Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 10/11/2025No no no Budapest! You have great beer. Don’t do this. 120
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 01/11/2025‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...ru.nl‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud UniversitySince the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss... 252261903
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Tough one for the Trumplings. In the meter of Orwell (four legs good, two legs better): Threatening rabbis bad, imams good. apnews.com/article/syna...apnews.comAlabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern statesFederals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”Jeremy Wayn... 020
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 31/10/2025New Meta AI god’s hot shit analysis of firing people: “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Mr. Wang wrote in the memo circulated to employees. 000
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Will this Epstein story push the Epstein story out of the papers? 010
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Meet the new Klan recruiting initiative. apnews.com/article/refu...apnews.comTrump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It'll be mostly white South AfricansThe Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they'll be mostly white South Africans. 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/10/2025“Mom, what’s for Thanksgiving?” “We’ll find out when we get to the soup kitchen. Jeffrey Epstein’s ballroom isn’t going to pay for itself.” 11852272089
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Media Capitulation Index: Chicken heads indicate levels of capitulation from vulnerable to pure propaganda at 35 media companies. The only 2 to get stars for independence were Bloomberg and Netflix. I’m now going to subscribe to the paid version of Bloomberg. www.freepress.net/who-owns-mediafreepress.netWho Owns the MediaWho owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? The Media Capitulation Index shows how these conglomerates came to dominate the U.S. media landscape. Using a chicken scale, Free Press rates ... 000
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Time to raise some private money from big corporations and, without planning or historical approvals, tear this puppy down again. apple.news/Ae0VLV-j8TDi...apple.newsA Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled — NPRA statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.’s Judiciary Square. 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files. 1002245539381
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/10/2025It’s subtle if nothing else. 972882845
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 26/10/2025With the East Wing as precedent, tearing down Confederate statues and other obnoxious monuments can now be done without planning or historical approvals. Private money can be used in this endeavor. Who wants to start a Kickstarter? 010
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Tomorrow I start playing Canadian things. Any suggestions? 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/10/2025We haven’t forgotten, no matter how many distractions you throw our way. 9939631550
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/10/2025A conspiracy theory I have is that people put hot sauces like Tabasco on everything not so much for the pepper as they do for the benefits of adding vinegar to a dish and that’s what they should be focusing on and recognizing. This conspiracy theory has not gotten traction due to “lack of interest” 1391896103
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 20/10/2025When did rude become considered the same as brave? 020
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/10/2025This is an actual quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte. 87542071588
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikGod @thegodshow.com · 20/10/2025Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency. 723241836155
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Unexpected real world developments can mess with your writing. 010
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikGilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 20/10/2025We’ve never needed the Pynchon/Gibson/Simpson nexus more than this particular year. Plus, here’s the gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...nytimes.comWilliam Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon 133
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Edwardian butt-plug. Certain leaders today should look into this decidedly no-nonsense design. 3336341
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Re: Trump’s cartoon of self. I will help fund strapping him into a fighter and catapulting off it a carrier. In any direction. 000
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Started receiving The Free Press. Only guess: They’re using the Paramount+ list. You have been warned. Unsubscribe! 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The war zone in Portland is out of control. 17074196811427
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2025This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined? 660101323856
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 17/10/2025"The sin of empathy" 1013911
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The reason they're coming after this place is because they can't control the people on it and it drives them nuts. 421233193475
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/10/2025Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block. 544097979
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Take it. Would mean a 100-fold improvement in the customer service experience. 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Oh, the more it changes, the more it stays the same, And the hand just rearranges the players in the game. --Al Stewart, "Nostradamus" 814721
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...cavalierdaily.comVirginia Senate leaders express “unequivocal opposition” to CompactThe letter calls upon the University to immediately cease consideration of the Compact, and if not, the state will work to negatively impact the University’s funding. 3737141019
Rich Zahradnik @rzahradnik.bsky.social · 10/10/2025@greatdismal.bsky.social, from today’s NYT’s op-ed. The Turing Authority? “Mr. Painter mused about the possibility of an A.I. version of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which conducts monitoring and verification for uranium enrichment around the world.”nytimes.comOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World 000
Reposted by Rich ZahradnikNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights.. 17653827010508