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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 3h

Beth Mole at Ars Technica is not messing around.

Screenshot from Ars Technica.
Head: RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical
facts, expertise

Dek: Al is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less
than Kennedy.

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 7h

MAD TV’S 100 BEST TV SHOWS OF THE 21st CENTURY 1. Butter Ball Saul 2. Hicks 3. Widow’s Bae 4. Mad Men’s Wearhouse 5. Succotashion 6. Kevin Hart Can Fuck Himself 7. The Wirewolf 8. Slow Lorises 9. Twin Peaky Blinders 10. Reacheround

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Gandalf the Wight @gandalf-the-wight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic feature."

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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.

However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.

You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and

public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’ve been thinking about the Cornell rape all day. And I have to say, there are very good men in my life, many of them, who are confident and would have stepped in. And I also have to say I think something men and women need to reckon with is that those men are the exception.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Has Randall been reading the Broken Earth trilogy?

xkcd.com

Slab Graveyard

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Stories like this are why I support ProPublica with actual cashy money.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

Look goddamnit It's entirely possible To eat a plum And not make a poem about it The one I just ate Wasn't even in the Goddamn refrigerator Or anything Sometimes a plum Is just a plum You can just eat it And go on with your life WHAT Why are you looking at me What'd I do now (looks) oh GODDAMNIT

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026

Something I don't think people realise is that "don't mention climate change" isn't just a US centrist dems position. This is an ideology that has taken root within several very major climate and energy transition advocacy groups. It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man*

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

'We missed the 1.5c target so that means it's too late to stop climate change' Ah, we missed the 'zero road deaths' target this year. What a shame. Time to take the hummer out, squeeze my eyes shut and smash the accelerator in a pedestrian zone. Come on people, let's make some sense here

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

YODA (in his disastrous turn as the second witch in Macbeth): By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked comes this way

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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. n.pr/3SK34oz

n.pr

NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.

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Yeti Blood Oath Exorcist @greatemuwarvet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The fact that the two most insane pro-Trump justices were nominated by Bush 41 and 43 is an incredible rebuttal to those who want to pretend the GOP was fine before Trump.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just rewatched The Birdcage for the first time since, um, shortly after it came out I think. Holds up well! Also I had forgotten how much of it is Nathan Lane and Robin Williams just riffing. If you're making a comedy, let your actors play!

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

to be clear, I think we should be trying to get Talarico into office to keep a Republican out and then get him right back out again in favor of someone who doesn’t see trans kids as disposable cannon fodder there is just… no reason to throw them under the bus it doesn’t help them win

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026

I know this'll ruffle feathers but I agree with this Food/Water watch analysis. Diverting renewable energy away from fossil phase-out and climate adaptation and towards melting graphics card to power chatbots is the formal end of moral purpose for clean technology.

Data Centers With Renewables Aren’t the Answer
So all these power plants and “temporary” turbines are raising power prices and polluting our communities. Why don’t we just power data centers with renewables?

Many data center companies are pledging to (eventually) do just that. But even if these pledges weren’t just empty greenwashing promises, powering data centers with clean energy is utterly unrealistic. It also threatens the progress of our already dangerously slow energy transition.

Continuously powering a 1 GW data center would require nearly 20,000 acres of solar panels or 185,000 acres of onshore wind power. We cannot afford to waste the time, space, or money to build renewables for Big Tech’s profit machines.

Already, data center growth is outstripping available renewable energy supply and redirecting renewables from other industries. It’s drawing urgently needed renewables from existing technologies and resources. We need to focus our renewable energy resources toward thos

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

attacking trans people hurts dem politicians and that take is missing from this whole news cycle. dems attacking trans people makes it more likely you will lose, defending trans people makes it more likely they win I want democrats to win so they need to defend trans people

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 10/09/2026

guy causing a brawl at the antarctic research base because he's been sleeping with every member of the crew and also their spouses, call that bi polar disorder

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 08/09/2026

A bizarre moment in reporting on this story: One of the authors of this study disputed my summary of it: “...gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence.” I was quoting from the study itself. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report

HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This thread just gets better and better.

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"How likely are you to recommend OPM Retirement Services to other retirees?" Um... uh... Where's that Nathan Fillion GIF?

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/09/2026

Listening to a man at the farmers market explain he’s out of eggs as “the ladies aren’t producing due to heat stress”— and another poultry vendor says he’s out, as he can’t keep them in this heat. Climate change is all around. We just have to open our eyes to see how it’s affecting our daily lives.

static.klipy.com

Sleepy Cartoon Chicken

Alt: Sleepy Cartoon Chicken

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I show restraint, I'm the patron saint Of urban gardens in bloom. If I don't faint ingesting paint, Breathing all of these fumes.

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J. Michael Mull @jmichaelmull.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

even now, she's still teaching us

screen on car radio reading:
Dolly Parton
Love is Like A Butt
(it should be Butterfly but the last part couldn't fit on the screen)

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/09/2026

📬 HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge is considering a block on Trump's dangerous mail voting executive order. Voting rights groups are arguing the order could cause widespread disenfranchisement in this year's midterms. Follow live updates from the courtroom here: demdock.com/4wYLHy5

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Be prepared for violence, folks.

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scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I love R.E.M., I love R.E.M.-related content, and I love librarians 💜

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The US is being run by a crowd of idiots who think they know how the world works because they spent all their time in college playing Diplomacy.

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Path (seasonal)🎉 @demandavoider.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls, you're so vain i'll bet you think it tolls for thee don't you don't you

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 31/08/2026

I've come to understand that people who sling "towel head" as an insult, do so because they've never showered before and don't get that a towel is a good and necessary thing to stay clean. #TheMoreYouKnow

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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Services I provide for my cats

Chicago streets and sanitation truck with the first s missing so it says treets and sanitation

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

of all the Discworld books to bring to life I’m not sure Jingo was the best choice

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/08/2026

Professional chefs are increasingly realizing that induction cooktops are superior to gas ranges, for a million reasons, but that won't stop people from herding into the comments with all the old "but mah wok!" and "but mah char!" shibboleths.

theguardian.com

The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric

As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

seems like a good time to remind people that Niemöller (the author of the confession memorialized in the "First they came for the Communists" poem) was a Hitler supporter, and made that confession after spending time in the Dachau concentration camp

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just once I want a reporter to reply, "Doesn't it feel humiliating to kiss this moron's ass so aggressively? Aren't you worried about your grandkids reading this shit in school?"

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nazi punks, Nazi punks, Nazi punks, BLESS YOUR HEART!

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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.

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