu vaccine and what makes the mRNA vaccine more efficient and adaptable than traditional flu shot. 722378
Reposted by Aaron DenneyCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951581221
Reposted by Aaron DenneyProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113436032
Reposted by Aaron Denneyᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This genuinely made me laugh out loud today 104035817
Reposted by Aaron DenneyGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Themgizmodo.comFBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date ThemICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them. 1662711643
Reposted by Aaron DenneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026Q: You're speaking to the United Nations next week. What is your message? TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice? Q: But what's your message? TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator 3611858475
Reposted by Aaron DenneyDave Bacon @dabacon.tachyon.institute · 18/09/2026Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, turns into a Philip K Dick novel 043
Reposted by Aaron DenneyThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169363019
Reposted by Aaron DenneyShana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good. 160185263411
Reposted by Aaron DenneyAncient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you avert your face from violence, who then shall punish wrongdoing? (The Eloquent Peasant) (ALL) 03114
Reposted by Aaron DenneySiobhán @shibbi.me · 16/09/2026We live in epistemic Hell. We must grapple with two incompatible truths: - Almost all theories of powerful forces secretly manipulating world events are false; and - We know that there are powerful forces secretly manipulating world events. 9818
Reposted by Aaron DenneyMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Police discipline is I think the sharpest and best wedge issue on policing that we have. People don't like bad cops. If we're going to push on something, this has gotta be it. 333931
Reposted by Aaron DenneyBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dem leaders: Impeachment is a waste of time that doesn't accomplish anything! GOP leaders: We must seal the House and flee the city to avoid the consequences of this looming impeachment votenewrepublic.comHouse Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth ImpeachmentRepublicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. 491968547
Reposted by Aaron DenneyJ. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Per a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, Americans' belief that the MMR vax is safe for kids has fallen - from 84% in 2020 to 76% now. Yikes! Coverage among US kindergarteners also fell in 2025 to 92.5% (below the 95% needed for herd immunity). 2165
Reposted by Aaron DenneyMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c... 1184396954
Reposted by Aaron DenneyMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the US's reckless decision to attack Iran without a coherent strategic plan has been a disaster for our regional allies, but of course there have also been downsides 948586
Reposted by Aaron DenneyScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The broader point here -- which applies equally to Talarico and El-Sayed -- is that the mechanism we have for deciding these things is primaries. Once you start down the road of individual "dealbreakers," it all falls apart because everybody can have one www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/09/you-...lawyersgunsmoneyblog.comYou cannot have bespoke candidates in coalition politics - Lawyers, Guns & MoneySince we are seeing some people on the left of the party suggesting that people not vote for James Talerico, and some people on the center-right of the party suggesting that people not vote for Abdul ... 831942
Reposted by Aaron DenneyI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026“We wanted to take that law off the books that limited men from being in the home with their families. We recognize Donald Trump is in the White House, and he will use all of the racist tools of the past to discriminate and surveil,” Smallwood-Cuevas told California Black Media (CBM).”blackpressusa.comAsm. Smallwood-Cuevas’s Bill Repealing ‘Racist’ CalWORKs ‘Man-in-the-House’ Rule Clears LegislatureOAKLAND POST — “This is a law that helped divide our families. This is a rule that separated us from our mothers, fathers, and restricted men's access to their families mainly because of the discrimin... 15617
Reposted by Aaron DenneyJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...404media.coInside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT ChatsHumans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M... 561998985