randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Clearly this administration has no respect for the idea of being a good neighbor. (This is a great reason why politicians should have to dress like racing drivers.) 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is beyond sad, and the only reason it's a real concern is because some egomaniac in Washington decided to be the opposite of a good neighbor. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maybe this AI thing wasn't such a good idea? 120
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsRamon Escarfullet Sr @raoces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To be fair to evil Mitch McConnell, he doesn't know who he is or what he is voting on. His handlers directed by Trump MAGA senate leaders are now doing McConnell evil work for him. 1304
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It really annoys me when people defending car dependency try to minimize the importance of mobility for children. Kids both want and deserve the freedom to move around their communities and they should be able to do so safely. 5789103
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Good riddance. He clearly has no respect for the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment. 030
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Yet another AI slop-infested court filing. Maybe people should be required to type (or handwrite?) the whole thing in court? It would be burdensome but it's the only way I can think of to try to slow the onslaught of AI slop in court filings. 010
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This would be an excellent idea! 020
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is an excellent reason why airports and train stations need good public transit connections. 030
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Hello from Cologne!/Hallo von Köln! 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is just cruel and evil, and brings a whole new meaning to "getting Zucked". 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Xenophobia meets fossil fuel addiction. 010
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Platner’s first deployment, in early 2005, began at the Abu Ghraib prison complex, part of which the military had rechristened Camp Redemption." missed that detail the first time around! 311259211
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Don’t blame it on labor and labor costs” says Blakeman, about the MTA’s cost problems, which are decidedly caused by labor contracts and work rules that he says he supports. 5486
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026He's not wrong...... thehill.com/homenews/adm...thehill.comTrump ahead of Graham funeral: ‘He’s never seen a war that he didn’t like’President Trump said the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “liked war” and was “very strong on the military” ahead of his funeral Tuesday. “Lindsey liked war,” Trump said on “Fox and Friends.” “I j… 1225
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsBlair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 22/07/2026Vital skill for navigating any policy spectrum: recognize the difference between those who criticize a project because they want it to be better, and those who criticize it because they want it to be destroyed. 24410
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Anyone who does things just to "own the libs" (especially things like wasting energy or rolling coal) deserves to wear a diaper, sit in a high chair, and eat baby food. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Politicians should have to dress like racing drivers. Then we'd know where the money is really going. 000
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 18/07/2026In any other lifetime, “American president pays millions of dollars to a woman he sexually assaulted and then threatens to tax Canada because smoke can cross the border” would be such a big headline they’d bring back kids selling newspapers on the corner 23618859
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsAri Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Hey, but they make construction much more expensive with often no improvement in safety, so we have fewer new (and safer) houses and more people live in older, less-safe buildings. But they're the solution! 041
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026When imperialists say "democracy", they really mean "dictatorship". 010
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Good discussion on how tort reform is an enabling block to making code/standard reform easier. 120
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 12/07/2026😂 Hopefully no one actually invents this. 010
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I can't believe people do things as dumb and absurd as this. This sort of thing is why we have silly warning labels like "Do not tip or rock this vending machine" and "Do not put any person in this washer". 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The fossil fuel addicts must be furious. 010
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“Spending $700 million to bail out the coal industry is like throwing a lifeline to a ship that has already sunk.”motherjones.comIn the United States, solar energy is outpacing coal for the first time everIt now provides more than twice the share of electricity that it did five years ago. 26368922229
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsQuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 07/07/2026whoopsie 163104002106
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY 7699613432
Reposted by randomperson Fire Alarmsn3rdopolis @n3rdopolis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Google is now frying the earth to tell people to put glue in their pizza cheese. 12816
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The fossil fuel addicts (especially the "clean coal" scam artists) must be furious. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So basically they're giving the hypocrisy-filled Western foreign policy apparatus a taste of its own medicine. 010
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsKris Samsel @kris1957.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The United States could have beautiful train terminals, and high-speed trains, and all the good stuff that all these countries have, if they would quit spending money on defense contractors. Having these stupid wars that are senseless, and having these billionaires manipulate our elections. 🚫💩 072
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Of course it would be cool, but the Western foreign policy establishment hates sovereignty for anyone else. (Also, a big reason the establishment hates renewable energy is probably because one can't simply blockade/embargo/sanction Mother Nature.) 010
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsKeith Greaves @keithgreaves.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Never underestimate the zeal of the democracy freedom lovers to deny freedom for others 👍 0262
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026AI slop is usually dumb and wasteful, but it can definitely be hilarious sometimes. 😂 020
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026You really shouldn't rely on AI slop for any sort of legal, professional, medical, or other formal advice. 211
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption. 224105242924
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 01/06/2026AI slop at its finest. The really concerning part is when it gives misinformation about laws and regulations, as this can easily lead to actual confusion. Who needs the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, or the United States Code when one can just ask Google to spit out some AI slop? 100
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 29/05/2026One small step for code, one giant leap for building practices. 082
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 28/05/2026When people treat AI as gospel, it's inevitable that this happens. 020
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 27/05/2026He campaigned on ending wars... and he lied. www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...cnn.comAnalysis: Trump has now threatened to attack 1 out of every 13 countries in the world | CNN PoliticsAs a presidential candidate, Donald Trump gleefully painted his opponents as trigger-happy interventionists who would get the United States bogged down in all manner of foreign wars — up to and includ... 010
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 23/05/2026This is Four Seasons Total Landscaping all over again. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Is it really that hard to adopt the "foreign" idea of common-use gates? That would have avoided the O'Hare ordure. 010
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 28/04/2026"Let's let AI run amok across our database. What could possibly go wrong?" 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Protecting the environment shouldn't be seen as an "arms race" in the first place. We all share a planet. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 23/04/2026You can't sanction, embargo, or blockade Mother Nature, either. (Both of these reasons are probably why the imperialist ruling class absolutely hates renewable energy and is so addicted to fossil fuels.) 044
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 23/04/2026There are plenty of conspiracy theorists out there, but very few of them turn horrible and tragic murders of children into a conspiracy theory. That's how insane Alex Jones is. 000
randomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Exactly. The far-right wants a Christian theocracy. 000
Reposted by randomperson Fire AlarmsJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026" In addition to concerns about rising electricity bills, air pollution, and noise, fights over data centers seem to be channeling deeper frustrations. What and whom, in other words, is all this stuff actually for?" newrepublic.com/article/2089...newrepublic.comBombs and Porn Are Bad Reasons to Build More Data CentersIs this big AI push supposed to help the U.S. kill more Iranian kids? To help school shooters kill kids at home? Or just to fill the internet with rubbish? We need better answers to this question. 1206