Reposted by maniraptorvortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 19hI’ve been noting that one of the main use cases that everyday users had already been putting LLMs and agents to use is the compilation of dossiers for peer-on-peer surveillance and automated gang-stalking (swarm-stalking) of other citizens, so of course Meta is copying that as a feature. 58939
Reposted by maniraptorAndraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 17hGEORGIA POWER CAN EAT MY ENTIRE SHIT AND HAIR 022
Reposted by maniraptorVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics 12446156
Reposted by maniraptorpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 22hI enjoy the long explanation of how the Guardian Council selects the Supreme Leader. I can just imagine some guy at the foreign affairs office thinking "this is a good chance to clear up misunderstandings about velayat-e-faqih!" 0202
Reposted by maniraptorEternal Cat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 15hstick with the Lego videos, trust me 082
Reposted by maniraptorSubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 16h 05717
Reposted by maniraptorPhil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 23hWe don't talk enough about the soundtrack of Fuck's Quest II, which was clearly made by someone who understands how to compose music and used that knowledge for evil 471694634
Reposted by maniraptorFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 19hThe half-assed America.gov privacy page is, strangely, not making me feel confident that my privacy is secure: america.gov/privacy 1113113
Reposted by maniraptorJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 14hI'll say it again: It doesn't matter what Democrats say now, or intend now. They will impeach Trump, because he won't give them any choice. So I hope they're preparing themselves for it. 18421
Reposted by maniraptorMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14hThe White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 38061211691
Reposted by maniraptorXopher Halftongue RESISTS! @halftongue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The apical fricative sounds like a snake and is also, or used to be, a generic way of expressing disapproval. The velar one, IMO, is less evocative unless accompanied by a snarling expression. The pharyngeal one, also IMO, should be reserved for horror movies, or when about to kill AND EAT the perp. 2303
Reposted by maniraptorPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Alternative take: When I grew up in the 1970s, we have a shared culture around what TV episodes and advertisements aired, which we all saw. In an age of streaming, this is our form of shared media culture. 5392
Reposted by maniraptorHannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also, not for nothing, I don’t have the system thinking bandwidth to organize my digital photo storage. These people think I have the time to train an agent on my life? Lord help me. If I have that much free time I will spend it with my girls not a screen. 0243
Reposted by maniraptorTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also, all this “frontier AI” nomenclature is so laughably colonialist that it has to be on purpose. 🙄 51259115
Reposted by maniraptorBryan Grantham @bryanmgrantham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once again, wild that none of this limits how much coaches can make or what their buyouts can be. It’s pretty embarrassing that any Dems voted for this bullshit 28212
Reposted by maniraptorHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026‘After the incident with Usman, Robb told Muse to stop giving his address. To test the bot, he asked a few friends to see if Muse would still share it. “And it literally gave my address out to five people,” he said.’ 😱 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his houseThe new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users 716478
Reposted by maniraptorMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight. 5610222
Reposted by maniraptorkibbycreekwood.bsky.social @kibbycreekwood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's fun for new items, new mechanics, new mulligans to be thrown in! It lets you think about how it could be used, how it's important, how it interacts with what you already have/know. And making that a *book mechanic* has genuinely short circuited a lot of people who cant admit they like gambling 221
Reposted by maniraptorThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 26/09/2025Oh and just in case you really want to feel lucky, here's a list of all the times we came close to turning the entire world into a radioactive glow in the dark dead rock: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear... 1312
Reposted by maniraptorThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 26/09/2025Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved ALL our lives when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon. 10664165
maniraptor @maniraptor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There’s a rumor floating around that this was a practice run for a UGA game fly-over tomorrow. Which is better than some other scenarios, but is still fucking stupid af 000
maniraptor @maniraptor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Flock cameras—and data centers—have become common ground for the right-wing nut-jobs and normie libs on the local NextDoor* *which is nonetheless as cursed as ever, do not recommend 000
Reposted by maniraptorPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Tremendous things will be happening." (Trump: It's not Artificial Intelligence, it's Super Intelligence." Xi: "Sure, whatever, dude." Trump: "I've convinced him!") 14112
Reposted by maniraptorDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026God damn it. 05017
Reposted by maniraptorJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 25/09/2026After making my definitive laser-based ranking of Steven Universe gems, I have one question: Is writer Rebecca Sugar into lasers? Because if not, it's a helluva coincidence. www.aiweirdness.com/do-they-even...aiweirdness.comDo they even lase? Definitive ranking of Steven Universe gems by a laser scientistDo they even lase? A laser scientist ranks Steven Universe characters, from D-tier all the way to S-tier, and proposes a few more characters and fusions. 36017
Reposted by maniraptorJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 25/09/2026These are your S-tier Steven Universe laser gems. Given that they're such closely related characters, my firm headcanon is that writer Rebecca Sugar loves lasers and did this on purpose. 1123
maniraptor @maniraptor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah, there’s slack in the system that can be tightened up like this to increase revenue without immediate austerity. Abolishing the cap on Social Security tax is another that comes to mind. 000
Reposted by maniraptorfrancisco varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026in the most basic game theory sense, the republicans have defected - the democrats must also defect if we ever want to get back to any kind of equilibrium 0233
Reposted by maniraptorfrancisco varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this is why the next dem administration must busy itself with prosecuting a war against the conservative movement at such a level that would make sherman blush - it doesn't cost anything! 1504
maniraptor @maniraptor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We just had 15+ minutes of combat aircraft transit over our house. This is unusual; while we occasionally get military helicopters or transports on training routes, we’ve never had this, or for so long. 100
Reposted by maniraptorPBS News @pbsnews.org · 23/09/2026For years, mifepristone and similar drugs have been used to treat uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Now researchers are exploring whether these drugs could have other uses in women’s health, including preventing some cancers. to.pbs.org/4xCEOTmto.pbs.orgResearchers explore new uses for abortion-related drugsFor years, mifepristone and similar drugs have been used to treat uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Now researchers are exploring whether these drugs could have other uses in women’s health, includi... 214239
Reposted by maniraptorDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm going to be the first Godzilla to have sex on screen, Liz 152277410
Reposted by maniraptorAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people. 172058804
Reposted by maniraptorMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 23/09/2026RIP to Chris Christie’s 2028 campaign, murdered by an octogenarian mere hours after launch 623300558
Reposted by maniraptorRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is Patrick Bateman raising a son 1325124
Reposted by maniraptorGinger 🫚🏳️⚧️🥀 Hawthorne @gulopine.com · 21/09/2026See, this is my favorite part. I just love that science has no gone from “Stegosaurus had a brain in its butt” to “that’s stupid and you should be ashamed of yourself” to “actually, human butts might think too” 3434
Reposted by maniraptorescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Candidate they had a thousand million dollars of clean hit attack ads lined up GONE replaced with a known popular dude who's Just A Regular Maine Guy, Canada tariffs, fuel oil about to cost more than human blood, now a Smoking Gun corruption scandal complete with signed check 0171
Reposted by maniraptorescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The absolute Vibes turnaround on ME Senate from the beginning of the summer is WILD but its also driven by "Everything Coming Up Susan Collins Once Again" turning into "Susan Collins' Worst Case Scenario" in two and a half months 1191
Reposted by maniraptorAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026US has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday u.afp.com/Sj9Z 32349231
Reposted by maniraptorJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes. 429275
Reposted by maniraptorRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yeah, and if they had been willing to stand up in public and say "hey so this guy isn't the president anymore, Constitution says so, right here, Pence is president for two weeks" we'd be in quite a bit better shape now 0152
Reposted by maniraptorcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The only other example I know about is Nixon's last paranoid days when his SecDef worried about misuse of a nuclear weapon, arranged with the military to not take orders from the president. A palace coup. We survived both cases because the mad king left quickly - Nixon resigned; Trump left office. 081
Reposted by maniraptorRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And the thing is, when the collapse comes, no it won't be forever, but there's no guarantee you'll live to see the other side Or your children, or their children 1261