Reposted by bonbonmonMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Nothing but respect for MY Digger 421669240
Reposted by bonbonmonMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it 491870395
Reposted by bonbonmonDon 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. 8830871185
Reposted by bonbonmonJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092983069
Reposted by bonbonmonThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026“I remember seeing him on TV and thinking, ‘No, that can’t be Kash,’ but sure enough, there he was, addressing the nation about a missing person case.” — Daisy, local golden retriever theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 282468368
Reposted by bonbonmonMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58755151512
Reposted by bonbonmonEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5695693411
Reposted by bonbonmonThe Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Disney bought Fox in 2019 so they could compete with Netflix. Since then they have laid off at least 7000 people, jacked up prices, repeatedly introduced ads until they're on every tier, and only last year turned their first streaming profit. The mergers haven't been good for anyone. 20716195
Reposted by bonbonmonBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Republicans know that too, but they also know this is something they can make Dems flinch and equivocate about, which makes them look overall weak and indecisive. They did it with immigration last cycle, they did it with gay marriage 20 years ago. The only way to win is to tell them to eat shit 212757526
Reposted by bonbonmonPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online. 61835497
Reposted by bonbonmonheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent 7459511680
Reposted by bonbonmonShoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is incredible nitter.app/banteg/statu... H/t @gregdoucette.bsky.socialnitter.appbanteg (@banteg)>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live... 24688220
Reposted by bonbonmonJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Really hard to overstate just how central AI video slop is to the broader authoritarian project. It allows people to visualize fantasies without having to pay the social costs of such actions, while desensitizing people about the act itself. It's 4chan on steroids w a veneer of respectability. 11801219
Reposted by bonbonmonBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/09/2026DOGE is still running the show: The Bureau of Land Management gave its state directors *3 days* to list public lands that could be turned over to Big Tech to build AI hyperscalers, after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with Amazon CEO Andrew Jassywashingtonsun.comInside Trump’s Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public LandsThe Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land. 23561415
Reposted by bonbonmonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity. 191383648
Reposted by bonbonmonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The Trump administration has filed 36 emergency applications since last February, which have generated 31 conclusive rulings. In those 31 rulings, the Court has voted *for* Trump in whole or in part 27 times (87.1%), and against him four times (12.9%). Here's a chart covering all of these rulings: 901865913
Reposted by bonbonmonCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton. 9067721603
Reposted by bonbonmonMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸 1188862402
Reposted by bonbonmonDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that 289278903814
Reposted by bonbonmonVeronica 🌶️ @chilepepper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Eminem shares a note from Dolly upon his induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on his IG 202792513
Reposted by bonbonmonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Trump personally intervened in the DOJ’s case against LiveNation-Ticketmaster, reportedly telling top officials to “settle it.” LiveNation donated $500K to Trump’s inauguration, then hired a law firm with close ties to Trump weeks before the scheduled trial. The corruption is endless.rollingstone.comTrump Told DOJ to Settle Live Nation Case After Meeting With CEO in Oval OfficeDonald Trump directed the DOJ to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation after meeting with CEO Michael Rapino in the 651674716
Reposted by bonbonmonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026i wrote this last year but there is literally no publicly available evidence that donald trump knows what a tariff actually is 1154715774
Reposted by bonbonmonHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 21/08/2026The Trump administration fired the editor of Stars & Stripes. The military newspaper's publisher, who announced he would retire earlier this week, was also fired. The paper had revealed the deplorable conditions on the USS Lincoln, embarrassing Hegseth and Trump. 241508651
Reposted by bonbonmonGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It doesn’t get discussed this way but Donald Trump refusing to pay his $100,000,000 tax bill is no different than stealing that money straight from the Treasury. 441703472
Reposted by bonbonmonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill. 18169551384
Reposted by bonbonmon404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162273920
Reposted by bonbonmonDeus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monster · 14/08/2026I was at the grocery store and was struck with the stupidest inspiration ever 32696146
Reposted by bonbonmonGoggle Bob @gogglebob.com · 12/08/2026Man, remember a decade ago when every website "pivoted to video" to chase absurdly high metrics, but then it turned out that those metrics were absurd because they were literally fake? And no one ever experienced consequences for that lie that shifted a whole industry? Anyway, let's chase Threads. 24942264
Reposted by bonbonmonSholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this. pubpeer.com/publications... 271037404
Reposted by bonbonmonMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses. 4928861091
Reposted by bonbonmonChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes. 1016268844072
Reposted by bonbonmonJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/08/20261. A new Popular Information investigation reveals that Senate Republicans have recently launched at least six fake news sites in key states. 4615881011
Reposted by bonbonmonSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here. 7543151866
Reposted by bonbonmonJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Took me seconds to make an image showing 'protesters' around Google buildings, using Google Earth's new AI generation tool. You can make bomb blasts, protesters, drone strikes, nuclear plants. How on earth did Google think this was a good idea www.404media.co/google-earth... 321958367
Reposted by bonbonmonSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed. 8553501205
Reposted by bonbonmonDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.news.com.auAI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines. 14336901922
Reposted by bonbonmonMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03... 16154702517
Reposted by bonbonmonNikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"This case revealed that the Department of Justice was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, and then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny,” the lawyers said. “That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.”theguardian.comUS justice department dismisses charges against California union leaderDavid Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los Angeles 33948369
Reposted by bonbonmonopen mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 25/07/2026AI event flyers are ruining my life cause I didn't know I had so many friends with bad taste 152336260
Reposted by bonbonmonBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The White House corruptly and illegally cancelled grants for states that voted against Trump. I know this sort of thought exercise is tiring, but imagine if a Democratic president cancelled grants only for states that voted against them. There’d be wall-to-wall coverage and impeachment hearings! 1013749
Reposted by bonbonmonmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026For a very long time there was an international taboo on assassinating foreign leaders even of countries you were at war with, and the Trump administration thought it was because people were pussies not because "now they're gonna try to kill YOU" 402451400
Reposted by bonbonmonThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 24/07/2026Every time Berenson trends is my excuse to post this early COVID era gem. 363689627
Reposted by bonbonmonBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Trump's expert at this: He signs a bad deal due to panic or greed (the Iran MOU, the Saudi nuclear deal). Then people point out he's been taken to the cleaners. Then he tries to redefine the deal unilaterally, and ends up flailing about. Pathetic. www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/p...cnn.comTrump places new condition on signed Saudi nuclear deal, says country must join Abraham Accords | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump has placed a new condition on a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia a day after formally approving it, saying the country now must join the Abraham Accords. 27405100
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