Reposted by MTFHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 9hIt can't be left up to randos online to uncover who is actually being interviewed in national news outlets. Laundering the subject's lies about who they are is not journalism 210414
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 23hAll props to everyone trying to generate them and I guess the real answer is "there's a spectrum from B to organized-religion-C, and we should want people to get as close to B as their personality allows". But it's most important that they're on it, period. 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 23hHonest belief is B, pragmatic answer is if I can't convert someone to that (aka my version of C) fairly quickly, I think I have to point them to organized religion. I'm a multi-generational atheist, I wish there were an organized <etc> with comparable power, but there just doesn't seem to be. 100
Reposted by MTFSarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 03/10/2026We are told that the fact that a man who has done terrible harm *could* be better means that we have to pretend he already is. 143157
Reposted by MTFSeattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets 12661159
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They are in fact that stupid and nasty, to be clear. It's a very low bar to clear, the "at least not THAT stupid and nasty" bar, for the purposes of these goals. 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Re last, I'm not dumb but am definitely lazy, and tbh these assholes are themselves also idiots if they can't figure out how to replicate their socioeconomic class despite these qualities in their children. They've definitely got more money than I do. It's not rocket science. 100
Reposted by MTFMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 02/10/2026look, i think these people should just be honest and say that their kids are too dumb and lazy for their socioeconomic status to self replicate so they want to shrink the talent pool, (which wont work because it will also shrink the demand for talent) 528044
Reposted by MTFLee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The person who needs to be intentionally restored to the community in the aftermath of intimate violence is the victim of that violence. To do that often requires attacking the perpetrators’ power/access to victims. Asking “but how can we fix their heart?” as a bystander is deeply inappropriate. 223952
Reposted by MTFBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Go Fund Me is here: www.gofundme.com/f/please-hel...gofundme.comDonate to Please Help Support Angel and Her Family, organized by Scott ColehourWe are coming together to support Angel, our neighbor who was struck by a ca… Scott Colehour needs your support for Please Help Support Angel and Her Family 01212
Reposted by MTFBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Brown told WCCO that she has pushed to make the area safer by adding speed bumps to Upton Avenue to prevent drivers from using it as a speedway off of Olson Memorial Highway." 1198
Reposted by MTFc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She also adjusted her pace to ensure the injured cub could keep up. By 2008, he was observed hunting on his own & at the age of 20 is King of the Fat Bears, holding his own at the crowded Brook Falls. A story of a mother's love, sacrifice & a little cub who became a champion fat bear. 🥹discvr.blogHow Bear 89 earned the name BackpackDiscover how Bear 89 became Backpack, why his nickname predates his leg injury, and how his mother Holly adjusted to her cub’s needs. 51226134
Reposted by MTFNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods. 71595415
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Differently so? Go wild. But less is an absurd claim. (Incidentally this is one of the things I like best about Trek. You can't avoid some World Of Hats, but all? the reoccurring species are very clearly similar-degree different-style social) 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Re LRT on a far more trivial note, ignorance of that fact is one of the most annoying qualities of mediocre scifi. You need to do MASSIVE lifting if you want me to believe that your intelligent aliens are meaningfully less social/cooperative than humans. 100
Reposted by MTFGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 01/10/2026Human beings became the apex predator on this planet for one (1) reason: we work together better than any other species that has ever existed. That's why primates were so successful and that's why humans emerged as the primate that stands so far above the rest. 2060447
Reposted by MTFGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One of the really interesting findings here is that microtransit is associated with better healthcare access and health outcomes because riders are able to have reliable transportation to medical appointments. 110133
Reposted by MTFZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think it's fine for unis to be in charge of managing petty public order / QoL violations on their campuses, but if there's one thing that keeps becoming more apparent, it's that local authorities with conflicting interests shouldn't run rape or murder cases. A statewide org should. No exceptions. 418124
Reposted by MTFqdot @buttplug.engineer · 29/09/2026tired: i made the chipotle bot write python wired: i made the chipotle bot control a buttplug inspired: i made the chipotle bot write python to control a buttplug 0684
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Anyway, cool tool for computer work. Computer work still uh, not most of the human experience. As we have discoursed, I see 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes we need to kill copyright and not (merely) ai, it's stupid at interpretation but the fundamentals remain Bad, Folks 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also this chirpy "I can't reproduce but can summarize" thing is The Literal Actual Devil We Need To Kill Copyright 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026...faster and more helpful to do it myself, innit. If this was my job and we're talking thousands, sure, but it's not and we're talking dozens) 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026(I have a hundred open tabs that I vaguely intend to Obsidian Web Clipper into my vault. Claude won't copy even like, recipe instructions from an open web page. it'll write a Python script, sure, but by the time we're talking multiple passes and who knows if it'd *reproduce* such .md files... 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026omg. So I thought of one!! thing I could maybe use AI for in a personal capacity won't do it, citing absurd interpretation of copyright. this is extremely, extremely funny. but also incredibly pathetic 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026But ah to live a life of Aesthetic Fridge. The madness, she beckons 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tragically I am, before all those things, an embodied human who has to eat, so, y'know 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Okay as a dedicated fridge, food, and cooking hater who also loves Everything In Its Place, I won't lie, this gestures at a pleasant fantasy 100
Reposted by MTFUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142520874
Reposted by MTFpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Are people who don’t listen to modern pop country better than people who do listen to modern pop country? Yes, obviously. 522725266
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Legit question because I almost never buy meat from a grocery store, how long has it been standard to have "unless otherwise explicitly noted, all the beef is from the US" on a sign? 000
Reposted by MTFPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073682301
Reposted by MTFAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Today at 12:30, Wilber called his wife to tell her that he had been shot,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in an earlier interview late Sunday. “And he was yelling in agony, and the call cut off. That was all she knew.” 13607223
Reposted by MTFMichael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026DRAGONFLIGHT (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30" For the 1st book in Anne McCaffrey's legendary Dragonriders of Pern series, I wanted to create a literal visualization of the title. I selected an aerial POV and tilted the horizon to simulate the dizzying sensation of flight. #art #booksky 🪐📚 15586139
Reposted by MTFKatie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. 291671886
Reposted by MTFSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026step 2: "oh, look, a systematic issue that I cannot solve individually, no matter what I do." "That means solving it is impossible! Time to feel paralyzed. I am very good at understanding what 'systematic issue' & 'collective action' mean" 333945
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026there's still that old habit to think weeelll is someone ginning something up... nope! nope nope nope 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026good lord. I mean these days I generally do figure it's as bad as the reactions suggest, but that Converse ad is *bad* bad! 100
Reposted by MTFtweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026I would like RFK jr. to [ terms of service violation ] or [ terms of service violation ] or [ wow that’s like sixty strikes buddy ] 06812
Reposted by MTFAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen 9731251
Reposted by MTFSol Feggio @wtdore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026one of the big frameworks I use for thinking about the W.E.I.R.D. world I live in is: For most of human history, labor was cheap and materials (and energy) were expensive, and relatively recently that changed to labor being expensive, and materials being cheap. This impacted pretty much everything 48211
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Vermont is extremely beautiful. And I live in Western Mass, which is itself beautiful to a "significant to mental wellness" degree. But jesus, Vermont 010
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am such a sucker for "dudes reviewing their babies like consumer products" videos 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This marks the one and so far only personal use case I've found for AI. Price can't be beat though, that's for sure 001
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Google's AI in search apparently remains bad at search, but man can it vibe code a bar menu for a person. This seems if I were Google perhaps not an ideal use of resources, butcha know, works for me 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Everything may be terrible etc but at least some people are still six with unlimited ride wristbands at the county fair 000
Reposted by MTFAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Something I think about occasionally is how much money $50 million really is to almost everyone, how much you can do with it, and how little it is relative to a billionaire. All of them could be generous beyond the dreams of saints, if they cared to 39420
