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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 6m

Ah, yes, the product with infinite demand that I have to pay other companies to force on their customers without consent.

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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 3h

I am sick and tired of seeing this shit. DOGE was not a "missed opportunity," it was an intentional effort by billionaire oligarchs to destroy the federal government's capacity to do good things for the American people.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 6h

If we needed more evidence:

The result was that Johanna—who was the “female”-appearing agent, ended up with about 10.25% less money than her male-appearing counterpart, Jonah. Participants afterward said they also saw Jonah as more human than Johanna, as well.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 17h

Because we don't have a sordid enough history in this country with public hangings 🤦‍♂️ Just more death throes of a dying empire...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Or those are just the only two cities he can name in California.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's incredible how many BlueSky users who complain about the power of oligarchs are currently exposing the fact that they have Amazon accounts, actively contributing to the entrenchment of those same oligarchs' power. Amazon really got y'all to show your asses with that customer trends page.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It would be nice if they were at least honest enough to call it the Customer Disservice Department.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And presumably once you have the kid, it'll show you podcasts about how easily and quickly they can be abducted from playgrounds. It's disappointing how effectively we've trained computers that we collectively care more about fear and hate than love and positivity.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sure, but it is nice to have some balance and dissenting views on here.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Right, my understanding was that this was a rewrite based on a decompile.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, because what we need most now is *less* inspection of our food supply 🤦‍♂️

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think the key is to use it as a tool, not to allow it to think for you. I.e. just because you use a nail gun doesn't mean you forget how to use a hammer. But yeah, once you allow it to start thinking for you, things go downhill fast.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's a good thing they only made one season of Westworld, otherwise it would be a clear contender for this.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Personally, I wish all the pollsters would lie and say Republicans are up by 2 points in every race just so it energizes Dems to show up in numbers.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The only reason one might doubt that she's a Russian honeypot is that even the Russians are more subtle than that.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What's the causal link here? The article you linked doesn't identify one.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Imagine how much better the world would be and how many problems we could solve if people were just capable of admitting when they were wrong instead of doubling down...

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SpaceX: Using 18 disposable rockets like Apollo did isn't economical, so we'll make a reusable rocket instead. Also SpaceX: It's totally fine if we accidentally blow up 30 rockets on our way to making a reusable one.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's incredible how quickly I lose respect for those who use Trump aphorisms. Oh, you're saying "thank you for your attention to this matter" ironically? Well, I'm unironically downgrading my opinion of you and unfollowing you. Stop quoting the tyrant.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The craziest part is that... if it were true, wouldn't we have to stop using it like a tool and start treating it like a person? This runs counter to Anthropic's use case interests.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think it's more likely that when one person chooses to openly be a bigot, their non-bigot friends all start edging away, so the only people left in their lives are the ones that reinforce bigotry and introduce new avenues to partake in it. It's a social thing.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's got to be fake. Very few dudes have that good of handwriting when using their actual hands. The amount of control necessary (of stream strength, start/stoppage, aim, and wind compensation) to pull that off is superhuman.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't even live in Texas, but if I did, I would refuse to vote for Talarico based entirely on the amount of spam his campaign sends me.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I pride myself on being pretty good at reading through legalese, but trying to read a modern privately-offered healthcare plan is like trying to decipher ancient Egyptian.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The use of the word "grok" in everyday language used to be a sign that someone was intelligent and well-read. Now it's associated with jackasses and con men. This really pisses me off.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be fair, she did overperform pretty wildly in the primaries, against an opponent with like 8x her fundraising.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If someone says "stupid-looking douche car", which make/model of vehicle are they talking about? Do you even have to look to check, or do you just know?

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yep, but I can definitely understand why artists prefer more interesting and esoteric designs, even if they turned out to be less ergonomic/economic than the basic rifle shape.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That takes the argument too far, imo. Emergent behavior long predates AI, and the black-box nature of neural nets makes it far more prevalent. It's accurate to say that autonomous software goes rogue, but that only happens when humans put it in environments without adequate safeguards or isolation.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Compromise would be great! But so far, all the left hears from the center is "fall in line and vote blue no matter who".

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wish more employers advertised when they feel this way. It's a great red flag to stay away if you don't want to be micromanaged by a power-tripping supervisor.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's not. It's taught to read code, which is famously difficult for humans (much harder than writing it). The real failure is that so many companies refused to spend any money on maintenance or fixing tech debt and now AI sees those holes clearly and assumes they're ports to functionality.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Either that, or the layoffs from lost business from so many cameras coming down caused them to miss the invite entirely.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's like the parents who let their kids run screaming through the restaurant, messing with other people's food because "kids will be kids". No, they fucking won't. This is *your* responsibility. Discipline your kid and/or fledgling dictator.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just had an insane multi-hour dream where I realized it was a dream only to wake up in another dream where I argued with someone about whether my dream was a dream. When I finally woke up to real life, I found out I had been asleep less than an hour. Wait, is this still a dream?

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are so many ways to abdicate your cognitive load to other people or things or drugs, and it can feel really good to do so if you're a fundamentally lazy person (who among us isn't?). But doing so for too long seems to inevitably cause one to abdicate their soul along with their mind.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm not saying exactly him. I'm saying someone who can win the electorate on a reform message and then actually deliver. Someone who doesn't just pay lip service. Someone who is authentic. Obviously, America isn't NYC, but the dude is doing something right.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We need a reform candidate who can win the electorate *and keep it*. A national version of Mamdani. Someone with a vision to punish the lawlessness and put up safeguards for our democracy and show people there's a better way... not a reconciliation candidate who is business as usual.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The problem is that, in the current state we're in, that political power only comes from a willingness to fight and truly hold the current corrupt administration's feet to the fire. Another centrist Biden candidate *might* win one term, but they'll will just enable a worse Trump 3.0 after.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lmao. You're so obsessed with chasing clout that the idea of following someone because you're interested in reading what they have to say, rather than just a transaction to make pointless numbers go up, is utterly foreign to you. It's almost too sad to be funny. Almost.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh my dear god, let your college kids fail. Let them fail courses. Let them fail paying rent. Let them fail doing their laundry. Let them fail basic hygiene. Let them fail and experience consequences. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...

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Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom. (Gift Article)

At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026

"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.

Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.

Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fair, but also: Going through it at least once is how many of us learn to be a bit less shitty online. Recognizing when you're beat is an important lesson that shouldn't be taken away from folks.

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Louis Ingenthron @louisingenthron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We will now add a VTOL launch location directly on the approach path for one of the most important airports in the country!

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