Ventrra @ventrra.bsky.social · 5h🤮🤮 "Literally" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 000
Ventrra @ventrra.bsky.social · 5hBy "bottleneck" in the headline, they mean that people look over the code and fix all of the broken stuff that the "A.I." spewed out. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/a...arstechnica.comAI coding agents generate more code, but not more softwareStudy finds coding efficiency gains get "absorbed" by human review "bottleneck." 010
Reposted by VentrraDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 9hYour regular reminder that exposure to pathogens such as harmful bacteria and viruses is not the same as exposure to good bacteria. Like drinking a probiotic yoghurt is not the same as drinking sewage. 📢 924268
Reposted by VentrraGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8hOne key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...ms.nowOpinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the PentagonA new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing. 741652436
Reposted by VentrraArchie Comics @archiecomics.bsky.social · 11hHappening through Monday at store.archiecomics.com! 061
Reposted by VentrraNash @radiodeadair.com · 14hLike I don't wanna be "if you're so smart why aren't you rich" but the whole point of a for-profit company is, y'know, profit. If the fucking smart machine can't tell you how to make money selling the damn thing, it doesn't seem like it's worth very much. 511418
Reposted by VentrraJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026Full story — with additional condemnation from the National Association of Evangelicals — here: religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...religionnews.comCatholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plans as promoting ‘a culture of death’(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakle... 29323
Reposted by VentrraStephan Krosecz @stephank.bsky.social · 17hIt's almost like you'd want an actual reliable digital assistant to have very specifically programmed routines and potential actions to ensure it does exactly what you want Rather than a thing that has no ability to understand what you ask for but CAN do a bunch of random bullshit you don't want 112640
Reposted by VentrraMike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It is absolutely preferable to not pick up the cigarette in the first place news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 242389860
Reposted by VentrraLinkandy Corn @linkara.bsky.social · 18hNEW EPISODE! It's the first comic crossover between Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Why am I releasing it at Midnight? BECAUSE I CAN. youtu.be/1w1pgig_5xMyoutu.beMighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Atop the Fourth WallYouTube video by Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall 919580
Reposted by VentrraDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21h“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.businessinsider.comMy personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel. 932636576
Reposted by VentrraJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it. 231419309
Reposted by VentrraElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21hThis is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 671585750
Reposted by VentrraJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 122118925082
Reposted by Ventrraahdok @socksandpuppets.com · 19h31. Halloween I actually drew this one first, before I got sick, and it's been sitting on my computer as an almost-finished-WIP for just over 12 months. I think, even though I spread these out a lot, my drawing improved as I did them. #sockstober #drawtober #gobtober 0243
Reposted by VentrraChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20hOne or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own” 842846653
Reposted by Ventrrageoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 09/10/2026dc statehood is non-negotiable after trump's actions in his second term. republicans despise the people of the city that hosts them, and there is little reason to think that, now that the seal is broken on treating them as an occupied population, a next republican president will be more restrained 212087375
Reposted by VentrraNash @radiodeadair.com · 22hAnd not one reporter will ask why we need Russia if we have Venezuela's oil and the Strait of Hormuz is open. 313355
Reposted by VentrraNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Joint Task Force DC says it is aware of the photos of National Guard members standing in front of a ballot drop box and says it is "actively addressing" the matter. taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...taskandpurpose.comNational Guard says it is 'actively addressing' incident of troops near DC ballot drop boxThe District of Columbia’s Board of Elections sent a formal request after National Guard members were spotted near a drop box on Thursday. 815055
Reposted by VentrraKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 22h“The gift of a $400 million aircraft from Qatar’s royal family stands apart because it involves a transgression the framers identified by name and for which they prescribed impeachment as the remedy: violation of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.”inquirer.comThe Case for Impeachment: In a sea of graft, the gift of a $400 million aircraft stands apart | OpinionThe founders were crystal clear that accepting gifts from foreign governments was constitutionally prohibited and should lead to impeachment. 2450108
Reposted by VentrraKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22hThe administration keeps telling us that ICE is in our cities to make us all feel safe, but if they're goons in plainclothes bum rushing vehicles with guns and pounding on the windows, how exactly does that make anyone feel safe? 10438741068
Reposted by VentrraT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026To the woman's credit: she defied the court and shared the footage anyway, which shows a state trooper blowing away two trained police dogs as they trotted to him, in response to an active break-in where the dogs were detaining the burglar Cops are great 11993332
Reposted by VentrraEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I missed that Glenn Greenwald has a paid partnership deal with Kalshi—but he does apparently 3042588
Reposted by VentrraChristopher Julian @chrisajulian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I reanalyzed the CDC data behind the LGB “free fall” headline. It rests on a change in bisexual identification among one grade, in one wave, of one survey. Gay or lesbian identification did not change significantly. Calling it a "free fall" is sensational and just gives bad actors talking points. 27634285
Reposted by VentrraZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon. 121607397
Reposted by VentrraTara @taradeenihan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Colorado is a vote by mail state and I’ve wondered if they’d try to pull shit like this. 0276
Reposted by VentrraRose @roses-luggage12345.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If someone asks “what rights don’t trans people have?” you can point out that it is essentially legal to kill trans people. This case was a woman who was murdered, and the killer was convicted, but the conviction was overturned because the victim was trans. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...advocate.comTennessee court overturns killer’s conviction because jury wasn’t told that the victim was transgenderSamuel Ward Jr. killed Paris Lee in January 2024. 22822
Reposted by Ventrra🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban. 463079773
Reposted by VentrraHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 09/10/2026by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 171355445
Reposted by VentrraAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/10/2026Great analysis from Greg. The Republican Party is still overwhelming the white man's party. Racial depolarization, never mind "multiracial MAGA," is mostly a mirage, at best the soft bigotry of low expectations 511525
Reposted by VentrraJess Kali 🏳️⚧️ @jessicakali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I've been saying this for a minute. If your candidate might be harmed by trans people not voting for them, then why aren't you calling your candidate? 6339127
Reposted by VentrraCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026Your reminder that ICE should be presumed lying when it claims someone "weaponized their vehicle" against them. It's never true. It never happens. It's always a lie. 6617205
Reposted by VentrraNicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In the 1985 Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos, an authoritarian regime run by a weak man keeps the downtrodden population in line by broadcasting public executions to distract from the fact that it has tanked the economy through a combination of incompetence, arrogance and institutional cruelty. 6543208
Reposted by VentrraKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...rawstory.comTrump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analystA quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi... 861893929
Reposted by VentrraWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 09/10/2026This is pretty funny. This is the story of conspiracy theorists trying to document their conspiracy to clear the lowest of legal bars, but they keep discovering that their theories don’t fit the facts. These people then quit, to be replaced by new conspiracy theorists. Repeat forever.nytimes.comHow Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence... 6630142
Reposted by VentrraHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Christian Nationalism is just white ISIS www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysPete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain". 21351120
Reposted by VentrraElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here. 462835691
Reposted by VentrraMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.wapo.stTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 6238231391
Reposted by VentrraAli Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social 23971415
Reposted by VentrraWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 11169551773
Reposted by VentrraCourtney Love Lies Bleeding 🫦 @hexadecibelle.fyi · 09/10/2026the report, from professionals in the relevant fields, says that ADHD and autism is under-diagnosed and people affected by that are not given enough support in an appropriate and timely manner. but that’s not the result the government wants, so that means the spin apparatus has chosen this form. 10861293
Reposted by VentrraGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 809206314612
Reposted by VentrraChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/... 111782418
Reposted by VentrraTBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 09/10/2026So much of Silicon Valley and therefore also genAI boosterism is motivated, on a deep and fundamental level, by petty resentment that other people are allowed to exist. 5977258
Reposted by VentrraProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 14674423
Reposted by Ventrra Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/10/2026Hot take: coffee makers do not need Wi-Fi. www.tomshardware.com/networking/i...tomshardware.comIT pro says his parents’ Keurig smart coffee maker sent 1 terabyte of data over their Wi-Fi in 10 days — it saturated an access point on its own, but he says most of the traffic never left the home ne...Turning it off and on again seems to have fixed the problem, but its data was not captured. 4233569
Reposted by VentrraFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Always a good reminder that the police chose which side they're on long ago, and it will never be on yours. 3352140
