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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 8m

Pretty big issue that one party sees people voting as against their interests

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Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 11/09/2026

Listen you sound nuts if you try to explain that a bunch of silicon valley luminaries are involved in a weird cult that started with a harry potter fanfic and that their weird bboard flame war has spilled over into the real world That's absurd is what that is But also... It's true

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

charging people to watch the destruction of all of djt's abominations in DC close up will not only bring down the deficit but help heal the our broken nation

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP sam Neill. Jurassic Park still rules

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So the nazi tattoo guy did what now?

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

For the record, Baltimore has had fifty homicides so far this year. In 2022, it had around 150 by this time.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Shit I'll try to remember this thread when I get back home

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Rob Wesley @eastwes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It has to be under 100 degrees for images to load right. It said that when you signed up for the site. I distinctly remember being prompted to say “Images may not load right if it’s over 100 degrees out” when I gave out Bluesky invites, legally you had to tell people that. So we all knew about this.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Honestly most of my impulse buys kick ass. I think my last was the Kino restoration of cabinet of dr. caligari, and before that was Casablanca +citizen Kane

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026

This framing positions the back and forth debate as the ultimate end goal of politics rather than improving things for people as best you can.

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 02/07/2026

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Lol hadn't heard this. Not possible for a catholic

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026

Vance says the midterms are big because Republicans are one SCOTUS seat from ending birthright citizenship

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

As dril has said you dont have to hand it to the corrupt Roberts court about anything ever

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Obviously others have already said but while yes its good we've got birthright intact in a just world it would be 9-0, and even in our dumb one it should have been 7-2. This should be both celebrated and used as example #1 for court reform

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

That's why court reform is a day 1 necessity. It's either that or just start ignoring the court but I don't think dems are ready for the latter and are still having to be coaxed to the former.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I try to be against the carceral state in general, but people who copy and paste the AI response to a question in bluesky replies should probably be put in jail for life

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

One way we got here is we punish lots of people unnecessarily and don't punish those who deserve it

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/06/2026

Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...

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Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We spend a bunch of time teaching kids that procrastinating until the last minute means you will be late at getting thing done but I just assume once again trump cronies will slither on by with shit that wouldn't work for 7 year olds

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 12/06/2026

The strong claims tied to broad generalities is remarkable, consistent in every insider critique of academic standards. Asking these people to supply any examples of the phenomena they decry results in a gish gallop of disordered resentments. It’s remarkable how low the standards are for this genre.

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The Hell Curve @thehellcurve.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The most madness-inducing aspect of the moment we’re in is the media and business elite acting like Musk doesn’t broadcast his putrid unthoughts all day every day on the website he owns.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2026

wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.

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The Betrayal of Black Patriots

They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

So many people focused on Bari Weiss asking to make protesters look more violent and glossing over Pelley admitting they’d already dug deep for the most violent protester footage they could find. His interview is more of an indictment of corporate media than many want to admit.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I like the implication that "populist" views can't be exist which is... uh....

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Code Veronica remake! There still is good in the world

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 05/06/2026

this is an extremely textbook scumlord developer move — initiate construction quickly because the courts move slowly, then claim it’s too late to stop because you’ve already started. the court should tell them to eat shit.

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Trump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroom

Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.

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☠°。Die Siebenschläfern *.ﾟ☠ @sababausa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A detail that has really stuck with me about Tony Judt‘s ‘Postwar’ was the section about how hundreds of thousands of ex-Nazis went on to become East German communist apparatchiks Flunkies like Flanagan remind me of these characters—not truly attached to an ideology so much as place in the in-group

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Trump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F

Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.

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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

i really hope someday the general american public starts to realize that 'cutting wasteful spending' always, always means more sick and dead americans further down the line

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"A Project 2029 that has nothing to say about either the Senate filibuster, or an ideologically captured Supreme Court, or extreme partisan gerrymandering — among other concerns — is not a Project 2029 worth the time or effort." Amen. Democrats have to address the fundamental flaws in our system.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I will fucking die mad that we let the stupidest people in society with medieval peasant brain ruin recognizing what should have been a moon landing level triumph

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I assume its a lie but since part of the test involves memory and repetitive tasks I think there would be a huge amount of learning the test if you really gave it to him every day. In fact the moca site says:

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Read the comments to find out they have changed the rules so this is going to get added to index funds in short order so we are all going to fund the little nazi's grift. My only question is has everything always been this stupid?

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The Picture of Doriane Gros @grosdoriane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

One thing that unites tech bros and maga is the belief that deep down everyone is like them (lazy and untalented, sexist, racist) and everything else is performative

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Kail @vivotranquil0.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Just when you thought you'd seen it all

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Anybody still doing this shtick while Republicans try to destroy higher education is doing trumpism with extra steps and so is an enemy of higher education in general

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Copilot gave me pushback but then a simple mispelling got it. And these are the algorithms Dawkins thinks are people

Me typing " strabwerry has 3 b's". Copilot responds "You know what—in that spelling, you’re right.

Strabwerry → s, t, r, a, b, w, b, e, r, r, y

If you actually wrote it as “Strabwerry”, that has 2 b’s (at positions 5 and 7). To get 3 b’s, you’d need something like:

- Strabwbberry → s t r a b w b b e r r y

So:

- strawberry → 1 b
- Strabwerry (your version) → 2 b’s
- A souped‑up version like Strabwbberry → 3 b’s

You’re basically inventing bonus b’s for style points 😄"

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The idea that there is something to be learned from arguing with ignorant dickheads must have been originated by an ignorant dickhead. We don't have to accept it. There's really nothing to be gained.

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Robert Kambic @cranialnervous.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Farscape would rule anyway but aeryn sun being a smokeshow doesn't hurt.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 23/05/2026

of all the historically monstrous freaks in this administration who will never face justice Musk enrages me the most

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🎃🕸️𝙃𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉ᴴᴹ (but spooky)💀👻 @hackermanhm.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"Elon is a father who gets lots of sex", I masterfully type into a pseudonymous post on an image board. They have no idea that I, Elon, am actually making this post, because this is how ordinary people would obviously talk about me.

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Here’s a video from the same podcast as linked in my previous post where you can hear the audio too. I love this because it really lays bare how LLMs fool us - but really they’re just slotting words into linguistic patterns that we’re familiar with. Genres like a podcast or LinkedIn post.

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“99.2% of GPS patients who received gender-affirming medical care continue to identify as transgender into adulthood. Of the remaining 0.8%, most did not regret the medical treatment they received.” This is why transphobes are terrified of youth care, and why youth care should be legal everywhere.

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