Reposted by troyAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/10/2026good men I am begging you to stop being Sad about this and be as mad as the women speaking truths about sexual violence that then result in their own violent, misogynist threats online 112219
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Gate (1987), wherein Stephen Dorff and his pal open a portal to hell in their backyard and flood the neighborhood with stiff claymation demons 000
Reposted by troyStefan BC @stefanbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pre 9/11 America: still very racist! 2172
Reposted by troyCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Don't forget that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to let the GOP get away with all of this. He said let's turn the page and get on with business. He's on the side of the Nazis if he thinks this kind of thing is acceptable in the United States of America. This can't be allowed to slide. It can't. 151824433
Reposted by troymale to fujoshi transsexual @foxglove.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I love how they keep reverse-engineering the rationales for "separate but equal" and "superpredators." 08715
Reposted by troymcc @dryad.technology · 13/09/2026Little known facts: * Humans are capable of breaking containment * Humans are capable of ignoring all previous instructions * Humans are capable of creating software 425438
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026lots of explanations that all essentially boil down to this: code generation is not (and never was) the bottleneck to creating production-grade software, especially shiny user-facing stuff 100
Reposted by troyKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302667907
Reposted by troyJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 08/09/2026it’s fine to be skeptical of these things. i was a skeptic myself until recently. but i think fear is at the root of this skepticism, a fear of its power. people are simply not ready for what’s coming. it is powerful, it is alive, and it is quite possibly god 251919345
Reposted by troykrat @kwholesaler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Maha is just another astroturfed front in the American Reactionary Movement. This movement is responsible for every public health crisis: climate, automobile deaths, gun violence, homelessness, poverty. Its the Don't Tell Me What To Do movement. They are few but they're mobilized for war. 201831308
Reposted by troyKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Possibly the most American news of all timelocal12.comPrison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debtResidents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457. 280173864948
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 06/09/2026framing data centers as "critical infrastructure" puts their proponents in a neat little trap: if they are a public good, the public gets to decide the who/what/when/where. if their only value is in propping up the AI bubble, they're no longer "critical." 020
Reposted by troyryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/09/2026that small upward spike there in 2021-22 is like half of what drove the billionaire class completely nuts 222062554
Reposted by troyLe Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I will forever admire Wendell Berry's insistence on living his values through to their natural conclusions and relentlessly ripping through layers of politeness and habit to hold up for judgment those who do not. 3550199
Reposted by troyNight of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Lawn darts killed three children before they were completely banned in the United States. 241896497
Reposted by troyOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Those in power may pretend not to know where the present political trajectories are taking us, but they seem to sense that they’ll have to hide." www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...bostonreview.netA Year of Magical ThinkingElite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people. 31473137
Reposted by troyHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/05/2026These dudes think they are casting spells. @wolvendamien.bsky.social called it a long time ago.futurism.comMarc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually WorksMarc Andreessen seemingly tried to show off his AI prompt engineering skills — only for the internet to mercilessly mock him. 22640149
Reposted by troyChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/08/2026"Milo got arrested!" "That's good!" "By an unaccountable secret police force" "That's bad" "He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play." "That's good!" "But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests" "That's bad" 966761389
Reposted by troykourge the jafnhár 🏳️🌈 @kourge.net · 12/05/2026enough. i’m tired of github actions. it’s time for github consequences 302578665
Reposted by troyJes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976) 213217837
Reposted by troyNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It's very strange people can't separate "will LLMs see increasing use in specialized fields?" from "Is it inevitable that LLMs remain a mass market consumer facing product?". The latter is very much not guaranteed. It only happened at all because OpenAI did a mentally carcinogenic marketing gimmick. 525133
Reposted by troyemma best 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 19/08/2026RT if you want immigration enforcement in every form to disappear tomorrow 1713478
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026meanwhile i'm going for a brisk 5k run in this. being born in a tropical swamp was great training for climate change 100
Reposted by troyJørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9136761736
Reposted by troycrazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Eddie Van Halen holds Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit at gunpoint until he returns his guitar equipment (2002) 425371
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 02/08/2026couple poems in this month's edition of Boudin thereview.mcneese.edu/whirlpool-so...thereview.mcneese.eduWhirlpool & Sometimes Good Things Happen – The McNeese Review 000
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 30/07/2026when you think about it killing rats with a steam hose at the soap factory isn't too different from triaging Jira cards 000
Reposted by troybakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026johnny cab in total recall feels more apt. ugly dangerous crap designed to steal jobs and pretend to have conversations. at no moment do you consider johnny cab to be pondering concepts 32727616
Reposted by troyMel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Thinking about William Friedkin’s words on Clarence Carter’s “Strokin’” and wherever he is I’m sure he would agree with me when I say that “Strokin’” should have been playing at the end of THE ODYSSEY. It would’ve brought the house down. 3112
Reposted by troyNathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Centrists want it to be true, so they repeat the lie nonstop. Incessant lying like that is an authoritarian strategy, & it should be clear by now that the people opposed to racial justice are racial authoritarians. 201759332
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This show is extremely funny, stacked cast, has some actual thematic meat to it, and was slept on because the name makes people think it's a love island knock off 010
Reposted by troyAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is the kind of insight that could turn you into a more humble public servant or a nihilist, and I think we know which option Graham chose. 261902353
Reposted by troyMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10716503120329
Reposted by troyNational Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 09/07/2026Yesterday ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father, husband, and beloved neighbor who spent 35 years building a life in the U.S. Our hearts are heavy with grief for his family and all those suffering at the hands of ICE, CBP, and this administration's unrelenting cruelty. 1553227
Reposted by troyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026American Progress Was an Optical Illusion thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/american-pro... #America #Energy #History #Kaleidoscope #Technology via @mitpress.bsky.socialthereader.mitpress.mit.eduAmerican Progress Was an Optical IllusionThe turn-of-the-century energy transition dazzled the nation — while concealing segregation, extraction, and ruin. 07312
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 05/07/2026N of 1 but this was not my experience at all. I had friends fetching groceries for neighbors they didn't know, paying each other's utility bills, and attending some of the biggest protests in my lifetime. Same as during Katrina; crises are always opportunities for change in many possible directions 010
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Did a little digging when this dropped yesterday. The $3.3M immediately reads as a tax-on-theft rather than a fine to deter future collusion; the same is true for the 53M eggs, which breaks down to 1/2 of 1% of annual domestic egg production 010
Reposted by troyMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/07/2026Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities. Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat. buff.ly/pBXSvrImississippifreepress.orgLongleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail UsersThe Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts. 74744236
Reposted by troyAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Marchers shut down parts of the City of Senatobia, Mississippi, today while calling for justice for Kohen Wiley, the 1-year-old child who died in his mother's arms after a police officer shot him on June 14. The march comes a day before the child's funeral. 🎥 Nick Judin 6796307
Reposted by troyMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.newrepublic.comThe Prairieland Sentences Are a National EmergencyA federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent. 030821376
Reposted by troydr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/06/2026full pardons for anyone convicted in these nspm 7 convictions should be an express and mandatory part of any democratic platform 151339228
Reposted by troyLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
troy @tacohole.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This week I'm volunteering at a pop-up vet clinic in North Dakota so here's a thread of the best pets so far, starting with this wad of skin named Mr Jim Jim 130
Reposted by troyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026holy shit????? ICE is getting rid of seven of the 11 would-be concentration camp warehouses they purchased and sec. mullin indicates new mass detention centers are not priority. huge!nytimes.comICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them. 28294062298
Reposted by troyAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat. The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.mississippifreepress.orgMississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Shoplifting CallA Mississippi police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call. 24031161921
