Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 8hThe Trump admin is trying to knock out whole categories of info in the 2030 census and make residence rules that shift population numbers to the south. This Q&A w/ @zephoria.bsky.social is very revealing about the urgency of mobilizing in 2026 to stop it www.porchpartynews.com/p/why-the-us...porchpartynews.comWhy the US Census is on the brinkResearcher danah boyd watched heroic civil servants pull off the 2020 census amid a global pandemic. But the 2030 count is in peril—and she says the time to save it is now. 04823
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I was really hoping for my timeline to be The Stand meets The Terminator, so this is… yeah. 020
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Mystery Science Theater 3000 did this movie, and it’s one of my favorite episodes. 010
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is the equivalent of tipping your waitress $1 on a $30 meal and expecting fawning gratitude. 000
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This was the chart we needed! Education and healthcare sectors. 110
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is not the behavior of a party who is trying to win over dissatisfied voters prior to a midterm election. Maybe they know something we don’t and have a plan to not lose, no matter what. 000
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cities across the country have gotten the message that residents hate Flock cameras. But one growing response is to replace them with *other* license plate readers (like from Axon, makers of the Taser), as if the brand name is the concern. @thorbenson.bsky.social has the story.prospect.orgLicense Plate and Switch - The American ProspectCities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities. 15626
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolute nonsense. I think DHS just thinks the agents will seem more intimidating by standing up as they check our IDs. 010
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky 20479751348
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You sure it wasn’t Grover Cleveland’s fault? 011
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Their lack of knowledge is precisely why they feel qualified to regulate college sports. 000
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.independent.co.uk/life-style/a... This ought to explain [gestures at everything].independent.co.ukMore than half of Americans are reading below a 6th grade level, study findsChildren raised by adults with low literacy have a 72 percent chance of developing low literacy themselves, according to one expert 001
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s lots of temporary construction jobs to build, and then only about 22 permanent workers on average. I bet Paxton gets a lot of donations from big contractors. 000
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026No problem. They just have to not go bankrupt before the accountants and data analysts and programmers and financial advisors lose their jobs to AI, because then there’ll be a glut of highly qualified applicants for these awesome jobs 🙃 011
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I had it on good authority that the good, patriotic people of Kansas by now should have eagerly filled all those jobs that were held by immigrants. How odd. Perhaps AI can help? 3505
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How the fuck am I supposed to get my kids to give a shit about school when this kind of rhetoric is just out there in the wild? 000
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 22/09/2026next up: adaptation of Julius Caesar where everyone speaks proto-indo-european 813719
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Only if "AI" stands for "Arrogant Incompetence." 010
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Vance's approval was too high, so he had to do this. 010
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks. 12737355
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Whatever he’s planning may involve Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. But hopefully not. That would draw Poland and Lithuania into it as well. 010
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 25982391644
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 21/09/2026These are the AI risks we should be worried about and legislating against not freaking out over whether some poorly sandboxed security test leads to Skynet. 732998
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How cool 2541089
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 8030841809
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It was not WH press credentials. He did try to briefly exclude Fox News from an exclusive, single-network pool interview with Treasury’s Kenneth Feinberg. The Washington bureau chiefs of the other major TV networks then refused to participate unless Fox was included. 120
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But we have been told that leftist women are all ugly or lesbian or cat ladies. Doesn’t sound like much of a honeypot threat. 010
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh good. One more thing to worry about. I was afraid I’d run out. 000
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialRobinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026he is really going for it 4597
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialJoshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 17/09/2026Today, I went to the grocery store and purchased $20 worth of vegetables. I now have a $20 trade deficit with the grocery store. They clearly ripped me off. I will now cut off all trade with the grocery store and let my family starve in order to Make My Household Great Again. 35714
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m skeptical because why is Patrick running even for Lt Gov, but Abbott and Paxton are behind by big margins? Patrick is objectively no better. 260
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Gen X in 2050, if we’re not killed by autonomous AI drone swarms, of course. 001
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Edgelords are running the Washington Post opinion section. 110
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It’s incredible to think this was written over sixty years ago. Eerily prescient. 8596133
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Apparently Abbott and Paxton don’t want people to know how many women died because of their draconian abortion laws. 1139
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Every Republican running for office needs to be asked if they agree with this sentiment. 001
subablitch.bsky.social @subablitch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#1 is the actual product, #2 is the ad to get people to buy the product. 001
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Goodnight Blue Sky 2269994
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Once a player ALWAYS 1014231704
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialRonan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US 311431672
Reposted by @subablitch.bsky.socialRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky 583152383460
