munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I fucking hate Flock cameras but in this instance I hope they had cameras covering every inch of space for a radius of 10 miles around where this happened. This is so awful. They need to catch the rapists. 001
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The failure of the Iraq War has made me into a chastened hawk acutely conscious of the limits of American power. I hope our leaders have learned the same lessons, but as I read news that Trump is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East, I fear that they have not. wapo.st/4ziR9xCwapo.stOpinion | We’ve left Iraq. But we haven’t learned its lessons.Political dogma breaks down when it meets on-the-ground reality. 79317
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialCait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Five data centers have opened in Rockland County on Mike Lawler’s watch, with three more on the way. Why? Because he’s raked in hundreds of thousands from the Big Tech industry that finances data centers. That’s also why he voted to give these data center developers $80 billion in tax breaks, AND 25737
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Lots of finger pointing in this article. If you're not monitoring your backup and you only find out the backup is broken when you try to failover from the primary to it, then you don't really have a backup. www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...nbcnewyork.comNJ Transit blamed for air travel nightmare that halted flights across northeast for hoursThe FAA said the cut line could take up to 13 hours to repair. Crews had been working on replacing an old circuit instead, but the fix did not take, according to the FAA — meaning delays were set to c... 001
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I feel like my whole life we've been warned about how AI might kill us all: * Terminator * The Matrix * Minority Report * WarGames * Westworld * Dune 020
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One of the biggest mysteries of the 2024 election is why Kamala didn't run forcefully on raising the minimum wage. Maybe it was in her platform but I don't remember her mentioning it ... in an election that was about people not affording things. 000
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262549032
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Let history show that Rod Rosenstein was a bad man and a coward. 000
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 07/08/2026What the f*ck did Trump screw up so that now we "desperately need a military center for the national security of Washington, D.C."? We didn't desperately need it during Biden, Obama or Bush and we were at war with Al Qaeda. If the security situation is worsening Congress needs to retire grandpa. 1396
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Local man suggests jailing own boss. 406124783569
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This past week there was a JAW DROPPING segment of This American Life about ANOTHER rural Maine hospital that closed its L&D department and a local mom and her baby that almost died as a consequence. It's unfathomable to put profits above women's lives. www.thisamericanlife.org/894/i-couldn...thisamericanlife.orgClosing Time - This American LifeA doctor trained as a midwife tells the eye-popping story of how she and others came together to save a baby during a birth that suddenly went wrong, in a part of rural Maine where the local labo... 032
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialLithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026On the night of 2–3 August 1944, nearly 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today, on European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, we honour the victims of the Roma genocide and reaffirm our duty to preserve their memory. 317086
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026My theory: bsky.app/profile/munt... They attitude is that the risk is not in releasing a harmful AI feature, the risk is in *not* releasing enough AI features. 0272
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The incentive, if you work at one of these tech companies is to go balls deep on AI. If you add AI features to your product you will get promoted, you will get recognized you will get paid more. On the flip side if you don't do enough AI you get canned so the company can buy more GPUs. 1252
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Is anyone getting indicted over this?? I am not a lawyer but I think if I hacked into 3 companies by "exploiting weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints" I would be going to jail. Is anyone in this country enforcing consumer protection laws anymore? 2150
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Todd Blanche reminds me of this line from Breaking Bad: "when the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a 'criminal' lawyer" 0131
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...reuters.comUS government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferenceA U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen... 34728195
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 29/07/2026All I know about Sullivan & Cromwell is they are jackals of questionable ethics who gorged on the cadaver of FTX as much as they could. Listen to this and you won't leave with a good opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell: revealnews.org/podcast/sam-... revealnews.org/podcast/sam-...revealnews.orgSam Bankman-Fried recounts FTX’s collapse and why he feels he was wrongly convicted of fraudThrough exclusive prison interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried and others, we put fresh eyes on the dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. 031
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 28/07/2026... they made it a commentary on America's reputation for violence. Proof: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/America... This musing brought to you by: www.slate.fr/podcasts/tra...fr.wikipedia.orgAmerican Nightmare (film, 2013) — Wikipédia 000
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I just learned that when the 2013 film The Purge was shown in French cinemas it was called American Nightmare. I knew that the French relabel American movies (Home Alone is called Maman, j'ai raté l'avion !), but in this case, hilariously, they didn't translate the title, they ... (cont.) 100
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/07/2026Global sea-surface temperatures just reached their 50th consecutive record hot day and are expected to continue to rise for another month. This is so far beyond 'bonkers' (technical climate science term) that the Climate 8-ball has decided to start drinking early today. 581052536
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"Some website operators are crying fowl." Some. Like, f'rinstance The New York Times? Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t... 5268
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Great to see my senator @andykimnj.bsky.social at the Ridgewood 4th of July parade! 000
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialAmanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite 572632956
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Or it means the default state of the AI economy is an oligopoly. Google for one has hundreds of billions in revenue. So we need to do more than sit on our hands and watch it happen assuming Dario's prediction is correct. 000
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Connaissent-ils le terme "avocat du diable"? C'est moin intéressant quand tout les animateurs sont d'accord. Liberez Pierron! 000
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 21/06/2026One thing that has happened at this world cup is that I learned about and started to love the Dutch royal family. 001
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“Balogun is an American by virtue of.. wait for it… birthright citizenship.” I wrote about the USMNT & how, despite Trump & Miller’s racist ranting & the DHS/groyper tweet yesterday, at this World Cup, immigration is a blessing & diversity is strength.zeteo.comTrump Admin Tries to Jump on Team USA World Cup Bandwagon… But Makes Racist Fool of ItselfA very diverse USMNT is filled with immigrants and the children of immigrants, while its top scorer is also the ideal advertisement for birthright citizenship. But don't tell that to Trump's DHS. 221307285
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 18/06/2026What do you call this, ethnic cleansing, trail of tears? 0270
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I wonder if the Mossad has a whole department dedicated to developing foreign policy analysis based on astrology.static.klipy.comWalter Mercado's Dramatic Goodbye SmokeALT: Walter Mercado's Dramatic Goodbye Smoke 170
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 17/06/2026What does that mean he's a conspiracy theorist? Does it mean "Epstein didn't kill himself"? He died in a Trump administration run jail. So he's saying Trump in conspiracy with other wealthy former associates of Epstein had him killed? Isn't that a key element of the conspiracy theory? 000
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialAmarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026"What the Wounds Tell" just won this year’s European Press Prize. "Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted." www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...volkskrant.nlGunshot wounds in Palestinian children indicate targeted fireDoctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, ... 301428695
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I don't think the workers own the means of production if the founders of these companies own all the class B voting shares and the government borrows money from China to buy class C shares that have zero voting rights. 040
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 05/06/2026He says they put the cart in front of the horse, meaning they should have increased PET recycle rates first, then make 100% of bottles from recycled material. At the same time there's a proposal in NY state to increase bottle deposits and industry groups oppose it. www.timeout.com/newyork/news...timeout.comYour bottle returns could soon be worth double in New YorkA proposal in Albany would raise the state’s bottle deposit from 5 cents to 10 cents for the first time in more than 40 years. 010
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 02/06/2026So, according to AI, if he manages to hold on to the seat until July 3rd, the governor cannot call a special election and then the earliest we may have a Democrat in that seat is January '27. I think there's a decent chance Kean resigns after the 3rd of July. 000
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialZamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Fantastic depiction of AI 😂 151
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialTim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Cristian Mungiu has had five films play in Competition at Cannes in a row. During that time, he's won two Palme d'Ors, a Best Screenplay prize and a Best Director prize. That's a hell of a run. 0306
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Wow! You're right. It wasn't happening for me in AI Mode but it's happening on Gemini. Not that intelligent after all. 010
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2026* WHITE HOUSE HAS CANCELLED ITS PLANNED CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SIGN A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER ON AI AND CYBERSECURITY -- AXIOS @reuters.com 6630282
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 19/05/2026this honestly sounds like an excited six-year-old showing off his crayon drawing of the cool new building he just thought up "it has triangles!" "drones bounce off it, but they also launch from it!" "the soldier men can stand on the roof and protect us all!" 60894177
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 15/05/2026When you're at the other end of a tirade from a mentally unwell person the only strategy is to brush it off and move on. You're not going to change their mind with facts or calm them down in any way. 130
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/05/2026All the developers 404 Media talked to were excited to try using LLMs at work at first, or were at least curious about them. Their feelings about the tools, based on their personal experience, are now overwhelmingly negative. AI is rotting their brains www.404media.co/software-dev...404media.coSoftware Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains“It's making me dumber for sure.” 271735613
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Obama, I believe, had some success as a negotiator: * JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal) * The Affordable Care Act * The Paris Agreement. 000
munteanua.bsky.social @munteanua.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This point is not made enough: Trump is an awful negotiator. He bamboozled simple minded people with The Art of the Deal but in fact he's very very inept. If your negotiations result into open war then you failed to close the deal. And we all suffer for it because Trump is America's negotiator. 111
Reposted by @munteanua.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation 1001100274321
