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monk @warisaracket.me · 8h
Safe to assume some combination of women and minorities were in line for tenure...?
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
automakers are some of the worst on privacy and security of any industry in America, which makes their push to ban Chinese EVs "for privacy and security" extra fucking annoying
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 28/09/2026
Absolute genius
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monk @warisaracket.me · 28/09/2026
Even more reverse centaurism. As a society, we haven't agreed we even want AI. Yet large segments of the workforce are already working for AI instead of the other way around. @doctorow.pluralistic.net nailed this prediction and @404media.co's coverage is killing it...
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monk @warisaracket.me · 28/09/2026
I'm sure it would be different if he was some obscure twitch streamer
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026
"While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss it entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violently with a disquieting crunch, we do not believe that now is the time for a dramatic change in kicking strategy." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
buff.ly
“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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monk @warisaracket.me · 28/09/2026
That's exactly what it is. It's doing what it is programmed and prompted to do. But we have to consider quarterly returns for investors before, you know, just stopping which nobody else would care about.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/09/2026
this is, so we're clear, the kind of stuff unrealistic AI doomsday scenarios are intended to overshadow in the press half-cooked automation layered onto already very broken systems in a country too corrupt to have working regulators
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 25/09/2026
Does the NYPD know that the guy giving the speech actually has warrants out on him?
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monk @warisaracket.me · 25/09/2026
I believe this is the reverse centaurism that @doctorow.pluralistic.net warned us about...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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monk @warisaracket.me · 17/09/2026
Excellent article which raises the infuriating question of why corporate media remains obsessed with a Twitch streamer when this exists in plain sight...
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monk @warisaracket.me · 14/09/2026
Yeah but didn't Hunter Biden have a laptop or something...?
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Months after citing the phrase "Become Ungovernable" as evidence of a vast conspiracy by 15 anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis, the GOP hosted the Trump pardoned head of Silk Road, a darknet marketplace famous for drug trafficking + murder for hire plots, who spoke in front of the same slogan.
Speaker in front of "Become Ungovernable" in yellow on blue brick wall.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 11/09/2026
Loved rocking my Sean Price (aka Jesus Price Supastar) "Jesus is my Homeboy" t-shirt but had to retire it when I started getting way too many compliments from evangelicals who were obviously unfamiliar with the source material...
T-shirt with a picture of rapper Sean Price that says "Jesus is my homeboy" in reference to his album "Jesus Price Supastar"
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monk @warisaracket.me · 09/09/2026
Good on these guys but this feels very dystopian
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monk @warisaracket.me · 09/09/2026
Good intro thread for the "AI guys said AI's gonna kill everyone!" crowd 👇
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monk @warisaracket.me · 09/09/2026
Drop some WEAPONS
static.klipy.com
Macgruber Fire Away
ALT: Macgruber Fire Away
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“I’m not just a client of Hair Club for Men. I also raped children on Epstein‘s Island.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 06/09/2026
Counterpoint: [Repressed memories of App State and Toledo vividly resurfacing] No. It wouldn't have.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What’s funny about his new hair color is that he’s in the Epstein files more than anyone else
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monk @warisaracket.me · 05/09/2026
The origination of the term "Redneck" before it was co-opted by dumb crackers nationwide
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monk @warisaracket.me · 04/09/2026
Money's running out. Let them burn it.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 04/09/2026
...and the empty seats pics account. Fantastic follows during college football season.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 04/09/2026
This image just reminded me that the Sad Fans account is one of the very few things I miss from Twitter
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 01/09/2026
There it is: Trump is *literally* pushing “Unhumans,” a book that encourages right-wing readers to view liberals and Democrats as “unhuman.” I raised the alarm on this extremely dangerous strategy in 2024 (and again last month): www.thenerdreich.com/why-trump-ke...
Donald Trump truth social post pushing for people to buy “Unhumans” book.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/09/2026
Free newsletter: We have entered an era of technological hypernormalization, where the tech industry does everything it can to twist our sense of reality to make us ignore the very simple economic problems they're unable to solve. www.wheresyoured.at/hyperscale-n...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is an absolutely catastrophic data breach of an identity verification vendor 150+ million drivers license scans that includes photos, address, license numbers etc. It includes Pete Hegseth, security researchers, and even the deputy director of the FBI. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
A screenshot of a search result on a website titled "NEXUS | Identity Document Database" showing a locked Minnesota driver's license record for "PETER HEG******." A driver's license portrait of Peter Hegseth appears on the left, next to mostly redacted information fields, including ID number, birth date (1980), and address, followed by a prompt to purchase the full record for $100.00.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is exactly why privacy advocates have pushed back against age verification measures. These companies are reckless with their data and it can easily be compromised. It can leave people vulnerable to identity theft, doxing, and targeted harassment.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 31/08/2026
wrote about Tim Cook
karlbode.com
Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation
Tim Cook enthusiastically supported global authoritarian policies while turning Apple Computer into a dull simulacrum of an interesting company.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 31/08/2026
Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook is not interesting or innovative and has shown zero backbone in the face of fascism, but that's why he was SECRETLY SO AWESOME
PC Mag headline: "Tim Cook is No Steve Jobs, But That's His Secret Weapon"
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monk @warisaracket.me · 29/08/2026
Why do these idiots always conflate anti-capitalism with pro-poverty? Being anti-capitalist doesn't mean everybody should be poor. It means that NOBODY should be poor.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 28/08/2026
We are a global laughingstock but boy we sure owned some libs didn't we
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monk @warisaracket.me · 27/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Seinfeld: It's Lewd! Salacious! Outrageous!
ALT: Seinfeld: It's Lewd! Salacious! Outrageous!
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monk @warisaracket.me · 27/08/2026
No, thank you for such a comprehensive yet accessible account of the sinister side of Silicon Valley. I was surprised and a little ashamed of how much I've missed in spite of them doing all of this in broad daylight. My antennae are definitely up now.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 27/08/2026
Cannot recommend this enough. After you read it you will want to buy more copies for your friends/family.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
Absolutely loved this show as a kid. Even got Sniglets books for Christmas.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
CEO said a thing!
karlbode.com
"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism
"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
I'm not surprised. Personally I find this subject difficult to broach with people without feeling like they think I'm wearing a tinfoil hat. But this book is so cogent, researched, and cited that its message is impossible to deny. These people have told us what they want to do and they're doing it.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
What a horrible week
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
It's amazing how these guys delude themselves into thinking people are actually clamoring for their shit. CEO brains stay fried.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
As an anti-consumerist who already lives somewhere you can't throw a rock without hitting a Wawa, Sheetz, or 7-Eleven all I can say is...[shrug] okay.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
✊
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton turned down offers for the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice during his first term in office
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
Et tu Zelenskyi? This is the result of privatizing communication/infrastructure/etc. You have to stroke billionaire sociopaths who are already in the process of murdering children throughout the developing world just to keep the lights on against another invading fascist...
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monk @warisaracket.me · 26/08/2026
*conscience obv. Also cc @wajali.bsky.social
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monk @warisaracket.me · 25/08/2026
I really wish some people I would love to subscribe to leave this site so that I may do so in good conscious. I really do not understand any reason for staying. (cc @radleybalko.bsky.social, @atrupar.com, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social etc.)
Bernie Sanders "I am once again asking" meme saying "I am once again asking you to get off Substack or publicly defend your decision to stay"
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monk @warisaracket.me · 25/08/2026
Done.
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monk @warisaracket.me · 23/08/2026
Hemingway's first draft...
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