Reposted by ShadyBobPhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 41mYeah, cant imagine why young folks are less likely to identify as a marginalized demographic in sociopolitical climate that is trying to murder marginalized demographics. 0207
Reposted by ShadyBobBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 2hSam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris. 963230860
Reposted by ShadyBobRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 2hreported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways. 37743250
Reposted by ShadyBobAmanda Montañez @unamandita.bsky.social · 4hNew knitting stitch just dropped, and I got to draw it!! www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...scientificamerican.comMathematicians invented a knitting stitch that stops mistakes from spreadingWith a little help from knot theory, scientists have invented a “robust knit” to fight laddering 11361132
Reposted by ShadyBobKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13hOf course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...rawstory.comTrump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analystA quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi... 781512745
Reposted by ShadyBobWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 4hThis is pretty funny. This is the story of conspiracy theorists trying to document their conspiracy to clear the lowest of legal bars, but they keep discovering that their theories don’t fit the facts. These people then quit, to be replaced by new conspiracy theorists. Repeat forever.nytimes.comHow Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence... 644996
Reposted by ShadyBobLA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 17hICE arrests surge across LA as feds target ‘sanctuary cities’ ahead of midterm elections. Immigration agents are reportedly targeting all immigrants across CA, according to ICE agents who told the Washington Examiner their mandate is to 'go after anybody.' lapublicpress.org/2026/10/la-i...lapublicpress.orgICE arrests surge across LA as feds target 'sanctuary cities' ahead of midterm electionsFederal immigration agents are reportedly targeting all immigrants across California, according to ICE agents who told the Washington Examiner their mandate is to “go after anybody.” 08055
Reposted by ShadyBobdaryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 18hsure is cool dems are attacking trans people cause there's nothing else to campaign on 334866
Reposted by ShadyBobbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 18hus government mass shooters 🤝 live-streaming gun homicides 38715
Reposted by ShadyBobMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19hRelated news: I reviewed emails received yesterday by two federal agencies—SEC and NIH—instructing them to update all internal and public materials to say "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in order to comply with Trump's executive order. 42400128
Reposted by ShadyBobMicah @rincewind.run · 22hthe reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 92106622506
Reposted by ShadyBobClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22hthis is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money 12559657
Reposted by ShadyBobjon christian @jonchristian.net · 08/10/2026NEW: Now that Meta's provided the blueprint for creepy camera glasses, a whole ecosystem of influencers has sprung up to promote cheap knockoffs that don't have that "annoying blinking light" futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comInfluencers Are Promoting Cheap Dupes of Meta AI Glasses that Don't Have the "Annoying Blinking Light" When They RecordCreators are promoting cheaper dupes for Meta smart glasses. Often, the lack of any recording light is central to their pitch. 717793
Reposted by ShadyBobDexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Here's how to check what it thinks about youdexerto.comAmazon users discover bizarre “About You” page detailing their interests: How to check yours - DexertoAmazon users have discovered an “About You” page that reveals some of the surprisingly specific assumptions the company has made about them. 2032878
Reposted by ShadyBobDexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks" 2581847387
Reposted by ShadyBobhoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026one of the best devs of her generation: boss, i found this error scenario, but don't worry, i've created a fix fox it an- middest male manager: pssh no highly trained man would do that, we don't need your girl math best male astronaut: *immediately fucks up* middest manager: save us girl math 7791211
Reposted by ShadyBobRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...npr.orgICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 12320711134
Reposted by ShadyBobPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026libraries are the only organizations who should be allowed to be on social media (bonus: this was tailor made for Bluesky, the Elder Millennial Reacher Fan Site) x: www.instagram.com/reel/DeNO8aB... 417140
Reposted by ShadyBob𝔻𝕒𝕟 🏈🍻💀 @danmynrd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026is 2000s Pop-Punk the True American Art Form? some say thats riduculous. Others would say those people are cowards without a heart 1039759
Reposted by ShadyBobI Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You ever hear about how Dianetics has remained a bestseller for 75 years? Yeah. 181326412
Reposted by ShadyBobHandy Devine 🇵🇸🏴 @almightybob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hemingway eat your heart out 252980705
Reposted by ShadyBobBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You can’t do this. Pizza Soup. You can’t just put two separate nouns together and say hey, this is a whole new thing, I put it in a bag for you. People shouldn’t do such things. 7167984
Reposted by ShadyBobTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026While I have you, more good news! You’re almost certainly not going to get plague, and if you do, you’ll go on antibiotics, as @emilymullin.bsky.social reports:wired.comYou Probably Aren’t Going to Get the PlagueThe death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low. 5224
Reposted by ShadyBobTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I know everything is bad, but check this out: Using miracle material for which its founder won the chemistry Nobel last year, a startup has built a working device that can harvest clean water from air using the heat emitted from a data center. @mollytaft.com and @blkahn.bsky.social have the scoop:wired.comA Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste HeatAtoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity. 47318
Reposted by ShadyBobTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 6223041691
Reposted by ShadyBobCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A lunch will never fix this. There is no possible compromise. These are the people who are currently in charge and that's why gas is high, you can't safely eat a salad, and babies are dying of measles. Trump's own father was a Klansman. These are his people. 011021
Reposted by ShadyBobCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"I don't care if gas prices are $20 dollars a gallon." www.youtube.com/shorts/BOVfS...youtube.comKu Klux Klan leader claims rising support ahead of US midterm elections | AJ #shortsYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 15814
Reposted by ShadyBobgg @ggold328.bsky.social · 07/10/2026i will help yakko, wakko, and dot in any way i can to get their vengeance 6898288
Reposted by ShadyBobThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185110111837
Reposted by ShadyBobAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 06/10/2026"The Trump administration pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau’s policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint." NBC's indefatigable @ryanjreilly.com reports buff.ly/bBe5Xnzbuff.lyFBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protestersThe former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings. 6297149
Reposted by ShadyBobStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 06/10/2026“This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me” is such a powerful anti-posting mental device. Discourse I could jump in on? This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me. Other posters beefing? This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me. An internet personality exposed? Guess what 281408221
Reposted by ShadyBobJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent. 231260412
Reposted by ShadyBobjosh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026you may have noticed that animation has never been more in-demand & in the zeitgeist and yet, seemingly, never have media conglomerates been less willing to produce it. you may also notice these guys get multimillion dollar severance packages after they gut a studio. there is probably no connection 2030141088
Reposted by ShadyBobMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base 2516414907
Reposted by ShadyBob"Radical" Russ Belville @radicalruss.com · 06/10/2026You know they do this to pre-emptively stop the Democrats from doing this. "See? We told you they'd attack Trump! See? We told you it's a witch hunt!" The sad part is that it works on Democrats. Prepare yourself for "look forward, move on, heal the country" bullshit. 75515
Reposted by ShadyBobHenry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger! 332739908
Reposted by ShadyBobCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Year later than I expected but we're here now 1347862
Reposted by ShadyBobHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!theverge.comWe can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough. 6297124
Reposted by ShadyBobAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As a society, we have forgotten that the phone still works when you hold it up to your ear 763272477
Reposted by ShadyBobSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Objectively funny that they whined this into a story. 9831141
Reposted by ShadyBobGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 06/10/2026While I was struggling with protecting my mom's site from the bot swarm I kept asking everyone who is still in the industry how small sites who don't have a kid with a computer science degree survive and the answer was pretty much "they don't" and that's so grim 12785298
Reposted by ShadyBobElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again. 1152360327
Reposted by ShadyBobMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17472861509
Reposted by ShadyBobGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335731331
Reposted by ShadyBobDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026Everybody's loving this clip, for good reason, but it should remind everyone that cities therefore have an obligation to build enough housing that all these marginalized and outcast people can come and afford to live in them on minimum wage *without* becoming homeless. YIMBY! 453055234
Reposted by ShadyBobTJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026every time I'm offered, I take one of those annoying surveys for a service I regularly use if only to say "your website is great but the new ai chatbot/customer service bot is a real turnoff. It makes you look so cheap. I'd rather wait 72 hours to speak to a real person." 1315
