Reposted by ERTBenTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6hOther states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina. 0214170
Reposted by ERTBenKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.washingtonsun.comWhite House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With TrackersThe White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets. 711266838
Reposted by ERTBenAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 290154064243
Reposted by ERTBenMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is such a fucking racket and these companies are all in cahoots. The best way to protect yourself and your employees from AI is to abstain from using it. 16851113
Reposted by ERTBenOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 28/09/2026are we finally going to accept it's all a scam, a "mechanical turk", it's all humans? 717854
Reposted by ERTBenShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Enhancing grainy images and videos with generative AI to identify key missing details often produces inaccurate and unreliable results. AI models have no reference as to what missing details in a grainy image/video look like, and often generate those details based on an incorrect guess. 423558
Reposted by ERTBenMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement 14750273
Reposted by ERTBenDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 11141271408
Reposted by ERTBenMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 27/09/2026if we stopped growing alfalfa in deserts to feed cows in saudi arabia basically all of the west's water problems would be solved without anything else having to change (And denver is on the wrong side of the continental divide for that discussion) 20607100
Reposted by ERTBenEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language righteoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 1238879
Reposted by ERTBenJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being 202701406
Reposted by ERTBenunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026Every day this continues is one more day too long. 026726
Reposted by ERTBenCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22948612
Reposted by ERTBenThe Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day. Today we celebrate the life of a man who saved billions by not believing a computer. May we all learn this valuable lesson. 215067
Reposted by ERTBenBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions. 11738521016
Reposted by ERTBenMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not 7065621330
Reposted by ERTBenAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7437561243
Reposted by ERTBenBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year. 32974407
Reposted by ERTBenGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 199180855059
Reposted by ERTBenRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27574873127
Reposted by ERTBenRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141861728
Reposted by ERTBenChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes. So manye hues of greene. Yn the cozye glowe of the far future ther ys onlye WARMTH. 932283
Reposted by ERTBenLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970072247
Reposted by ERTBenEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey Democrats, if this is your consultant’s advice... FIRE THEM. 1827376
Reposted by ERTBenEl Topo 🍁 @eltopo71.com · 24/09/2026So it's a sad little device you carry around and talk to if you have no friends. 1131
Reposted by ERTBenA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That the electorate could even contemplate such a man rather than reject him outright shames us all. That our founding laws could permit him to get in a position where the electorate could choose him shames our laws. That our institutions have not bodily removed him shames our institutions. 352084
Reposted by ERTBenPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 552967769
Reposted by ERTBenAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026Important to consider that Trump has also shut down green card interviews worldwide except Hungary and Poland (where Christian nationalists are losing power), and refugee admissions worldwide except for white South Africans (who are upset they no longer have Apartheid) It's a Great Replacement: 10491149
Reposted by ERTBenBrian 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. 762477760
Reposted by ERTBenLauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in. 8827051116
Reposted by ERTBen⛧☾༺ Kιƚƚყ ༻☽⛧ @kittytheatheist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is important to get out there. Surgery for minors DOES NOT HAPPEN. Transition for minors is social (changing clothing/name etc) and possibly puberty blockers, which are SAFE and REVERSABLE. Puberty blockers are also used in cis/non-transgender children with precocious puberty. #ProtectTransKids 24719
Reposted by ERTBenCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A free society cannot allow the government to disappear people in order to cutoff access to legal remedies. 6539222
Reposted by ERTBenKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump admin's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News D.C. bureau chief Bryan Boughton wrote in an email to TV pool subscribers. 1272285551
Reposted by ERTBenJohn Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Newsom’s car brain is so infuriating. - vetoed safety stop-as-yield (aka Idaho Stop) twice on spurious reasons. - cut active transportation in each budget (restored by legislature). - transferred e-bike rebate money to EV car rebate program. 39525
Reposted by ERTBenGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comProject 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kidIts architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking. 45988468
Reposted by ERTBenMad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 20/09/2026More than 220 people have lost their lives in these strikes without ever facing a trial. Their families and the American public deserve answers. Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks 26667312
Reposted by ERTBenSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A piece I knew was coming but wasn’t ready for @nhannahjones.bsky.social revisits her decade old piece now that her daughter is 16. 413644
Reposted by ERTBenMark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026“Senior administration officials argued in the Oval Office on Friday over whether … NIH should further cut its spending,” As stated, this is illegal (and unconstitutional) impoundment 18717
Reposted by ERTBenProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled. The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 6019761061
Reposted by ERTBenIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2026This ‘deal’ would be an insult to the hundreds of thousands of workers, journalists, and consumers who will be hurt if the Paramount-Warner Brothers merger goes forward. An agreement based only on unenforceable concessions is a win for David Ellison and a loss for everyone else.latimes.comParamount-California settlement talks accelerate, moving Warner Bros. merger closer to the finish lineA resolution would allow David Ellison's $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to finalize 9440204
Reposted by ERTBenCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds. 52130475
Reposted by ERTBenElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/09/2026As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger. The last thing we need is another Trump-controlled media conglomerate abusing its power to stomp out competition. This is a dangerous merger. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comParamount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust SuitParamount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported. 903024944
ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Quote post with a picture of the aircraft you’ll accept as a bribe.static.klipy.comTale Spin Cartoon IntroAlt: The Sea Duck from Tale Spin 010
Reposted by ERTBenshould've been a cat @nepenthe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Boy, what a good line to end on. 05110