Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fascinating read. The article eventually unfolds with this insight... 000
Reposted by Michael ShortMilitary Times @militarytimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Navy's No. 2 officer sounded a warning, saying the effects of deployment extensions and other combat commitments on readiness had yet to be felt. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️ 342
Reposted by Michael ShortAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8751141855
Reposted by Michael ShortEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531935540
Reposted by Michael ShortThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 08/10/2026Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen. 🥳 Sigourney Weaver has also voiced a spaceship two times (the Female Planet Express Ship in Futurama, 2002, and the Axiom from Wall-E, 2008). 302388351
Reposted by Michael ShortMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026great news, fam—they finally found a way to make hard seltzer without the alcohol 3550768
Reposted by Michael ShortMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 214104511653
Reposted by Michael ShortGovernor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 04/10/2026The person who calls Black women “dogs” and “animals” is on Air Force One. But tune in Sunday to the national media asking democrats about Hasan Piker on every Sunday show. 1923468
Reposted by Michael ShortDustin 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: 261185534907
Reposted by Michael ShortNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Incredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients 4436115
Reposted by Michael ShortPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Republican says taxes are profits that the government makes.static.klipy.comA Madhouse Planet Of The ApesALT: A Madhouse Planet Of The Apes 522427
Reposted by Michael ShortMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026"Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, 'Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach,' and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind." buff.ly/oZe8zx4buff.lyHow to Read Good or Maybe Great“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F... 36220
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Was a spoon involved? Ate. Just a cup, no spoon? Drank. 010
Reposted by Michael Shortlog̷o, reanimated dad @loxophile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My god... the coffee scale is screaming 642662
Reposted by Michael ShortThe Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." ~ Mahatma Gandhi @bagleycartoons.bsky.social 251193409
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think you made a mistake. Isn't that Tom Riddle? 000
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every American is complaining about the cost of gas, but sure, let's make cars less fuel efficient. We're the stupidest country. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c... 🎁nytimes.comTrump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles. 110
Reposted by Michael ShortJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this. 21677140
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o... 🎁nytimes.comOpinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall (Gift Article)Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart. 010
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A bit of this energy, though 😂static.klipy.comElden Ring Elden Ring DanceALT: Elden Ring Elden Ring Dance 010
Reposted by Michael ShortPaul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 26/09/2026The systems haven't gone rogue. The CEOs of the companies overseeing these systems did not set proper safeguards. They are responsible for what happens in their companies. Humans are held to account, not some random computer that's 'gone rogue.' 66817
Reposted by Michael ShortMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation:motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 414669
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For me, it was wanting to stare at Gil, though I appreciated Erin's charms. But Twiki... 100% 👎 030
Reposted by Michael ShortMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: Our new investigation uncovers the horrifying ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the day of the school massacre.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 411765
Reposted by Michael ShortDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When I say Butlerian, you say Jihad. Butlerian! Jihad! Butlerian! Jihad! 412922
Reposted by Michael ShortClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 261477751
Reposted by Michael ShortFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Harris, Klobuchar, and Clinton all drew "shes a b****" stories in the New York Times citing anonymous former junior staffers. Nothing ever really came of them. It's a genre staple against every prominent woman senate and presidential candidate. 924832
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comDavid Rose's 'V Interesting' ExpressionALT: David Rose's 'V Interesting' Expression 000
Reposted by Michael ShortLibrarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026OMG. "F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin $LMT manages the program’s overall supply chain and uses commercial shipping providers to transport parts"politico.comHill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong KongThe incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China. 521454
Reposted by Michael ShortAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mother of Renee Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the US, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness. 70157801837
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Use the force, Luke."static.klipy.comMichael Scott: Must Hold It InALT: Michael Scott: Must Hold It In 020
Reposted by Michael ShortGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs 772451632
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Now look at rod cells 👀 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govHow rods respond to single photons: Key adaptations of a G-protein cascade that enable vision at the physical limit of perceptionRod photoreceptors are among the most sensitive light detectors in nature. They achieve their remarkable sensitivity across a wide variety of species through a number of essential adaptations: a speci... 050
Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Apropos of nothing, I'm looking forward to seeing Whalefall next month! 110
Reposted by Michael ShortWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Close-up footage of anti-drone protective nets being installed over Russian oil refineries. 2121925
Reposted by Michael ShortJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When Donald Trump says our country is in a "golden age," he isn't talking about a golden age for your family. Only for his. 519548