CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 4halso, I think the decision to call it off has less to do with congressional backlash or public revulsion (which i think was woefully insufficient tbh) but with trump himself, who obviously has an instinct for what makes good tv 000
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 4hseems like we had quite a bit of melt throughout the event, which checks out 010
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 4hmuch of what we've seen in Trump II should be seen as baby steps toward something over the horizon 100
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 4hthat 34% of Republicans will form the core of the post-MAGA right, and most of the remainder will follow 120
Reposted by CypressMossSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026depressing read www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Baltic States Prepare for WarLithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it. 1040262
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026yeah we've gotten cumulative higher amounts over like a week but in terms of snow depth on the ground the pb still barely stands 010
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026my personal point pb with snowfall is still 6" from the texas snowpocalypse btw 100
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026Some of these are definitely AI but a few might be real 020
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026hmmbbc.comJoseph Kabila: DR Congo ex-president named leader of new M23 rebel coalitionJoseph Kabila had previously denied having links to the M23 rebels, which control much of eastern DR Congo. 000
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026will not be satisfied until all "greek life" in the country is thrown in the dustbin of history 000
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026it's offensive to me that the only english audiobook of "survival in auschwitz" available in the US is narrated by AI 010
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026few other examples left of center are so transparently propagandistic while also (1) being dramatically individualized, which is unique to our time and (2) featuring enough sophistication to be interesting. the account is like a full body cross section. 110
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026the professor's account is actually a wonderful example of 2020s propaganda. from it you could draw many generalizations on what to do and what not to do if you're trying to pull socio-technical levers. 120
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026I mean I assume they must be running low on supplies at this point, but at least some of it just has to be incompetence 010
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026the lack of Saudi ability to defend their sensitive infrastructure is stunning to me 140
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 13/10/2026some would say the LLM is the crystalization of original sin itself 020
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 12/10/2026gonna make the loser of my fantasy league listen to this 000
Reposted by CypressMossPOTUS Speedrun Record Holder @theradiostar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026the right is clearly worse than the center, but if y’all continue to refuse to recognize the ways in which the center routinely allies with fascists it will make victory impossible 0222
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 12/10/2026being stupid isn't a crime, it's pretty normal actually. don't be so hard on yourself 120
Reposted by CypressMossSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026fundamentally the kotsko piece on social media remains as correct as always: fundamentally the modes of thought that Xitter (and to a lesser extent, Bluesky) shape are just outright bad for anyone involved in center-left/left-wing politics adamkotsko.substack.com/p/social-med...adamkotsko.substack.comSocial media is a psyop to make the left stupidYet another dispatch from the frontiers of social media detox 39714
Reposted by CypressMossrattatatouille @rattatatouille.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This also raises questions about how people will believe a falsehood if 1. someone has a data viz associated with it, no matter how poor and more importantly, 2. it fits the narrative they have in their head, even if it is contradicted by facts. 151
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 12/10/2026never forget AI slop could only ever emerge in an environment already inundated with handcrafted slop and an intense demand for said slop 050
Reposted by CypressMossCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 501585440
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 11/10/2026anyone who took that original post for granted needs to log off and do some introspection 000
Reposted by CypressMossLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A smarter version of the Trump administration would be getting a lot more propaganda value out of lionizing the guys on the oil tankers 3602
Reposted by CypressMossSickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 10/10/2026Wyoming wins in OT! Big win on the road for the Cowboys. 1383
CypressMoss @southcypressmoss.tv · 10/10/2026I don't think we're making it through this one even 😭 100