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Charles R

@chardr.bsky.social
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Husband, dog dad, human dad. He/Him “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
look the sports-washing argument against all the Emirati investment in Manchester is obvious. but the thing that people who still defend it have no idea that increased economic activity does not mean increased wealth for locals. it extracts wealth, and raises the cost of living.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Get ready for all Douthat, all the time.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the Republican agenda since Reagan is working
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And every day there is more Fresh AI Hell. What's worse than polluting the information ecosystem with synthetic text dressed up to look like news? Dressing it up further as the work of fake Indigenous journalists: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let's goooooo!
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 17/09/2026
EA belongs partially to the Saudi Public Investment Fund. The company tells employees its new "partners" won't make creative decisions, but queer BioWare, Apex Legends, and Sims fans aren't convinced. kotaku.com/electronic-arts-saudi-ar…
kotaku.com
EA Tells Devs Its Saudi Arabia Owners Won’t Make Creative Decisions, Queer Fans Don’t Buy It - Kotaku
BioWare, Sims, and Apex Legends fans found belonging in games they feel they can no longer support
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's $4.1 million per DAY he's been making since the election. And remember, he isn't even allowed to have another job while he's president. This is pure corruption. Trump is the most successful white-collar criminal to ever live.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"60 Minutes. More like 60 viewers!"
Statler and waldorf
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Star Demands More!
ALT: Star Demands More!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore: Palestinian children are people. Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list. Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Truly one of the great ones. Very sad that this is the state we've reached in games journalism, but really the writing professions have been completely hollowed out by greedy corporations.
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
was always annoyed by Sheeran's cultural colonialism of his Irish heritage, so it's nice to see him eat shit for siding with the oppressor. hope he doesn't plan on touring Ireland any time soon.
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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s been the story of my adult life: “This inept, childish loser has been given enormous power and responsibility. Has it, at long last, made him a grown man?” Media and pols rallied around that nonsense in 2001 in part because i think they were scared to confront the reality of who was in charge.
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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Elites get misty about 9/11 because it marked a moment they worked together to grant themselves a pass, followed by praising themselves for increasing the resources and powers of institutions that had just proven ineffective or negligent. This was obvious to an eighteen year-old.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The president had ordered summary executions of sailors who he believes are involved in drug trafficking, and shipped alleged members of a violent drug gang to be slave labor in a notorious extra jurisdictional prison. But he pardon Ulbricht, convicted drug kingpin accused of hiring hitmen.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 11/09/2026
As the years go by I grow increasingly grateful for the clarity of @attackerman.bsky.social‘s voice.
forever-wars.com
Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
New in PN: The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure "The words coming out of his mouth reveal a man completely deluded and awash in fictions of his own making. And as long as he’s surrounded by people who will let him live in that world, we’re all stuck in here with him."
publicnotice.co
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From a grad school classmate and #OBGYN I have a great amount of respect for: All of this.
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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So now Iran is in the position of really wrecking the bond market by just demolishing a couple of oil production facilities. We have handed Tehran absolute power over our economy. Equity markets simply refuse to believe what is happening. Or maybe betting on total taco.
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I know we all love Gamers Nexus, but we all don't have time for a two hour video. So here is Rtings with a concise 10 minute video that gives what you need to know about how your TV is spying on you. youtu.be/IvFu343KNek?...
youtu.be
LG Isn't the Only TV Company Spying on You
YouTube video by RTINGS R&D
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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For most of the publicly traded companies with the most games job layoffs, their gross profit year over year has been increasing every year. The overall trend among most public companies doing layoffs is continued growth. This does not show a revenue consolidation causing the wider layoff trends.
parent companies known to have experienced layoffs for games industry jobs since 2020, sorted by most known total layoff headcount.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.
bloodinthemachine.com
Why office workers are turning against AI
Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.
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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 03/09/2026
Not sure what sounds worse, the idea that Xbox is limiting Ultimate members to 15 hours a month of cloud time (with even lower limits for lower tiers), or their claim that this only impacts 4% of their current subscribers.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Transparently bullshit political talking points have real-world consequences www.the-express.com/news/us-news...
the-express.com
Widow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'
The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 03/09/2026
FBI tells me it's investigating the suspected breach at IDScan after a crime site let anyone to search the driver's licenses of 150+ million people, including the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. A DOD spox. told me it's aware and "evaluating" the report. Bypass for ad-blockers: archive.ph/5xFMq
techcrunch.com
It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service | TechCrunch
An identity theft search site claimed to have more than 150 million driver's license photos stolen from an ID verification service. The crime site has now shut down.
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Something something reject the evidence of your eyes and ear something something George Orwell...
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can't help but think of this hiker-rescue story I saw earlier today
The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on Al to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said Al recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats "take too long to digest."

"We relied too much on Al rather than our own critical thinking," the group told rangers.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well yeah she's an adult
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey guys, this guy that doesn't know anything about enterprise IT infrastructure says data centers don't use water! I guess they don't then.
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I cannot believe how much we've regressed on public health issues in less than a generation. We are killing our children.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 02/09/2026
Norway seeks to ban pervert glasses. (Ad-blocker bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260902...)
techcrunch.com
Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses' | TechCrunch
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 01/09/2026
"don't you have something better to be doing wi..." NO I DON'T I HAD TO DO IT
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🔥 STANAGE: “Price of oil is up $20 since Trump’s war. Price of gas up $1+ — 🇺🇸 people against this 2 to 1. We have alienated our friends, emboldened our enemies (Putin & Xi rubbing their hands in glee)… and Netanyahu, the person happiest, is accused of war crimes.”
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No! No! Stop it. Bad!
static.klipy.com
Peter Griffin y Brian: No, Mal. Periodicazo Fifidonia
ALT: Peter Griffin y Brian: No, Mal. Periodicazo Fifidonia
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
kinda funny how everything about renewable energy is like "science shows every metric improves, quality of life for all better, cheaper" and then the media gives equal weight to every politician who is like "the Devil lives in the sun's rays, only the pure (white) blood of Jesus runs in gasoline"
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is inhumane and unacceptable. And how were these workers thanked for enduring these conditions? Many were laid off. This is why we're organizing. A better industry is both possible and must come to pass if our artform and dignity are to survive.
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's not until he says the magic words, that he fears losing control, that it fully clicks. It's not that he believes philanthropy is bad, it's that the risk of someone receiving his money who he doesn't approve of is a bigger problem than the risk that his money helps no one. That speaks volumes.
yahoo.com
Billionaire CEO says charity is a ‘negative’ for the world: ‘I’m not going to do that’
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has a net worth of several billion dollars, but don’t expect him to donate to charity or do any kind of philanthropy anytime soon. During a recent interview, Armstrong exp...
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Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spotted in San Francisco.
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Remap Radio @remapradio.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rob and Chia may have uncovered a breakdancing conspiracy within Motorsports Manager
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is what you get when the government completely abdicates its responsibility to protect people's privacy and or regulate new technology.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
most embarrassing guy of all time
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Walmart spent $8.1 billion on stock buybacks last year. Over 156,000 Walmart workers are on Medicaid because they don't get healthcare from the company. ips-dc.org/report-execu...
ips-dc.org
Executive Excess 2026 - Institute for Policy Studies
Executive Excess 2026
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Charles R @chardr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What this real is subscription services. They don't want you to own anything. They want to be permanent rentiers.
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