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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it).

Me with blue sunglasses on a blue sky background.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sorry to hear man, hopefully she’s able to enjoy the time you have together. ❤️

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My God, the surveillance state knows no bounds. If you live in an apartment building, there’s no real way to escape an ISP potentially tracking your detailed movements INSIDE YOUR OWN HOME. Add that to ubiquitous smart speakers and doorbell cameras… jfc www.theverge.com/news/981381/...

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Comcast is turning millions of its routers into motion detectors

Comcast is activating free Wi-Fi motion sensing on Xfinity gateways, allowing its routers to detect movement at home.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/08/2026

A new study found dogs can differentiate between human emotions like fear, anger and sadness. The researchers stressed that these findings do not mean dogs understand or experience emotions in the same way humans do.

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Dogs can tell when you’re happy, sad or frustrated, study shows

Researchers took brain scans mostly of border collies because they are highly skilled at following social cues and particularly willing to interact with humans.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 08/08/2026

I check Facebook 1-2x a month for family stuff. Turns out a few days ago my dad made a long post begging for understanding about trans people by his fellow boomers. Last paragraphs are below. Dad doesn’t always get it 100% right. He doesn’t need to. He loves and defends me; that’s all that matters

H. I have a trans daughter. She struggled to learn who she was.
She finally " got it" several years ago and has transitioned into a beautiful adult woman. I've seen the struggle up close. She has been mocked and beaten for being herself. I love her.
Personally I dont think I have the strength of character to do as she has, should I have been in that circumstance.
G. And finally..l just had to get this off my chest as I read, see and overhear uneducated, bigoted posts, stories, and conversation. Here's a testimony of a parent of a beautiful child..there are more of us than you know.
Hope this helps.
If I offends you..buh bye.
If you learned something..youre welcome.
IYKYK. PEACE AND LOVE ARE THE ONLY ANSWERS.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

There are different shades of awful I guess… like one who is against protecting the rich sexual predators, but remains in favor of the other awful stuff.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’ve had it happen to me occasionally. At its worst, it persisted for a good 20 minutes before it settled back into normal focused/aligned stereo vision. It made it impossible to do work and I had to lay down for a bit before it went away. Maybe lack of sleep or too much caffeine, but not certain.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As usual, @doctorow.pluralistic.net is the tech oracle of the modern era. People whose jobs were “replaced” by AI got fucked, the companies who put all their chips on AI are entering the FO phase of FAFO, and everyone with a 401k is about to get fucked. Yay. pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/s...

When the AI bubble bursts, the defective chatbots that replaced skilled workers will disappear with it, leaving us scrambling to get that work done after the workers
who understood it have retrained, retired, or exited the workforce.
AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization
and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 16/07/2026

"The newspaper traces its roots to a semiweekly founded in 1891 and began publishing daily in 1903... It became nationally known for its July 1947 front page reporting the alleged recovery of a 'flying saucer' near Roswell, a story that helped make the city a UFO tourism destination."

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The newspaper that broke the Roswell UFO story is shutting down - nm.news

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Southern New Mexico’s news desert is becoming bigger. The 123-year-old Roswell Daily Record, owned by Publisher Barbara Beck and General Manager SaraLei Fajardo, announced...

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m sorry to hear that man. Disappointing, though I suspect it will bite them in the ass down the line. You’re resilient as hell, and I’m sure something new will present itself. You’ve probably got a good network built up after 16 years. 🙏

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ᴋʟᴀᵾs @tinyklaus.com · 13/07/2026

One of the most blatant examples of ufology being professional wrestling is that “skeptic” Michael Shermer has been part of the Thiel/Weinstein Intellectual Dark Web crew for years. The idea that he and Jesse Michels are debating anything is laughable. It’s rage bait. archive.is/202605160225...

"I've been at this for 25 years now, having done all the MSM shows, including Oprah, Charlie Rose, 'The Colbert Report, Larry King - you name it," Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, told me. "The last couple of years I've shifted to doing shows hosted by Joe Rogan, Dave Rubin, Sam Harris and others. The I.D.W. is as powerful a media as any I've encountered."
Mr. Shermer, a middle-aged science writer, now gets recognized on the street. On a recent bike ride in Santa Barbara, Calif., he passed a work crew and "the flag man stopped me and says: 'Hey, you're that skeptic guy, Shermer! I saw you on Dave Rubin and Joe Rogan!'' When he can't watch the shows on YouTube, he listens to them as podcasts on the job. On breaks, he told Mr.
Shermer, he takes notes.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I thought you were the NYT Pitchbot account for a second. 😂

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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It would be the funniest thing ever if the people of Clacton actually elected a man dressed as a garbage can. If a city in Connecticut can dedicate its wastewater treatment plant to John Oliver, you can also give the world something great. Go for the choice that’s less full of rubbish than Farage.

$A meme of Count Binface in a fractal pattern with the subtitle “BINCEPTION” in all caps and red text$

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Friends don't let friends continue to give exams and papers that are not adapted to the current AI landscape www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... (this is AFTER 27 bailed so the reality is even worse) PS Props to students 1, 22, and 31

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

this is really well said www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn... @liberalcurrents.com

There is also the elementary truth that Platner is but one man among millions; we are no more condemned to him than we are to Susan Collins. Neither has a right to rule; that is what democracy means. To say that we should have standards for those who govern us, and hold them to higher ones than we may hold a private citizen, is not elitism. It is a bulwark against everything we’re now fighting against—who can deny that Trump’s dictatorial streak is downstream of his violent entitlement, personal bigotry, and utter lack of moral restraint? His solipsism is a cataclysmic personal flaw, and has proven fatal when applied to the mighty instruments of American power. His personal flaws have a body count that may already number in the millions.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Interesting that now Lue is talking about structures on the moon. And to Japanese media of all places. I wonder what the angle is here…

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

People with privileged information need to be careful about what details they share, or which precise “statements of fact” to make, because there is always the threat of a defamation lawsuit. Being vague is sometimes necessary. That said, I would also love to hear Andy’s side of things.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/07/2026

the Pfizer building is apparently having trouble remaining erect

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Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Why is Schumer toasting 5 pieces of bread and a pile of crumpled aluminum foil?

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Same here but for double torn ACLs and menisci that were never quite the same again. I’m enjoying the bike life. 🚲

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Retroist @retroist.com · 04/07/2026

Great moments in U.S. History.

Comic panel showing the Kool Aid Man walking past children with Benjamin Franklin. A child asks, “Excuse me sir, aren’t you Benjamin Franklin?” Franklin answers, “Yes I am. I’m also hot and thirsty.”

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Dude looks like a deep fried Frankenstein’s monster.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Alex Karp also had an interesting week. "This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!" futurism.com/future-socie... These people are fucking nutcases, and they only have access to your most sensitive personal data.

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"Televised Nervous Breakdown": CEO of Palantir Suffers a Bit of a Meltdown During Live Interview

On CNBC's infamously churlish segment "Squawk Box," Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared to suffer a nearly 20-minute meltdown.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I liked AI better 3-4 years ago when it made janky pictures of Neil DeGrasse Tyson and we could all laugh. Now it’s creating propaganda indistinguishable from reality, pushing people out of jobs, and destroying what little critical thinking people had left. Maybe time to revisit a Luddite lifestyle.

An early AI image of Neil DeGrasse Tyson with an ice cream cone in front of the Mars curiosity rover.

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Nicholas G @spindubtracks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Once at a ska/hardcore show I went to in my teens, a guy was wearing a vest with a patch on it that said “fuck nazi punks” and I have taken that to heart ever since. Also a huge fan of the movie “This is England.” Worth a watch! m.imdb.com/title/tt0480...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/06/2026

Hunter Biden gives his thoughts on last night’s elections in NY. What do you think?

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