Gestault @gestault.bsky.social · 5hHey man I don't want state executions broadcast for entertainment I don't even think I want state executions 000
Reposted by GestaultBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10hI think it's closer to the truth that LLMs *can* save time on *some tasks* which can be valuable *if* you monitor them and check their output. But that doesn't get you a trillion dollars so they have to squint into the middle distance and say stupid sci fi bullshit instead 533177378
Reposted by Gestaultcara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me: 141741503
Reposted by GestaultBaronhaynes @baronhaynes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Idea by @decentdoicm.bsky.social and @mstangdoespuzzles.bsky.social 131794655
Reposted by GestaultLauren Dracula 🧛♀️ @beavisetc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We have been living in the Black Hole Sun video for about a decade now 1694151520
Reposted by GestaultAftermath @aftermath.site · 07/10/2026Titanfall 2 VR is a shockingly well-executed conversion of an already perfect game and one of the most moving experiences I've had in VR since Half-Life: Alyx. aftermath.site/titanfall-2-vr... 530530
Reposted by GestaultNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TNnytimes.comFacing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded AdsThe president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money. 1121732689
Reposted by GestaultStephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don't worry, Marcus Fenix still yells "Look, ma, no face!" as he snipes his Locust enemies. There'a running gag in E-Day about how one of the enemies looks like a giant ballsack But there's also bits about the mayor selling workers out and the power of a labor union in dire circumstances 3428
Gestault @gestault.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you ever find yourself wanting a short, impactful game narrative that's almost definitely gonna make you feel some shit, I'd vouch for this one more than most. 011
Reposted by GestaultMichael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think that evacuating strategic bombers from an allied nation 3400 miles or so from the conflict area is probably a bad sign. 39740179
Reposted by GestaultTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120433124
Reposted by GestaultMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When job growth was 5-10x this per month under Joe Biden, we were having a nonstop National Conversation™️ about the imminent recession & being told that only the unemployed cared about jobs, but everyone cared about inflation. 9431136
Reposted by GestaultGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/10/2026This is INCREDIBLE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_p...youtube.comEP 1: ROOFTOPS, PENTHOUSES, AND URBAN LIVINGYouTube video by Mike Tomlin 28514
Reposted by GestaultACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2026“I hope the judge sees I’m a person. I’m just a girl trying to have a life like everybody else.” Our client Dakota and all trans and intersex people in Kansas deserve to go about their days without this bill's punitive dehumanization.washingtonpost.comTrans people, anguished by Kansas driver's license law, go to courtPlaintiffs are expected to testify this week about the negative effects of carrying identification that doesn't match how they look and feel. 8539119
Gestault @gestault.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Indistinguishable from the actions of someone trying to destabilize a country. Since you know, if you earn money REGARDLESS of citizenship in the US, you owe US taxes. 000
Gestault @gestault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reflecting on my comm law/Constitutional law classes for "no particular reason." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisia...en.wikipedia.orgLouisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by GestaultChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One last thing: Look at all the state and local reporters doing essential, great work tonight. Support them and their outlets, too, not just us national folks. 237740
Gestault @gestault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The state of Tennessee's bloodthirsty cruelty isn't what I would have chosen to read up on tonight, but here we are. 000
Reposted by GestaultNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire! 18174412289
Reposted by GestaultMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867341841
Reposted by Gestaultdoctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Society parried the ozone layer, acid rain, and Y2K back to back and instead of going "wow, parrying is badass" a lot of people went "society didn't even get hit so I guess there's no need to learn how to parry" and instantly took a thousand hits 222045720
Reposted by Gestault@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is how you write a headline about the Eric Schmitt hearing debacle. @rollingstone.com 934573
Reposted by Gestaultmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel like if AI wants to be in the business of offering medical opinions, then AI companies need to be in the "getting sued for medical malpractice" business too 18983198
Reposted by Gestault404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026So Trump's new AI chatbot? Creepy. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social saw this on Bluesky and gave the prompt "play minecraft" a test. This is what happened: 50471153
Reposted by GestaultJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940291044
Reposted by GestaultMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows 553122572
Reposted by GestaultSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 62169741570
Reposted by GestaultAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology" 20671391513
Reposted by Gestaultemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes. 31159881100
Reposted by GestaultRobin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting. 3272422798
Reposted by GestaultJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002200778
Reposted by Gestaultmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Look having the entire roster of FBI agents leak isn't a front-page newsworthy security failure meriting front page coverage the same way having some of your emails to Anthony Weiner's wife be discovered on Anthony Weiner's laptop was 5622127
Reposted by GestaultDBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This tidbit was in the article. 🎈💥 ? "Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."finance.yahoo.comMark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock RallyZuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday. 28595207
Reposted by GestaultEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Other fun facts from the story: 1. nearly a quarter of Anthropic's 2025 revenues came from two customers 2. These numbers *include* the revenue share from Amazon/Google selling their models. 681476
Reposted by GestaultIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I find it fascinating that so many estranged parents view the estrangement as an incident, not as a process. So it's forums full of Boomers going "She stopped talking to me because I said her haircut was bad! She's so UNREASONABLE!", when, in reality, they've been shitting on their kid for decades. 21810289
Reposted by GestaultKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh wow youtube.com/shorts/XPuW5...youtube.comPaddy Young provides an update on Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN general assembly address | SNL UKYouTube video by Saturday Night Live UK 07626
Reposted by GestaultOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 385113523087
Reposted by GestaultBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026federal judges only do this when they are extremely fuckin tired of your shit and you needed to quit playin in people's faces days ago like oh my God www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 927959
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