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Jerry

@geraldlombardi.bsky.social
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Mostly-retired private sector anthropologist, "overeducated" (Penn, NYU, Chicago), spent years in Brazil and Japan. Once voted for a Communist and a Republican on the same day. I like taking pictures of abandoned road signs.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
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Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

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nvidia “Unites States”
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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am currently signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence "Trump's Mushroom-Headed Penis." Officially renaming it.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
"Most presidents engage in diplomacy in order to advance the interests of the United States and/or their political standing and that of their party. Trump, though, mostly seems to chase the narcissistic thrill of standing on the world stage and feeling important."
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the postwar university for all its problems worked according to a pretty complex balance of cultural and economic capital with other kinds thrown in, but it looks like we can simplify our Bourdieu for the phase of neoliberal higher ed we’re in now, where the only thing that matters, ever, is money
Diagram of Bourdieu’s four fold grid of forms of capital — Economic, Cultural, Social, and Symbolic, showing all of them crossed out except for Economic, which is now the only form recognized by the neoliberal university
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17/09/2026
Nick Beckstead, noted longtermist and "effective altruist,” just comes out and says it: "But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal."
This is precisely why Nick Beckstead, a noted EA, argued in 2013 that, given the "overwhelming" moral importance of the far future - "millions, billions, and trillions" of years from now - we should prioritize saving the lives of people in rich countries over those in poor countries, other things being equal. The reason is that people in rich countries are better positioned to influence the far future.

To take another example, saving lives in poor countries may have significantly smaller ripple effects

than saving and improving lives in rich countries. Why? Richer countries have substantially more

innovation, and their workers are much more economically productive. By ordinary standards at

least by ordinary enlightened humanitarian standards saving and improving lives in rich countries

is about equally as important as saving and improving lives in poor countries, provided lives are

improved by roughly comparable amounts. But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life

in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things
being equal.
Screenshot from Beckstead's 2013 PhD dissertation, regarded as one of the founding documents of longtermism, one of the main cause areas of EA.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The foreign press is now reporting that Catherine Connolly, the President of Ireland, insisted on being seated away from Trump because he was emanating a disgusting “fecal” like nauseating odor.
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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'This is the lowest level that the BLS has seen since it first began recording labor share in 1947.' #inequality popular.info/p/a-new-low-...
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A new low for American workers
Workers in the United States are earning a historically low share of the value they produce, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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Comedian Tiffany Norton ✨👄✨ @tiffanynorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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zetazetan.bsky.social @zetazetan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I feel like Inuyashiki is one of the depictions in media that captured him best.
A manga panel of Donald Trump on TV, saying "In three days, the giant asteroid is going to hit the earth. Now the test for humanity is how we spend the hours we have left."A manga panel of Donald Trump on TV, saying "I've lived long enough. I've done everything I wanted to do. I get to go out on top as the president. There's nothing left for me to prove. So all bets are off now. Steal, rape, kill-do your worst, you fucking scumbags! As of this moment, murder is legal!"
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The team found that the greater the proportion of enslaved people in a county in 1860, the bigger the mortality gap between Black & white people in the 2010s, even after controlling for common factors tied to health inequalities, such as rurality or pop. density" www.science.org/content/arti...
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Slavery linked to mortality gap between Black and white Americans today
New study is among the first to quantify and explain slavery’s influence in contemporary U.S. health disparities
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
PREMIER OF MANITOBA: “.. He’s got two more years left in office. We should be prepared to duke it out for two years. And then, hopefully, sanity will return to America.” 🇨🇦
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is remarkable. Marco Rubio stated, "Iranians are thieves. They cannot impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz." In response, Abbas Araghchi remarked, "Consider the speaker. Approximately half of Venezuela's oil production is now directed to the United States. Who is truly the thief?"
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Mom for Ghoulberty👻 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Putting on my murder shirt for murder day.
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2026
Trump, running late, is making these people uncomfortably fidget around while they stand around
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
amazing article
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Weight makes a difference Original post
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
AI Man. The White House now routinely posts manipulated photographs of Donald Trump designed to make him look younger and slimmer, and to encase his body in a golden aura. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump posted touched-up version of his golf photo to look younger and slimmer
Trump appears to have undergone an computer-generated glow-up
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Negative aura
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes
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Jerry @geraldlombardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Only the best people." Now enhanced by only the worst LLMs.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Milky Way galaxy rising above Monument Valley. Original post
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is what “AI” is actually doing, right now. “In Wells and Spilda’s report, they describe how these apps buy nurses’ credit history from data brokers…then reduce the wage on offer for nurses with a lot of credit card debt. Those nurses, after all, are more economically desperate”. (168)
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 22/07/2026
Seeing people react to this by pointing out the Odyssey isn’t history but myth, which is ofc correct; but tbh it’s much more interesting to see what the ideological function of „historically accurate“ is in that statement
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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the future is here and it is picking images for news alerts
HEADLINE: Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak (CBS News)

IMAGE: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
hey, remember: don't eat anything and don't breathe
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Jerry @geraldlombardi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Everyone who likes mammals should follow random red panda.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The polar opposite reactions here to the deaths of Sam Neill and Lindsey Graham are such a reminder that we all have a choice whether to live our lives in a way that brings joy or misery to those around us. I think if you’re remembered fondly as Sam Neill is today, you’ve pretty much won at life.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 13/07/2026
The world runs on ripples. What you do travels farther than you will ever know. A kindness, a glance, a silence.
Photo by Fredie Garcia. A serene aerial view of a poolside scene bathed in sunlight. A woman in a flowing light robe dips her toes into the calm, rippling water. Nearby, a table is elegantly set with plates, flowers, and a fruit bowl, inviting a peaceful meal. Lounge chairs rest along the wooden deck, while a manicured garden and white stones frame the scene. Tranquility radiates through the composition.
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Jerry @geraldlombardi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Anyone remember Willie Horton?
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Fascism has always rested on a foundation of sexual anxiety but I do also think "why thing you find annoying/inconvenient about dating is actually an Existential Threat to Western Civilization" has been such a successful online industry that many of them are just permanently stuck in that mode now
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
’”I’m Olivia Nuzzi.” “I’m Mike Lindell.” “I’m Benny Johnson.” “I’m Rudy Giuliani.” “I’m Clav.” “I’m Bronze Age Pervert. Those stories, plus Curtis Yarvin, tonight on 60 Minutes.”
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Jerry @geraldlombardi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden | Defector
This here is not a personal diatribe about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I got no beef with either of these two crazy kids. Swift is one of the hardest-working entertainers in show business, and Kelc...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Palantir CEO Alex Karp couldn’t stay seated in his chair as he proudly stated: 'We kill people sometimes', while speaking to shareholders. (Feb 2026)
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m old enough to recognise this as a data centre
A picture of a library with hundreds of lovely books in it
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Everyone is talking about Trump’s mock up arch at the Great American State Fair, so I filmed it from top to bottom and front to back for everyone who can’t see it in person.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Graphic design is my passion.
A sign that has two concentric rings of text but it's laid out in a confusing way so it looks like the first sentence is "it's against the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth" and the second sentence is "supply alcohol to minors."
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
World Cup “features a sensor-fitted ball, real-time tracking, AI-assisted offside calls & AI assistant for each of the teams. Behind these innovations are data workers in countries including India, Cambodia, & the Philippines, who are essential for the many AI tools.” restofworld.org/2026/fifa-wo...
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The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers
Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
To the “AI is useful” crowd, it might certainly be in theory, but we can’t ignore that it is being shaped by right wing extractive logics mired in cultural hierarchal commitments, that have very little interest in a utility that serves a broader social good.
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CoolHandNuke @mrfawkes50.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.
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Jerry @geraldlombardi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Except for the bartender, nobody in these photos knows how to hold a stemmed glass or (apparently) why it even has a stem. Screen grabs from www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/s...
Two people at a housewarming party/self-marketing event warm their drinks while examining the surface of a closet door.A small group of people at a housewarming party/self-marketing event warm their drinks while chatting about something. The man on the right is doing his utmost to get that martini up to room temperature ASAP.Two people at a housewarming party/self-marketing event accept drinks from a bartender.A man at a housewarming party/self-marketing event holds a wine glass and listens as a woman speaks and gesticulates.
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