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Eric Schmitt's basketball fuckup yesterday is getting all the attention but I think it's really, really important to understand it in the context of the strategy and goals of the hearing as a whole, which was as clear an example as I can find of why the GOP is an existential threat to the Republic.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 12h

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the technology used in "AI detectors" is pretty much the same as "AI."

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Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The City of Cambridge just published an interactive map with data about accidents - really interesting! cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

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Powflip @powflip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I guess I should've posted my response as well. I didn't use to care as much, but two years of constantly having AI shit shoved in your face changes a guy.

I’ve been quiet so far on the subject, but this post really demonstrates the sillyness of AI generated imagery. The whole appeal of this genre of photography is that it documents. But if you only see it as “content” to get clicks, then you might miss the obvious - that people are interested in these places because they exist. The AI images may be very pretty, but they completely miss the point. Perhaps in a different context, they’d be good, but in this one they make no sense.

Its about on the same level as asking people if they want to see your AI generated vacation photos. Do you want to see the photos I didn’t take of things I didn’t do? This is the problem of only thinking of things in terms of “content”, divorced completely from meaning or context, just a pretty picture. In the words of Jay Bauman, “Don’t ask questions, just consume product”.

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#dontRideThatRuss @rusto88.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My luxurious accommodations for the night. Note the missing top drawer and missing coffee maker carafe. (I’ll confess that this is not the seediest motel I’ve stayed in.)

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Cedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every innovation and change in business these days is either: We took this product you like and turned it into a subscription We took this subscription you begrudgingly pay and added some ads We took these ads you found annoying and found more ways to find you

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pamnapo.bsky.social @pamnapo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

True of all rules. I want to punch anyone in the throat who says “both parties are the same” because the rules and expectations don’t exist for the GOP and the Dems are expected to be perfect.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

MA friends, gun safety is on your ballot this Nov! The NRA is trying to repeal our 2024 gun safety law and I am chairing the committee working to protect it — Vote Yes on 9 for a Safe MA. Please share widely and vote YES on 9 to keep our communities safe from gun violence! www.yesforasafema.com

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Home | Vote Yes: Protect MA Gun Safety Law in 2026

Vote Yes in 2026 to protect Massachusetts’ new gun safety laws… Keep communities safes.

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#dontRideThatRuss @rusto88.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I like to replace “AI model” with “COVID 20” when I read stories like this and wonder if anyone would do anything about it then.

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Adam Villani @adamnvillani.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The rest of the Kennedy family should use all of their resources to stop this maniac.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 18/09/2026

There should be a German word for when you see a picture of pancakes and your brain erases everything inside of you but "want to get pancakes?"

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Fietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's been a while, so... Posting this for no other reason than to get more Looney Tunes circulating on Bluesky.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey PVD and Southern New England! It is gallery night (every third Thursday in providence btw) make a stop on your rounds here:

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 17/09/2026

I swear to god, if private equity ends up ruining public domain, I'm going to turn into the Joker.

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ve seen enough people expressing confusion about why it would be in their interest to try to become regulated, or why they would be saying things like “we might kill the world!!”, that I’ll do an explainer. Buckle up.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The AI we've got is driven by billionaires desperate to become trillionaires who don't give a damn how much harm they do in pursuit of that goal.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The things that LLMs do can be dazzling sometimes, and in a more sensible world there would be a lot of work trying to find applications where LLMs could produce output of useful quality and reliability for less than it costs to produce that output.

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 15/09/2026

The U.S. has a gigantic problem (well, several, but this is a biggie.) Once an individual reaches a certain plateau of wealth, there are absolutely no consequences for corruption. It's reached a point of utter absurdity how much corrupt crap the wealthy get away with.

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#dontRideThatRuss @rusto88.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

3 miles in on yesterday’s 30 mile mixed terrain ride, I went OTB on a stone wall crossing and bent my right index finger WAY back. Seemed not too bad the rest of the ride and was able to use it to press shutter button on last night’s shoot… today, it looks like this. #DontRideThatRuss

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/

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seven possums in an AFI hoodie @volare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The drunken b!tch that hit me had a BAC of .44 (5x the limit. Most people are comatose) and walked away unscathed. She broke my spine. 2nd known DUI. No license, no insurance, not her gigantic GMC pickup going 65+ in a 30. She got probation, kept everything. I got a life sentence, lost everything.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

BELOW: Donald Trump honors the victims of 9/11 by flying his eyelids at half-staff.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Landa is in a hurry because the senior citizen dinner discount at the Applebees in Grenada ends at 5:30pm local time.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Republican voters will not vote for Dems, even if they are transphobes. Republican voters will not vote for Dems, period. Stop trying to win them over by throwing trans people under the bus. Win over the rest of us by showing us that you will fight for everyone's rights.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The wallet inspector told me to wait here until he returns with my newly-inspected wallet. Here’s why.

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Justin Timbercake, MA, MPS (He/Him) @justintimbercake.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The US would hugely benefit from adopting the parliamentary system of “no confidence” voting. Impeachment is too complicated, and gets tied up in the debate of whether or not the president is guilty. A vote of no confidence only requires disapproval.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

elect me president and I’ll give you six thousand dollars and your healthcare will be free and instead of lying about everything like the current guy I will only lie about maybe one thing

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#dontRideThatRuss @rusto88.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“People don’t fear change, they fear the loss that change brings.” - Ronald Heifetz

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Zed @behindthebluemotel.com · 09/09/2026

‘Good’ isn’t a thing you ever are, it’s a thing you have to constantly work to be

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mitch McConnell is basically the Schrödinger's cat of the US Senate, simultaneously both alive and dead while unobserved. And we'll never know which until someone opens his box.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled there is no constitutional right to clean #water. The UN has declared a human right to water, but that has no sway here. If there's no "constitutional" right, federal & state laws must provide that protection. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...