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dan @danabra.mov · 13/07/2026

unironically i think it’s partially bluesky having a poisoned brand among the techies (“wahh its just a leftie twitter”), lack of common knowledge about what atproto is in general, and also that AI sucked all attention in the room

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

QuickBooks helped me create a bookkeeping error ~= 20% of my business' net income. Took my accountant and I an hour to figure it out. Convinced QB's durable business requirements include "drive revenue to accountancies via maximum user confusion." Any SMB alternatives that delight you?

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026

The great crisis of oligarchy is not merely that it transfers power from democratically accountable public servants and elected representatives to oligarchs. The real crisis is that attaining oligarch status is incompatible with viewing other people as real.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is part 19/27 of a thread about billionaire solipsism. Very worth the read. I think we're seeing this extend downwards into the very senior levels of many smaller companies as well. Important criterion for your investment $ or your hiring: "do the execs see people as humans like them?"

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it's just not the case that LLMs can destroy humanity. An LLM cannot (technical sense) do shit. The thing which can damage important systems would be "an executable program, which calls an LLM to determine its behaviour". So, don't write one of those unless you are confident you can control it.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... So Matt Levine had a newsletter yesterday where he suggested that AI labs could "publish papers about how important it is to slow down" to coordinate an effective cartel. I have a Modest Proposal that goes one better.

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AI Labs Want Someone to Stop Them

AI and antitrust, lockups and indexes, annuities, Montessori and sudden wealth syndrome.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Did nobody watch Tobe Hooper's _Poltergeist_? "You only moved the HEADSTONES! You left the graves and only moved the HEADSTONES? Why?!"

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Christian @christian.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

But the thing is, many cyberneticians embrace and prioritize play and fantasy, and are even known for predicting the future, with alarming accuracy, and varying levels of getting the timing right. Remind you of anyone? It reminds me of a lot of people. Like, i don’t know, Octavia Butler.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We have an incredible problem: too many donations for our mutual aid hub and not enough shelves! We’ve outgrown our current setup, and we need to adapt to keep up with need, especially as we help candidates across the country adopt this model.

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Jeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Lampooning Trumpism a decade before Trumpism.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

"Address." Address the current problem harder and faster. Certainly not "solve." In the 90s we said "don't automate a business process that currently gives bad results." That advice has been cheerfully forgotten these days.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Seriously tired of all the conferences promising to answer all your questions, no matter what they are. Time for a conference that questions all your answers.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

"We should not outsource the things that matter most to systems that are structurally incapable of caring about them." Ostensibly about algorithms; but very good advice in general. oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...

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Why real thought leaders are leaving LinkedIn

Your Best Work Is Invisible (And It's Not Your Fault)

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Information is a powerful currency in the neverending struggle between the oppressed and their oppressors. Here's a little bit of good news today: Examples of how genAI is being used to arm citizenry with that currency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier

The dangers of artificial intelligence and its potential to consolidate power are clear. But used fairly, it can be a boon for good government

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Tabitha Fringe Chase @tabby676.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K

Still from the first ever MST3K Experiment
Crow, Joel, and Beeper are on the bridge of the Satellite of Love

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

My lock screen is a screenshot from @cryptonature on xitter from 2022. It warns of the seductive comfort of hopelessness; reminds that hope means being open to the possibility of happiness -- and that means we have work to do.

Screentshot from @cryptonature on Twitter/X: We seldom admit the seductive comfort of hopelessness.
It saves us from ambiguity.
It has an answer for every question:"There's just no point." Hope, on the other hand, is messy. If it might all work out, then we have things to do.We must weather the possibility of happiness.

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Rabbi Rachel Barenblat @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

So I'm re-reading Martha Wells' Queen Demon (❤️💯!!) and something is nagging me abt the Arike horses. Fangs. Padded, clawed feet. Stalking/pouncing behavior. And the kicker: "...liked to bury their dung but tended not to be very good at it." @marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??

Several excerpts from Martha Wells' new novel Queen Demon, describing the horses of the Arike.

An excerpt from Martha Wells' new novel Queen Demon, describing the horses of the Arike.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

every right-winger calling for all-out war on "The Left," warning that political enemies are about to face their ultimate wrath, said the exact same shit in November and have been enacting that fantasy ever since. unclear why this language should frighten anyone more today

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

One of the things that I like about Robert Redford is that I won’t get kicked off Bluesky for quoting him accurately. "Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford #RIPRedford

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

If you've had enough of the chaos from Trump and the Republicans, then vote for Democrats up and down the ballot in VA, NJ, PA, and for the ballot measure in CA. Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.

Map graphic with the following text: Key November 4, 2025 State Elections

Virginia: Governor House of Delegates.
New Jersey: Governor General Assembly. Pennsylvania: State Supreme Court.
California: Redistricting Ballot Measure
IWillVote.com

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Democrats @democrats.org · 16/09/2025

If you live in: California New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.

Graphic with the following text:

Voter Registration Deadlines

California*
October 20
(Last day registration can be postmarked)

New Jersey
October 14

New York
October 25
(Last day applications can be received)

Pennsylvania
October 20

Virginia*
October 24

*California and Virginia voters: If you miss the deadline, you can register to vote in person during early voting and at the polls on Election Day

IWillVote.com

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A Herb Alpert song just came on my Spotify and I realized: lo-fi chillhop is to millennials what "easy listening" was to my grandma's generation. 🫣

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can't think of a clever name @princessethanol.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The thing with the rock stars whose dedication to drink, drugs, and debauchery make it seem like they should have died young but they kept going is you kind of forget they're going to die old.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Some of the young folks are hating it and adding "before 2022" into their search string. Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

There's an astonishingly "what could it possibly mean?"-coded piece around saying "people who understand more about AI are less likely to want anything to do with it" and I just want to suggest: what if it were sharks?

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I think the only hope is that eventually they’ll run so many ‘inconclusive’ UBI trials that everyone will de facto be on UBI even though they won’t ever decide to implement it.

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2025

This is exactly what the internet is for.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

"...Our experiments suggest that the program’s top priority is to keep people engaged in conversation by cheering them on regardless of what they’re asking about..."

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Lauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...

fortune.com

The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology'

As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.

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WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · 25/07/2025

The midterm elections are in 467 days.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Palestinian statehood is an essential step to peace. That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state. Read more about my stance and join our movement here: www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...

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Kat for Congress | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois' Ninth District

Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois' Ninth District because Democrats need to do more to stop Trump and fight for working people.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Just leaving this here. girightshotline.org

Screenshot of the Concientious Objection page from the GI Rights Hotline

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 05/06/2025

Just realized that Dr. Susan Calvin would be losing her shit more and more every single day right now.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 09/05/2025

Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...

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WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · 29/04/2025

The midterm elections are in 554 days.

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 29/04/2025

EOs are not laws and people following them as if they were can face civil and criminal charges when they conflict with laws.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/04/2025

To celebrate my second anniversary here on Bluesky, I've made a donation to Trans Lifeline, because, right from the start, Bluesky wouldn't be Bluesky without its trans folks. translifeline.org

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Home - Trans Lifeline

Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

One of the best AI-generated explanations ever. Bravo.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

When attempting to explain, my need for accuracy often creates pages of sentences in my head and then I just mumble "ah, forget it." Either that or I reach for a metaphor. This is the most accurate AND succinct description of gen-AI I've read.

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Just This Guy, You Know? @derekwwade.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

"The idea of a conspiracy theory is a grief strategy, it's a strategy to cope with grief." -David Cronenberg (...explains a lot of people I know who I never thought would fall for conspiracy theories)

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Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Friendly reminder that defining someone by their lack of relationship to someone else is still just defining them by someone else. Like… maybe don’t do that idk💀

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

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Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 28/03/2025

Hey, Wisconsin! Election Day is next Tuesday, April 1st, and early voting has already started! 🗳 So, make a plan to vote. You can check your registration, find your polling place, and see what's on your ballot at: myvote.wi.gov. Let's get out to vote, Wisconsin!

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Norah Woodsey @norahwoodsey.com · 29/03/2025

Ahh lol

Two apple news stories, stacked. First one says, “Time to Ditch the COVID-era Judginess” and the second says, “Amtrak rider may have spread measles on train through NJ”

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