Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 1hi guess this is what ordering socks and underwear gets me 000
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11hthe speed at which human beings move from "this terrible thing exists" to "everyone just has to learn to live with it" is truly alarming and illuminating. Immediately moving to compliance. Watching this in real time is incredible. 201270308
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 9hThis shit sucks so much www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...niemanlab.orgChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoonsOpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists. 1223854
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9hThe thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction 25941202
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 4hCanada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying 151730483
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Bonjour Mister Clooney!” www.rawstory.com/dennis-haste...rawstory.comCBS News forced into embarrassing takedown over disgraced GOP speaker's obituaryCBS News was forced to delete and replace a social media post about former House Speaker Dennis Hastert after it glossed over his sexual abuse of high school students.Hastert, the longest-serving Repu... 0183
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelydr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 06/10/2026small moment of joy 281503130
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 06/10/2026AIG played a prominent role in triggering the 2008 financial crisis—and received a massive bailout for its troubles. But the firm—indeed, the insurance industry as a whole—never received proper scrutiny for pushing the system to collapse. thebaffler.com/salvos/i-mig...thebaffler.comI Might Need Security | Madeleine BakerCapitalism transforms the quest to control risk into the most reckless gambling—just look to the insurance industry. 064
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 382001703
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you want to access some government information, even if it's public, you need to give up personal data to set up an account with a multibillion-dollar monopoly private vendor called ID.me. Why? prospect.org/2026/10/06/i...prospect.orgIdentity Crisis - The American ProspectCitizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company? 27132
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelySouth Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 06/10/2026Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, suspended after his arrest on allegations he molested a young child, said he still “intend[s] to win” the November election. And the Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed him today. Via @miamiherald.comsun-sentinel.comPalm Beach County GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuseSuspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he has not abandoned his campaign, nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him, even after his arrest on child sex abuse charges. 40324185
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 25486451182
Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 05/10/2026thought this was Bari U at first bc “Great Questions of Human Life” sounds like something her non-accredited "school" would do 000
Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 05/10/2026thinking back to the time she spent minimizing the crimes contained in the Epstein files 000
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797073015
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyKyle D. Long @blatherscribe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm increasingly a Luddite. This is a pernicious technology that cannot be used without harm. Even if magically made environmentally friendly, every piece of your own cognition you give over to "AI" is a piece lost to you. You stop using it, and it atrophies. It's the true death of expertise. 061
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 05/10/2026for 25 years, versions of "need to fix declining trust in news" has been code for 'gotta get more right wing' 729052
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026my theory is that this woolly obfuscation isn’t supposed to persuade people that AI is conscious as much as it’s supposed to overwhelm them with philosophical complications that make them feel out of their depth and convince them there’s simply no way of knowing for sure 1533825
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A child molester has died. I am thinking of his victims today. 1355569
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17271761487
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026Last year, just 21% of students from an Austin charter school using an AI learning platform passed state-mandated tests. Texas education leaders helped get the technology in front of public school leaders. propublica.orgHow Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School ClassroomsJust three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch... 24448222
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026Everybody loves to laugh at the gullibility of the boundless optimist 510013
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087193987
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 259184624880
Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the new lows he reaches continue to surprise me so i guess that's a skill 000
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502912789
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026more like stupid intelligence gotem 1048242
Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 23/09/2026where is the line between pants and hose 000
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Scoop: Meta's Muse AI can make phone calls. Internally, Meta has told employees that many of these calls will be made by human beings in a call center: www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 26477179
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelySos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My friend made a cool game on a game jam and within a month a slopclone of it is on Steam. This is happening every day for indie devs and I hate it. 281781656
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyCODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today, Israeli settlers backed by the military: - tried to abduct a child - set car on fire in Hebron - stormed 2 homes - raided towns, closing roads, forced shops to shut near Jenin - abducted many Palestinians All with U.S. backing. 14520
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyennuied @ennuied.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We are all using it every day?static.klipy.comHiro Kanagawa as Tanaka: I Think You're Confusing Me With YourselfAlt: Hiro Kanagawa as Tanaka: I Think You're Confusing Me With Yourself 322
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyPopular Education @populareducation.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Removing Maduro was just the first step. Now, US oil companies are angling for a total restructure of the Venezuelan state to ensure that human rights and labor laws never get in the way of extraction. This is what modern-day colonialism looks like. populareducationblog.substack.com/p/what-oil-e...populareducationblog.substack.comWhat Oil Executives Really Want From VenezuelaAfter meeting with Trump, U.S. oil executives made clear that investment hinges not on market conditions, but on legal and political reforms designed to protect foreign capital. 23448262
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyJSant @jmsantiago.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“have you ever once heard a Dem politician say, ‘I’m opposed to trans people playing sports, but I will fight for their rights on every other issue’? No, you haven’t! Nobody ever says that. Because once they cave on trans sports, it’s a sign that they are willing to backpedal on other trans rights.” 28215
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyReturn of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is a very good point and the thing to understand is that’s not what’s happening on either side. The republicans are identifying all the people they want to target for degradation and a repeal of their civil rights. The democrats are giving a list of who they’re okay to do that to. 2904291
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!! 152538619
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelySpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.nytimes.comA Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. DeporteesWitnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program. 3225291032
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyBolts @boltsmag.org · 20/09/2026The North Carolina legislature passed a bill this year that would bar the state’s board of elections from doing anything to boost turnout. The Democratic governor has vetoed it, and the GOP may try to override his veto later this year.boltsmag.orgThey’ve Long Clashed on Voting Rights. Now They’re Facing Off for a Supreme Court Seat. - BoltsNorth Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade. 312662
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2119943385
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyg0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone 137149563450
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyAmbassador 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. 7930851808
Reposted by Charbles McBerkelyDrake Bentley @drakebentley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026News: Tiffany lies about his votes on the war in Iran, says governor has no control over gas prices despite adopting Crowley’s policy milwaukeecourier.com/news/2026/09...milwaukeecourier.comTiffany lies about his votes on the war in Iran, says governor has no control over gas prices despite adopting Crowley’s policyCongressman Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, has spent recent days lying about his own record despite the public’s ability to see how he voted. 022
