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Dean Betz

@deanbetz.bsky.social
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Building an airplane to write about it. Ex-Microsoft, Hearst, Advance. Occasional journalist. Also on Mastodon, newsie.social/@deanbetz. Older stuff at panix.com/~dbetz/twitterarchive. No connection to Betz Mystery Sphere.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man looks like Neo waking up in the goo pod
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am crying 😂😂😂
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This looks like a nightmare for people who fly airplanes in the already congested airspace of Puget Sound. www.seattletimes.com/business/wal...
seattletimes.com
Drone deliveries are coming to Seattle
Walmart announced Monday that it will expand its aerial drone delivery service in 2027 to two new metro areas, including Seattle.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin
Elon Musk, douchy and doughy and pale
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oops you did it again
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
C'mon, @apnews.com. Three popups per article on your Web site is a really bad user experience. Turn it down.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brutal, inhuman torture. apnews.com/article/chri...
apnews.com
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I still cannot fathom why anyone would share their personal and financial information with a soulless company like Meta.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a.i. is a tide that will lift all yachts
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Growing up I fell in with the Catholic Worker community in Des Moines. I learned so much from my brothers and sisters. I now have a mixed view of faith, but I will always appreciate what I experienced. I has profoundly affected me.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interesting, this is the first time I’ve significant side effects from the COVID and flu vaccines. Nothing bad, just achy.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I realize I'm a hopeless pedant, but the CBS Evening News just broadcast a map of Canada that asserted Alberta's neighbor to the east is Northwest Territories. Obviously, Saskatchewan is the province to the east of Alberta. Nice work, Bari Weiss.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Don Jr. For @contrariannews.org
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let’s say you’re the CEO of an AI company that claims its product could kill everyone in a decade. Why would you not immediately turn off the gas turbines at your data centers? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
nytimes.com
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This thread is treasure.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Out of respect for the victims and the office of the presidency, we will never print photos of Donald Trump sleeping through the 9/11 memorial, or mention that it happened.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
thedailybeast.com
JD Vance Called Out Over Hypocritical Racist Dogwhistle
The vice president’s remarks about America becoming “dirtier” sparked fierce backlash.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Arch To learn more about my creative process, the ideas behind my work, and to see behind-the-scenes sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com @contrariannews.org
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Prince Caspian @nysea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I know it's not new-new and I've been a few times before, but Seattle's redone waterfront completely changed the city. It's amazing. Bike path reminds me of the Hudson River Greenway now. I used to run here and hated it because it was so fugly and unwelcoming. This is beaaaauuutoful.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Proud today of my membership in the Communication Workers of America and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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Amethyst 🖤🩶🤍💜 @amethyst-ace.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
PSA: when a dog owner tells you their dog is not friendly with other dogs, allowing your dog to come closer and say, "he seems fine to me" is NOT the correct response. You are a stranger. You dont know my dog. I know my dog. I know what he's not ok with.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Point well taken. “Yes, Katie Wilson has made mistakes. That makes her human. It does not automatically make her uniquely incompetent.”
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Watch your back, Scott Jennings.
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I want to see midterm campaign ads that are just loud ass data center nosies for 30 seconds straight.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ive been thinking the same thing, and kind of hesitant to say it out loud because we're already a group considered to be luddites and technophobes, when its really our sense that students absolutely must train their own minds to read primary sources, and think/write with primary+secondary sources.
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Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Things we don't deserve: *dogs *Dolly Parton *Payton Tolle
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our juvenile president To learn more about my creative process, the ideas behind my work, and to see behind-the-scenes sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck Google and everything about Google. So far Apple and Bing have refused to comply.
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cartoon
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We are embracing Dolly like we did Jimothy earlier in the summer. What’s not to love, especially in these times!?
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I recommend to you this podcast series about Dolly Parton by Jad Abumrad (creator of Radio Lab). You may ask: how did a MacArthur Award winning pub radio guy meet Dolly? Because she personally funded his father's vaccine research, that's how. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
wnycstudios.org
Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Look, @seattletimes.com, there are plenty of legitimate questions about the response by Mayor Wilson to the Bite of Seattle shootings. But gimme a fucking break, turning off the cameras in the stadium district was irrelevant. It's four miles away! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Several callers speculated there were likely cameras in the area that could aid investigators. Closed-circuit television cameras are not located in Seattle Center, and city cameras that are near the sports stadiums were turned off by Mayor Katie Wilson pending an independent review of CCTV and the city’s Real-Time Crime Center.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If I have anything to do with it this will be in our everyday vocabulary tomorrow. sfisms.org/meat-proxy
sfisms.org
Meat proxy
A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.
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Nicole Minet 🌊💙 @nicoleminet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
first issues is based on what happened in Minneapolis yesterday
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For the night crowd: on the New Mexico crash last May and how a recent article blew up on social media with some conclusions I do not agree with.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I enjoyed everything about the Strange New Worlds Muppets crossover episode but the ending. #trek
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Finally saw The Odyssey. It’s good! Have you seen it? My main take away: Elliot Page is an absolute badass. Not as an actor, though he is that too. Just as a human being. Consider: Assigned female at birth, he rose to significant fame presenting as an attractive young woman.
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Chuck Taylor | Seattle @chcktylr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
As the Mariners manager would say, “Tough one today. But that’s baseball.” No Dan, that’s a football score.
nytimes.com
Brewers’ 22-0 rout of Mariners ties MLB’s modern-era record for biggest shutout (Gift Article)
It was business as usual for the Brewers on Tuesday night — and more misery for the Mariners.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Negotiations Continue To learn more about the creative process and philosophical thinking behind my work, and to see behind-the scenese sketches and videos, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Commies To learn more about the creative process and philosophical thinking behind my work, and to see behind-the scenese sketches and videos, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Guardian knows better than to write ageist headlines like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Are teens on e-motorbikes the ‘new Hells Angels’? Not so fast, boomers
Experts say better regulation is needed but that bad press about ‘motorized menaces’ puts the ebike revolution at risk
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Pat Casey @patcasey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the Navy should keep the electromagnetic catapults and just add some smoke machines to the carriers to make Trump happy. You can get them used, cheap, off of old hair-metal bands that are retiring from touring
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We'll stop comparing Republicans to Nazis when Republicans stop acting like Nazis.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Crickets from @adamsmith.house.gov, the most powerful Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, on the scandalous mistreatment of sailors and Marines in the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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