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Stan Forrest

@stan-forrest.bsky.social
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Heterotroph. Endothermic. Bipedal. But enough about me.

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Josué Ungido @jota-equis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s almost as if he doesn’t care whether he’s making sense or not.
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The good, the bad, and the #FauxNews
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Spot the difference
Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Godwin’s Law can’t save them from being this obvious
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texas Republican State Rep.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The rumored ‘deal’ to usher in Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is an insult to the hundreds of thousands of workers, journalists, and consumers who will be hurt if it goes forward. These are the moments we need you, Contrarians. Californians, sign this petition. Tell AGs to stand firm
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#BlockTheMerger
Twelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P...
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Jack þ. Dunker @remyaufond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your naïvete is astounding. The danger isn’t AI itself; the “fears” expressed by the AI elite are part of the marketing strategy. This is just more casinofication of the economy, the latest pump-&-dump by the tech elite, that will further erode infrastructure and destroy real jobs.
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Paul Stillman @stillman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Excited to announce I've been named a Junior Faculty Fellow by the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering! www.bu.edu/hic/2026/05/...
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Announcing the Hariri Institute FY26 Fellowships and FY27 Focused Research Programs | Rafik Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Goodbye, get lost, and we'll see you soon.
Infowars.com -- Off Air
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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It kind of scares me how many people in society were ready and willing to outsource all their thinking to a computer
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/04/2026
this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built
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TheGamesBay @thegamesbay.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We really need to rebel against this corporate thirst for data. A truly free net needs to be re-established with the original limits. If I can get the news on a Commodore 64, then that's saving hundreds of mb being in use. No room for cookies and trackers. Useful, like it used to be.
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Maine's Black Lawyer @lutherevers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Afroman found not liable. A complete victory for the rapper and a massive unforced error from the cops and their attorney. www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-...
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Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos
Afroman won a jury verdict rejecting a lawsuit from police officers who claim the rapper defamed them by mocking them in social media music videos.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I would like to personally award Afroman the Bluesky Medal of Valor for Exemplary Service in Bringing Back Shame
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Average Bsky poster: "We must inaugurate a Second Reconstruction with blood and fire." Average Democratic politician: "We are in a war for the Republic, which is why I propose a 23.7% tax cut." Average liberal columnist: "For too long the transgenders have blocked research into the racial IQ gap."
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much like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Perfect
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Common Thomas Dolby W
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Now the kids who think coding is the same as writing a ChatGPT prompt are getting real money to tell real companies what they want to hear. How has this bubble not popped yet?
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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
If you think that's cool, wait til yoy see my market research tech
Magic 8 ball toy
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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Truly a perfect news alert
NBC News poll

Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Have said this before in other forms, but will reiterate it here: if you're doing long-form writing of any sort, reading the words aloud into a microphone is a completely unparalleled cheat code. It's free, easy, and so effective it feels like it shouldn't be allowed. I do it in a few stages...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Probably the most common bit of advice I give to students to improve their writing.
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
0x04 Xenofeminism is a rationalism.  To claim that reason or rationality is 
'by nature' a patriarchal enterprise is to concede defeat.  It is true that 
the canonical 'history of thought' is dominated by men, and it is male hands 
we see throttling existing institutions of science and technology.  But this 
is precisely why feminism must be a rationalism -- because of this miserable 
imbalance, and not despite it.  There is no 'feminine' rationality, nor is 
there a 'masculine' one.  Science is not an expression but a suspension of 
gender.  If today it is dominated by masculine egos, then it is at odds with 
itself -- and this contradiction can be leveraged.  Reason, like information, 
wants to be free, and patriarchy cannot give it freedom.  Rationalism must 
itself be a feminism.  XF marks the point where these claims intersect in a 
two-way dependency.  It names reason as an engine of feminist emancipation, 
and declares the right of everyone to speak as no one in particular.
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verdverm @verdverm.com · 05/03/2026
CUE's lattice is a model I like to think of, along with the tooling. Fluid abstractions that allow for adjustment based on context, always able to get to the details and sources. cuelang.org/docs/concept...
cuelang.org
The Logic of CUE
Learn about CUE's theoretical basis and what makes it different.
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 05/03/2026
I do want to make sure we're being clear about this: The Bluesky team maintains the same review, red-teaming, and QA processes that we always have. AI coding tools have been proving useful, but haven't changed the fundamental practices of good engineering. Human review and direction remain key.
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Comedy Boy Ronny Pascale @ronnypascale.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I'm dying to know if Rosemary Returns.
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Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Twitter? "Drowning in Disinformation?" Say it ain't so, Mindless Führer.
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Anthropic's response: "don't threaten us with a good time"
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just reupping this image from my newsletter last week, that I hope people will feel free to save and liberally spred around the interwebs. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right. Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on. The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
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Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose.
The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.
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Paul Hikari @paulhikari.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Netflix said no. ground.news/article/netf...
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Netflix boss dismisses Trump’s demand for Susan Rice to be fired
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos brushed aside a demand by President Trump that the company fire former Democratic diplomat Susan Rice from its board. Sarandos was discussing Netflix’s tentative deal to buy W...
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el-caudillo-64.bsky.social @el-caudillo-64.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Bezos is the enemy. #NoAmazon #NoWholeFoods #NoAmazonFresh #TaxtheOligarchs
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
"Sir, our LLM drove a woman to psychosis." "What? We can't have that. Retrain it to spot that in the future so it can disengage before our stock price is affected."
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Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
My husband is a computer programmer w/ a PhD. He was laid off at Cornell bc Trump extorted the university & Cornell fired people to pay Trump millions. Husband’s been unemployed for over three months, & there are almost no jobs in programming bc of A.I. (unless you agree to train/use A.I. - no thx)
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm still hoping, more forlornly by the day, that Barry Bostwick will finally break character & admit that he's been pranking Babyman by playing this parody of Mr. Burns called Scott Bessent.
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
"Make a move & the bunny gets it"
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The food thing is because everywhere he goes he knows he’s facing a Horatio Sanz in Road Trip situation because he sucks so much.
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Josué Ungido @jota-equis.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
You're right, Tony, nobody is talking about that -- b/c when the President reTroths a vile racist trope to make a point about anything, the story is no longer whatever point he's making. The story is that the President thinks vile racist tropes are an acceptable way to make a point.
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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Everyone who runs for office anywhere in Minnesota for the next decade should be asked, “What did you, personally, do fight ICE and protect your neighbors?”
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
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Josué Ungido @jota-equis.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This almost looks like a human baby, but the "after" still looks like a Cabbage Patch doll IMO. At the risk of giving this terrible mother ideas, it wouldn't surprise me at this point to see a baby with Mar-a-Lago face
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Stan Forrest @stan-forrest.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm flabbergasted anyone's calling a series that's gonna be ~95% CGI a "documentary" w/ a straight face. The most charitable description I can imagine is "dramatic re-enactment". CGI isn't "live-action", it's just more sophisticated cartoons.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 06/02/2026
WOW! WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP DOESN’T WRITE HIS OWN TWEETS??? AUTOPEN!
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ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com · 28/01/2026
1/2 In the USSR, Lysenko rejected genetics in favor of ideology. Stalin backed him because it was politically useful and promised quick results without blaming the system. Those who spoke out were silenced. Agriculture collapsed. Tens of millions STARVED TO DEATH.
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Jack þ. Dunker @remyaufond.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Or their pearl-clutching after you used an Anglo-Saxon vulgarism to describe the present Administration. #FuckYourCivility
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