Reposted by Erik Lars MyersDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 11hI've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 220145733936
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 01/10/2026Am I the only one who hates the boring ass shades of grey that are on every single new vehicle? 130
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 30/09/2026This is true. Men don't talk about it much, I guess maybe out of shame or fear of exclusion or something. I guess I'm old enough now that I don't care if I don't make any more male friends than I already have. This bullshit has been true everywhere in my whole life. 220
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 29/09/2026I don't understand why people seem so damn eager to live in a surveillance state. 020
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 29/09/2026Honestly, fuck this talking point off into the sun. "I know that some of you will die but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." 130
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 29/09/2026Grocery prices are up, not "way down" says anyone who has actually been in a grocery store. 110
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff" 311020179
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company 6463140
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersButt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 27/09/2026Great thread on something I have been increasingly concerned about with those in power in AI right now. 1272
Reposted by Erik Lars Myers50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.vote.org/voter-regist...vote.orgVoter Registration Deadlines - Vote.orgVoter registration deadlines for all 50 states. Register now so you can vote in the next election. 05330
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersMike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special 281185168
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642831636
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersTJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those boycotting Tillamook Cheese and anything else that is “Halal,” I want you to know that fruit, vegetables, fish, air and water are also halal. ☪️😅. 2023986589
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a wonderful story, weaving together historians, hippies, old apple tree fanatics and DNA sequencers to reveal how French immigrants in Maine brought along one of the ancestors of American apples 🧪 04513
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 23/09/2026I've been thinking this nonstop.with an extra helping of "always try to put the positive kindness you want into the world" in a death cage match with "lol rofl GOOD" 1357388
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762479762
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 22/09/2026I really just think that there has never been a more important time to continue to make art and tell stories. Go write a story. Go make music. Go put on a play. Creativity is implicitly human and anti-fascist. Come on, everyone. Let's go fucking make stuff. 050
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 256143876826
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist… 811137203284
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 20/09/2026These advent calendars, regardless of creature, have never disappointed. They are amazing and support a great organization. Go get thee snail facts! 03016
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 20/09/2026Honestly true of every industry I've ever worked in. Just make a damn decision. If it doesn't work out, just make another one. 020
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersEdgar Allan Hoe @dlcrumbdump.bsky.social · 20/09/2026No, AI isn’t gonna kill us all in the next 10 years. No, LLMs don’t keep going rogue. No, general AI superintelligence isn’t anywhere close and we’re not even on the path toward it with LLMs. All that shit is ultimately propaganda about how powerful and cool these systems supposedly are. 211734
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Even a lot of people on the left are still way too stuck on the idea that wealthy powerful people got that way by being smart and making plans and forming accurate reads on the world and it’s really just not like that, sorry, the truth is so much stupider 41968302
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860751590
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams 23414
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 11/09/2026X are asking A.I. Chatbots About Y. The Answers Can Vary By User. Yes. Exactly . That is precisely the problem with LLMs for literally everything. 120
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersJeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 07/09/2026All maps are wrong because they're projections of a globe. Mercator is great for navigation. It is bad for politics. And, I believe, 99% of the reason Trump wants Greenland. 47222
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersLew Bryson @lewbryson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Read this gift article. Trump's encouragement of imported mystery beef is supposed to be about consumer prices. Maybe. But if you don't blurt out "WTF!" at least once while reading this, you're either exceptionally well informed, or totally jaded. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)On second thought, I’m not that hungry. 101
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersAmanda Lee Scherle @amandaleescherle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I drew this based on that prompt. Right here, tonight. My brain can create prompts and images based on those prompts. And my hands can receive that information and I can create things that *I* like. I will not relent on this. 🪐❇️🧀 #noai 011
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersJeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 03/09/2026With a ton of help, I tried to tackle one of North Carolina's greatest mysteries: Why are there so many Chinese restaurants next to Food Lions? I learned a lot! www.ncrabbithole.com/p/there-real...ncrabbithole.comThere really is a Chinese restaurant next to nearly every Food LionIt's been a meme for years. But one man actually ran the numbers and found proof that the correlation is very real in North Carolina. So, in this Rabbit Hole investigation, we enlisted others to help ... 1919566
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersPaul Ford @ftrain.com · 02/09/2026The humans do this ceremony where they enter a dark room and are forced to account to some sort of priest for their past transgressions, and every time they speak they must eat a poison meat that causes them incredible pain. That is how I think an alien would see Hot Ones. 529555
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 01/09/2026I got laid off from my contributing editor gig at VinePair last week, which was a big chunk of my income. Now more than ever, every paid subscription to Fingers really counts! If you like my work and you've been thinking about upgrading, here's a Bluesky discount: www.fingers.email/upgrade?offe... 06421
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Steers That Look Like Pete Hegseth 1232255
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New in PNAS today: we projected how climate change will reshape the body size of marine life across the entire ocean. 23,329 mollusc species, every ocean basin. The headline everyone expects is "life shrinks." The real answer is far stranger. 🧪 #marinelife www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgNonuniform resizing of marine life under climate change | PNASGlobal warming is often predicted to drive universal declines in animal body size, but empirical evidence remains equivocal. This is particularly t... 29647
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersTW @twesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026this is gonna upset so many of y’all 241382323
Reposted by Erik Lars Myersjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made 1769622998
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you need a reason to keep going, look up the ages of Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Narendra Modi Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping I can’t guarantee the world gets better but you can sure watch it get *different* if you hold on 20928171
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 28/08/2026Dave is a great journalist (and a great guy) and even though I've been out of the industry for a while I still subscribe to his newsletter, Fingers. You should consider it! 130
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026folks SAY they want kindness but this is not always the case. the most controversial thing that i ever post is 'the best way to make inroads in any creative profession is to be kind'. i get SO much pushback, because it is a scary idea for those who have trained themselves to be unkind as a defense 6812154
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026First Dolly and now Tim Curry?! Folks, check in on the theater kids in your life. 58118
Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 26/08/2026The grim reaper is really fucking this year up. Wrong fucking 80 year olds, bro. Get it together. 150
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There’s so much Dolly-discourse about the proper uses of wealth and fame and legacy, and some harsh comparisons to others who also have or had those advantages. See @clairewillett.bsky.social for a vivid example. But there something nicer going on, worth mentioning: 120019
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395117143
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Algorithms killed the spectrum of emotional valences. Everything now is set to 10. Bring back the eyeroll, the exasperated sigh, the hand wave, the shoulder shrug. Some stuff is just mildly annoying or blandly dumb. You don’t need to blow every emotional outburst on the mundane. 251893270
Reposted by Erik Lars MyersChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes 025766