Reposted by David DarkDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Is Hal Jordan’s plant Green Lantern of J586? 102
Reposted by David Darklone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fish Chicken Green Lantern is hurting me by existing. 011
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"How long do men believe it takes for a woman’s violated soul to repair itself?" @erinoverbey.bsky.social erinoverbey.substack.com/p/the-eyes-i...erinoverbey.substack.comThe Eyes in the Rearview MirrorOn Cornell, My Own Sexual Assault, and the Cowardice—and Occasional Heroism—of Men 132
Reposted by David DarkErin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I wrote about Cornell, My Own Sexual Assault, and the Cowardice of Men for my new Substack This is “The Eyes in the Rearview Mirror” open.substack.com/pub/erinover... 076
Reposted by David DarkSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026tbh i don't expect US troops or anything, but if say, federalists win the AB referendum and separatists try and arguing that said referendum was stolen.... it's not hard to think of separatists attempting a UDI and asking for US assistance 4694
Reposted by David DarkLarry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“But Pike’s attorneys said that they could not reach the governor’s office or the Tennessee Supreme Court as the execution was going disastrously wrong. Ferrell said a call to the emergency number they’d been instructed to use by the state supreme court went to voicemail.” Make Alito do it himself. 062
Reposted by David Darkemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A south Florida political journalist explains why GOPers are beginning to worry that Angie Nixon can beat Ashley Moody. 17457122
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"There’s a dawning realization that they wrote without the slightest thought that a woman like me would engage their work in good-faith." @artwithin.bsky.social georgiainhermind.substack.com/p/am-i-allow...georgiainhermind.substack.comAm I Allowed to Be An Evangelical?and as a queer person, why do I still want to be? 020
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I’m hoping we get to learn both about the arrangement DHS made with Benny for this cosplay, and — more importantly — who has been funding Benny since his Russian gravy train was exposed." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...emptywheel.netThe Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him - emptywheelNow that protestors Benny Johnson slandered a year are suing, maybe we'll learn exactly who funds Benny and how much. 021
Reposted by David DarkDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Todd Blanche should stop lying about applying justice equally for both Becca Good and Katie Miller. He refuses to do that. And it makes everyone less safe." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...emptywheel.netTodd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheelWhen announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that... 021
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Todd Blanche should stop lying about applying justice equally for both Becca Good and Katie Miller. He refuses to do that. And it makes everyone less safe." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...emptywheel.netTodd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheelWhen announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that... 021
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Please read @iamstevenhale.bsky.social on Christa Pike and her concern for Martinez Slemmer. Also Randy Spivey, Bill Lee, and Marsha Blackburn's ragebait. nashvillebanner.com/2026/10/01/c...nashvillebanner.comChrista Pike survives botched Tennessee execution attempt - Nashville BannerChrista Pike survives a botched execution attempt in Tennessee; lawyers report she is in critical condition and are unsure of her prognosis. 120
Reposted by David DarkAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru... 382252484
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"This was not a commitment to make AI safe for humanity. Rather, it was a commitment to collectively tell the public that the Masters of the Universe can take care of this themselves, without regulation." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...emptywheel.netIn the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheelOnce you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous. 030
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"This interviewee has already said that he found the work to be fun, because staying up late with your buddies, working toward a common goal, is fun. Now he agrees calmly, indeed casually, that yes, he has been taking part in a genocide." @mashagessen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 021
Reposted by David DarkErin Tinsman @erinjoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As @daviddark.bsky.social says, "There are so many ways to love God."mlive.comNurse accused of helping immigrant escape ICE custody at Ann Arbor hospitalThe nurse allegedly told investigators she was "going to set him free" because she did not agree with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement separating people from their families. 3214
Reposted by David DarkKristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh yes, I’m curious about U2’s possible early connections to the Shepherding Movement too. Have you come across any rung on that? 111
Reposted by David DarkLeah Payne @drleahpayne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Also got to catch with w/ @daviddark.bsky.social & @jewlyhight.bsky.social & @chrishauser and the Ashworth fam ❤️ 031
Reposted by David DarkSenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! 2526253696283
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Mr. Trump aligned America with an industry that is still plagued by the very criminality that he said he was fighting by arresting Mr. Maduro." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 021
Reposted by David DarkDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026at some point governments are going to start demanding reparations from the united states for all the theft, coercion and attack by trump.nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 16276106
Reposted by David Darkemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And I raise that bc it LOOKS like someone tried to put electoral considerations above fascist ravenous for a few weeks and the fascists made clear they would not stand by it. We REALLY underestimate the extent to which Trump is terrified of his own fascists. 522337
Reposted by David Darkemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think this head fake deserves more interest, not least for the way it followed meat packers' concerns abt staffing. The working hypothesis is: GOP candidates: Call off the dogs!! Markwayne: Okay Daily Wire: The fascism has been slowed!! Fascists: MOAR FASCISM!!! Markwayne: Just kidding 824361
Reposted by David DarkDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 35825
Reposted by David Darkgurschecomedy.bsky.social @gurschecomedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Generally, technical fields, mostly computer related, anywhere people are trying to “build solutions” Eg wind farm turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle == we’ll fix it in the next iteration Eg 2 Nuclear waste dumped in the ocean, now the barrels are leaking Eg 3 AI hacks govt sites 111
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“In tech,” is doing some interesting work here. There is no tech world anymore than there’s a business world. There’s just one world which includes our tools (tech) & our trades (business). 040
Reposted by David DarkEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm afraid the Doomer discourse has persisted for another week (UN "AI" briefing, etc) so in case you missed this when we first put it out earlier in this bananas news cycle, I'm reposting it: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialbuttondown.comWhat To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI DoomerismOur recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that... 27147
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 35825
Reposted by David DarkGerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ricoeur also speaks of "the capacity of language to open up new worlds" & "a disclosure of unprecedented worlds, an opening on to other possible worlds which transcend the established limits of our actual world." Application is LLMs, masked as ordinary speech, creating "new worlds," drawing us in. 011
Reposted by David DarkJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In any attempt to say, “this is my best approximation of the real,” we’re responsible for that arrangement. *We’re* responsible. Not AI. If we give that responsibility—in its fullest, most transparent sense—up… well, why would anyone want to? That responsibility is the gift we’ve been given. 0446
Reposted by David DarkJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My friend Jeff Allred turned me toward Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry,” in which she defines it as “imaginary gardens with real toads in them.” I use that in my nonfiction classes. “Real toads”: facts; “imaginary gardens” speaks to the way we arrange them, in an essay or a scientific article. 4497
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"There are people...whose accounts show a Blue Check who are not paying for a Premium membership...This fine has nothing to do with censorship. It has to do with fraud & transparency...DOJ has joined Xitter to defend Elon’s fraudulent ways." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...emptywheel.netDOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - emptywheelDOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU. 000
Reposted by David Darklone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A double holy shit was that I just remembered Christine's friend's name was Tamsen. Damn. I met another Tamsen later in my life who was a close friend (RIP - lost in 2020 to cancer). It never dawned on me until just today that I knew another Tamsen. 011
Reposted by David DarkNoel Mummy 🤕 @noelmu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He might've been. This was before the time that I knew Jim, but we may have talked about it later. I'm pretty sure he was at MTSU around then. But I can't say for sure, alas. 111
Reposted by David DarkAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My foreign policy views are simple. I think we should be the first among equals to enforce the international law we helped build. Thanks, @ezraklein.bsky.social, for having me on the show. 10447111293
David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026How lovely to imagine. Question: Might you know if Jim Ridley was there? 100
Reposted by David DarkToby Leonard @tntoby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I camped overnight at the green hills Sound Shop for that ticket! wish i still had it. 131
Reposted by David Darklone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I do not know of Heather's movements through time. Holy shit, my mind was blocking that I managed the Capri. In my head I went from Plaza to the Brentwood. 311
Reposted by David DarkDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the age! daviddark.substack.com/p/i-will-alw... 281
Reposted by David DarkDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes. I of course thought of you when I mentioned the Capri Twin (where we met). Do you know what's become of Heather Brown? I found her wonderful. 101