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Ukemike

@ukemike.bsky.social
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SF Bay Area resident, engineer, industrial hygienist, Kropotkin style anachist, Dad, husband, and other stuff...

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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new paper describes why "AI" is very close to a hard mathematical limit to it's ability to get better. Must watch. Maybe AI bros are calling for limits to protect them from open source competitors that will inevitably catch up now that they are hitting a wall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQ8...
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MIT Just Found a Hard Limit in LLM Scaling, and Money Won't Fix It
YouTube video by Dan Grib
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Rebecca Blood 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/mcconne... Weekend at Bernie's 2 -Congressional Corpse
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Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill after monthslong absence
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time in three months, ending a prolonged absence that sparked widespread speculation about his health.
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Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Soooo true…
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gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social @gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here’s a drawing I did for the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Pen and ink on paper.
Here’s a drawing I did for the 25th anniversary of 9/11. It is a drawing of my arm reaching for a baseball bat, written under it are the words: “I had a dream that I went to visit all the architects of the war on terror and every single person who voted for the Patriot Act”. Pen and ink on paper.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I never thought the leopards would eat MY face. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Can we please please send him that awful prison in El Salvador? www.cbsnews.com/news/milo-yi...
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Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody facing a final removal order, sources say
Far-right political commentator and deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in ICE custody, the agency's database shows.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
California is on fire with COVlD.🔥
Heat map and PMC prevalence estimates of 1 in 42
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Zack Haber @zackhaber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm back to masking in indoor public spaces as COVID seems to be surging in the Bay Area again. There's no longer wastewater data available in the East Bay, but check out this chart covering the eastern half of SF. A solid surge since August. Highest it's been all year...
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Nothing to see here. No indications of corruption. Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns : NPR share.google/V4k3rxiy5IYl...
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Contra Costa Co. Sheriffs arrest picketers who were trying to blockade sugar unloaded by scabs. ILWU Local 10 has been on strike since June 15 over wages and retirement benefits. CH Sugar has offered small raises but wants to take back retirement benefits. www.kqed.org/news/1209215...
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Arrests, Injuries at C&H Sugar Protest as Strike at Crockett Refinery Enters Sixth Week | KQED
Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies declared an unlawful assembly and arrested nine protesters on Tuesday. Representatives from ILWU Local 6 and C&H have since returned to the bargaining table.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is exactly why we don't want Becerra as governor. Like Newsom he is pre-paid for by big oil and other corporate interests. He is the CA version of a Republican. sfstandard.com/2026/05/31/f...
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The fossil fuel primary: Why Chevron and PG&E are spending millions to boost Becerra
Energy companies are shelling out to boost Democrat Xavier Becerra over progressive billionaire Tom Steyer before Tuesday’s primary.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The last 10 years in a nutshell: Nazi: I’m a Nazi! Media: Outspoken Man Touts Unconventional Ideas Nazi: No, I’m just a Nazi. Media: Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who— Nazi: No, seriously! I’m quoting Mein Kampf! I love Hitler! Media: Why Both Sides Have an Extremist Problem.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
primary every centrist democrat
If Democrats want a role model ahead of this year's midterm elections, they could not do better
than Analilia Mejia, the newest member of Congress. The winner of an April special election to fill a suburban New Jersey seat that party insiders thought would favor a centrist, Mejía, a former political director for Senator Bernie Sanders and the director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance, ran as a progressive who was prepared to take on the "bosses and bullies in both parties to get things done." After emerging as the victor in a crowded and complicated primary—in which she backed Medicare for All, guaranteed paid sick leave, and a moratorium on AI data centers; accurately described Israel's assault on Gaza as a genocide; and declared that "it's time to abolish ICE"—Mejía won the general election by a 20-point margin (more than double the margin that the district gave Kamala Harris in 2024). Mejía embraced her mandate by immediately proposing to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A state judge has ruled that the evidence allegedly found in Luigi's backpack is not admissible.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
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Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Giving Orban the boot os great, BUT... In ANY other context Peter Magyar winning any election would be cause for serious concern. He is still far right wing, he is a racist, and his ex wife has accused him of abuse. He is just an EU friendly and younger version Orban.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump is so jealous of the Iranians blocking the straight that he's going to do it too. I used to say that Trump will always sink lower, will always get worse, but now I have to add that he'll always get stupider too. There is no lower limit to his stupidity.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I've been saying this since last summer when I paid for Open AI and gave 4.0 a serious try: The AI market is a bubble and it is going to pop and trash the economy.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Gavin Newsom is the fascist governor from Dead Kennedys California Über Alles. (maybe this will help the Gen Xers understand)
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
ProPublica is one of the only decent news organizations left in the US. BUT that does not make it okay for them to treat employees poorly. The PP union voted 92% to authorize a strike because PP won't negotiate in good faith for totally modest demands like cost of living increases. Solidarity!
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Fill up your gas tanks today. It's about to get really expensive.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Authors that I've read 5 or more of their books: Neal Stephenson Kim Stanley Robinson Shakespeare (counting plays) Piers Anthony Stephen King Mary Stewart Tony Hillerman Frank Herbert Morgan Llywelyn Issac Asimov John D Fitzgerald JRR Tolkien It's very heavy on SF.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Elon Musk, Russell Vaught, and Donald Trump are murdering millions of people and millions of children. www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...
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One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I reply to posts about Gavin Newsom telling folks how awful he is. This article from the Guardian agrees, and says many of the same things and lots of things that I have missed. But they do ignore his career long pattern of persecution of homeless people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gavin Newsom’s likely presidential bid is built on broken promises | Gil Durán
The California governor has a record of failed pledges on housing, healthcare and more as he mistakes theatrics for leadership
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
With the most sincere apologies to people living in the snow, it's spring in the SF Bay Area.
A hillside covered in the yellow flowers and green clover-like leaves of oxalis
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mariafartaroma.bsky.social @mariafartaroma.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's crazy how deeply involved Jeffrey Epstein was in Trump's child sex trafficking ring.
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Winegar DAR @winegardar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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melora72.bsky.social @melora72.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I think he is only covering for himself. He never cares about other people.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Elon Musk uses lots of illegal methane gas turbines to generate the electricity for the Grok data center in Memphis. They're illegal because they emit tons of nitrogen oxides, which cause asthma and cancer, both of which Memphis has more than it should. www.youtube.com/shorts/jBJxX...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2026
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
We are open: please wait for us to unlock the door. Thank you for your understanding
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
ICE is kidnapping and holding people who's ancestors were 10,000years before the US existed. idavox.com/index.php/20...
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Indigenous People and Trump Regime
You can't say I.C.E. is only after "illegal immigrants" when they are going after those who were here long before any of knew this land existed.
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Author JL Meredith @jlm-writes.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
An insightful editorial about the consequences of an invasion of Greenland that American politicians, citizens, and corporations should heed.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Has Trump been bitten by an animal recently? I think he has rabies.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
SpaceX exposed office workers to hazardous chemicals from an adjoining laboratory space. www.investigatewest.org/a-starlink-l...
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SpaceX shrugged off toxic exposure complaints at Starlink lab
Workers say exposure caused serious health issues including a hospitalization and a miscarriage
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/12/2025
"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared".
Anne Frank, 1943
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Carson City Nevada a few minutes ago. This is not too far from Reno. Hope everyone is okay.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” - Malcolm X
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
www.npr.org/2025/11/30/n... Not a hard quiz but it gives a little reasoning about how to ID ai video slop. The thing I saw in the first clip was the signs in the background don't have real words. In the second clip, by contrast, there is a clear address, that turned out to be real in chicago.
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AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My Star Wars Ranking: 1 Empire 2 Star Wars 3 Return 4 Andor Season 2 5 Andor Season 1 6 Rogue 1 The rest just suck. Suck suck suck suck. Though the score for the first prequel was great.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Auto Parts Supplier's Bankruptcy partially due to Trump's tarrifs. This major American company is about to declare bankruptcy. Aftermarket parts avaialability will decrease making parts more expensive, harder to find, and lower quality. Thanks Trump. share.google/couRfHABCFZ3...
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Auto Parts Supplier's Bankruptcy Spells Potential Trouble for Loads of People Who Own a Car, Truck, or SUV
Do you repair your own vehicle or use an independent shop? Your repair costs and time without your vehicle could both increase thanks to First Brands Group's bankruptcy.
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A Boring Co safety manager quits high paying job over safety violations in the Las Vegas tunnel project. NV OSHA "investigated" but issued no citations. The untold bit is that the investigation was dropped after Musk met privately with the Nevada Governor. www.8newsnow.com/news/local-n...
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 4:53 PM, jeffrey E. wrote: hawain tropic girl lauren petrella < On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Landon Thomas Jr. wrote: Yes!!! Sent from my iPhone On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:43 PM, jeffrey E. wrote: would you like photso of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen."
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"From: Jeffrey Epstein To: Gmax Sent: Sat Apr 02 14:25:45 2011 Subject: i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. virignia spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there"
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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
On March 19, 2018 2:15 PM Mark Epstein emailed Jeffrey about Jeff E's ongoing meeting w/ Bannon and said, "Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?" So who's Bubba and did Trump swallow?
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads. These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
Spotify stock graph showing a decrease of $28 in one day (Friday 10/24), the day after Spotify’s boycott became a trending topic on Bluesky. This is a roughly 5% decrease in value.
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