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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jokes aside, I understand why people are worried about this, but at present there is zero evidence of tampering with the BLS data (either to make it look worse or better than reality)

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 05/10/2026

"Steady throttling of @usbls.bsky.social funding makes all decision-makers—public & private—less well informed... shouldn’t be up for debate, given how strong of an economic benefit they deliver." @hilwething.bsky.social @epi.org on federal economic statistics www.epi.org/blog/consequ...

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Consequences of austerity: How reductions in BLS funding threaten the credibility of our statistics

Government funding cuts are undermining the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ability to provide the reliable information that businesses and policymakers need to make sound decisions about the economy.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So people are mad about...MattY pointing out how something the Trump administration did isn't exactly a substantive change in any way and used slightly dismissive language to do so. God I hate the bluesky rage machine. He's not ragebaiting you, you just get mad at everything for no good reason.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Checking back in for my yearly bio update.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've been wondering how effective a "spit facts that correct common misconceptions at the listener" radio campaign would be. I originally thought about this in a largely political sense, but I suppose you could extend this to other misconceptions pretty easily.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I see you've embraced anti-anti-anti-datacenter thought.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I'm sure the psycho who won is worse, but the amount of conspiracy theories I've seen over a Massie, a far-right whacko losing in a primary is kind of concerning.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I can tell you from experience that of people actually read and shared stories about Trump and crypto, more people would know. The stories are written. And ignored.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

All we need to do is apply a requisite amount of thrust.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Like, I really didn't think we were doing anything in Venezuela, that it was just talk.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Jesus Christ I really need to keep up with the news.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It's comparing the current margin of generic congressional ballot polling (question which asks if you'll vote for a Democrat or Republican for Congress, without referencing candidate names) with this time 2 and 4 years ago.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

IMO, it just seems like a rationalization to the disgust he feels about AI art. He's smarter than most about it, so it's slightly more nuanced, but it's basically the same thing that most artists complain about.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Anyway, hysterics aside, I sort of agree and question why business hours remain so similar to each other. There's parts that make sense (daytime-adjacency, we're likely too religious for Sunday to be included) but others that don't (issues with regular international meetings, nothing's open).

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Oh God, oh no. How did I let it get this far without realizing it? "Capitalist media"? Mitch! Come back to us!

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I don't like being rude and telling you to do something so basic as to Google something (and in that case because I didn't get the full message I couldn't look it up myself). But fair enough, you can always try looking at crash logs, but IME they're only so helpful.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I take it you've tried looking up the message to no avail?

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

That's very odd. I've dual-booted for years with no issues of the sort. Does it have some kind of message saying "You need to reset your PIN for blah blah blah reason"?

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I always figured with half of these investments they're just bored and looking for random vanity projects to occupy their time. The other half being attempts at image rehabilitation.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Everytime I hear you complain about your job I just start imagining these people. "Yeah, I come from 3 states away and I'd like to trade in this go-kart, half a lawnmower, and some PVC pipe for this 2006 Hyundai Sonata."

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

JUST IN: Trump launches a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times — naming reporters Peter Baker, Michael Schmidt, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — because he doesn't like what they have written/reported about him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

You should see how they play chess in porn.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I got something like 1fl oz/10000 mi but I think I might be underestimating the effect of power consumption on fuel efficiency.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I like the idea, I might do that next time.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just because it's real doesn't mean it's not a weird game designed to torture you.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I agree with this in theory, but in that case the survey should've probably also included other potential reasons (including, but not limited to sexual orientation/gender identity) to cut people off because I think otherwise this data is ultimately missing context.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

According to this person later in the thread it seems to be "will to enact policy irrespective of law or authority".

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I think the president just plainly stating that he's firing the person who produces economic data because he doesn't like the numbers officially pushes us into a new era where you just can't believe government data anymore.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Someone you care about suffering from psychosis? That's just about the only scenario I can see an overlap.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I think it was originally like second class seating (as distinct from first class and economy/coach) but made to sound more palatable to the people who actually flew it (who I believe were usually actually businesspeople because they'd get prioritized and that's useful when delays matter).

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

It feels like there's more to this than meets the eye, because there's been other incidents that are similar. Part of me wants to try and investigate, but I'm lazy and wouldn't know where to begin.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

porn has the "step" label on it, and also why "stuck in the washing machine" is a memetically common plot). I don't really agree or like them doing this, but I see the logic. A game is...a game, they're never going to be real, barring the games that actually use IRL footage.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Appeasement is easy, and for now I think Visa/MC is only going after rape/incest content, and not even all of that. TBH I'm a little confused as to why they're doing this, the main logic to their porn regulation is that they're held responsible for the sale of IRL abuse content (this is why incest

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I don't remember and I can't find it, but I can believe it. The bigger issue is I don't think either AmEx (who doesn't allow adult content at all) or Discover (I'm not sure what their policies are) have any interest in filling the void, not that any foreign companies want to go international.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Unironically, yes. Visa/MC upper management probably couldn't care less about [middle managers/upper management themselves/INSERT EMPLOYEE HERE being overzealous/playing it safe/being ideologically sympathetic/INSERT REASON HERE] but things change quick when there's money being lost to a competitor.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This idea that neoliberalism "reframes citizens and consumers, and the state as a service provider" requires an absurdly stretched definition of neoliberalism to make sense and is wholly unsupported by anything.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

You have a pretty reasonable point in the second half (about how social media has been a very poor replacement for the institutions that have been lost, thus weakening democracy), but you make such insane stretches it's a wonder your limbs haven't been ripped off.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

What is this nonsensical buzzword salad? How did Eliot Higgins fall so far? Or was he always like this and we never noticed?

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

And apparently somebody got baited through one of these anti-porn groups to tell Steam to ban these games as happens from time to time.

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Shawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Oh yeah, I didn't think of this from the other angle, the fact that payment processors tend to regulate the content of porn (this makes slightly more sense than you think, they want to make sure nobody's buying anything illegal through their services).

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