A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 4hThere’s no way these companies could have survived adding the cost of *paying* for the bulk of their training data. They’re already losing more money than has ever been lost. Fair market value for what they copied would have killed this bullshit at the start. 3350
Reposted by A. Stefansky🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 4hRaiding the treasury to bribe people for support is exactly what congress is meant to not allow 0777
Reposted by A. StefanskyChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7hWELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 312481794
Reposted by A. StefanskyJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 7hCan we like impeach trump instead? Or do literally anything else? Surely the Democrats aren't this bored. 88714
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 6hFast, loud, banging. Perfect. Tangential mention: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra 150
Reposted by A. StefanskyGil Durán @gilduran.com · 7hIt’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...simonandschuster.comThe Nerd ReichNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ... 7755194
Reposted by A. StefanskyKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 9hwe could have literally saved millions of lives if establishment U.S. journalism had been able to clearly label and marginalize Fox News, Sinclair, etc. as right wing propaganda, but alas 310016
Reposted by A. StefanskyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 04/10/2026This is a good person, totally decent. Just also totally unaware that their media diet (and thus their brain) has been completely cooked to where they're amplifying media by fucking Nazis and passing it along as if that's normal. Sometimes I despair about how we return from this. 19911
Reposted by A. Stefanskysponica.bsky.social @sponica.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Am I alone in thinking that sports gambling is today's cigarette smoking? A societal ill that holds no redeeming value with disastrous consequences? 141
Reposted by A. StefanskyGruel of Law @grueloflaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Do you mean to tell me the guy who made billions with a platform he created so boys could judge females' attractiveness without their consent is actually a pretty shitty person? 11116
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wait until we find out that the source is a Maven-derived hallucination based on the shitty reporting over the original dudes-in-a-van freakout. 010
Reposted by A. StefanskyWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass 1063240145136
Reposted by A. StefanskyKaldrenon @kaldrenon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Essentially,tech companies are promising it's worth pouring cash into it because it will eventually make investors rich beyond their wildest dreams. So they're raking in billions from people who are *already* rich beyond their wildest dreams in order to shovel it into a furnace. 1332
Reposted by A. StefanskySoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 04/10/2026It is so gross, and so irresponsible to continue this bullshit pantomime in the face of decades of hard evidence that to the GOP, "meritocracy" = treating white supremacy as fact 2243
Reposted by A. StefanskyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Do their actions merit impeachment? Yes. Many times over. Would impeachment weaken them, and reduce their ability to abuse power? Yes. At minimum by taking up time and attention. Would it stop valuable lawmaking from happening in Congress? No. And the White House is breaking laws. So... why not? 823343
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Watch them sell off physical assets to cover their loan, shutter half the studios, and then demand another tax break. 0382
Reposted by A. StefanskySenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up. 692391940
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Shotgun meant that you also had to hold the map. The glove box was filled with paper maps, and probably a frequently used one tucked into the sun visor, too. 040
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Maps are amazing. I still keep a paper road map in my car because data connectivity isn’t guaranteed. 000
Reposted by A. StefanskyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830741175
Reposted by A. Stefansky"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are not required to play pretend that there are valid reasons for Hegseth's decisions. 219411
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Well in that case, I really hope he stays terrified of nuclear weapons. 000
Reposted by A. StefanskyRo Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026989 billionaires are now worth 22% of our GDP. We have more wealth concentration than the gilded age. 2320294
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They appear to be showing a partial-yield Dr Manhattan, and not his full kaiju form. Not really sure on tonnage either. 090
Reposted by A. StefanskyAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up 1801405442
Reposted by A. StefanskyTommy Beer @tommybeernba.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The law has spared MSG from an estimated $43 million a year in New York City property taxes. Altogether, according to the NYC Independent Budget Office, this amounts to a subsidy worth roughly $960 million from the government to the Garden. 13811
Reposted by A. StefanskyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Your children are much safer in the company of drag queens than: 1. Pastors or priests; 2. Republican men; 3. Billionares; and 3. Frat boys. 19674801990
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Full circle. So much of the old Silicon Valley was based on defense funding for mainframes and satellites. Now they’re taking what they learned selling consumer electronics and pushing the always-in-beta licensed subscriptions back onto DoD. Looking forward to reading the book 010
Reposted by A. StefanskyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork. 741809364
Reposted by A. StefanskyUncle Bucky @unclebuckyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Alternative headline: Ohio has paused revenue stream used for state funding due to a disastrous war unauthorized by Congress. 1358
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He’s writing Scifi but being treated like it’s documentary. 030
Reposted by A. StefanskySenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/09/2026Before the ACA, you couldn't get health insurance if you had a pre-existing condition, and that included everything from just being pregnant to having cancer. Obamacare was a giant step forward. Next: universal health care. 3328570
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An actual federal privacy law with criminal penalties would go a long way to preventing this bullshit. 0322
Reposted by A. StefanskyAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/09/2026A reminder that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form 3699210
Reposted by A. StefanskyChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We could have bridges, Ed. We could have windmills, and solar, and public transit across the entire goddamned country. Instead we’re doing this, and it’s driving me a little insane! 527915
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you let your dog off its leash and it bites someone, you face criminal penalties and the dog may be put down as a danger to the public. These companies, by their own admission, are letting their hacking bots run free with internet access. It’s the same damn thing. 020
Reposted by A. StefanskyDashing MD @dashingmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How about civil and criminal liability for the actual humans who run the machine that does bad things? 1153
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you repeatedly fail to restrain it and your property continues to be a danger, it’s taken from you and put down. In addition, people who are unfit owners aren’t allowed to have animals anymore. 120
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh Mallory and Lamb totally had a thing back in the day. 000
Reposted by A. Stefanskyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is the fridge of a person who doesn’t prepare a single meal 3514942277
Reposted by A. StefanskyClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe it was a mistake to give all the power to a bunch of people who don't really like people. 738367
Reposted by A. StefanskyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The leader of the Republican Party is stealing money paid by American taxpayers to buy campaign ads for Republicans in the midterms. You can’t vote him out in 5 weeks, but you can vote out the people he’s trying to help with your money he’s thieving while they remain silent. 662698852
Reposted by A. StefanskyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda. 291083300
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think the role of a very toxic VC culture needs to be considered here. Coke-fueled parties with sex workers as a model for how you unwind from a stressful job isn’t a great example to set. It’s been part of the finance culture for decades (forever?). 120
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well let’s see how letting ad companies set privacy law went for us? Or all the great policy pushed by profit health care providers? Hollywood and copyright law? At some point we need to stop letting industry insiders write laws. 020
