Reposted by EtymonDr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 1hThe last public execution in the United States was that of Roscoe Jackson in 1937. The US, along with most other countries abolished the practice as cruel, barbaric, and harmful to the public witness. Because this is a form of terrorism. 1153
Reposted by EtymonJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 11hThere's a market in research and high-end computing. Always has been. But that shit doesn't drive billion dollar IPOs. And nobody in startups or venture capital wants a successful £20m niche company. they want to be a Unicorn. So the delusion of AI as a consumer product gets shoved in the deck. 516224
Reposted by EtymonAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Phones are a distraction engine. What if the ban on phones triggered France's high school students' revolt? "According to a professor..., when his students looked up from their smartphones, they discovered that an unbearable world had been prepared for them." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/dimanches... 611639
Reposted by EtymonLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14hYou probably think this is a touch of hyperbole. If you do, that just tells me not only are you not paying attention, you are actively ignoring all the trans people this has happened to. This is life in the UK as a trans person in 2026. 8973303
Reposted by Etymoneerie dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 10hThis is what happens to any performance of legal accountability for the rich once they know you're no longer looking The search warrants were for the house of a member of the British royal family, who was stripped of his titles only under protest. Of course they weren't unlawful. That's absurd 28027
Reposted by EtymonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10hI’m visiting a colleague’s class today (to evaluate them), and grabbed a notebook for those purposes on my way out of my office. This is what I saw when I opened it (Maddie is my 10YO): 4276925
Reposted by EtymonRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11hEvery single one of these article is full of the same guy, the person is surprised that Trump acted exactly like he said he was going to act. 1219328
Reposted by EtymonJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 11hUnlike cheap internet access or 3G phones (the true drivers of the 90s/2000s explosion) consumer AI is a means with no end. You can't sell that to consumers. Only to businesses that misunderstand the relationship between technology and profits/cost-savings. Because to them, it's magic beans. 722443
Reposted by EtymonAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 13hYes the kids won't remember but "overturning roe will be good for abortion rights" was a big centrist thing for awhile 751195
Reposted by EtymonWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13hThe Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 451286402
Reposted by EtymonLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12hWhen you’re so caught up in AI that you forget what it means to be human… 1721037
Reposted by EtymonDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle for independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid, and foreign occupation by all available means including armed struggle: Resolution 45/130, UN General Assembly 14/12/1990 www.un.org/unispal/docu...un.orgPre-2017 documents - Question of PalestineBrowse documents: By Date| By Subject| By Entity| By Type 1136
Reposted by EtymonEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 16hCredit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comEU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressureThe Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat. 491083524
Reposted by Etymonpunchumgum @punchumgum.bsky.social · 14h"...retail banks betting big on generative and agentive technologies to maximise profits and shed staff have revealed they want access to confidential taxpayer earnings data to minimise billions in losses from fraudulent loan applications enabled by artificial intelligence." 012
Reposted by EtymonAntipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 14h1 in 5 people on JobSeeker already has a job. 0216
Reposted by EtymonTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 15hTransphobic rot has truly spread and taken root in the minds of the media because they're trying to make "social contagion" stick for every issue from menopausal women who want hormone treatments to the right-wing demographic panic. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a tranny. 281360291
Reposted by EtymonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The right has been gloating that the #MeToo era ended, but we're due for a reckoning that's going to make that look like nothing by comparison. 662128484
Reposted by Etymon1stBascombe @1stbascombe.bsky.social · 22hAn absolutely unbelievable capture from Betsy in Cheshire. The Moon (gray area), Jupiter, amd Jupiter's moons! Just. Plain. WOW!!! - Bob Maxon 013726
Reposted by EtymonTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.australianpharmacist.com.auFewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian PharmacistCOVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t? 30435224
Reposted by EtymonCanberra Artemis @canberraartemis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wearing black gloves in dress uniform is the giveaway, otherwise it would be impossible to tell this was AI. 473
Reposted by EtymonProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 21hAgain, OMB is using the apportionment mechanism to stop funding. Here it is the Smithsonian. I would note: they are not legally binding if exercised out of the scope of the President’s authority. 622688
Reposted by EtymonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree? 1342616642
Reposted by Etymonprivateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Theres a guy who owns a bagel shop outside of Chicago and more than once I've seen someone get nasty with an employee and they get full the Jewish guy from Brooklyn. I've watched him take food out of people's hands and throw their money back in their face. He's got a line out the door on weekends. 14112
Reposted by EtymonNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider the emissions caused by burning fossil fuels overseas when approving projects." This is a big deal, surely.abc.net.auNSW coalmine climate ruling a massive shake-up to Australia's oil and gasAustralia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia. 1019557
Reposted by Etymonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior 7978561167
Reposted by EtymonKaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 07/10/2026People don't believe me, but I'm TELLING you, there MUST be an active campaign strategy happening in media published by WB or other parts of JK's team trying to force HP awkwardly and unnaturally into public consciousness. Certainly from the WB side, I've seen multiple properties doing it already. 671904658
Reposted by EtymonRob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026School nurses can’t administer an aspirin without written permission yet these fuckwits want you to believe they’re capable of arranging gender reassignment procedures and surgery. 53512
Reposted by Etymontoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113703092
Reposted by EtymonBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start! 944918697
Reposted by EtymonCargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Correct headline should be “End of parking subsidy in Liverpool saves council tax payers over £1m”bbc.co.ukLiverpool parking charges bring in more than £1m council saysThe figure has been revealed following a Freedom of Information request from a group of businesses. 612129
Reposted by Etymonseio didático @rebuscarla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Simply put: it doesn’t fucking matter. A conservative is a conservative; an anti-feminist is an anti-feminist. An enemy is an enemy." ler a talia me refresca TANTO a fé 1418
Reposted by EtymonDaniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026And on the belief that good writing stems from good ideas: 546086
Reposted by EtymonHugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026This is why pervasive use of GenAI by university students is such a problem. (*) We do not set you an essay on the fauna of the lower Carboniferous because we want to read it (*) We do not make you write a computer program from scratch because we need to run that program (1/2) 315547
Reposted by EtymonMeep Morp @frecklefaerie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have been enjoying the gen x take. Kid: Dad, in college did you really write a ten page paper in a night without AI? Dad: Hell, i wrote a 10 page paper... without reading the book. 1752
Reposted by EtymonErin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am absolutely a broken record on this but it is notable how much more coverage the French students (and good on them!) are getting in Australian media vs when Indonesian students get into it (and good on them!) 2269
Reposted by EtymonAlexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think there are two problems with any benevolent interpretation of what he said: 1) there was no pause or anything like "think how terrible that would be" after he talked about two US cities being nuked 2) why would LA and SD be targets of Iran and not say, Wash DC? 112
Reposted by Etymon#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*That's a great wisecrack, I am super into that rhetoric. The deployment of bathos, the mock-heroic diction, the sudden anticlimax, the high-low register-shift *It's especially good when discussing "high technology" "Hey look everybody, the mighty Vulcan limps, hahaha" 1124
Reposted by EtymonLynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve just heard a podcast ad pushing Purina’s product to balance your cat’s gut biome. The same animal that left me a half eaten rat on my kitchen floor. Yeah, I don’t think his gut biome has much to worry about. 001
Reposted by EtymonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A new addition to my office tchotchkes, courtesy of three of my (awesome) Fall 2024 @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Federal Courts students: 133448
Reposted by EtymonDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 07/10/2026This gets to the desiccated heart of the techbro fantasy. These billionaires and their simps sell themselves as hard, practical men who stoically push through pain. Grim doers. But the promise of their technology is *not doing the things*. 3228
Reposted by EtymonPat McCaffrie @patmccaffrie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If Gillard and Ardern are "has-beens" then why do you and The Oz still ask John Howard his opinion on anything? 1929159
Reposted by EtymonFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The FCC's sole defense is that its review was required by process. The court appeared skeptical, and rightly so. Threatening license revocation is an extreme step, basically a death sentence over a speeding ticket. I remain confident the First Amendment will prevail here 05116
Reposted by EtymonGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Damn, I guess this is how I find out the lead singer of Paramore is a real one. 1768193
Reposted by EtymonKeezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 07/10/2026everything you love that keeps you going is being eaten by capitalism and private equity 🤝 forget demand and supply. your demand doesn't matter anymore. only theirs 335182