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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Only positive thing about this dude's post is that I blocked him.

Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Plague. It was the Plague. That's it. It was an accidental exposure of one person. No release of anything. There is no danger. This is blatant scaremongering for clicks and views. This is why I don't watch the news, but especially CNN. This isn't journalism. It's tabloid bullshit.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm just waiting for the history textbook that, in the section on Musk, includes a screenshot of Kevin's post as the sole picture of Musk.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I met this random dude in the bar the other night. He looked a little sus, but then we got to talking. He was quite affable and amiable, and it turns out we had a lot in common. Yes, he's a Nazi who believes in the enslavement and extermination of non-aryans, but we had a blast shooting pool.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fees for public records are a barrier to access and should be illegal.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I had someone tell me this once, to which I reminded them that there are *hours* of any genre of music online and the best thing that can happen is stumbling upon the channel of a 20 year old from Warsaw who will show you a playlist that will melt your face. That cannot be simulated

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nor was it economically innedficient as many people believe. Ed Baptist's book The Half Has Never Been Told goes into this and agrees that slavery was not dying.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That's not muscular Christianity. THIS is muscular Christianity!

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spleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was the what the fuck are we even doingest of times...

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

While wearing an N95 hazmat furry suit.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jack Lepiarz was a reporter and anchor at WBUR in Boston for 13 years and quit to be a performer and content creator full-time in February 2023, and I absolutely think it was the right move financially and professionally: youtube.com/shorts/j2p2I...

youtube.com

Be Different

YouTube video by Jacques Ze Whipper

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl. Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"I voted with Republicans to oppress people and take away their rights so I can focus on making your life more affordable." Wut?

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026

Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I mean, it's not, but also what is the point behind the scaremongering? What do they hope to accomplish?

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026

I had a thread about @sanders.senate.gov & Max Tegmark before seeing this one. Yudkowsky is an even more overt eugenicist, you don't have to do any digging to see that. He also has ZERO expertise in "AI" except for being a self described "genius" cult leader who wrote a Harry Potter fanfic.

Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSadners

Will AI become smarter than humans?

If so, is humanity in danger?

I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading AI experts that question.

Here's what they had to say.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026

This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Given the average ticket price was ~$0.45, that equals roughly $7 per movie. That equals a total of $112 for 16 movies.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That's the modern equivalent of $310!

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have no idea if that is possible. I've know how "AI" works, and I know it can be tripped up. But I'm also at a loss. The best I can do, given that I'm teaching an online course, is experiment and see what happens. At least it won't be boring.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I just got hired by my local community college to teach U.S. History online, and I'm trying to figure out how to "AI"-proof my assignments, especially the final essay. I've been focusing on questions that (I think/hope) will be difficult or impossible for "AI" to formulate a cohesive answer.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My memory may be wrong. I'm also unaware of specifically when it happened. Would take a dive into the Register-Guard archive on Google, and probably into the microfilm. I can see what I can find. As of now, the last mention I saw was a Crossfire Ministries trailer for Katrina donations in 2005.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And another profile. Love that Google has The Register-Guard. news.google.com/newspapers?i...

news.google.com

Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I always wondered what happened to him. He became kind of local famous for a quick second, then disappeared. I seem to recall there being a small scandal involving teen girls and someone in the church leadership. I thought it was him and that's why he went dark for a while.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This guy looks familiar. I remember Crossfire from the late-90s and/or early-2000s when they aired services on local channels either late at night or early on Sunday mornings. It was geared more towards teens back then. Always thought the pastor was weird. You know if this is the same dude?

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fucking Robert Moses. I got the book not too long ago and really need to read it. Dude was a real GOAT villain.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Weird. Seems unnecessarily complicated.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Mamdani mentioned the short, city-owned span. Seems weird that the city would own a short span of a highway that is entirely in the city. I assume Mamdani's hands are tied given NYC's limited jurisdiction over an entire highway that needs to be reimagined. I also feel like I'm missing something.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I mean, it's New York. One of the most famous and photographed cities in the world. And dude's using AI to get an idea of what New York looks like? That's a level of lazy that is hard to fathom.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I started wondering this morning. There's tons of talk of AOC's barnstorming as her first steps in a presidential run. What if that's not it? What if it's her campaigning for the speakership? Her showing what a competent speaker can and should do?

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Can't reform this. Gotta root and branch this shit.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Across DI colleges, 94 percent of athletics programs, including 49 of the 69 Power colleges, spent more than they generated in revenue in the 2023–24 academic year. The median college reported a gap of $20.6 million. This gap was larger than the median a decade earlier ($12.3 million)."

washingtonpost.com

Most Division I colleges lose money on sports

Over 90 percent of these athletic programs spend more money than they generate, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

the american paradox

truck that says "puritan bakery best buns in town"

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I get how someone can get caught up in it. I have a friend who is very much into "AI" as a shortcut to save time. The trade-offs, though. I refuse to use it because 1) I enjoy doing the hard work, and 2) I fear getting lazy and losing the skills I've worked so long to learn and reinforce.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

IN A WORLD WHERE TWO ROADS DIVERGE ONE CHOICE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

...and fires a laser. The asteroid explodes. That camera moves towards the ship's cockpit window and enters, rebealing the pilot.] [Sound of beeps and boops. Rear door opens and a person walks in.] Person: "Watcha doin', Bob?" Pilot: "Nothin' much, Joe. Just shootin' asteroids." [The End]

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

[Movie begins with a field of stars. Camera slowly pans to the right, revealing a small, triangular ship floating in space. Then, suddenly, an asteroid enters from the top left foreground of the frame, floating towards the ship. A thruster fires on the ship, it turns its nose towards the asteroid...

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