lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 22hI really deeply hate cars, and the way perfectly reasonable people become absolute animals when they have to wait 15 seconds 020
Reposted by lbSterlingBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/10/2026If you are on an escalator or moving walkway in an airport and you are standing on the left (or worse, in the middle), you are a bad person and you should feel bad about yourself. 2421219
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Funny, this is also life with a baby only the after 10pm thing is caused by a soul crushing level of exhaustion 030
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Besides the obviously shambolic stupidity of this on a policy level, who the heck measures diesel in tons? 162
Reposted by lbSterlingChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mamdani, in closing, on today's ICE shooting: "This is an agency that must be abolished." 362288
Reposted by lbSterlingKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 08/10/2026This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity. 411802561
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The back half of the papers the only bit worth reading, but it's coverage you really don't see anywhere else 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love the economist, but their front page editor has a serious hard on for ai nonsense 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.economist.com/weeklyeditio...economist.comThe century’s biggest idea | October 3rd 2026 | The EconomistThe century’s biggest idea – Weekly edition of The Economist for October 3rd 2026. You've seen the news, now discover the story. 220
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the high volume of very highly produced anti-prop-40 mailers and robo messages is doing a great job of convincing me that maybe prop 40 is a good idea 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They're the cover story of the Economist this week 110
Reposted by lbSterlingAstronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 06/10/2026🔭 A Complete Auroral Oval from SMILE Credit: ESA, CAS, SMILE, UVI ap261006 311126
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oooh we've entered the public execution of state enemies part of the fascism! 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026JD has got to be one of the dumbest mother fuckers alive 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This whole family of creatures are aliens and you can't convince me otherwise 040
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm sure the attorney general will be all over this 020
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I just paid $137 for two bags of groceries, and I'm talking cheddar cheese, milk, and pita bread not gourmet shit. I don't think anyone's ready for how unbelievably fucked we're all going to be by the diesel situation. 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's been a while since a sex cult was on the cover of the Economist 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A sane society would have laughed him out of the race after he came down the escalator. 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026No argument here, I pray every day for the coronary infarction from heaven to save us from ourselves. 110
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look, he's absolutely batshit insane and can barely string two words together, but what he's saying is the high gas prices are a small price to pay for stopping Iran from destroying a city. This is total bullshit, but so is intentionally misrepresenting his insane ramblings 210
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ah ok that's not what he actually said, this is an intentional misquote. He's still a complete idiot and Iran is not going to nuke SD. 330
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bro I live in San Diego. Good to hear the leader of my country say me getting murdered is a "small price" 1192
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How TF is this legal?!? Didn't Congress apportion that money for a specific purpose? Isn't this a clear article 1 violation? 230
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026To submit my polycule application: I can wire a generator from copper stripped from a wall and make pretty decent wine from juice, sugar and bread yeast. The sex part is optional but put me in for a maybe. 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My older siblings were ready for it when the babysitter brought out The Temple of Doom, I was most assuredly not. 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Another difference is that a personal assistant is a conscious thinking entity able to reason and often times even human! 020
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is going to be an absolutely killer show, I've seen him twice and both times were barn burners! 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That is not a color I've ever seen Texas painted on any map my entire life, that alone is enough to give me flashbacks to my pure unbridled confidence Hillary was going to win in '16. 1220
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Probably better for the freemason's to hit a double no? 011
Reposted by lbSterlingCriag @criagtime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026As an everyday American, it's hard to know which lies to believe. That's why I watch podcasts. They cut through the science and deliver uneducated takes that I know I can blindly trust. 0184
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well, by living with honor so far you haven't committed any unforgivable crimes (I presume) and so are not shunned and punished by those you love which is nice. 120
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That thing looks nasty! I love when you guys team up for these fiendish videos 010
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I quite like Dungeon of the Endless and it's follow up Endless Dungeon. 000
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Reading the Necronomicon is doing absolute gangbusters for me, the ceaseless disembodied voices have some great ideas! 080
Reposted by lbSterlingWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It is a little disconcerting that so many people who know a lot about LLMs on a technical level appear to go a little insane. It would be like if there was a really cool and effective new kind of pen, and for some reason about 40% of the people involved in the pen making process went mad. 3860062
Reposted by lbSterlingGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113394113
Reposted by lbSterlingMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid 1343705487
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is called Kagi and I think it's just about $5/month 160
lbSterling @poundsterling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think I need to reread like everything Gibson ever wrote, when last I read I was in my early 20s and things have evolved somewhat since then. 010