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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hero Storm from Carbot is reason enough alone for @blizzard.com to keep making new heroes youtu.be/TY5spQ31qH8?...

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Xalatath is Mean | HeroStorm

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This continues to baffle and anger me daily because he's not treated the way any other past president would be if they said even a 1/100th of the insane shit he does every day.

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can confirm she is very fun, 10/10 hero!

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alive game! Also her kit is very fun!

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Big deal for us in Missouri since the maps they were trying to use were illegally and sneakily shoved through in the first place. Definitely will take the wins where we can!

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯

Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to finance

themselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.

What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.

We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Generative AI is theft. Sue them all into oblivion.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Lana Bachynski @latienie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

TOP OF THE SHOW?!?!! HEROES ANNOUNCEMENT?!!? SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPPPPP #BlizzCon2026

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Did not have Heroes of the Storm update in 2026 on my bingo card.

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DnDiscussions @dndiscussions.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Episode 163 is now out! Join @tbkzord.bsky.social and @benbumhoffer.bsky.social as we talk about the latest news, new content, red flags in games, and much more! Check it out at www.dndiscussions.com/2026/09/09/e... or your podcast platform of choice! #dnd #ttrpg

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Episode 163 – New Content, Drops, Map Features, and Red Flags – DnDiscussions

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OMG I just started playing Star Wars Zero Company and Runas voice was tickling the back of my brain. Then it hit me! I ran to imdb to check, and sure enough, it was @vicmmic.bsky.social!!! This is the crossover I didn't know I needed 😁

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Chewbacca's Joyful Scream - Star Wars

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thankfully the cure is easy, don't use them.

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Record profits are just unpaid wages.

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Coyote vs Acme was genuinely hilarious, charming, and full of heart. Can not recommend enough, it hit all the right notes for me!

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Acme Vs Coyote Acme Sucks

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Got my #CoyoteVsAcme tickets for next week! Can't wait to support what, by all accounts, is a heartfelt, hilarious love letter to looney toons!

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Acme Vs Coyote Acme Sucks

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DnDiscussions @dndiscussions.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Episode 162 is now out! Join @tbkzord.bsky.social and @benbumhoffer.bsky.social as we talk about the latest news, DnDBeyond updates, a new UA, and much more! Check it out at www.dndiscussions.com/2026/08/27/e... or your podcast platform of choice! #dnd #ttrpg

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Episode 162 – Roadmaps, AMAs, and New UA – DnDiscussions

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

FFFUUUCCCCKKKKKK. This one hurts me to my core. Transformers was my show growing up, and this man left an incredible impact on young me. RIP Optimus ❤️ #TilAllAreOne

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is a great video explainer on Medicare for All, decoupling healthcare from jobs is one of the absolutely best things we could do, among a myriad of other benefits www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Z7...

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What's Brewing? Medicare for All

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

But we should DEFINITELY build more power sucking datacenters 🙃

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is art. Stop motion holds a special place in my heart and the time and talent that goes into it is just wild. Anyway I am very excited for this www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtr5...

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Wildwood – Official Trailer

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Super pumped to play in my first #dnd epic tomorrow! 5 tables of 5 players each will work together across various challenges to take on a lich and their minions with lvl 20 characters! Can't wait to break out the lvl 20 version of my og wizard, my very first dnd character. Should be an awesome time!

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I Got A Good Feeling About This - The Bard

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drew 🔜 GeekGirl Con @imodrew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I hope all the CEO’s & art directors pushing AI slop on their teams behind the scenes suffer similar if not worse public embarrassment than this bc you know they all are doing it

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Make sure to get out and vote today! 🗳️ And for my #MO peps, a big fat NO on 4 and 5!

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Good to be aware of with a lot of midterm primaries and important amendments happening tomorrow! For MO specifically, I'll definitely be voting NO on amendment 4 and 5!

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you're looking for great art commissions, Dakota is your guy!

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Gamers Nexus is legit one of the best sources for tech news and I highly recommend a watch/subscribe! #FuckAI

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I come back to this tumblr post again and again

Tumblr post by sunderwight: The current AI situation is like if the people who were pushing NFTs had successfully gotten everyone to start referring to any and all digital transactions as an NFT, thus allowing them to pretend that things like online shopping, downloadable video games, bank transfers, etc were closely related to convincing middle-aged would-be techies to invest serious money in ugly digital paintings, and hold the former examples up in defense of the latter any time someone pointed out that the whole NFT thing was a racket. What do you mean NFTs are bad, don't you want disabled people to be able to use their phones to have medication delivered to their doorstep? Wow. Horrible of you, really.

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DnDiscussions @dndiscussions.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Episode 160 is now out! Join @tbkzord.bsky.social and @benbumhoffer.bsky.social as we talk about the latest news, upcoming D&D releases, GenCon, balancing success/failure in encounters, and more! Check it out at www.dndiscussions.com/2026/07/27/e... or your podcast platform of choice! #dnd #ttrpg

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Episode 160 – Updates, news, and Win to Failure ratio – DnDiscussions

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This is what real government for the people in action looks like, it's the big policies, but also all the little things that just make people's lives better!

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 17/07/2026

Trump’s primetime speech tonight will reportedly contain yet another effort to discredit the 2020 election, so here’s a quick refresher on the greatest hits of his election-denial claims that immediately fell apart!

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

No matter which conspiracy theories Trump peddles tonight, we know he's just trying to come up with an excuse for unprecedented election sabotage. Trump is desperate, and the GOP will do everything they can to cling to power. The way we stop them is by getting into election protection formation.

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Ryan Rieder @tbkzord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Finally saw #Supergirl. It was decent, solid 7/10. Milly Alcock was a great supergirl, and Lobo was an absolute treat whenever he was on. I think the biggest problem was it didn't "connect". The movie felt like it was cut up and holding back the whole time. An R movie trapped in the body of a PG-13.

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Headbanging Kara Zor-el

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026

In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

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