Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 56mMr President only you can save your party from a midterms wipeout. We need you to visit every American city and mumble about what guys you think are handsome 251600218
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3hSULLIVAN: We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we? MODERATOR: No, neither one of you got questions beforehand PELTOLA: I'm prepared! 2152988512
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3hgood look here at the contraption or whatever it is on Trump's behind 4561654368
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 4hcalled it babystatic.klipy.comCaptain Holt Brooklyn Nine NineAlt: Captain Holt Vindication gif 393662362
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5hThe new Tesla roadster will be the first automobile that can function briefly as a boat and a flying car, and, for longer periods, as a focal point of divorce proceedings 1126235
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 6hlmao they already changed the headline 2554573
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialEniko Fox @enikofox.com · 6hwe are all, every one of us, absolutely fucking surrounded by gormless dipshits 1844390
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6hAI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare. 20391882775
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6hif i take a walk in my little walkable neighborhood to buy fresh flowers and crunchy nectarines and my serenity is punctured by the sound of your tesla flipping in the air, i will blow up your car with a rocket launcher 3627148913
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 7hOkay the coverage of the Tesla 'flying car' is driving me absolutely batshit because it really exemplifies how credulous and detatched from reality the fourth estate has become. 415922
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10hDemocrats need to run hard against Elon Musk. They need to warn the public that the world's richest man is spending $276 million to attempt a hostile takeover of our government. 591696479
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 13h"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." www.ahmath.org/statements 7811265
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialMapQuest @mapquest.com · 23hThe Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras. 19868822501
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 17hLook at this WILD executive suite "pedestal pod" I found in one of my tours of the city in a convertible 121196
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialEniko Fox @enikofox.com · 13hActually just incredibly funny for Epic to literally go "programming is hard :(" in an official statement 2153862
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 21hICE murdered Johan Sebastian Guerrero in our backyard. He wasn’t the target of an investigation. He was driving to work. He had a three-year old daughter. ICE shot and killed him. Senator Collins must be held accountable for funding this terror. 302153664
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hQ: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome 28053451169
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialJaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Keep thinking about a post I saw that said something like, "The best way to understand your political opponents is to sit down at a table with them and have a conversation." Yeah I did that and here's what I understand now: they swallow and regurgitate propaganda 24/7 and live in another dimension. 281417173
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 15/10/2026im so mad about this! "We are working closely with our development partner to identify the causes of these problems" motherfuckers you're supposed to do that BEFORE you charge people money for it 144270
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/20261) vance has this weird preoccupation with demanding that people show him gratitude 2) this is just another expression of the idea that some americans don’t count and at most should be seen and not heard 2927025936
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 15/10/2026……. 282147
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialP.A. Bastien @pabastien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026static.klipy.comTim Robinson: They're Saying Coffin Flop's Not A ShowALT: Tim Robinson: They're Saying Coffin Flop's Not A Show 024969
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialHaley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 14/10/2026With grandparents in Florida I encounter trumpers face to face sometimes and whenever they start with the America is the best country spiel it’s so fun to remind them Canada has to take their shelter animals like they’re a third world country cause they can’t even get a handle on pet population 5662
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026FOX NEWS: The president's approval rating is at a historic low. Do you think that could be a drag on the party? TIM SCOTT: The president's legacy is on the midterm ballot. I want to make sure the next generation can grow up like I did -- maybe in poverty 2951317289
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026every moment Trump is out in public these days is like an SNL cold open. This is happening right now 4783268591
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026i think it is fun when people write things that are just totally in tension with easily observable reality. like, this is “charlie brown had hoes” levels of nonsense: “in his first term Trump largely respected the cultural consensus of the Obama years.” www.compactmag.com/article/how-...compactmag.comHow ‘Woke 1’ Radicalized the GOPOn May 30, 2020, five days after the death of George Floyd, the head of a prominent DC-area think tank issued a stentorian condemnation of the killing and the bigotry she said had enabled it. 1374180457
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialRemedy Entertainment @remedygames.com · 15/10/2026Thank you for the support ❤️ For playing, sharing, and being a part of the community. #CONTROLResonant 641569256
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialgita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 15/10/2026While it’s true that ai chatbots are not enslaved because they are not alive it’s ALSO true that the very clear goal of Silicon Valley is to create a kind of legal slave 13763102
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Cool man, I won the Stanley Cup with the Hartford Whalers in NHL 94 131304
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 15/10/2026My favorite part about all of this is that the entire size of the addressable market for AI advertising doesn't come close to the amount of money they need, so it's enshittification as a delay tactic and not an actual money making plan. 17412
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce. 1793676528
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialHouse House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox 0298099336
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/10/2026"Programming is hard", writes the company behind Unreal Engine, where coders for decades maintained foundational pieces of engineering underpinning the games industry, admitting that layoffs & sloprot left them unable to code basically an advanced student project store.epicgames.com/news/epic-ga...store.epicgames.comThe new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in PreviewThe new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. 26874209
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The absolute flood of leaks about this case is maybe an indication that people inside govt aren’t feeling too great about it 703556746
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialEd @notdred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I think Ossoff captures something that Newsom never did: the Dem base wants you to fight but they want real shit not goofy memes and too-online riffs 713612551
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Trump's crowd in Arizona sits silently as he rants and raves about taking and passing dementia tests 😬 1501361271
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026moments after saying leakers should be shot, Trump points at reporters covering his rally and says "they're almost as bad as a leaker" 2041499523
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026oh that R+3.1 is entirely too close for comfort for republicans. like “make room for jesus” close 521260111
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialJames Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The case for the Epic store was never the launch time of the program. It was that it put more money in the hands of devs than Steam does. Vibe coding the store undermines the main reason to use it! 2212
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialJesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama. 12362611446
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason. 217149804385
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 14/10/2026absolutely disgusting to shamelessly gloat about vibecoding your product as you're charging ahead to devalue an entire industry and several art forms with copious amounts of AI confetti hyperslop, depriving real artists and developers of oxygen 342248471
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026this guy gets it. your typical voter just does not care about this shit. does not mean that they support trans inclusion, it just means that it is incredibly low on the bottom of things they even think about. 873488426
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 14/10/2026Absolutely jawdropping to see Epic, once renowned for their engine prowess, literally opening a PR announcement with "Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher" Especially given the dearth of features in the EGS compared to Steam.store.epicgames.comThe new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in PreviewThe new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. 11618107
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026wow -- Hegseth's talk at a conference is disrupted four separate times in succession by anti-Iran war protesters 28377001670
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026"You fucking war criminal!" -- Hegseth's talk is interrupted again 632132172822
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/10/2026What’s so striking about this is seeing other reporters get annoyed by his bullshit and say he’s wrong and keep asking questions as opposed to what the national media does for Trump which is go oh ok thank you sir 301727233
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialemmylou harris's baseball pager 🗽🫱🏿🫲🏻 @baseballmad.bsky.social · 14/10/2026you quite simply love to see it 1652409398
Reposted by @torpedobeetle.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Ossoff: "When the congressman voted for this Medicaid cuts, the largest in history, he knew that 50% of all births in our state are covered by Medicaid. He still voted for them. And as a result, a labor and delivery unit in his own district had to shut down. He also supports a total ban on abortion" 392555643
