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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 08/10/2026

As a political science professor, I can confidently say: If I asked a student to define "socialism" on an exam and they wrote that, they would get an F

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Baudrillard: "It is no longer a question of imitation, nor of reduplication, nor even of parody. It is rather a question of substituting signs of the real for the real itself... Never again will the real have to be produced: this is the vital function of the model in a system of death"

The "secretary of war" wearing a shirt that says "THIS IS WAR" while PTing in a stadium in Texas, which is not war

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Using AI helps people get higher grades and get their work done faster, but they learn less & suffer on actual exams I saw this in my own large Intro Psych class: -the exam average is 85% -after AI, it shot up to 95% -after I made the final in person it went to 68% www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 21/07/2026

If I wasn't retired, I'd be going deep on LLMs to avoid getting fired, and remain marketable. However, I wouldn't allow an LLM to do work for me without eventually learning how to do it too. I'd use an LLM as a tool, not a replacement. I'd also start contributing to an open weight model as a hedge.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

lol eat shit

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/04/2026

No modern president has glorified violence as much as this one

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Kelseypaintz @kelseypaintz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I did 2 more 20-minute expressionist gouache studies of muppets to feel better again.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Not a country music fan, but this is 🔥

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

NASA’s Artemis II Reveals the Basin in Full For the very first time, the mysterious Orientale Basin has been fully photographed. Thanks to Artemis II, humanity now sees the Moon in unprecedented detail, reminding us of the endless wonders beyond Earth. 🛰️

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

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𝖢𝖠𝖳 𝖡𝖴𝖳𝖫𝖤𝖱 𝖲𝗋. @catbutlersr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Not one Catholic Republican will stand up and say they side with Pope Leo. Of course. It's impossible for Catholic Republicans to stand up without having a spine. youtu.be/ZLAoAamzza8?...

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Lawrence: Trump’s Iran war defined by ‘madman’ posts as Jesus while telling Pope he’s wrong

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Sean MacRae @seanmacrae.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I give zero fucks about your stupid ass will stencil take/—he sucjs!!!!!

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Steph 🔜 Ottawa Weekend October 2-4 @steelcitysteph.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So @nerdgeargaming.bsky.social has FUZZY playmats now and I told them I wanted to show them off... So they sent me a bunch of things to give away! Want a soft Derpy Cat playmat?! ✅ Follow ✅ Share ✅ Comment your favorite Nerd Gear product! Winner selected on Friday 4/10 at 5pm EDT (📦🇺🇸only, sorry!)

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Sean MacRae @seanmacrae.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Oh wow… dry goods, fruits, and vegetables up 49% YoY. But I thought this was impossible because CPI is only ever 3-5%??? Inflation is an average, there's variance across products, and you don't get signal at the extremes.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 31/03/2026

If you're going to refuse to use any platform that is using AI for software engineering, you're going to have to stop using the internet pretty soon. This is just the way that development works now, and it's like that because people find it really useful.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/03/2026

All of our living presidents who still have a sense of decency gathered to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson. Respect recognizes respect.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is an incredible photo.

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Emi @kayamalie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable

A diagram of the evolution of whales, from land dwelling mammals to the ocean giants we know today.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 07/02/2026

This isn't hopeless. We have a say in the future, but it requires a lot of work, for a long time. Step one, do business with, or create the businesses, that align with our values. In the background, use the tools, or create the tools, that align with our values.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 04/02/2026

Generating code was never the goal. The goal was to solve problems. I tried my best to avoid writing code by leveraging existing solutions or reframing the problem. Writing code was always a last resort and a liability. If I was going to write code, then I was going to do it right.

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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

outfit has the same colors as the crying emoji 😭

Rudy Giuliani wearing a bright yellow suit with a yellow-and-blue striped tie, matching pocket square, and light brown shirt.

The crying emoji. It has a yellow head, light brown facial features, and blue tears running down its face.

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Sean MacRae @seanmacrae.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I used to hate on Will because he’d troll cost of living conversations with median wage charts and be like, “things are better than they ever have been, based on this one stat” but radicalized Will fighting the empire and defending his neighbors has converted me—this guy’s got the juice!

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Sean MacRae @seanmacrae.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

in Watchmen it took a collective threat to unite humanity. and ICE may be that giant space squid for American’s

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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Firearms belong to liberals now.

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Sean MacRae @seanmacrae.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

this visualizes the slot machine-esque nature of LLM’s… just keep pulling until it hits

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 27/01/2026

What's with the "rewrite with AI" buttons? I said what I said.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...

I can’t speak for everyone, but my mind tends to treat writing an article, making a video, writing a song, cooking a meal, drawing an image, and, apparently, designing software the same way. It’s not a matter of just “generating” something perfect from my head, but exploring the tension that exists between what I’m imagining and the limitations of my stupid meat body. That’s actually the exciting part. It also lets me figure out if something has turned out wrong or just resulted in a happy accident. Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process — the entire act of creativity, itself — into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have something. Just a few more dollars for some more tokens. C’mon, just pay a bit more.

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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This style of plot (a joy plot or ridgeline plot) is just perfect for climate data. It would be too confusing as a heat map, and too lossy as a line plot, and this marries the two perfectly.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 17/01/2026

Last year, we made the decision to step away from X. The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. In our view, X no longer aligns with these values

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 14/01/2026

Donald Trump, an Ivy League-educated coastal elite, clearly has no respect for the working man

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IORAMA @iorama.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now! Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool... Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand

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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

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Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting

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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 02/01/2026

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

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