Reposted by Sam LJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 2h‘If AI doesn’t deliver on its promise then we face a double blow to growth: because AI didn’t expand our productive capacity as hoped, and because other investments which might have didn’t take place.’ www.ft.com/content/bf40... 38620161
Reposted by Sam LMicah @rincewind.run · 3hthe reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 6560861519
Reposted by Sam LBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 4hThe AI backlash is completely the fault of the dishonest hype merchants whose only talent is innovating new ways of lying. You pissed people off, now everyone hates you (justified) and your tech (less justified, but again, your fault) 271244149
Reposted by Sam Le.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 7hthe more Musk spends on the midterm elections, the more ubiquitous this image needs to be 311423402
Reposted by Sam LaLec robBins @alecrobbins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026looked up mine and this is killing me lmao 1015113803
Reposted by Sam LMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1958741857
Reposted by Sam LSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021. 29636287
Reposted by Sam Lrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3255161897
Reposted by Sam LWIRED @wired.com · 07/10/2026The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.buff.lyA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel. 310371
Reposted by Sam LIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All. Americans are done with a healthcare system that puts profits before people. Medicare for All can save 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year—turns out, progressive policies can be good politics AND good policy. 1152787
Reposted by Sam LBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't think the Republican Party can "go back to normal" but if it did, that just means being a vehicle for undermining government and concentrating wealth, enveloped in a bunch of dishonest obfuscatory slop. Why yearn for something to return to the exact thing that fostered it 341998254
Reposted by Sam LBran 9 From Outer Space @bransonreese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026God, that sucks for him. Difficult decisions? Goddamn. The poor guy. 124220
Reposted by Sam LDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I want lying to have consequences again. 562796392
Reposted by Sam LSteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Journalists keep wanting the story to be "normal working class centrist has questions," not "our country is currently dominated by stupid people in a right wing echo chamber." 171991328
Reposted by Sam LTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do not like this speedrun we did from "that's not technically illegal so it's OK" to "laws don't matter anyway" 16120695
Reposted by Sam LTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pinball machines used to be outlawed because they looked too much like gambling. 402320427
Reposted by Sam LGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone. 1163367696
Reposted by Sam LWorcanna - Audio Attack Spider w/Halloween mask on. @worcanna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fat people being considered fucking adult content will FOREVER be why i am not shy about what i say about my body, or things to that. I am FUCKING TIRED of this shit. FUCK OFF. 1646279
Reposted by Sam LWitchy Annie 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit. 9483873158
Reposted by Sam LGaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Greatest myth in modern political discourse is that partisan division is a result of ideological bubbles. This isn’t the case! Conservatives have dominated every aspect of our society for 40+ years. We know exactly what they believe because we live with the consequences bsky.app/profile/gaiu... 539662
Reposted by Sam LAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like more people should be talking about this part 3850242098
Reposted by Sam LJjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation” 182469846
Reposted by Sam LGary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saw Cleese live the other week, the work that the moderator was doing to try and keep him on track (basic anecdotes about filming Python and the Holy Grail) and not off track (SEND THE BUGGERS BACK!) was really admirable. 2371
Reposted by Sam LtipHAGgard @tiphaggard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@bransonreese.bsky.social trying to be funny in the family group chat, I accidentally sent a noel text 42358
Reposted by Sam LJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502919791
Reposted by Sam LMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20462982896
Reposted by Sam Lillumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd. 15565301139
Reposted by Sam LAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved. 618116492032
Reposted by Sam LBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Finally a president who solved our age old problem of being a country where people wanted to be 353368415
Reposted by Sam LTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 01/10/2026California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record peopletechcrunch.comCalifornia governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record peopleThe California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones. 149751292
Reposted by Sam LMike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company. “Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.” 654017546
Reposted by Sam LXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2119973385
Reposted by Sam LHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The problem that we need to solve isn't rogue AI, it's that companies increasingly think they can just price crime into the business model and get away with it 350988
Reposted by Sam LDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...wired.comA Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western CivilizationKurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting. 54726318