Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*through a mouthful of road salt* WHUGH??? 322534184
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialtweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 05/10/2026new newsletter, laying out in probably far, far, far too much detail how yudkowsky and the weird ideological commitments of ai safety eventually led to OpenAI and Anthropic massively overtraining their models on cybersecurity and being shocked at them "going rogue"buttondown.comTracing the rogue ideology of the frontier labs to their product choicesA drawing of Eliezer Yudkowsky as the Paperclip Optimizer that I commissioned back in 2016 and have an alarming number of chances to use since This is a... 10414105
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialBurrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sutratooine 0131
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 04/10/2026Great follow up to @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com’s essay last week www.liberalcurrents.com/the-return-o...liberalcurrents.comThe Return of the Cutting-Off WayStructural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict." 43312
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 839197036204
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Songs in the Key of Life" is 50 today youtu.be/BcRoNGsI07oyoutu.beStevie Wonder - Summer Soft (1976)YouTube video by Soultube 1353
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 385113493085
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"You're on your way to a job interview. Someone gives you an iced coffee." 720224
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 25/09/2026‘The pace at which US yields ripped above 5 per cent was unnatural and comparable in recent years only with the short but brutal market shock from Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs in April last year. Market insiders say this was a sign of distress.’ www.ft.com/content/4acb... 920155
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialTim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026RELEGATION FOR THE NATION 724915
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Liberal Currents consistently publishes interesting work from people who believe that progressive liberalism itself is worth fighting for, which makes them worthy fellow travelers to those of us further left in the popular front. Absolutely worth supporting. 14213
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialEric Sobie @sobesafc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Agree 100% with all of this. I think VAR worked better at the World Cup b/c the guys in the booth were from different countries and not mates with the guy on the pitch. Instant improvement if you do the same in England. 231
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 09/09/2026“Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties. But there is a synthesis, lurking in the shadows of the end of history: the Final Girl, beaten yet unbroken, who may yet defeat the Last Men.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-h...liberalcurrents.comThe End of History and the Final GirlAnton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties. 2294
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/09/2026Everything Finally Clicks For Man After Getting Diagnosed As Stupid theonion.com/everything-finally-cli… 221887242
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialSimon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A note to publicists: Maybe hold back from saying how much your client loves what they're promoting unless you're absolutely sure. Meet the fabulous Mr T www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr THe grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight? 1420776
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJohn Hatch @johnhatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is one of the most incredible interviews with a celebrity that I've ever read. 03319
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialGiantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026And so, presumably for the final time 4608
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialThe Short Fuse @theshortfuse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Open Play FC. 06210
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026They’re just really concerned with free speech on campus and academic freedom bsky.app/profile/polp... 1655694
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJustin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Please enjoy these 93 glorious seconds of Godzilla 2000 shaking the hands of children and posing for photos. 622285
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I find the discourse around "wokeness" to be dishonest and tedious, but this is what I wrote about it a couple of years ago and I think it remains correct: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 13828190
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialBen Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 04/08/2026public libraries ftw 7690802337
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/08/2026MLB owners of losing teams getting ready to point to the Dodgers for why they need a salary cap 2074794
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc... 14148491008
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This was an incredibly helpful primer on what's going on with China www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What Americans Need to Understand About China (Gift Article)Kevin Rudd, a former prime minister of Australia, went back to school to try to understand how the Chinese president thinks. 23210
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10716503020328
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialArula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Got this at Readercon. It’s PKD’s first novel, wasn’t published until after his death and it isn’t scifi. Very intrigued to read it. his work is a huge influence on my writing. A Scanner Darkly changed my philosophy for why I write, who I‘m writing for & what I should capture about humanity. 922420
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialDavid A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Like I told you, what I said ... boingboing.net/2026/07/09/s...boingboing.netSean Astin tells Congress AI should not get to steal your faceThe future should not arrive wearing your face without permission. 03310
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Spoke to my friend Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes today 1706618929
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes" 17107142607
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialRyan Rosenblatt @ryanrosenblatt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Has the refereeing been good this World Cup? Not really. So why have people been happy with it? Because there's been less of it. Fewer fouls, fewer cards, fewer penalties, less VAR.thinkoutsidetheball.substack.comWorld Cup Day 16: The secret to good World Cup refereeing? Less refereeingReferees have been less involved and people love it. Plus, some serious concerns about the World Cup pitches. 24310
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialjames 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Do people know this is the Bosnia manager's first soccer coaching job after a post-playing career of professional poker and constantly criticizing the national team on social media 261253179
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialGreg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 28/06/2026This essay is stunning in its moral and intellectual clarity, and also in its gorgeous sentences. I'm not sure if I'll read the book, but I'm so glad I read this review of it. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...lareviewofbooks.orgA Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of BooksDid the Weather Underground have a point? 412542
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup: 2338671527
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Americans when they hear Europeans don't have air conditioning 525080623
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/06/2026Eric Adams Among Lineup Of Children Escorting Turkey Players Onto Pitch 314885562
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Buster Posey so out of his depth 136847115
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/06/2026My baseball question would be how he thinks Tony Vitello is doing managing the Giants. 51287
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialWendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026You can trace the SF Giants' downfall to Peter Magowan stepping down as the control partner (and then passing away), the owners pushing out Bill Neukom as the control partner after the 3rd WS title & the right-wing Johnsons taking over. These guys just want to make $$. Don't care about baseball. 65916
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Excellent @polphilpod.bsky.social piece. www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/ 7369107
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialmike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026i did this so much yesterday i was threatened with divorce 22 times 126641
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialBBC Sport {bot} @bbcsport.xmirror.bot · 21/06/2026For England (or Arsenal) Declan Rice loves a set-piece! 😆🙌 0215
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo 22689472265
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialvictoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 17/06/2026me at kickoff of every world cup game: oh this is nice to put on in the background, maybe the team with cool jerseys will win me 90 minutes later, literally every time: 103981609
Reposted by @pave2112.bsky.socialMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Has anyone done this yet..? 171183178
