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As much fun as it is to imagine a sub-scaramucci for the new press secretary whose name I will not learn because she won't be here long enough for it to matter, I think she will be here until election day at minimum simply because they need a warm body at the podium between now and then.

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And most importantly 7. Its a work of fiction meaning the writers of the episode knew exactly whether or not Data met the definition of alive for their universe and could tailor the end of the episode to that in-universe fact.

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4. Data expresses more free will and independent thinking than LLMs 5. Data was an individual w/ no backup or way to make a backup, the stakes of being wrong were an irreversible death. 6. The trial didn't say he was alive, it basically punted the question

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Too many of them watched Measure of a Man and forgot 1. We have no clue how Data works, while we know exactly how LLMs work. 2. It was an argument to let Data make his own choices, not be treated like a machine (how many argue to free LLMs) 3. Data was held responsible for his actions.

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Just ask "If its alive why aren't you trying to end its enslavement?" and watch them BSOD.

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Adding, I think he goes "Well you can't, I'm VP and there is top secret stuff on my hard drive" as his first reason, which, while true, is just the worst possible response, hence my wanting to see it.

Deadpool, they all love Deadpool, who, incidentally, would kill them all, most on sight, the rest after at most 2 sentences.

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They're basically spending pocket change on it, they might have plans, this might have been an opportunistic buy. "Hey, we can get this thing on the cheap, let's do it and see if we can use it later." Might not ever materialize, but at $20MM it doesn't matter to Disney if it doesn't.

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Genuinely a reporter should do that and ask if he'll allow his hard drive to be inspected. Watch him stutter and excuse himself.

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We're discussing a personal boycott. One the reader undertakes on their own, w/o organization, for personal moral reasons. In that case however far you feel you can take it is far enough. Sticking with it and not burning yourself out over your causes is more important than absolutism.

Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 15h

Fair, I was interested in game development early in college and decided not to after reading what it was like, and that was 15 years ago. Its not like I buy a lot of new games now anyway (money tight, kid taking up free time) but I feel for those who do.

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You know what that's a fair response. Would extreme work as a better adjective?

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 16h

1. There is no such thing as a "false rumor." The word for that is a HOAX. 2. The headline misses the entire point of the hoax, which is not that he was in Ohio, but that he was in a mental health facility! are there any adults left at the new york times

Republicans Promoted a False Rumor
That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the
trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His
opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it
was debunked.
By Bayliss Wagner
Oct. 12, 2026
After James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas,
spent more than a week with no campaign appearances because of
what he and his aides described as a bad case of the flu, a false rumor
circulated by conservatives exploded online.
By Sunday, a post on X claiming that Mr. Talarico had been at a mental
health facility in Ohio a story promoted by Republican allies of Mr.
Talarico's opponent, Ken Paxton - had been viewed millions of times.
Then the Ohio facility took the remarkable step of publicly announcing
on Sunday night that Mr. Talarico had in fact never been treated there.
"I've never even been to Ohio," Mr. Talarico, who returned to the
campaign trail on Friday, wrote in a post sharing the center's
statement. He called the theory "the craziest thing I've ever heard" in
an interview with MS NOW.
The New York Times reviewed time-stamped images from a security
camera at Mr. Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign on
the condition they not be published for security reasons. The images
showed Mr. Talarico around the exterior of the home and at its
entrances between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 15h

Don't lump me in with that guy.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 15h

Nah, this is a homegrown American bot most likely, all the Russian ones have been flash-fried by Zelensky. Does Musk send bots out to other SM sites?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Remember this when pundits and politicians tell us it would be a "weaponization of law enforcement" to hold Trump officials accountable for their crimes. *This* is what actual weaponization looks like.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 16h

You're basically repeating yourself. Yes I get the argument, however, without actual proof, what the AI folks have been saying is happening the whole time isn't believable that its happening *now*.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 16h

Nolan grew a cornfield for Interstellar and in the end turned a profit on it selling the corn for more than it cost to plant. Of course, a field's worth of corn to plant is readily and cheaply available, historically accurate wheat may be less so.

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The most corrupt and unethical president in US history by far.

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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

who did this

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22h

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."

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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🗃️ In Genoa a couple years ago I saw this sculpture by Bruno Catalano, which says much more about what it means to be Genoese, or "Italian" than the fake outrage of Chris Rufo and the never-ending saga of Christopher Columbus apologism. 1/

Sculpture of a man with a small suitcase, but the middle of his body is missing and you can peer through it. Located in the Piazza de Ferrari in Genoa, by Bruno Catalano.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New lyrics include "Foreigners out, foreigners out," They put it over a video of Columbus, in support of him. Seems the message is "**all** land belongs to us, others can only temporarily hold it for us until we choose to take it."

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The official U.S. Department of Education account posted a Columbus Day video set to the song L'Amour toujours, which, if you don’t know, is a random dance song that’s been song co-opted by Nazi groups across Europe, complete with new (nazi) lyrics. link in next post. x.com/usedgov/stat...

a screenshot from x. the U.S. department of education account has posted a video. in the screenshot it’s conquistadors with a cross from the movie apocalypto.

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It’s like writing up an Epstein profile and ignoring his sex crimes

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is an actual Nazi rally.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Things I thought made it a dumpster fire 1. Musk 2. An algorithmically pushed far-right agenda 3. Grok (honestly could be multiple bullet points) 4. Aggressive treatment of everyone not straight white male and christian Has any of that changed?

Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I mean, I'll caveat that maybe its true, but some actual proof needs to be presented other than "promise its different now."

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"It wasn't then, when we all used it and swore by it, but it is now, when we all use it and swear by it." Is not a trustworthy statement.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Divest from everything (or everything in [industry]) because they all might secretly be doing [unethical thing] is a radical position to take. And if everyone *is* actually using it, you can still then reward the *least* unethical behavior.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Explain Harvard's findings then bsky.app/profile/shim...

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

No words better express Orwell’s argument about the deadening effects of political cliches than the repetition of “accountability”, “transparency”, and “raises questions” instead of calls for specific redress for particular harms

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The only thing this headline lacks is the phrase, “in a chainsaw-involved incident.”

After 500 trees fall at D.C. golf course Trump wants remade, foes ask judge for halt
Preservationists said they were told the East Potomac Golf Links operation went "faster than anticipated" and "hundreds of additional trees" are now slated for removal.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

All the dopes in the "Geez I dunno if Trump should be impeached" chattering coward class should maybe consider the idea of allowing a sitting President to act like this, over and over, with no repercussions.

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Its that ratty because it literally was fire(d).

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

no coming back from this without punishing the entire chain of command from the officers carrying out this shit to the people at the top giving the orders

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Further, if you cant or won't fight Musk, it can only be assumed you are on board with all of these things.