Scott @smadin.net · 6hI mean sure, technically it's not impossible that the team that's been completely dominant all season, never left 1st place, would suddenly collapse and get stomped by the 8th-place team for two 16-point losses in the first round of the playoffs, in a totally legitimate and fair way. 121
Reposted by ScottTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7hFriends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 414687
Reposted by ScottKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 10hIndeed. This point can't be stressed enough. "Sex-based" is a term we've always used to describe *discrimination*, and its sudden mainstreaming as pseudo-feminism in the UK reveals it as a poison that unravels the entire liberal democratic architecture of civil rights. I wrote about it here.liberalcurrents.comThe Potemkin Feminism of "Sex-Based Rights""Sex-based rights" are a Potemkin feminism that commit us to a theory of objective sex where there is something special about your very biology that entitles you to special treatment not deserved by o... 220563
Reposted by Scottmax @bluebookvalue.bsky.social · 16hcomments on the Instagram version of this are about what you’d expect 1012127
Reposted by ScottRayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 17hReskeeting with alt text Furries are one of the core dominant species of any online space (right along with the venn diagram of trans folks and artists) When you have furries/trans folks/artists fleeing or gentrified in your spaces then that's a clear sign of how fucked it is 11811
Reposted by Scottrichard @halkyardo.bsky.social · 15hif you pee in these in the right order, a secret doorway opens up 733269
Reposted by ScottMarc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 12hOkay so this explains not only how the song has succeeded, but why it does make sense that I haven't heard it! Great grounding for how charts and success work these days in here. 2154
Reposted by ScottSpencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 13hMy “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57... 25462201
Reposted by ScottAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 20hI wrote about the end of the MAGA makeover, the aesthetic normalization of bigotry, and the mall store selling fascist sweatshirts to teenage girls. New for @theflytrapmedia.com!!theflytrapmedia.comThe 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) TerrifyingFascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society. 38633
Reposted by ScottDavid E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 14hNO on 3: Powerful, convincing argument by @senatorledwards.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jJ...youtube.comWhy We're Voting NO! ... on Mass Ballot Question 3 with Senator Lydia EdwardsYouTube video by Java With Jimmy 025
Scott @smadin.net · 14hthe other day someone argued to me that "AI" software services can be used (and should be thought of) as automation for tedious tasks. I think that's a frankly dangerous way to think of them, because one of, if not the, most important qualities of automation is being deterministic. 120
Reposted by ScottPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 733244813
Reposted by ScottSecond Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 15hOne fun (?) thing about this conspiracy theory is that it's an in-road for anti-disability eugenics. Not that it's a surprise, anti-trans bullshit is the preeminent slippery slope of our society, but we're really seeing it in action 23115
Reposted by Scott@makeherway @makeherway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New electronic signage up outside Target Center this morning. Rated D for Dubs in the Chat. #wnba #loslynx 12110
Reposted by ScottImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17hwomp wompradaronline.comEXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network. 2527737
Reposted by ScottKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22hHoly shit www.wbaltv.com/article/new-...wbaltv.comNew York Times games engineering director allegedly shot and killed by in-lawsA man and woman in their late 70s allegedly shot and killed their son-in-law, a New York Times employee, in the parking lot of a Bay Area park, officials said. 621037
Reposted by ScottNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Researchers find that one-time trainings about consent can actually increase perpetration. In my interviews with young men, they told me that they knew no one believed what they were saying because it hadn’t come up before—and no one actually held men accountable anyway. 253570
Reposted by ScottBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17hIf Third Way got there before you did, you should feel bad. 2715179
Reposted by ScottErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 19hA thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters. 121220384
Reposted by ScottDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 17hThis is a huge shift. The data is so clear even Third Way is on board. Strength and clarity beat “heterodox” mumbling and weakness every time. Hopefully next time we have this debate Dems can skip over the years of running ads that help Rs. 114753
Reposted by ScottLeeja Miller @leejamiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here @apnews.com I fixed this headline for you. He didn't use a "rare authority" he violated the constitution. You're blatantly buying into administration talking points by saying he has "authority" to just decide not to spend Congressionally approved funds at the last minute 942661934
Reposted by ScottAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 19hWhat is the point of these stories? She earned a big pension because she worked for the city a long time. She retired and is owed her pension. She also got a new job working somewhere else, and her new job is paying her, as jobs are supposed to do. What part are we objecting to here? 2191
Reposted by ScottPhineas @phineas.bsky.social · 19hIf all AI disappeared tomorrow I'd be down to only a million things to be sick/sad/angry about every day but I would try to cope 25112
Reposted by ScottJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 19hThis civilization? This hellscape we are in now???? You should thank the self-righteous crones for bringing on its fall. 3487
Reposted by ScottPhoebe78 conetits @funkjunkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026so some lady around here runs an lgbt nonprofit, and they recently announced that they don't tell the truth about where any of their money goes. nevertheless they were included in some official statistics printed yesterday: i spied her gay org, which is an out liar and should not have been counted. 75214
Reposted by ScottSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering. 301837320
Reposted by Scottmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026they like rape and rapists, is the thing. 11790112
Reposted by ScottQuinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"What kind of outfit is Kelce wearing?" "Imagine if they had Colonial Williamsburg, but for Irish people." 27912
Reposted by Scottalexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"wow what a low effort post." yes. exactly. it's a post 351182138
Reposted by ScottClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence 21370189
Reposted by ScottElizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today 511455216
Reposted by ScottCasey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026God I hate being right. 141526411
Reposted by ScottMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For the past decade there has been a group of men who screenshot everything I post and every article I publish to be like “This woman created the Shitty Media Men list btw. And she has a JOB.” As if I’m ashamed. 960425
Reposted by ScottHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 29/09/2026this is tonic masculinity + semiotically clever as hell 👍 231356
Reposted by ScottEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026If you have the Anthropic S-1, please message me at ezitron.76 on signal, i will protect your identity 436657
Reposted by Scottthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comSongs In The Key Of Life - The EPEP • Stevie Wonder 532040641
Reposted by Scottjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026i maintain my position that the only real goals here are about making money for already very rich people and devaluing labor and that should give everyone pause, as well 010912
Reposted by Scottjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026AI cannot and will not ever be able to employ contextual judgment the way a person can. it does not have any social adeptness. it does comparative pattern matching, it doesn’t actually KNOW anything in the way a human does 424436
Reposted by ScottBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comThe Office: It's Happening!Alt: The Office: It's Happening! 1122043
Scott @smadin.net · 29/09/2026Genuinely astonishing that people who (undoubtedly sincerely!) consider themselves "well-informed" on "generative AI" will still insist they don't see how anyone would consider it inherently unethical 040
Reposted by ScottLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks! 7437268