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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 7h

Joe Jackson's "Pretty Boys" is an act of musical warfare against the very very good-looking.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is building on the work of the early Elvis Costello. But the student has surpassed the master.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 14h

We thought that the future would be flying cars but it turned out to be rayguns shooting down flying killbots.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The main reason I hadn't heard "Choosin' Texas" until I looked it up today (it's pretty innocuous) is not so much that I'm a snooty bastard who wants "cultural cachet," but that every time previously that I've tried to listen to contemporary pop country, I've wanted to fill my ears with cement.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cat is an insidious tax on my productivity

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would very much like to grade the Cornell rapists’ essays.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're going with "fetch" now, Jake.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Back in the early '90s I lived above two women who were constantly blasting music at top volume.They only owned a couple albums, one of them Cale/Eno's Wrong Way Up, which they played incessantly until I grew to hate it. I think enough time has passed that I can listen to that album again. It's ok!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

chat is this good?

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Walking nonchalantly into the interview with my cup of live worms

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The video for Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is really weird.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

he’s trying so hard to make fetch happen

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Left-wing cancel culture has gotten out of hand! Oh wait.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The people behind this are definitely being paid too much.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The polls are so bad that a pro-ICE Kansas Republican is now preemptively begging ICE to not shoot one of his constituents now that they're active in his state

When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.
I'm closely following what's happening in SW Kansas and have been in direct contact with Secretary Mullin and local law enforcement as ICE executes warrants in order to keep Kansans safe.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us

Scratchy drawing of a two panel comic.
Panel 1:
Titled:“How we thought robots would kill us”
A robot shoots a human to death with a gun. It screams “Die flesh sack”

Panel 2:
Titled “How robots will actually kill us”
A MediBot is injecting something into a humans arm. The bot says “Whooops. I injected you with cancer instead of insulin. That’s on me”

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Cliff @cliff.leaninto.it · 19/09/2026

Never lose your keys again

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

George Harrison says "set on you" too many times in the song "Got My Mind Set On You." He should not have said it that many times.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can't have good war without boners.

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I LOVE gambling but I HATE how few ads there are for it!!

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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026

Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ok that's 3 minutes, keep moving, got a lot of sad teens here.

Just 3 minutes with a mini horse or donkey improves teens' moods, study says

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just got offered a sweet sweet gig as the opening act on the Ed Sheeran tour.

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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning: “Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm worried that Mitch McConnell may be too frail to keep destroying democracy

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Huh. I was under the impression that calling AI risks a "hoax" was the only correct left-wing position and that talking about risk meant you were a credulous dupe echoing industry hype.

From the NYT today:

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, was talking about artificial intelligence at a conference in Los Angeles on Monday when he was interrupted by a phone call. President Trump was on the line.

He wanted to discuss A.I., and wasn’t thrilled about all the recent talk of the dangers of A.I. and how the government needed to step in and do something about it.

“It’s a hoax,” Mr. Trump said during the five-minute call, which Mr. Huang put on speaker. “The robots are not going to be taking over the world. That’s not going to happen.”

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In my latest Nation piece I take aim at AI risk denialism, and quote from @esqueer.net, who is decidedly not an AI risk denier. We can be critical of the AI industry without dismissing AI and the risks it saddles us with as nothing more than bullshit tech hype. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.com

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

The recent spate of reports about the technology’s destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

make a band edible: The Beatles, but they're a sandwich

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why are vocoders awesome but Auto-Tune sucks shit?

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I, too, have decided to pace the frontier.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's kind of amazing how much I have in common with fruit flies. (I like fruit.)

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My therapist says I can't open any more tabs (on my browser)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

bang up work from the Michael Whatley campaign!

Whatley tweet with graphic saying "WE WILL NEVER FORGET SEPTEMBER 1, 2001"

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

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David Futrelle @davidfutrelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I can't believe the new iPhones cost $12,000

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✨[redacted]✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“hello would you like to try the AI designed schizophrenia treatment i synthesized in my garage?”

Douglas Yao
• @DouglasYaoDY •8h
This vial contains a new drug called
PAC-3310. It was designed by ChatGPT, and I synthesized it in a chemistry lab I built in my garage.
PAC-3310 is a new selective M4 muscarinic receptor agonist for treating schizophrenia - similar to the recent breakthrough drug
Cobenfry, but improved.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I dunno it kind of seems that if Wendy’s genuinely said that they thought there was at least a 10% chance that their square hamburgers would end all human life we’d probably go hey you’ve got to stop selling those square burgers

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