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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Maybe don’t invite him to Gracie Mansion next time

Screenshot from NYT showing how ICE arrests have soared

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have my own guess but what do you all think this is?

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Google spent 45 billion dollars on its AI in the second quarter (the last for which there’s data available). That’s over 400 million dollars a day. And this is what it has produced - a machine that thinks it is two days ago when you search for the weather:

Screencap from Google taken on October 4 saying that it is October 2

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this is the latter part of the answer

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The context of the screenshot is pretty bad. This is the first part of the question

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I started laughing when I saw this

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“That’s why we’re investing more money in it than any tech buildout in history,” he continued.

Chart showing that the AI bubble is the largest in U.S. history by infrastructure spending as a percentage of GDP.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What I said when he first met him early in the year

A message I wrote to friends early this year

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very dangerous. It’s both a childish attempt to win the court case about the arch by claiming it’s for national security purposes and a potentially dangerous expansion of armed power in the capital as we approach years that may include many protests, including over the outcomes of elections.

Donald Trump trying to win a court case by putting sniper’s nests in the nation’s capital.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The lawmakers are like “God, why won’t someone please make some laws to protect us?!?”

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me as America enters Barron Trump’s third term

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Too bad he’s such a bigot.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

RIP to Gloria Steinem. I always liked her. This is the dedication to one of her books. I find it very moving.

Dedication of Gloria Steinem’s memoir to the Doctor who took the considerable risk of referring her for an abortion and told her to “do what you want to do with your life”.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Advertising is at the center of the digital economy. Corporations spend billions of dollars tracking everything about us. As such, today on one social media platform I have received clothing ads for clothing tailored specifically for 1. tall men and 2. short men.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Did you know that Patricia Highsmith was wildly antisemitic (and racist)? I didn’t. I mean I always tend to think people of that generation were probably at least a little bigoted but this is like a whole other level.

Paragraph from Guardian article on Patricia Highsmith’s antisemitism

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If I did this when I run, I don’t think people would be like “Let’s invest more money in this guy. He’s the future.”

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP. A vision of a better America.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My actual thoughts on the thing (said to a friend last night)

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Me when the DSA folks say no one has tried negotiating with Russia

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

When people send me Atlantic articles

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Of course, Grim thinks we can’t even criticize our idiot-bro President for starting a strategically catastrophic war, because god forbid we make the special boy feel bad.

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Alright, it’s Friday, let’s have a little fun. Quote post this with a comment from another platform or chat that you’ve made in the last 24 hours. No context unless someone asks. Just text or a screenshot. I’ll go first.

Screenshot of a reply to a stan of James K. Polk

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I told my friend who’s underemployed that maybe it’s time to consider turning to crime. If I lose my job, maybe it’s worth a thought?

Picture with the text Better Living Through Crime

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Understandable. Well, if you ever feel like going down that pessimism hole again, I can talk about more encounters with voters…

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It really happened. You’re not supposed to do this but I talked to him for a long time - like 20 minutes. At one point I asked him “Do you really trust the Republicans that much? They didn’t restrain him last time.” And he was like “It’s not trust. It’s their political interest. It’s a guarantee.”

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@edzitron.com All the singularity talk means… ?

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And we’ll all live in cities on the moon…

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Right wing nut tech bros like

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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And the jars of urine?

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