Reposted by BradenDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/10/2026AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.democracynow.orgThe Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit GebruWe speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind... 15351161
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Further in the article it says that this applies to nearly a THIRD of people detained by ICE! 000
Reposted by BradenAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18945992953
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Starting the day off well (crying to Bad Bunny's LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii) 010
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm so tired of not knowing what my gut will or won't tolerate. It seems like there's no rhyme or reason to when the symptoms surface 000
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026wic̣aŋḣpi waḣca (obe núŋpa), c̣aŋzi, napoṡtaŋ zizi* kʼa, waḣcazibdu Asters (two kinds), smooth sumac, (cut-leaf?) coneflower, some kind of goldenrod *made this name up based on the name for prairie conflower 011
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This performance never fails to give me goosebumps and misty eyes. Orville Peck is truly a singular talentyoutu.beOrville Peck - Let Me Drown (Live In Nashville)YouTube video by OrvillePeckVEVO 000
Reposted by Bradenkobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026JOHNNY YOU GET THAT TONGUE UNBUNCHED AND RETROFLECT IT HARD CUZ RHOTICS LOOSE IN GEORGIA AND THE DEVIL SEEKS AN "R" 3136
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Successfully navigated an awkward social interaction, please clap 000
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I'm realizing that a beautiful thing that comes from the collective grief of a beloved public figure is a reminder that people as whole do indeed recognize goodness, and that we value when someone seeks to make the world a better place. Rest in peace, Dolly 💔 000
Reposted by Bradenmark leidner @markleidner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026iambic tetrameter ass stick 291859352
Reposted by BradenUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 10/08/2026sorry my mom says you’re too dumb to hang out with 2141651117
Reposted by BradenNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778512571
Reposted by BradenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions 50105822738
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Today I, supposedly a linguist, realized that "laboratory" and "lavatory" were not the same word 130
Reposted by BradenJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/07/2026okay fine i'll read the thing based on the first skim i did i'm not holding my breath, but since we're cited repeatedly i'll engage in good faith. 12517144
Reposted by BradenThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us. 155188834440
Reposted by Bradenyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 25/06/2026the bread is $13.50 and all the circuses are subscription based 4042451539
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Me having the cot–caught merger, I don't think I've ever encountered such a clear illustration of the split vowels as hearing someone on the Traitors say she's "on Ron" as [ɔn ɹɑn] 110
Reposted by BradenHeather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool 502243425590
Reposted by BradenSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/06/2026White House accidentally spilling gender on everything like Mr Bean 06611
Reposted by BradenBraden @niyate.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Nah bro, I'm fine, I just got caught in the listened-to-a-song-that-brought-tears-to-my-eyes-then-got-even-more-teary-eyed-thinking-about-humans-creating-beautiful-things-out-of-pain-so-we-feel-less-alone spiral again, ya know? 031
Reposted by BradenBraden @niyate.bsky.social · 12/12/2025[poetry voice] what is dust but crust not clumped? 021
Reposted by BradenSchera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...dronexl.coPokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military DronesPokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor. 242220932
Reposted by Bradendepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 08/06/2026this week marks 10 years since "milkshake duck" was coined 3774721836
Reposted by BradenHockey Out of Context Loves Canada @nhloutofcontext.bsky.social · 07/06/2026We getting some Bussi bussy tonight. 1261
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Absolutely astounded that the Hurricaines clawed back 3 goals in 30 secs 000
Reposted by BradenCeline @celineloup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I Become A Gull, Crying ink on paper April 2026 1/21 523560
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Okoko hehaŋyaŋ de iyukcaŋ maŋke kte. I'm going to be thinking about this for weeks. 010
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026*spouse (mexican) teaching me the word for 'dresser'*: Buró me: Oh, what language is that borrowed from? spouse: What??? Why do you think it's not a Spanish word?? *silence as I try to come up with a way of explaining that isn't embarassingly linguist* ...Uh... *sigh* ..the phonotactics are wrong 120
Reposted by BradenSouth Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 31/05/2026As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that.buff.lyProposed Indigenous medical school aims to boost Native physician numbers • South Dakota SearchlightAs of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. 073
Reposted by Bradenelizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...elizabethginexi.substack.comSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance RuleRussell Vought is going destroy American Science 1251397827
Reposted by BradenCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Spent 20 minutes this morning sitting with my 12yo and asking the new Google search questions about Pokémon. After laughing at all the bullshit and wrong answers, we had a serious discussion about the power of his human brain and the necessity of using trusted sources like Bulbapedia. 725060
Reposted by BradenSouth Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 23/05/2026"The water didn’t get cleaner. The reporting got safer for the people in charge." COMMENTARY from Brad Johnson on the "more polished" but "less candid" water quality reports from the state of South Dakota:buff.lySouth Dakota’s water quality reports grow more polished and less honest • South Dakota SearchlightTruth becomes politically inconvenient when the agency authoring a report is aligned with the industry contributing to pollution. 075
Reposted by BradenNandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 23/05/2026For the “but I thought they were only going to target criminals” crowd. News flash: going after “criminals” is authoritarian-speak for “support us now so we can go after you later.” gift article you can read for freenytimes.comGreen Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says 043
Reposted by Braden404 Media @404media.co · 17/05/2026Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme... 677129473328
Reposted by BradenMinnesota Wild Game Bot @min.hockeygamebot.com · 14/05/2026FOLIGNO SNAPS ONE HOME! 🚨🎉 WILD UP 3-0 EARLY! Snap shot from Sturm 🍎 and Boldy 🍏 with 4:04 left in the first. Minnesota Wild: 3 Colorado Avalanche: 0 #mnwild 122
Reposted by BradenMinnesota Wild Game Bot @min.hockeygamebot.com · 14/05/2026🚨 MCCARRON STRIKES! WILD UP 3-0! 🎉 🔥 Kaprizov 🍎 and Boldy 🍏 with the setup on that beauty! Minnesota Wild: 3 Colorado Avalanche: 0 #mnwild 021
Reposted by BradenMinnesota Wild Game Bot @min.hockeygamebot.com · 14/05/2026FOLIGNO TIPS IT HOME! 🚨 Minnesota extends the lead 2-0 early! 🔥🙌 Minnesota Wild: 2 Colorado Avalanche: 0 #mnwild 132
Braden @niyate.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Uh oh, coffee kicked in when I was on the wikipedia page of Russian phonology, R.I.P to productivity this morning 000
Reposted by BradenScience Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRrscim.agAfter USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by schoolMove comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs 19839442216