Reposted by Conor RichardCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These are all true statements. And the only reason we don't immediately sink this detrimental shit is that somewhere along the way, someone (cough cough tech press) said these Silicon Valley guys were all geniuses and not the scam artists. That's the whole thing. 6528101
Reposted by Conor RichardChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If I ran a website that gave teens advice on how to commit suicide I would go to jail 261786385
Reposted by Conor RichardAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042111691
Conor Richard @xenoscr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Beginnings of a Bulgarian Jihad? (Dune universe thing if you didn't know.) Down with the thinking machines! Time for Mentats, Navigators, and the Sisterhood! 000
Reposted by Conor Richardryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12252971370
Reposted by Conor RichardRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships. 1/5 14470251
Reposted by Conor RichardKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 622914955
Reposted by Conor RichardMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not 7065721333
Reposted by Conor RichardEl Jefe Gone Dark Security @eljefe.social · 26/09/2026NYT can't really accuse openai of violating the computer fraud and abuse act but openai just violated the computer fraud and abuse act... Again... For a 3rd time. 287
Reposted by Conor RichardNBC News @nbcnews.com · 26/09/2026At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.nbcnews.toAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 146946
Reposted by Conor RichardThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 408125915973
Reposted by Conor RichardIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/09/2026Saw a woman on TikTok who said she quit corporate at age 46 to become a beekeeper because “I would literally rather get stung by 10,000 bees than write ‘per my last email’ again” and you know what? I respect that 332404417
Reposted by Conor Richardtmoney2007.bsky.social @tmoney2007.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"it 'could efficiently fill out online forms,'" You know other tool can efficiently fill out online forms? Every browser I've used in the last 15+ years. 1625
Conor Richard @xenoscr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's my favorite excerpt: "Or, I guess, now you can ask robot Mommy to deal with it for you, while you learn nothing and gain nothing and nothing in your life changes or improves." I guess instead of doing/learning anything you can fill your time trying to get a fleet of GPU/CPUs to do it... 1182
Reposted by Conor Richardkate conger @kateconger.com · 24/09/2026The latest update in the rogue A.I. saga: OpenAI agents that were supposed to be performing mundane data requests for things like health data, historic photos and wait times at theme parks resorted to hacking attempts when they couldn't access the data they wanted www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting (Gift Article)In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said. 11310146
Reposted by Conor RichardGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127791321
Reposted by Conor Richard404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest... 45337612211
Reposted by Conor RichardStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This U.S. family was surrounded by Border Patrol agents after accidentally hitting a patrol car. Once free and proven innocent in court, they had the front door of their home blown off its hinges in retaliation. Border Patrol doesn't just target immigrants, it torments American citizens too. 28423307
Reposted by Conor RichardMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this story has some incredible tidbits. They hoped to sell 100 VIP tickets to cover expenses and sold six lol 52499494
Reposted by Conor Richarddigby @digby56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will never get over how incredibly stupid this is. Do they not know what risk pools are? Do they not know what insurance is??? 1281665303
Reposted by Conor RichardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness." 63651911463
Reposted by Conor RichardCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat. 6879198
Reposted by Conor RichardLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 7562295
Reposted by Conor RichardScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In sworn testimony, the Treasury Department says it hasn't seen the money from Venezuela, and doesn't know where it's gone. Time to figure out who's pocketing it. In an overall kleptocracy, this may well be the most brazen act of embezzlement so far. www.ft.com/content/0588...ft.comUS state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takingsTrump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas 29431227
Reposted by Conor Richard404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 13453180
Reposted by Conor RichardSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price 291926810
Reposted by Conor RichardJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I want to be surprised. I am not surprised. This was absolutely foreseeable. That there wasn't a system of checks here to uncover this before we were nearly at war is a failure of leadership. 4319
Reposted by Conor RichardDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It...uh...is not meant to be a competition 893730596
Reposted by Conor RichardBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267006703
Reposted by Conor RichardThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 18/09/2026Truckers on skyrocketing diesel prices: "We can't continue to run like this." Semi trucks can carry up to 220 gallons of diesel fuel, which costs $1,320. So if diesel goes up, shipping costs go up with it and inflates the price of everything. 1091228454
Reposted by Conor RichardKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So let’s do it and see what happens. Seriously. 1532209279
Reposted by Conor RichardSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/09/2026The President of the United States is throwing a temper tantrum because he couldn't put his name on yet another building. Trump can complain & threaten all he wants; it won't change the fact that the Kennedy Center belongs to the American people & is not his to remake.politico.comTrump says Kennedy Center is closed hours after a judge ruled he can’t put his name on itTrump said a planned renovation won’t happen until the building is allowed to bear his name. 1834287
Reposted by Conor RichardSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/09/2026The Trump admin has now ILLEGALLY deported over 170 people. That's 170 times they've broken the law &, in some cases, sent people back into harm's way. The Constitution guarantees due process to ALL — Trump & Miller don't get to pick & choose. Everyone involved must be held accountable.politico.comIllegal deportations spike under Trump's ICE push 12340114
Reposted by Conor RichardRepresentative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 14/09/2026Where do we even begin with this? It may be barely coherent, but it’s damn scary that Trump is gaslighting us about our genuine concerns about AI and that he is also clearly only interested in how much profit these technologies will make his billionaire friends. 34513
Reposted by Conor RichardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.publicnotice.coThe muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failureIt’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional. 792371506
Reposted by Conor RichardJudy Marsh🇨🇦 @valueaddedmomma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026From: FB - EUROPE AGAINST TRUMPISM Terry J. Parker 10 September 2026 - 9:21am 23657672064
Reposted by Conor RichardBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026static.klipy.comRuben Rabasa in ITYSL: He Admit It!ALT: Ruben Rabasa in ITYSL: He Admit It! 402149258
Reposted by Conor RichardJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026This is the founder of Silk Road – which enabled international drugs trafficking on an industrial scale, among other things – speaking at President Trump's midterm convention (after getting a pardon from him), because lol nothing matters. 952439838
Reposted by Conor RichardZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 10/09/2026New, by me: ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach of driver's licenses. The company checks IDs used in stores and entertainment venues to verify age/identity. IDScan's statement implies hackers contacted the company with a ransom demand. Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260910...techcrunch.comID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver's licenses stolen | TechCrunchThe ID checking company said the data breach included people's full names and driver's licenses and other government-issued identity documents. 14535
Reposted by Conor RichardRook @arookbird.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My grandma still talks with horror about her 18m old daughter not recognizing her, trying to climb the walls, and being in so much pain she wasn't to touch her in the hospital. It was meningitis from the mumps. She had seizures for years afterwards. 37925
Reposted by Conor RichardMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Those closest to the orange criminal-in-charge know him best. They know he is a liar and a cheat. Why don't others realize this. I suppose that they cannot admit being duped by a conman. SMH. 20269122254
Reposted by Conor RichardRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowJudge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AIThe Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing. 24543211844
Conor Richard @xenoscr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Would he even know how much gas was if somebody didn't tell him? When's the last time he pumped gas or drove his own car? 000
Reposted by Conor RichardBryan Behar @bryanbehar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Could you imagine anyone else in the history of history, let alone the President of the United States, so blatantly defiling the memory of our fallen brethren? What a terrible, broken person. 1367114943168
Reposted by Conor RichardJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is the message. 0203