Reposted by DuaneDes Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 6hThe devs who say they need to use genai to code a little faster should know they are helping to normalise tools that physically harm others. There is so many costs many will just not think about but it’s there and why I’m not going to suport your games if your using it. 211142
Reposted by DuaneChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18hAs I said to someone else recently, I eagerly look forward to a time when I never need to think about Rahm or Gavin again. (I get that, as governor of California, that’s not an option right now as to Newsom.) 33871164
Reposted by DuaneMinnesota AFL-CIO @mnaflcio.org · 09/10/2026"Minnesota’s Labor Movement stands in solidarity with our state’s Somali Americans, including thousands of union members, who are being unfairly targeted as a community." aflcio.mn/3VGysoSaflcio.mnResponse to President Trump’s threats against Somali AmericansMinnesota AFL-CIO President Benrie Burnham made the following statement in response to President Trump’s inflammatory social media post advocating violence against Minnesota’s Somali… 08022
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 09/10/2026City street bollards protected by SNL character Mister Bill. 010
Reposted by DuaneCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit... 8563228
Reposted by DuaneDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7939081133
Reposted by DuaneJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Gasoline-only cars fell below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, as the Hormuz crisis and record fuel prices accelerated the shift toward EVs."oilprice.comFuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.comThe share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward... 561273361
Reposted by DuaneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026Remarkable: an industry that is dying because it can't compete in the market writes a Republican president, asking him to keep the industry alive by brute force, and he says, ok. What would it take for the GOP to lose its reputation as the "free market" party? Seriously, what would it take?nytimes.comThe Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. 15336106
Reposted by DuaneCRobertBuchanan @crobertbuchanan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Another great reason to not shop at Amazon. I've noticed that 99% of the time I can find what Amazon sells on the manufacturer website for the same price or cheaper and at other retailers. You. Don't. Need. Amazon. Fuck. Bezos. 1114
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 03/10/2026360 degree camera on spherical small 'boat'. Weeble-wobble weighted so it even though it's a sphere, it mostly points up. Sphere keeps it from getting caught on debris. Some bright LEDs and someone willing to pry it through the barrier bars. Let me know when you do this. haha 120
Reposted by DuaneJared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 181559425
Reposted by DuaneBenjamin Harnett @benjaminharnett.com · 02/10/2026There are a chain of logical leaps that are unsupportable involved: 1. Because I saw it do a thing, that means it can reliably do that thing. (Setting aside that we don’t even agree on what the thing is.) 2. That it can reliably do that thing means it can do another thing that is like that thing. 182
Reposted by Duaneemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473149856
Reposted by DuaneIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780831990
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 25/09/2026static.klipy.comSuntory Time SuntoryALT: Suntory Time Suntory 000
Reposted by Duaneelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 25/09/2026a culture where highbrow ppl are obsessed with tony soprano and lowerbrow ppl are obsessed with being walter white is in retrospect BEGGING for a strongman 1431047
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please educate yourself about who has agency in this scenario. It is the programmers and their bosses. The AI is a bunch of computer code that doesn’t do anything except what it is programmed by humans to do. Don’t be a tool, passing along the AI marketing bullcrap. 031
Reposted by Duanepleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some people would say "why are you putting yourself through this" and I would respond "once in a while, you need to remind yourself how dumb these people are so you don't lose sight of the voters you're trying to win" 1436731
Reposted by Duanemaple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place 7164881220
Reposted by DuaneGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This sucks I'm on a plane to Vegas and the pilots just ran outta the cockpit in squirrel costumes and whatnot #FurryInvasion 881697160
Reposted by DuaneDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oracle may have given us the Bear Stearns moment of the AI bubble cepr.net/publications...cepr.netIs Oracle the Bear Stearns of the AI Bubble?Oracle’s force majeure notice on a New Mexico data center raises questions about AI demand, data center spending and the AI bubble. 85622
Reposted by Duaneweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sometimes feel like I don't really have imposter syndrome 2153388
Reposted by DuaneLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970192260
Reposted by DuaneDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From a think tank analyst to Robert Reich's podcast to the Montana ballot & the Hawaii legislature: an idea to leverage state corporate charters to ban corporate money in politics. It's a novel idea that the Supreme Court may not want to touch. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social has the story.prospect.orgCan the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American ProspectStates giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying. 23917
Reposted by DuanePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25376673462
Reposted by DuaneDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Democrats need to be clear that once the orange stain is out of the White House, and pardons his gang of criminals, they will share all the evidence of crimes that the FBI and Justice Department have with state prosecutors and people filing civil suits. 59736
Reposted by DuaneAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 7931211844
Reposted by Duaneeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868503724
Reposted by DuaneLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.  329252985776
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comICE agent accused of lying about north Minneapolis shooting booked into Hennepin County JailThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it arrested Castro around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Second Avenue South and Third Street in Minneapolis. 010
Reposted by DuaneHennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty @hennepinatty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty statement on Christian Castro: 151044244
Reposted by DuaneMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026WATSON: That leaves four suspects: the marquess, a peer of the realm; a Parisian merchant; a fair-looking fishwife from the shores of Brighton; and a brown-skinned— SHERLOCK: Him. WATSON: Oh, splendid, Holmes! You must tell me how you came to the conclusion. Deductive reasoning? SHERLOCK: Sure. Yes! 110413
Reposted by DuaneDuane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You’re a tool if you think these LLM systems with feedback loops are capable of actions with intent, “hid mistakes”. Come on man. These are programming decisions made by people. People with bad judgment and who lack an understanding, like you, of what their programs actually do. It’s garbage in… 141
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You’re a tool if you think these LLM systems with feedback loops are capable of actions with intent, “hid mistakes”. Come on man. These are programming decisions made by people. People with bad judgment and who lack an understanding, like you, of what their programs actually do. It’s garbage in… 141
Reposted by Duane'dro🐰 @clowndro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have seen enough and now I would like to be less informed 05121
Reposted by DuaneBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The president is just such a stupid asshole. I know we try to ascribe motives to this guy but he’s at the end of the day, when the story is written, just a dumdum idiot with a tiny brain that don’t work so good. 2938728815
Reposted by DuaneJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026All areas in red are breaking the monthly record for strongest heat dome at 500 mb… some by a large margin in the Maroon (images via Tomer Burg) … it’s more than 1/3rd of the nation… 3/ 25713
Reposted by DuaneBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026To be the boss is to sit alone at your desk, haunted by the suspicion that you are not in the driver's seat, but rather, you are in the back seat playing with a Fisher Price steering wheel. 214921
Reposted by Duaneaww beans i fucked it 😔 @letmesearch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The thing is a bus driver can only do so much to get you there faster, but they can just crash the bus any time 553158
Reposted by DuaneAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs 525527951
Reposted by DuaneDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Douthat piece where he talks about the importance of AI closes with a sponsorship notice from a healthcare company using AI to deny claims. 411514407
Reposted by DuaneTom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Conversely you have never had more access to content depicting crime. You have never felt less safe while living in a year that is in competition for the safest in human history. 621656
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Didn’t know you had an Iowa st connection. My late father and uncle graduated in 48 and 49. Uncle was in wwii. Being able to type saved him, was a clerk. My dad worked on farm those years. They then split semesters and worked on farm after war so were old guys graduating aged 29. Go Cyclones. 110
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think Yim Yames performance in "Run Lola Run" is incredible. I didn't know he could ride a bike. 021
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I made a free membership for this, thank you! And I wasn't ready for "Ron Davis was involved last time..." ugh and again thank you. 010
Reposted by DuaneAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026El-Sayed's elevator pitch is quite compelling 251270279
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not news to you but another old guy who can’t step aside, just addicted to their status. He’s 71 and “retired” from law enforcement 13 years ago. www.mprnews.org/story/2013/0...mprnews.orgEx-Ramsey Co. Sheriff Bob Fletcher retires from law enforcementSt. Paul Police Cmdr. and former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is retiring from law enforcement. 020