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This has happened before. This will happen again. But even dumber.

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 9h
If this is anything more than hot air it would be a tremendous tide shift
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h
Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I mean this in all earnestness: this is the Democratic Party's greatest fear
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Read Settlers da Silva @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
its not simply about boycotting meta. one company has made their products indispensable for communication in the modern world. they blocked lulas electoral ads the week before the election. theyre trying to sway public opinion against the victim of a gangrape. states need to intervene.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear?
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think that nothing proves the absolute necessity of a broad education heavily stressing the humanities than the current state of our grifter economy and fascist government. Knowing stuff is fun and feels good, but also inoculates society against the bullshit we're currently dealing with.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should do a large scale in-person arts subsidy. Even AI disruption aside, it’d be worth it just to get people to touch grass more.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This strikes me is a common misunderstanding of the argument for humanities education, which is not that it serves as some sort of individual inoculation, but rather than it produces a citizenry more capable of self-governance when distributed widely, especially for decision-makers of every kind.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'll support AOC whatever she decides to do, but Democrats *need* a serious, unapologetic progressive to run in the presidential primary to pull the field to the left. Without one, we'll have Newsom, Buttigieg and Cory Booker trying to out-centrist each other and it will be a disaster.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hunt and scour the world for new music and I sincerely have never heard of this person or song. I have to assume it's because the whole billboard model is an anachronism manufacturing phantom successes. A song is a hit because it's forced through a funnel of publicity that no one cares about.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Abusive parents blaming therapists for kids cutting ties is just an evolution of abusive husbands blaming therapists for wives divorcing their asses. The epidemic is dogshit people hiding behind the title of "parent" finally being called dogshit people
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
houstonchronicle.com
Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
thecityreporter.nyc
DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don't think Rahm Emanuel expects to get even 1% of the primary vote. I think he intends to spoil the field and pull the serious candidates to the right.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can literally ONE legacy journalist just ask, "how is this scheme supposed to work?" Just one! Just ask what the fraud is! How does someone profit doing what they're claiming?? Just ask it!!
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the end result of reframing art as "content." Art is experienced. Content is consumed. A lot of people don't care about art. They just want the constant stimulus of the feed.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/09/2026
I believe I will experience this movie entirely through people posting about it On Here and I am perfectly okay with that
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
Awesome, so we can afford it for the really bad anti-trans ones to lose then.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People are def annoying which is why I always say that I love humanity and can't stand people, lol.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Computer crimes are already illegal. I do not think “we knowingly deployed software we can’t control” is a legitimate defense against break those laws.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile the real miraculous future tech is solar & mRNA vaccines: preserving the planet and curing cancer. But we’re supposed to hand everything over to malevolent peeping toms and resource oubliettes for an ill defined ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’ progress. It isn’t rational.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I need folks who are always posting, "Why does Texas vote the way it does???" to pay attention to stuff like this.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21/09/2026
“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Judging by how the changes at CBS have been received, this might actually lead to the death of legacy news media
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc. But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seems appropriate today to remind everyone that Trump's first presidential campaign was a marketing scheme to gin up buzz for the TV network he wanted to start. He didn't want to be the President. He's so incompetent, he won a contest he tried to lose because smarter people hijacked his run.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
when the republicans are weak, the establishment dems will weaken themselves also so as to not win by too much. if they had future sight and knew which policies would result in a resounding victory and which would result in a nailbiter, they'd pick the nailbiter policies every time
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This technology flatly does not work. Does it have a handful of legitimate use cases? Of course. But when it fails at nearly every task for which it's advertised and used, then it doesn't actually work in any practical sense. It's almost like there's no such thing as artificial intelligence.
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John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have to keep saying this. Trans rights are very unpopular on face but extremely sensitive to persuasion and question wording. In other words very few people care deeply about them, one way or another. Electorally, there is no advantage or penalty for Democrats to take one way or another.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No one in national politics seems to even acknowledge that full system reformation is required, they can't see that the republic has already been lost, and as such they are the nails in its coffin. Ironically the only case for US restoration would be a sewer socialist campaign at fed level
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Personally, I think it's great that Anthropic is pivoting to pharmaceuticals. They might now actually go to prison eventually.
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t use pronouns for AI. It is not a person nor ever will. Sam Altman isn’t making the god computer of his wet dream nightmares. They’ve made a shitty tool built on theft thats destroying the planet & is meant to lower human critical thinking while given military weapons by rich idiots.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18/09/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 18/09/2026
"I dunno man maybe the reasoning behind your argument was faulty and you should reconsider that rather than assuming everyone mad at you is stupid" -Impossible Statements That Could Never Be True
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 18/09/2026
Again, there is clear evidence a data center moratorium would peel far more votes away from the GOP than the 10-15 (not thousand, literally 10-15 total) who might switch over this same crowd’s demand to betray queer people. It’s malpractice that the party won’t ditch these professional losers.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People who call the polio vaccine a "fraud" are not "skeptics" toward vaccines, they are people with fixed views toward vaccines! (The name for that fixed view is "denial.")
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.
cnn.com
The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business
Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chibnail drove the first nail into this coffin. He didn't understand the show he took over. Fucking hack.
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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This does help to demonstrate that the people who run and work at these companies that aren't morons know they're cartoon villains and absolutely do not care
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the dual purpose of "our AI is getting too powerful!" is firstly to generate hype & secondly to provide a reason to scale it down that isn't uh oh, this nonsense is very expensive and we can't figure out a way to make a profit with it
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