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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/10/2026

"A dozen orcs stormed the Palantir offices in Seattle this week to apply for jobs at the surveillance tech company. Palantir's militarized AI products attracted the horde of orcs, who hoped that their history of serving the Dark Lords would land them a gig. Unfortunately, Palantir didn't bite." 🤣

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 02/10/2026

I challenge anyone to give me a more dense collection of great conversation, factual information, and insightful commentary on current events than the podcast premiering right now. youtu.be/OdEpyZVP5dU

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The Tim Heidecker Podcast #0001 - Jeremy Levick, Rajat Suresh, Sean Coleman

YouTube video by InfoWars

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 01/10/2026

A new month means a new opportunity for OGE Energy Corp. to request a rate increase, this time with a jump of about a $25 for the average resident.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

Read a blog post about how we all have to accept AI in promo art because not everyone can afford an artist and even free stock art will all have AI, and I just want everyone to know that I will promote my stories with stick figures I handdraw with crayon before I willingly use AI tainted art.

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“AI made art accessible” is like saying burglary made me having your tv accessible

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 30/09/2026

Some people apparently never learned that one is not required to jump off a bridge like all their friends nor encourage others to follow such foolish choices.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 30/09/2026

I’m that weird guy who doesn’t fantasize his sons going to war.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Never been MORE VINDICATED he's literally using AI as Digital Jenny McCarthy to do vaccine denialism HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT I need to play the lottery

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

more of Berlin was still standing in 1945

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If anything, the Republican party in the past two years has proven we were right about them, institutionalized racism and criticism about it.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 27/09/2026

you can take a bite of me sure i only want a little nibble of your soul in return tee hee pretty p l e a s e

The new Cinnamon Toast Crunch mascot stares into the camera lens with its now overly-detailed cartoon eyes. The mascot is also smiling, as if beckoning you to begin feeding on it.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 27/09/2026

AI users, you all sound like you’re trying to get me high on hallucinations, so I’m going to call back on my childhood training and dare to just say no

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 25/09/2026

Nextdoor is not a dating app!

A thirsty man on Nextdoor writes:

THANKS to all the SINGLE, EMPTY-NESTER LADIES, around their early-50's, who wished me (a single, empty-nester dad) a Happy Birthday!

Who knows, maybe next birthday I won't be single? What do you think?

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 23/09/2026

I’ve been having fun watching @nextlander.com go through The Incident at Galley House — I’m about an hour in to the finale so far — but the stream is being RUINED for me because they misspelled Meg Patterson’s last name! youtu.be/FTiJUGYxClA

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The Clue Crew and The Incident at Galley House - The Finale [Part 05]

YouTube video by Nextlander

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 22/09/2026

“I never wanted to ‘get political’ in my career: I hoped to be able to make a bunch of money doing things I liked and never feeling pressured in any way to mention or even think about the geno—I mean confrontation—in Palestine! Can we please do my concert now?” — Clown Musician

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 22/09/2026

It’s been rattling around in my head for a bit now that while I am pondering whether I want to own *any* smartphone, Apple decides to reveal a phone with a cost that exceeds anything I’ve ever spent on any portable device and with a feature I’ve never wanted. Are they trying to help me quit?

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Ghost_of_Gandalf 🇺🇸 @quirkyhndl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trump did not create White supremacy & Christian Nationalism, neoliberalism, war mongering, media disinfo, or the rampant bigotry of our society. He (and Putin) just took advantage of what was already there.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 13/09/2026

I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard anyone suggest that any of the greatest athletes should be barred from playing because they’re just too good, but apparently if they’re trans this is an inherent risk that must be avoided at all costs. So pathetic.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 12/09/2026

It’s concerning to me how many people on the AT Protocol team are this deluded by their AI use.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stop arguing about Kojima and start experiencing one of the best video games(?) of 2025 that you haven't experienced. Yet.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 11/09/2026

I feel like I’m forgetting something

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rae @rae.wtf · 09/09/2026

🌿 ROWBOT RALLY 2 🌿 the all-new, space-age sequel to the award-winning playdate game coming soon to your playdate, and your PC wishlist: 🟨 play.date/g/pesto 💻 raewtf.itch.io/rowbot-rally-2

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 10/09/2026

the only way AI is killing us all is if we let the AI CEOs get their way and build so many fossil-powered data centers they trigger runaway warming. stop giving any fuel to the sensationalist, science fictional notion they’re building an intelligent computer that will decide to murder us all.

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kat @katvapid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Spiderman and the rest of the people of this city have the right to defend themselves!”

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was trying to get through to one of the staff of this site yesterday but like, this is psychosis. The people who run this site think AI is alive. How do you come back from this

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It absolutely wouldn't challenge our idea of what makes us unique in the world. Many whale species have complex languages and culture, slime molds can solve complex puzzles - anyone who has spent any time with animals knows that cognition isn't exclusive to humans.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 08/09/2026

why does everybody that gets really into ChatGPT or Claude or whatever immediately start talking like that one friend that went to Burning Man one time

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I used to be really excited about technology. I don't think it's me that's changed.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Make America healthy you say? So open up thousands more hospitals around the country especially in rural areas or towns where private equity is buying them up and stripping them for parts? Making care free for all? A big push to train and hire more doctors? No? Ah just the individualistic fash parts

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Hey can I use your mailing list?" "Okay. Here's everyone's info in a csv" WHAT. WHY.

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Like look I’m sorry but this is clearly some kind of mania. What in the holy shit is he talking about? This sounds like a conversation he’s had with his chatbot

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A lot of this gets lost in the pivot around whether the machine is meaningfully thinking, and I think a lot of people in today's conversations are pretty sure it is not.
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But I think there's a lot of reason that people would resist the idea that the machines are thinking exactly because that would very much challenge our idea of ourselves and what makes us all unique in the world.
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If that's the case, I'd tell people that they are unique and valuable regardless of what a machine does. I'd also add there's nothing wholly conclusive about the situation, but it does seem that the measures for reasoning are a moving target in popular discussion

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day!

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Mike Elgan @mikeelgan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026

“Whether you’ve been sideswiped by a tractor-trailer on a two-lane road or dragged through an intersection by a furniture delivery truck, you can now easily plot a course that fully accommodates your mangled body.” — Jasmine Harper, lead product developer

theonion.com

Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Touting the new feature as yet another innovation to help every traveler get where they’re going, Google Maps on Thursday began offering crawling directions for cyclists who have bee...

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 03/09/2026

I remember that moment and still feel sad about it all these years later. It was hard to watch his coworkers try to carry on with their broadcasts, too. Tears and sadness all around.

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 01/09/2026

A Reddit community usually is not a great indicator of the general public, and I hope that remains true in this case; otherwise, the Playdate userbase is already pretty awful. AI doesn’t belong around the Playdate. www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/co…

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

ohhhh my bad i didn’t realize you use LLMs for your job. lemme roll over and show belly to all the worst guys who ever lived then

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David Hepworth @dhepworth.com · 31/08/2026

YouTubers, please, I beg you, go back to shaming people for making “long” 10-minute videos! Every video on the platform seems documentary length now!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026

so according to the CDC, *foodborne illness* is responsible for about 930 deaths a year. "food-induced illness" is a made up term RFK is using for basically every cause of mortality minus suicide.

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