Reposted by dax660Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 17hStill the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day 34965320
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 11hChrista Pike is probably like, the second coming of Christ or something and we just don't know it. 010
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great example of "everyone thinks they way I do" Personally, I don't need to be on the Internet when I fly. And increasingly, the Internet has been turned to shit by folks like Musk anyway, so going back to 1990 seems kinda nice 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Now if only we could get the SCOTUS boys to recuse themselves in decisions about womens' bodies... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comJustice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change CaseJustice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think the "is AI conscious" thing overestimates what consciousness is. What if LLMs are conscious, not because they're super advanced, but rather because human "consciousness" is pretty basic (and we only THINK we're super advanced)? www.404media.co/someone-tort...404media.coSomeone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI YetThe "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare." 231
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov When Rector between Trinity and Broadway opens up again, it should be pedestrianized and cars should be kept to run up Trinity only (they're used to it by now!) It's what Alexander Hamilton would have wanted! 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Astounding how much energy Trump & Co put into making sure they rig the system to their favor. No wonder all he can talk about is "rigged rigged rigged" - it's the only thing in his mind. www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So crazy. We are living through the biggest open-faced lie in the American Presidency. And yet we have no one that will stand up and take action. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comJack Smith defends Trump probes in Senate hearing filled with GOP insultsThe former special counsel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s pursuit of those involved in investigations into Trump. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So long as SOMEONE can afford to pay!! What a dipshit. cleantechnica.com/2026/09/28/t...cleantechnica.comTone Deaf Trillionaire Launches Tesla Roadster Into US MarketThe unveiling of the new $200,000 Tesla Roadster EV is set for October 1, just in time to stoke the fires of the affordability crisis. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comGouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about itHow can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Infuriating ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...ctmirror.orgThey served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It might be me, but does anyone remember that the US and Israel STARTED THIS FUCKING WAR???? It's the obligatory "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills" situation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end warWaltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’ 010
Reposted by dax660More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org. 11973131625
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Republican Playbook 101: Make something really shitty so you can point to it and say, "see how shitty this is? It must be destroyed" They've used this play in government for decades, now using it on buildings. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...nytimes.comKennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers SayIn a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's always weird to see when it's so blatant. theintercept.com/2026/09/23/d...theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 23/09/2026America was right there with them, yet very few Americans know anything at all about what the slave trade entailed and how much it, not only shaped both Britain and the new America, but more importantly how the echoes shape our present day. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/seri...theguardian.comEnslaving nation | The Guardian<p>How investment in slavery powered Britain</p> 001
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Are there any just plain old normal conservatives? Why are they so weird?? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comBrendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’Carr was a member of the group in his teens and 20s. There is no evidence Trump’s powerful FCC chair participated in any inappropriate conduct 011
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Pretty sure the Insta360 website is vibe-coded. Here's 4 cookies that total 3.9 GIGABYTES! 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Trump administration will go down as the singular entity that decimated the United States. At some point China will just walk into DC, plant their flag and be like, "Ours." www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.orgNASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missionsNASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. 010
Reposted by dax660ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵 22834391320
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One more business destroyed by Donald Trump. It's almost like he's incompetent at everything BUT ALSO is unable to learn from the patterns of ruin he leaves in his wake. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...aljazeera.comUS Kennedy Center faces bankruptcy, Washington Post reportsBoard of trustees recommends that the main building be closed immediately due to costs, US newspaper reports. 000
Reposted by dax660Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh my gosh, the best political video on YouTube just got updated after a decade and a half and it's still just perfect! It visualizes something that I've talked about a lot since the first video came out: The real problem is the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...youtube.comWealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)YouTube video by politizane 5283117
Reposted by dax660ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34776164458
Reposted by dax660More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.prospect.orgAnthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American ProspectNew hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters. 1301549921
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 09/09/2026this seems fine nitter.cf/hilbertspaes...nitter.cfJacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess)I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving... 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Since whites are the global minority, and white men have outsourced their corporate workloads overseas, and exploited brown skinned labor around the globe, I might think twice about cheerleading Nazism back into the world. But dipshits gonna dipshit I guess. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comElon Musk thanked by German far-right leader after landmark election win praised by Russia | First ThingThe populist, far-right, anti-immigration AfD won the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Because in their brains, humans are grouped into labels based on their DNA and nothing else. I've seen nothing but love from Mamdani for all New Yorkers across race, religion and other ideologies. Maybe if the USA wasn't a global bully, we wouldn't need a 911 ceremony. abc7ny.com/post/george-...abc7ny.comMayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticismAs New York prepares to mark 25 years since 9/11, Mamdani is facing growing criticism from some victims' families and former officials over his plans to attend remembrance events this week. 001
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Maybe people should be moving OUT of the desert as we blast into global warming. All of our fastest growing cities are in already-hot places that will only be getting hotter: realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki... www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...npr.org'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homesHeat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Wait, so the man that is married and has wandering eyes is off the hook? Seems like the law was written by men. thehill.com/regulation/c...thehill.comJudge rules former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can now be sued under NC ‘homewrecker’ lawA federal judge ruled Friday that former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) can be sued under North Carolina’s homewrecker law for her romantic relationship with a married member of her security detail.… 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's worth noting that Dam Altman has said that how he thinks OpenAI can become profitable is that companies will pay him half the salary they pay a human. For people whose entire existence depends on "scaling" - how the fuck does that scale to the world economy??? www.wired.com/story/openai...wired.comGPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI EraOpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development. 010
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 04/09/2026twitter.com is not the same as twitter.now by any metric Like all of the Ultra-Riches, Musk is just incompetent arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comMusk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logoSaying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Sweet Christ can we stop putting mental health patients into roles of governance of The Many?? I feel for them (even fucking Trump!!) but got DAMMM www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.com‘Too lazy to do the job’: Democrats dump on Fetterman after WSJ report 100
Reposted by dax660Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras. 563248446976
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 30/08/2026God damn do I hate capitalism I guess it was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to monetize the free energy from the sun by altering the natural eco-system (screw anything below that might want shade once in a while) www.autonocion.com/us/drone-sol...autonocion.comA drone fleet is being built to pull sunlight back onto solar panels by breaking up the cloud deck overhead, and the engineer selling it spent his master's degree doing the opposite, spraying seawater...Meteoric Technologies showed up on August 21 with a different plan. The company wants to send fleets of autonomous drones up into the cloud deck above a solar 000
Reposted by dax660Milo Baynes and the Last Train to Backlashville @milobaynes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s over a year since I wrote about grieving the fact that WE are — this nation, the United States — engaged in open & explicit ethnic cleansing. To be sure, I was not the first to notice. Not even close. Yet that now, in the final months of 2026, it should surprise anyone? That is grief itself. 001
Reposted by dax660W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused. 4049192535
Reposted by dax660More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The President's son is paid by Kalshi and Polymarket, and he's telling elected officials not to go after these companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/t...nytimes.comPrediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political BattleA legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general. 5361149
Reposted by dax660More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract. 9052072614
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Elon Musk + Trump = Fuck Americans They LOVE America as a money-making machine but despise 80% of the people living here. Their time can't come fast enough. www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu... 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The USS Donald "Bone Spurs" Trump Dodging service to our country only to plaster his name on it afterwards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comBacklash as US navy carrier set to honor Black war hero may reportedly be renamed after TrumpSources say US navy is working to rename carrier originally planned to honor second world war sailor Dorris Miller 010
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So if the US had, say, a significantly reduced oil supply and was dwindling in reserves, and someone pulled this, we might be screwed? Cool cool cool www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m... 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Juveniles were more likely to play with other animals, adult females were more likely to nurse adopted animals, and adult males were generally indifferent and sometimes violent. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...nytimes.comHumans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too.We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past. 000
dax660 @dax660.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Do we all remember that time JD Vance admonished the Pope to "be careful when you're talking about theology" 000