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Robert Barat (volt4ire)

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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How do they get away with calling it Russian & Turkish Baths (plural) when it only has one singular bath, which is a cold plunge pool so you can't even bathe in it
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
porn is so deeply misogynistic. i just watched a video with dozens of performers going at it, and they literally hadn’t bothered to hire a single woman.
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How I decided AI was probably nothing to worry about
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Daniel Bond @dwbond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
don't know anything about the methodology but the two outliers validate my priors
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Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I loathe the twink stache trend so much omg bsky.app/profile/volt...
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is.
Screenshot for a Defector podcast episode with the headline "Consider the Emotional Lives of Scallops" only the accompanying photo is a white gormless stubbled red-headed UK singer of recent notoriety giving a flat smile to the camera while wearing a washed out peach top as beige as he is against a flat background. So, actually, probably a scallop anyway.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
wikiworkersunited.org
Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 02/09/2026
ah yes once again the racists are the real victims
In an internal Slack message obtained by The Verge, 1Password's Karimov downplayed the overtly racist comments from DHH, telling staff the following:

As I said, people have different personal opinions. You believe in your heart that DHH is evil, that you have the moral high ground, and that nothing will change your mind.
However, not everyone believes that. It is not fair to claim a monopoly and ostracize team members who might disagree with you.

There are people who are afraid to speak up simply because they will be personally attacked.
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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
don't tell the vibecession guys about this
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Whenever I see a poll like this I always like to remind people that approval for interracial marriage in the US did not cross the 50% mark until 1994, when I was already in my twenties.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When Amadeus first transferred from London to Broadway in 1980 the Broadway production starred Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri and I would like to go back in time and watch that.
Tim Curry and Ian McKellen in Amadeus.
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hello gay people in my phone
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton I loved the Paul Simon album about your house
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Macron didn't want to be one-upped by Trump giving the Saudis nukes so he's giving them Dragon Balls
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Eric Mill @konklone.com · 21/08/2026
We're hiring a new product security lead for Wikipedia! It's a new lead PM role that would steer our security engineering team and how we go about this work here at the Wikimedia Foundation. AND: it's fully remote, and open in a good number of countries. job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jo...
We are hiring a Lead Product Manager to bring their experience dealing with modern threats to bear on Wikipedia’s security strategy in the AI era, and to drive a strong security culture throughout the Wikimedia Foundation and movement.

Though this is a senior role, prior experience in a product manager role is not required. This position is intended to bring strong technical and security experience, including some familiarity with AI in a security context, into a role focused on product and platform strategy. 

This position could be a good fit for a candidate with both strong technical skills and strong communication skills, who is interested in transitioning from engineering work to a strategic role.

This role is an opportunity to be at the center of a pivotal time for Wikipedia, as AI is not only changing security, but also how people access knowledge online. Responding to these changes requires us to plan ambitiously and act decisively, while working closely with the communities whom the project serves.
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
they should invent version control software that works offline and can be synchronized later
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Can I see you Cumming please
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Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This guy was hugely promoted by the Less Wrong clique around Scott Alexander Siskind btw bsky.app/profile/kohn...
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dutch farmers trivializing the Holocaust
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Meghan McCain publicly disclosed she had a miscarriage in July 2019, a year before the pandemic. She gave birth to her first child in September 2020, meaning she became pregnant roughly around Dec '19 - Jan '20, at least a month before lockdown. What a horrific and insane thing to lie about.
PUT FAUCI IN JAIL!!!!

(I am a woman who was pregnant and had a miscarriage during Covid)
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bango @bangoladderdunk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers” is very funny when Crowley won Milwaukee and Hong won Eau Claire, LaCrosse, Wausau, and the Fox Valley.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 11/08/2026
David Frum seems to be under the impression that Zohran Mamdani— an INDIAN-Ugandan-American— is pro Pakistan? Also the Indian army in question was backed by the USSR and the Pakistani one was backed by Nixon lol.
The Pakistani genocide in
Bangladesh in 1971- a real one this time- was brought to an end by an Indian army led by a Jewish commanding general.
Mayor Zohran Kwame M...
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Yesterday, I gathered with residents at the Allama lqbal Community Center's Mela to commemorate Pakistan's Independence Day and honor the contributions Pakistani...
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Last night I dreamt I was Detective Poirot and a posh Victorian widow came to me and said "help, someone has stolen my late husband's collection of slop"
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I grant everyone has their story to offer, but it is a tell that The Atlantic published a feature length essay about quitting a prestigious academic career over “woke” colleagues when whole fields of study on race & gender are being closed, & the humanities are threatened by Trump w total erasure
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The “wide spectrum of views” in the Jewish community according to the NYT moves from 59th St to 96th St, and takes a momentary coffee break in the Guggenheim
Despite the wide spectrum of views in the room, there was a uniform sense that something about Mr. Mamdani's relationship with the Jewish community had to change, according to one of the invited rabbis who asked for anonymity to speak candidly about private discussions.
During his brief mayoralty, Mr. Mamdani's relationship with large swaths of the Jewish community in New York City has been rocky.Rabbis Plead With Mamdani to Tone Down His Anti-Israel Messaging In a private meeting at City Hall, an invited group of rabbis told Mayor Zohran Mamdani that his relationship with Jewish New Yorkers needed to change.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
BREAKING: two of the SF gay bars that were using facial recognition ID checks just issued a statement saying they're going to stop after a major article about our artist boycott campaign. Big win!
“We have heard the concerns regarding the use of PatronScan at Badlands and Toad Hall in San Francisco, and we are listening. Effective immediately, we are pausing the use of PatronScan while we review our ID verification and security practices,” said Brian Aranda, director of operations at both bars. “The safety of our guests and staff remains a priority, as do privacy and trust“Our security teams will continue to thoroughly check IDs manually during this time. We appreciate everyone who has shared their concerns and remain committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all.”
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Gavin Newsom just tried to pressure California to drop its antitrust suit against Paramount's Warner Brothers merger www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/g...
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Gavin Newsom Makes An Ass Of Himself On Antitrust, Paramount Merger
It's hard to not have noticed that a key enabler of U.S. authoritarianism was our consolidated corporate media, which (with scattered exception) was more than happy to throw the entirety of journalistic integrity in the toilet for a chance to please a mad, idiot king. In large part because our press is increasingly owned by...
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The most unrealistic part of Indiana Jones 4, a movie in which Soviet spies tries to discover alien life, is that he says "I like Ike" at one point. He's a professor of archeology at a liberal arts university, that man voted Adlai Stevenson twice and cried when he wasn't nominated a third time.
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Daniel Bond @dwbond.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
remember when Jeb! mailed every voter in New Hampshire a tablet because it was clear they were gonna lose and they needed to burn through all of the money they had amassed in anticipation of being in the general election? was there any follow up a couple years later to see what happened with those?
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Can't believe Christopher Wokeland depicted Ethiopia as being in Africa 😤😤
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Holy fuck
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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Before he was Ebenezer he was found by a UK court to have abused his wife.
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you are outraged that Gillibrand is so openly corrupt, tell her. ☎️: (202) 224-4451 Gillibrand has no business abusing her position of power like this. She should resign. NY deserves better. @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Blue Laws, but you're **only** allowed to buy liquor.
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My favorite part of Whole Festival was when Juliana Huxtable remixed the A New Hope Throne Room theme
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Fuck yeah
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Suck it, TERF Island!
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Can't believe I'm rooting for a monarchy over a republic on Bastille Day
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Again. This is the author. What are we doing here?
The Somali community is a scourge on the republic. I have been saying this for years. The rampant fraud is just icing on the cake. We should indeed be reviewing if Somalis e.g. lied on naturalization forms, and deport any with deportable offenses.
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Grindr should replace Madonna with Maradona for the duration of the World Cup
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The most unrealistic part of The Bible is where they name a character after the lance from Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 02/07/2026
some amazing things happening over on threads — ever since they “shut down CERN”
CERN has to be real. Why do the days magically feel longer again? I keep looking at the clock in disbelief.Honestly... I can feel the immediate difference with CERN turning off. It's like turning off the annoying big light in the house that's been on for last 4 years. It's like finally getting some quiet after being immersed in a screaming heavy death metal concert or rave for days and days. It's like there's no restrictions. No hindrances. No more delays. I feel free.They turned off CERN and now the days feel twice as long. I'm TIREDCall me crazy, whatever ya whatever you want but since CERN shut down their machine time IS slower (i saw somewhere that our minutes are actually 60 seconds long again after being 45 seconds since COVID, ive had a mild frontal headache for 2 days and just had this weird energy around me. I can't be the only one, right?!
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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reposting because of the sony news
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If those ESB climbers had just proposed and not unfurled that DJ Crazy Times-ass banner I think they'd receive a lot more public sympathy
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Robert Barat (volt4ire) @volt4ire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Gays who complain about house/techno music without lyrics are like people who complain about books without pictures
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The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We Sat Down With Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines To Find Out What Other Sports She Fucking Sucks At thehardtimes.net/blog/we-sat-...
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We Sat Down With Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines To Find Out What Other Sports She Fucking Sucks At
If you’re fortunate enough to have never heard of anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, she is a former collegiate swimmer who came in... Get the full story
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