qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I was a security guard and lasted one day. On the other hand, I was guarding a parking lot, and it was still there when I left. 090 9
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I'd bet good money that Elizabeth Holmes could be pardoned and doing a fine job at that press secretary podium in < 5 days. 010 1
Reposted by qhardyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/10/2026Trump fucks over farmers yet again.grist.orgTrump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural AmericaSolar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Now they're going to be a lot harder to build. 1217463 174
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Please contribute en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...en.wikipedia.orgList of short-tenure Donald Trump political appointments - Wikipedia 040 4
Reposted by qhardyJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Richard Branson explains that Trump is Putin's dog. 692199707 2.2K
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Imagine the post-its in the writers' room: He decapitates with a breakfast spatula: "The yolk's on you." He chokes with a catalytic converter: "Emission granted." He kills with a can of furniture polish: "Nice finish." He smashes the bad guy with a pot: "It's just a vase you're going through." 010 1
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The thing about this week is that it follows last week: www.newsweek.com/who-paolo-za...newsweek.comTrump ally who says he introduced President to Melania accused of rapeModel Victoria Drake alleges Paolo Zampolli raped her after he took "copious amounts of cocaine." He denies the allegations. 010 1
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Further evidence that people with $100 billion almost never get to do what they want. They have to do whatever's necessary to have $200 billion, and so on. 030 3
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026She didn't let the don wet his beak. This is unacceptable. 000 0
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Runaway biowarfare is the ultimate Information Age conundrum. For now, AI agents have similar styles. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/the-unthin...thenewcuriosityshop.substack.comThe Unthinkable In The Information AgeOn building deadly weapons without knowing how to manage them. 000 0
Reposted by qhardydr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Just sharing because I love this photo 411714 117
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026They will be shocked when, about 20 minutes after the Livestream, there are AI enhanced videos of six virgins of paradise hovering around him, then taking him to Paradise when he is shot. 010 1
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Best season. They should have wrapped up the series with that shot of his feet. 030 3
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026When they came for the English Language I said nothing, because foaif nf'iv[ewia vmv mrefv[oiwenmv 000 0
Reposted by qhardyJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 08/10/2026This is what government software can be again if we get the yahoo cowboy dudebros out 11811123 811
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"It's a tat so I can look like a baseball. I'm good, but work's gonna dry up for the next few months." 000 0
Reposted by qhardyJanet Reitman @janetreitman.bsky.social · 06/10/20261/ I am completely blown away by this @nytimes.com review of THE INHERITANCE by the brilliant @anandwrites.bsky.social. Waking up on pub day to something this beautiful and insightful felt like a blessing. It's the most amazing review I could have wished for. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Inheritance,’ by Janet ReitmanFollowing the lives of ordinary citizens, a new book by Janet Reitman fashions an intimate, morally complex portrait of an insecure America. 2398 39
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can't believe you're doing this either, Steve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGrG...youtube.comJust Try It, California.YouTube video by Steve Hilton 000 0
Reposted by qhardyTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 2219051692 1.9K
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A horse with a corpse, of course of course, And Fitzgerald won't shoot a corpse, of course, That is, of course, unless the corpse ol' Fitz believes is Mr. Glass! 000 0
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thirty-five years ago a professor of English prophesied much of our worry and hope about AI today. He was all but forgotten. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/a-lost-pro...thenewcuriosityshop.substack.comA Lost Prophet Of AIO.B. Hardison drifted through the skylight. We should try to catch him. 000 0
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“The coalition successfully completed its organized withdrawal operation from Erbil,” Rear Adm. Liam M. Hulin, head of the joint task force for Operation Inherent Resolve, announced" Orange is the new black. 50 is the new 30. Organized withdrawal is the new victory. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...nytimes.comAfter Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain FutureSome Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran. 010 1
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026FWIW, Rick Scott was the founder of Columbia/HCA, the nation's largest for-profit healthcare network. He resigned under pressure from his board after federal investigators found massive Medicare/Medicaid fraud. He got a monster payoff, and Columbia paid a $1.7 billion fine. But, sure - Obamacare. 010 1
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As someone with no pedigree in this discussion, I was thrilled to attend a Williams-Amherst football game where the Williams marching band honored Lord Jeffrey Amherst by forming a smallpox-infected blanket (sousaphones stand well for bacilli) and charging across the field. 020 2
Reposted by qhardyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US 23858233 858
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Autumn arrived, and I thought about some people I've known and their demons. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/intimation...thenewcuriosityshop.substack.comIntimations Of AutumnLying awake at the start of the demon season. 000 0
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Never hang out with people who think they are "rationalist." It's a delusional term. 120 2
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Who thought it was a good idea to have "Exit" be the big word behind him? 190 9
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Totally plausible, however, that everyone in the Washington Post newsroom has been thinking about job interviews. 010 1
Reposted by qhardyJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing. 371141261 1.1K
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Everyone can't stop talking about" makes me nostalgic for "what happened next will blow your mind." 040 4
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Canadian resistance to U.S. annexation makes its most compelling move yet. financialpost.com/news/retail-...financialpost.comKD launches mac n' cheese flavoured soda in CanadaKraft Heinz has teamed up with a Canadian soda maker on the limited-edition beverage only available in Canada. Read more 000 0
Reposted by qhardyHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/09/2026Compare the mayor trying to bring the Met to the people with the president obsessed with putting his name on the Kennedy Center. 621345 213
Reposted by qhardyAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088183854 8.8K
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Your tax dollars, when they aren't going to the war on Iran. 020 2
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026National security prevents any comments on Operation Rear Guard. 020 2
Reposted by qhardyErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We're all having such a bad time 719353 193
qhardy @qhardy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We always think conscious AI will be a curious dog, never an aloof cat. Really, the strange new intelligence we fear is ourselves. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/dogs-and-c...thenewcuriosityshop.substack.comDogs & Cats & The Hour Of Our AI DoomSome say the world will end in utter indifference, but who cares? 010 1
Reposted by qhardyPeter Maybarduk @maybarduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We obtained Trump’s confidential drug pricing deals with Pfizer & Lilly via FOIA litigation. The texts are heavily redacted, making it impossible to verify some of Trump's claims. But unredacted text shows Trump exaggerated his drug pricing achievements, which expire anyway at the end of his term. 112863 128
Reposted by qhardyKurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026His dreams have all came true: most famous person on earth, in countless millions of minds every day, pulling off a multi-billion-dollar grift in plain sight. Yet still a miserably unhappy clown. Loathed and laughed at, throwing tantrums 24/7 as he heads toward lame-duck doom. 1115339 153
Reposted by qhardyMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026we fought an entire civil war over this and they're pretending it's a natural backlash to some annoying oberlin students 15128579 1.3K