Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10893332926
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.sociale.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 05/10/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but the autonomous vehicle developers who most vocally argued that society must accept a certain number of deaths to enjoy the technology's safety benefits (Tesla & Uber ATG) were the only ones who killed people and never actually delivered on their promises 161594367
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 308122172239
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Possibly the most American news of all timelocal12.comPrison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debtResidents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457. 280173874948
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 23/08/2026These people will never shut the fuck up and make something worthwhile with their stupid slop machines but they will endlessly whine and whine and whine and whine about not getting credit for being able to pull the arm on a slot machine. Simply not enough scorn heaped upon them yet. 231611237
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026NEW: Hakeem Jeffries met with Kushner recently to discuss how democrats could work with the administration when we take the house back. We shouldn’t work with fascists, and I’d appreciate a leader who felt the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 109660361495
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism 7380471679
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280948612
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialDawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership 20385002230
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.social🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Roundest friends 90158163787
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialJules @ladybugmambo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Executive at 25 from a well respected family? You wanna be a sugar baby to a nepo baby. You coulda just said that. 0181
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026 34117452153
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right 38492602263
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 13/08/2026Hey everybody. I’ve seen the statement by Matt Karch, the CEO of Saber Entertainment, and all of the truly horrendous things he said about me. I think it should be obvious to anyone who reads that statement that he’s lashing out because he did not want people to know there was AI use in the game. 70101531642
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/08/2026a guy digitized some old 80s Italian ambient tapes and one of the guys who made the music saw it and swung into the comments to say thanks for doing this, we loved making music back then maybe we’ll do it again & man that’s a good feeling youtu.be/2XwkPbBtiAQ?...youtu.beTERRA DELLA SERA - 1980's ITALIAN AMBIENT SYNTH TAPES collection - 6,5 hours longYouTube video by Jeroen van de Sande 161502251
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Highly usable post from last year 139138793853
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKris Naudus @lampbane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Shop at places with signboards like this instead 54124243649
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialDeogie @deogie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026bonus panel here!! tinyview.com/deogie/2026/... 64554777
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialHeather Hill @rollin-academic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?" 7471588138
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026After my c-section, I asked my ObGYN what care at home would look like and what sort of painkiller I'd be prescribed (so my husband could pick it up) and he said OTC Tylenol because by asking, I was "exhibiting drug seeking behavior." 1863348456
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 06/08/2026This is Bella. She joined her mom at the gym and figured she'd get a workout in too. Went and got her own mat and everything. 13/10 (IG: alicianicole873) 184106681290
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialSuzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 05/08/2026THIS IS WHY!!!! WE CALL!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE 🩷 KOSA did pass the house but remember the senate has a conflicting version. Keep calling, it matters! 638932192
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialJules @ladybugmambo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Someone PLEASE tell Abdul El-Sayed to only ever wear v-necks from now on. Lord... 🤤 011
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding. 428274387456
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/08/2026Max Miller released audio recordings of conversations he has with his ex wife. In one of them, she accuses him of clandestinely recording their conversations. “I have never recorded our conversations” he says, while recording their conversation. This is domestic violence. Ask me how I know. 327160634078
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes. 1764190734077
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 12/07/2026It always strikes me as weird that you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but our libel laws are structured in such a way that you can't speak honestly about people until after they have passed. Also, it's good to be reminded to live your life so that people will not celebrate your passing. 12982186
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences 115208685340
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialwrown.bsky.social @wrown.bsky.social · 21/06/2026little redraw of my #jayvik ask pretty sure someone asked for i again on my strawpage :) 12958292
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I literally cannot say anything I want to say about this because I will get banned 1593427401
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026That's right.theverge.comThe Onion’s rebooted InfoWars is coming July 2ndInfoWars has been in ownership limbo for more than a year 683809470
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026ok who says that last one 26789242301
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Really need people to stop saying that the Minnesota 15 are going to be fine, that their charges will be dropped like ours. That was four days before trial, was NOT supposed to happen, and only did because of persistent, diligent, and incredible work by our lawyers. 125130712595
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.ms.nowThe Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month. 274225535260
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.social"Spooky" Gene Rayburn @generayburn.com · 18/06/2026It's been a day. 1607656689
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Pete Hegseth struggles to bench press one plate 3151730427
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one. 363252224861
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialInternet Archive @archive.org · 06/06/2026Preventing the Wayback Machine from saving the news puts today’s journalism at risk of disappearing from history. 📝 Help push back. Sign the open letter calling on publishers to stop blocking web archiving 👉 www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders 4655343
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialKaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Make art with your hands. It’s what humans do. #noAI #artistssupportingartists #humanart 583562774
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/05/2026They showed this version in schools for maybe 15 years and literally no one in my class had any reaction to a black woman being in it, someone yesterday said Eartha Kitt was Helen of Troy in 1950 and I looked it up and it was Orson Welles who cast her because she was a cabaret dancer and was hot! 634222914
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19/05/2026Funny how two+ years in and we're not hearing about all the massive success stories AI must be responsible for by now 6548701475
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.social Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 19/05/2026There are fuck-ups, and then there's this krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa...krebsonsecurity.comCISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on GithubUntil this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovC... 1222388
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialSnow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 19/05/2026static.klipy.comMen In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as EdgarALT: Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar 1154682
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 04/05/2026This is SUCH a good metaphor for AI. The gold is an illusion that turns to ash and it has a hugely destructive impact on a business. 1032501321
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 02/05/2026Mary this is literally how vaccines are supposed to work. 1596133799
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialSyditious @epluribusunumyo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026media.tenor.coma man with a bandage on his head is smiling and holding an umbrella with the words now comes the part below himAlt: A scene from the movie George of the Jungle showing three porters coming into frame with the words "Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh...ready?" 0193
Reposted by @smashuu.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 27/04/2026Good morning! We’re starting the week with happy vibes thanks to Donkey. Cute overload. 416727