Reposted by ghost weathermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026among other things, musk is the #1 donor to the Republican Party in 2024 and 2026, now appointed to a board where he can steers contracts to his businesses. Bought and sold. Thieves. 19749209
Reposted by ghost weatherZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions". 13978229
Reposted by ghost weather#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"jamming their half-baked tech into critical systems" *Is there some form of "tech" which is fully-baked? Fossil fuels, probably. Everybody depends on it, it's 200 years old, it controls the govt *Fully matured technology that is the agent of our utter ruin 1810912
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lower sea level leaves many of the Galápagos Islands still separated I’m guessing 011
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I am a mighty hunter, caught and exiled the cricket guy that had taken up residence in our bedroom the last two nights and was announcing his eligible bachelorhood incredibly loudly from near the bed 010
Reposted by ghost weatherDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision. 5837591016
Reposted by ghost weatherDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lebron's life will not be noticeably different for doing these ads in any respect but one: a lot of people who respected him will think less of him now. His legacy is cheapened. 421095124
Reposted by ghost weatherMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026newsom and bonta let paramount threatening to pull out of california torpedo the entire lawsuit and this is going to be an abject disaster for everyone - including california, where they'll gut jobs anyway what a fucking disgrace 201282373
Reposted by ghost weatherCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic. 984460968
Reposted by ghost weatherIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 17/09/2026This is some societal decay shit for sure 531107117
Reposted by ghost weatherDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/09/2026As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking. 26993250
Reposted by ghost weatherthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 15/09/2026it is a genuine crisis that there is a high probability a CNN reporter ignored whatever McConnell slurred and accepted copy directly from his office, like this is Pravda shit 11497107
Reposted by ghost weatherJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Oxana Lazari, Moldovan (1986- ), Blue Whale, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 50 x 2 cm, private collection 0267
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 13/09/2026That is the lesson they should be learning in democratic primaries like Markey vs Moulton, but will wave off with other reasons like incumbency and “maybe they don’t want younger people after all” 041
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At this point it's definitely clear they just don't want to, but all the other stuff they've ignored makes it a lot easier to ignore any new example 031
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Has to be partly because it's so hard to draw any specific line that distinguishes it from his earlier tendency to lie and embellish constantly. For other people who don't routinely lie about stuff, some big public example can be the hook that they hand the change on, but this guy... 1160
Reposted by ghost weatherDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm a white-knuckle hater of the "both parties are the same/uniparty" blackpill, which really crumbles if you compare GOP state trifectas and Dem trifectas for 10 seconds. 17758194
Reposted by ghost weatherAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Boycott is still on. No Starbucks till the union gets a contract. 17972333
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At this point most “end all humans” speculation is just working backwards to the specific reason for the engineered virus 040
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“MV” absolutely has to be for the greater Moreno Valley area 2111
Reposted by ghost weatherSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 08/09/2026this is a funny video, but I want to use it to make a broader point: the creator [see alt txt] says he made it on his local PC using a NVIDIA A4500. that is a 5 year old, professional card costing about $2500 new. if this isn't your baseline for what AI video looks like, you're going to get fooled 3148074
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It’s weird being around for the start of magic, where you cajole the machine into doing what you want instead of really knowing how yourself. 000
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just thinking about what stories we will tell people in 20 years about how you didn’t used to just ask computers to do things 100
Reposted by ghost weatherjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/09/2026the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...nytimes.comTrump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools. 9041621392
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Dipping your toe in the water by knowing “haha but I am faking” and yet practice with the feeling still matters 041
Reposted by ghost weatherspirit airlines presents: airplane fall @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026it’s worth remembering, when our turn comes, that the tech giants did the math and determined that they were not bigger than the united states government 7658177
Reposted by ghost weatherMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895824675
Reposted by ghost weatherBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 31/08/2026The Lake America thing really drives home that the fundamental divide in this country isn’t left or right, it’s who sees the world and acts like an adult, and who wants to still be a child, throwing tantrums when they don’t get their way. It just happens to map well onto a partisan axis these days. 121790312
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 29/08/2026An easy way to identify whether a baby fence lizard is male or female is to watch and see whether it does pushups. I've got one that's currently attempting to claim territory from my window screen, and buddy, that's going to go poorly for you when you're big enough for the local boss to take offense 010
Reposted by ghost weatherDia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So did the paint job crack which then gave them the bright idea? 331313135
Reposted by ghost weatherdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/08/2026your tax dollars are paying for federal government lawyers to file hysterical lies with federal government courts about whether a federal government employee can write his own name on a federal government building 2857386
Reposted by ghost weatherHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So if Lake Ontario becomes Lake America, does Ontario, California, become America, California, by sympathetic magic? 261356
Reposted by ghost weatherMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This, more than anything else, is what Woke 1 was: Right-wing chuds claiming victimhood when their employers launch investigations, then being quietly cleared without major censure a few months later. 672266
Reposted by ghost weatherScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Scoop with @liamjscott.bsky.social: The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes's publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter today following criticism of DOD interference. The EIC and reporter were fired for "insubordination" for doing a CBS interview. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comPentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interferenceThe Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.” 28776284
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Has to be a "your jail sentence is delayed to allow this medical procedure you already committed to" thing, but man that lets you do some fun headlines 010
Reposted by ghost weathersadiebat @sadiebat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Pope loved French cocaine wine so much he created a special medal for it 733656
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Yeah durability at the low end is very nonlinear 050
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This does ignore the time and opportunity cost of replacement and intermittent failure (a cheaper car for example can get you fired), but for most items replacement has also gotten DRASTICALLY easier 010
Reposted by ghost weatherPigeon Princess @pigeonprincess.bsky.social · 04/08/2026HARK! If you've got devils in your dungeon and need them exterminated, do I have the duo for you! PART 1 of my short intro comic for GALLANT⚔️💀 17612168
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The potential lifespan is much greater, but it takes work, and a lot more initial investment 010
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 04/08/2026And those instincts are not wrong! It’s like the bottle, but many parts means you can’t afford for ANY to break early. If you don’t know how long they will last, you have to build them beefy, and you build to be able to replace any that fail. It’s a whole system that loses to “it just works” 140
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As far as I can tell, it’s partly because engineering has gotten better. Disposable example, but cheap plastic bottles are so incredibly thin now that they feel like junk… because they don’t need the heft anymore. They don’t break even when they’re insanely thin. 2141
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I should also clarify that I think this sucks, and is one of the main reasons you'll see people posting screenshots of text 010
Reposted by ghost weatherghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 27/07/2026they welcomed it in as a curiosity and it destroyed them 252413336
ghost weather @lostweather.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I think part of the rise of short-form video is consistent access 1) Writers put words on their site or the site they work for 2) Typical 2026 website is ads and paywalls. I have no idea whether I will be able to read most links 3) Embedded video is right there, doing what it promises, immediately 110
Reposted by ghost weatherJonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Worst part of the new @status.news report is that the Bari Weiss team appears to get its view of what is actually happening in the world from Twitter. They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better. www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve... 381498410
