Reposted by Dash RanticPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison. 7978901399
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comGeorge Newman UhfAlt: Weird Al nodding, from the movie UHF 010
Reposted by Dash RanticSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's honestly incredibly funny how a 3 page long word document that outlines the rules for a HOI4 RP session is better at conveying Hirohito's culpability than multi-hundred page long scholarly monographs about Hirohito's life 455788
Reposted by Dash RanticJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In related news, I'll be starting the Medlock sportsbook. Every line is even money, no vig, max bet $580, both sides mandatory, one visit per six months. It's time to gamble our way to Medicaid for All. 241266259
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Ahhh a Corgi! Sorry unicorn, I think I'm gonna have a new Questie :3 001
Reposted by Dash RanticGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/09/2026hi you better not have this enabled around me or we are no longer friends. 417756
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026TOUCH ID! Dammit Apple, why can't we have this on the other iPhones??? 000
Reposted by Dash RanticStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/04/2026 1547165
Reposted by Dash Ranticscha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Antifa is a philosophy, not an organization. But if it had headquarters, it'd be Arlington National cemetery. There are 400K anti-fascists there. 20499174
Reposted by Dash RanticOakmoss 🌲🐀🦝🌿 @sylvanrat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026>Yeah JK Rowling sucks, but This phrase is not a phrase of honor... no highly esteemed argument is made here... nothing valued is said here. 0631
Reposted by Dash RanticThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201059876
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I've just deleted Google Maps off my phone and replaced it with MapQuest (remember them?)--MapQuest isn't giving in to this insanity from our Presidential administration. Good riddance, Google Maps--you've been getting worse and worse for a while now. apnews.com/article/lake...apnews.comLake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for US users after Trump ordered name changeGoogle says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States. 000
Reposted by Dash RanticDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter. 71185292
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Welp, today I'm 39, so I guess I'm no longer the canonical 38-year-old on Bluesky. Do I have to delete my account now? :p 000
Reposted by Dash RanticMeg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This parallels something I've been thinking about men who are into "looksmaxxing:" They say they do it to get women, but ugly guys get gfs all the time. What the looksmaxxers want is to be SO hot that they can get women _easily_, without putting forth effort, care, or consideration. 1754582
Reposted by Dash RanticThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports. 135159424675
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Seriously, it'll look WAY better. Get that punk vibe going. Don't give in to the slop! 000
Reposted by Dash Rantice.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/07/2026I don't say this as often as I used to, so let's get it out there one more time: your new Tesla makes me vsicerally angry. It wasn't a good deal, and it's not the best EV you can buy, you're just as stupid and poorly-informed as you are amoral. I hope bad things happen to it and you. 491098160
Reposted by Dash RanticMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains. 14826
Reposted by Dash RanticRich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 26/07/2026It’s the book that inspired Tim McVeigh to do the Oklahoma City Bombing, as well as many other acts of violence. I’d be pretty shocked if Elon hasn’t read it at this point. 1128
Reposted by Dash RanticBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026I have previously written about one reason that billionaires find the AI story so compelling: at root, many billionaires just don't believe most other people are actually, fully real. How could they? Achieving billionairehood requires that you inflict pain on vast numbers of people. 13/ 6923231
Reposted by Dash Rantic"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Apologies if I sound angry, but it is a real problem that the 'smart' commentary on this war is trying hard to avoid the core lesson ("the president is a fucking moron") because it doesn't sound very clever when it is absolutely the most important takeaway from this debacle. 462109403
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Weird Al: still the coolest guy with the most integrity in showbiz! ❤️ 000
Reposted by Dash RanticJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOWpopular.infoA nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium. 22869223663
Dash Rantic @jackc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026No matter how many times it's proven to be ineffective, somehow the myth of strategic bombing as an effective tactic of war lurches on. I don't get it. This is a really good point here, and something that *could* be shown very effectively in a game. 000
Reposted by Dash RanticAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026hey does anyone know where i can read a profile of some dumb asshole that fell for a reality show hosts bull shit and it took a decade for them to realize theyd been duped? oh every day in every major publication? awesome thanks 464709684
Reposted by Dash RanticEngineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I know how much @nanoraptor.danamania.com loves bunnies, so she's sure to like this: 041
Reposted by Dash RanticGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317255046967
Reposted by Dash RanticRoss Thompson @wintermute115.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad. 2949971656
Reposted by Dash RanticPhil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Did somebody say "senator suddenly dies" 21762167
Reposted by Dash Ranticmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 30/11/2023posting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch 1882672742
Reposted by Dash RanticKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12/07/2026I'm really liking the current trend and would like it to keep going because it feels as though the great win is finally within our grasp. no, why would I be talking about football? 140829
Reposted by Dash RanticPatrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Ancient Aliens was always just white people looking at UNESCO World Heritage sites outside of Europe and shouting, "Brown people could never!" I hated that show. 17817
Reposted by Dash RanticCredentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 11/07/2026An excellent reminder that the wokest dead white male bashing you can muster never holds a candle to what righteous people had to say at the time. 03816
Reposted by Dash RanticClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026how dare you call them a “cult of personality” when they are merely a high-control religious sect conditioned to view outsiders as the enemy with a terrifying and obsessive devotion to the teachings of one dead guy they refuse to accept has been almost universally discredited …. wait hang on 749330
Reposted by Dash RanticLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The photo shows Graham Platner staring soulfully but manfully towards the horizon, surrounded by his true love, the sea, which is as indifferent to consent as he is. 1135345
Reposted by Dash RanticJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 08/07/2026I just spent an hour trying to fix my dad’s year-old HP printer so it can AirPrint and I am once again struck by how disinterested the AI people are in improving our lives by using their little models to fix things and not just destroy learning, art, and work 242247
