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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

There’s an uncomfortable truth underneath all the elaborate AI safety research: Our tech reflects us. AI does it on steroids. If we want our AI to align with our nobler goals, then we’re going to have to reckon with aligning ourselves with the better angels of our own nature.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Man, times really are tough

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

To be fair, everyone on here might—but the majority of the United States is literally partially illiterate

In 2023, 28% of adults scored at or below Level 1, 29% at Level 2, and 44% at Level 3 or above. ' Adults scoring in the lowest levels of literacy increased 9 percentage points between 2017 and 2023. In 2017, 19% of U.S. adults achieved a Level 1 or below in literacy while 48% achieved the highest levels.

Anything below Level 3 is considered "partially illiterate" (see also § Definitions below).

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I still think this was a groundbreaking game aesthetic

The black velvet level from Psychonauts, with vivid colors against deep black and shadows

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A movie that takes place where you’re from.

Arrested Development screenshot: “footage not found”

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I used to call this game “Walk Down the Hallway” and man, were these guys scary

Midnight Rescue screenshot: an enemy appearing in front of the protagonist

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Talk about nominative determinism!

YouTube screenshot: PBS News Hour full episode, April 8, 2025

ELIZABETH ECONOMY
Former Senior Advisor for China, U.S. Commerce Department

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Ok, NOW it’s totally the bottom though, obviously. If not that would just be crazy, right

The S&P 500 1-year view showing a precipitous crash over the last week or so, in red.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

What I love here is the embedded assumption that the way to appeal to anyone is by appealing to their “image.”

8 minutes ago
Colby Smith Reporting on the U.S. economy

Just minutes before the Fed chair is due to give a speech about the economic outlook, Trump called for the central bank to lower rates and attacked him for being "always
'late," in a post on Truth Social:

"This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always 'late, but he could now change his image, and quickly. Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even Eggs are down 69%, and Jobs are UP, all within two months - A BIG WIN for America. CUT INTEREST RATES, JEROME, AND STOP PLAYING POLITICS!"

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Morning walk in the DC suburbs!

A large pink flowering tree on a suburban street with partly cloudy skies and green grass

Two small pink flowering trees on the right-of-way between a suburban street and a sidewalk. Blue skies and patchy green/yellow grass

I think these are daisies? I’m terrible at flowers, I’m really sorry. White petals, yellow centers, green leaves. A sea of them in front of some woods and a white bench.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Gotta be this, final answer, Regis

answer. However, a 2013 paper by Egizia Maria Felice, Professor of Classics at the University of Reading, argued that the word for lantern (Ancient Greek: Aúxvos) also refers to an edible species of fish (albeit different from a modern lanternfish), as attested in Strabo's Geographica.! The humor is therefore a play on words about the meaning of Aúxvos, where the scholar orders one at a silversmith's the same way he'd order one at a fishmonger's.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

“Here’s what they say”

The contents of the documents, and whether any previously unreleased information is in them, wasn't immediately clear. USA TODAY will continue reviewing the files and updating this story.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

So you’re telling me there’s a chance

Bluesky @bsky.app
24.7M followers 2 following
official Bluesky account

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I read “EctoGeek” at first

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This take is the correct one.

3 hours ago
Zolan Kanno-Youngs White House reporter

Up until this point, almost every foreign leader visiting the White House has showered Trump with compliments, rather than challenge him and risk an unpredictable decision on the global stage, like rescinding U.S. aid or imposing harsh tariffs. On this rare occasion, President Zelensky, the leader of a nation under attack from Russia, chose to not placate Trump, and the president erupted.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Some in the US call them roundabouts too!

Map showing usage of “traffic circle,” “roundabout,” “I have no word for this,” and “rotary.” Traffic circle is mostly northeast, Texas, and a bit of SoCal. Roundabout is much of the middle center and Florida. Rotary is basically just Maine, Vermont, NH, and partially CT. Dakotas and Montana have no word.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Can we be real for a second please

Happy/disappointed guy meme format:

SINGLE-LANE
TRAFFIC CIRCLE (happy)

MULTI-LANE
TRAFFIC CIRCLE (disappointed)

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

No idea how long this has been there but who picked this thumbnail lol

A photo of Camp David in winter with bare trees and an unimpressive swimming pool

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Gotta hand it to Carrie Underwood for stepping up and going a cappella. And also to whoever was running A/V for giving us this gift first

Trump frowning at his inauguration as his spirit is crushed by technical malfunction with “America the Beautiful”

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I really can’t emphasize enough how irrelevant this is to me, and yet Google is positive this content must be right up my alley

Luxurylaunches
Mark Zuckerberg gave a sensationalist interview to Joe Rogan wearing an extremely rare $850,000
watch that was made in collaboratio...

Full Coverage of this story

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It really will, actually, alongside many other technologies that badly require our investment (like materials science). AI in research contexts unlocks a lot of those other technologies (for example, helping us design better artificial meat). AI is more than just chatbots!

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The thought leaders on X are like “Wow, what a twist!!! 🤯”

A MAGA 'Civil War' on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas
The online rift over the H-1B skilled-worker visa program signifies a potential wedge between Trump's core base and his new Silicon Valley supporters.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This is the art of the deal. When I walk into a car dealership, I make a point to immediately tell the salesperson “My ownership of that Kia Sorrento is an absolute necessity”

As he prepares to assume office, Trump has returned to the idea. "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," the president-elect wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform, over the weekend, in a statement

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I don’t know about you, but I intend to do whatever I can to stop these people.

NPR: Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots:

Shots - Health News

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This is actually a common, relatively standard use of the term!

• In surveillance, the phrase money shot often refers to the specific image or footage in which the perpetrator commits the act; that is, in which the perpetrator is caught in flagrante delicto. 111 Compare smoking gun.

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

“Where there is no shame, there is no honor.” —Ethiopian proverb

It's created a divide within the GOP, as some lawmakers raise concerns about potential overreach, but many more argue it's time for the party to get on board with Trump's agenda.

"Whatever that is, we need to embrace it. All of it. Every single word," Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, told reporters last week. "If Donald Trump says jump three feet high and scratch your head, we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads."

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