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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ultimately, there really is no objective standard to rely upon. All we have are opinions and opinions in aggregate (consensus). There is no better or worse beyond our subjective perceptions.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We might, but wouldn’t that just be people with a shared subjective perception? In principle I don’t think there’s ever anything concrete to privilege one piece of writing/media over another. You could argue some are appreciated by more people, but another audience might see it differently.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Seems like Hippocrates would have something to say about that 😕

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a bop! Maybe the most cheerful song on this topic in existence? www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z0V...

youtube.com

(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You (Remastered)

YouTube video by Louis Prima - Topic

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.

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The Spectre Of Communism 👻 @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

its not simply about boycotting meta. one company has made their products indispensable for communication in the modern world. they blocked lulas electoral ads the week before the election. theyre trying to sway public opinion against the victim of a gangrape. states need to intervene.

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Dr Hell-Mart @hockeyeeyore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It would be kind of funny if OpenAI agents hacked the Justice Department and released the Epstein Files.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ok, but it’s not like energy. And mixing metaphors and meanings just muddies the water and makes the whole thing opaque and meaningless.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Are you talking about value in some other sense of the word? If you hand me a hundred dollar bill and I burn it, the matter that makes the bill continues to exist in different forms, but the $100 value is gone, unless you know someone that wants to pay that much for the little pile of ash.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would you not consider something that was previously valuable, that has transformed into something with zero value, to have had its value destroyed?

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That might be true of energy, but that’s not true for value - at least any definition I’m aware of. If an object is valuable and it is destroyed, so is the object’s value. It doesn’t like transmute into “waste value” and dissipate into the atmosphere or something.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But “Value” absolutely *can* be destroyed though… If we transformed your car into a small metal cube, I think it’s safe to say it would have lost value. Delete a unique chunk of code… burn a manuscript… any value they had will have been lost.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cause I'm seeing A LOT of felonious acts being reported in the news, and absolutely nothing about any of the perpetrators being charged with a crime. Just a few little oopsies I guess?

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So let me see if I understand this correctly... If I were to get an AI to do something blatantly illegal "by accident", I'd be free of legal liability and the authorities would be powerless to punish me? Is that right?

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You may have some trouble locating an appropriately positioned volcano.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Notice what’s happening just in the past few days. AI caused war crimes. AI hacked corporations. AI is denying healthcare. AI nearly caused war with China. Already the concept is becoming a catchall and hiding that, in all cases, there were people and systems getting desired results.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you want an example, here. The major corporations are already training their AI to engage in corporate espionage and subterfuge. And yet, Google, one of the most powerful companies in the world, gets to hide behind the “rogue AI” bullshit and avoid consequences.

Guardian story with edit: Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies with says its Gemini AI model crossed out

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m partial to the noniker “Shrill Landfill” but Bill Pencil is pretty good too.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ideally i would love to support minority rights but in this case the minority in question is a minority of the population, so it just isn't worth it, mathematically speaking

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

More of a bucket and mop situation unfortunately 🥴

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Maybe legislators should get paid based on the number of bills they pass and whether those bills achieve the intended effect.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a professional punter, I’m in absolute awe at the masterclass put on by this Congress. Just punt after punt after punt, it’s like rewatching the 0-16 Lions.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Does it involve time travel? 😅

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There actually is no “men’s” division in chess. There are “open” categories and women’s categories.

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Judy Marsh🇨🇦 @valueaddedmomma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From: FB - EUROPE AGAINST TRUMPISM Terry J. Parker 10 September 2026 - 9:21am

Cartoon/meme with Wimpy character from Popeye cartoons standing in front of The White House.

speech balloon above Wimpy
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday
for your vote today...

Below the cartoon is:
Under federal law (18 U.S.C. 597 and 52 U.S.C. 10307(c)),
offering an expenditure to induce someone to vote, refrain from voting,
or vote for a specific candidate carries penalties including fines and
up to five years in prision.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Would you mind clarifying? I’d like to know what you see as the similarities? Levin’s theories seem a bit far fetched, but there seem to be some interesting aspects that could bear fruit… I haven’t noticed anything that struck me as particularly “rightwing” or for that matter, political at all.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bro what are you talking about? As an old, I have to say I think you’re doing the opposite, and projecting backwards onto the past. They were just unreliable sources not slop. Slop is a fundamentally new phenomenon. The jankiest photoshop or hand-coded website, can at worst be bad, never “slop”.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s quite difficult to hold it without accidentally touching these bits and I regularly refresh my feed by accident right as I’m reaching to interact with a post 🥲

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unpopular opinion: I don’t want my phone screen’s touch sensitive portion going all the way to the edge

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This fact also completely defangs any argument about “job creators.” Job creation means nothing when the jobs being created don’t lead to any reasonable standard of living.

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

*Hard cut to guy playing sax solo on the moon*

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

How can you be outraged about taking your kid to an R-rated film? Who are you outraged at? Any parents complaining about this should have their children taken from them by CPS.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

After Revolver and Redemption, I think we need Red Dead Revolution - take the same engine across the world, 1912-1920something. Hit all the big revolutions: Mexico, China, Russia, Ireland, Mingo County, the works. Every installment has multiple endings based on how your characters choose.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026

every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So I guess "dogpiling" is just when a lot of people get mad at an account you guys like..? If "dogpiling" is not well defined, then enforcing this policy is entirely up to their discretion, which they've repeatedly demonstrated to be quite poor...

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Nick Murray-Smith @murrth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bolts are quite spacious feeling on the interior, so maybe that explains it – but they are absolutely tiny, and as a result a joy to park.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This 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.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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