Reposted by TravHypatia L.A. Seneschale @femiyahtzee.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Skill. Issue. Once, during a storm, an older gentleman knocked on my Cuban godmother’s door and after some pantomime because neither spoke much English, she determined he needed eggs. She gave him the last of what she had even though she was on a fixed income. 1/6 614249
Reposted by TravVintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 19hThe Movers - 2nd Avenue [South Africa, Funk/Soul/Jazz] (Recorded 1970-1976, released by Analog Africa 2022) redd.it/103zuxj youtu.be/QH2M4BpOeucyoutu.beThe Movers - 2nd Avenue [South Africa, Funk/Soul/Jazz] (Recorded 1970-1976, released by Analog Africa 2022) 021
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The drugs they give you for that are so nice. Looking forward to my next photo sesh 000
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hopefully one day his kid will appreciate his genius. Folks have lost their damn minds 000
Reposted by TravLauren Dracula 🧛♀️ @beavisetc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We have been living in the Black Hole Sun video for about a decade now 1734229531
Reposted by TravButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 9963042461
Reposted by TravLes-Boogie @lesboogie.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Ultramagnetic MC's "Poppa Large (East Coast mix)" (1992) youtu.be/tGkyva_3fy4youtu.beUltramagnetic MC's - Poppa LargeYouTube video by UPROXX 021
Reposted by TravPet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 07/10/2026The original cast recording for “Closer to Heaven” by Jonathan Harvey & PSB was released 25 years ago this week, following several months of shows at the Arts Theatre in London throughout 2001. The musical features Frances Barber & has since returned to London theatre stages several times. #PetText 3455
Reposted by TravErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026truly what is this site for if not broadcasting intrusive thoughts now we will all be thinking this! 4549
Reposted by TravJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026gawd i wish we would stop listening to and giving respectability to charlatans and dipshits 2798996
Reposted by TravThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026White House Taps Mean Teen In Zara Fitting Room As New Press Secretary theonion.com/white-house-taps-mean-… 412263229
Reposted by TravDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If Aaron Swartz was still alive, I'm pretty sure he would have made it his life mission to personally demolish Sam Altman and all that he represents. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 612021
Reposted by Travthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 02/10/2026AOC understands this and I'm extremely excited to campaign for her because of it. 546892
Reposted by Trav𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓃 🐆✨ @channnnxoxo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026At what age do y’all tell your friends they can’t rap? 7166
Reposted by TravMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy Friday! This week’s newsletter is about disappointing your parents! “The most brutal thing about being a parent is that your heart no longer resides inside your own body, but in someone else’s.” buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...buttondown.comHow to disappoint your motherMy mom asked a relative to offer me a job that I don’t want. Should I accept it anyway? I’m really scared of disappointing her. 1133
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Aubrey Pugza" is legitimately hilarious. All the same, "ai" slop can just die in a fire... www.reddit.com/r/aislop/s/b...reddit.comFrom the aislop community on Reddit: ObimnoExplore this post and more from the aislop community 000
Reposted by TravKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 239102113243
Reposted by TravBryan Robinson @brob.dev · 02/10/2026I'll start simply: There is no ethical use of LLMs. I mean that in both the same sentiment as "no ethical consumption under capitalism" but also deeper and more. The ills and harms are on the surface. The theft was blatant. The attempted wage theft was also blatant. 0214
Reposted by TravAndy Bell @bell.bz · 02/10/2026There's a defeatist vibe rn and I think there's an inevitability feeling washing over us. There is no inevitability. If you're in a position to speak up against the direction the industry is taking, I'd say now is the time to do that. I certainly try because I cannot be fired and it does help! 1016820
Reposted by TravTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120453122
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I enjoyed David Simon’s posts, right up until the genocide apologist came out. You want it to be one way, David, but it’s the other way. 000
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s this! All of thisstatic.klipy.comBuckaroo Banzai Peter WellerAlt: Buckaroo Banzai: Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, and others walk toward the camera, in a Los Angeles aqueduct. Seriously. I am not making this up. 030
Reposted by TravJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026How many times must we say this? AI* software does not “go rogue” any more than your printer “got religion” when it stopped working Sunday. Software does not have intent or agency. People do. And this feels like some people might be exposed to liability. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t... 722274
Reposted by TravKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience. 833826555
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.reddit.com/r/Art/s/AkdV...reddit.comFrom the Art community on Reddit: COWARDICE, Topsy, spray paint , 2026 [OC]Explore this post and more from the Art community 000
Reposted by TravDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 10941801441
Reposted by TravEL-P @el-p.bsky.social · 26/09/2026in a dark, unexpected twist it turns out Hitler might have been a murderer edition.cnn.com/2026/09/25/e...edition.cnn.comDid Hitler kill his niece? Newly found records raise fresh questions over 95-year-old mystery | CNNNewly uncovered archival documents have raised questions over whether Adolf Hitler could have murdered his half-niece, whose death in his Munich apartment in 1931 was officially ruled a suicide. 7749
Reposted by TravTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing 301813692
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Don't put off getting that camera in the booty... it could save your life. Trust me. 010
Reposted by TravYardie Gyal Qsine @yardiegyalqsine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Summer is officially over but I've got one last barbecue recipe for you! Let's make some Homemade McRibs with Identifiable Meat. My mama said the ones she used to get at McD's were nowhere near as good as these. Next time someone asks, tell them we have McDonald's at the house! #LetHerCook 21712
Reposted by TravNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Simply incredible. 521591531
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was just laughing with a colleague that the only thing I trust “ai” with, is confirming my biases 011
Reposted by TravJews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of New Yorkers are risking arrest outside the UN as Netanyahu prepares to speak. We say NO to perpetrators of genocide & war criminals in our city! 122885
Reposted by TravBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026But when can we replace Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer? 51089
Reposted by TravJoshua @spaceballsfanclub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's time for my most controversial take yet: "Oats & Honey" is not a granola flavor!! Every granola I've ever eaten has tasted like oats because it IS oats. We can't let them keep getting away with this 435735
Reposted by TravThe Onion @theonion.com · 22/09/2026Beaver Overthinking Dam theonion.com/beaver-overthinking-da… 362078212
Reposted by Travdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow 344707970
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I feel like some folks may not know that Trax records is on bandcamp: traxrecords.bandcamp.comtraxrecords.bandcamp.comTRAX RecordsTRAX Records the original home of house music is known as the Motown of the genre, and is one of the most valuable and recognized brands. The label is still independent and its legacy paved the way fo... 000
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Has anyone found a translation of what "Tilly Norwood" "said" in Chinese? I can't believe there are 300 articles out there about this, and not one of them thought to ask a native speaker to translate. 010
Trav @travstone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...youtube.comEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 000