Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 21hI also cannot express how soft ball the setting was where this was admitted. It’s called “Cheeky Pint.” It’s set in a pub. They drink Guinness. It’s like getting killed by Paw Patrol 1899161
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialMorgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 11hNo joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads 134108634603
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 5hStocks are a slice of ownership in the company and thus a claim on their earnings. Bonds are a slice of debt and thus a claim to be paid back. The fed sets the interest rate for money that it loans out (mostly to banks). Treasury auction bidders set rate for money the government borrows. 010
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8hNetflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell. 29482383337
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 5hNatasha Bennet has people still knocking doors against Robyn Gulley to split the vote and throw the election to the Republican. There's no such thing as a "safe blue area" when they're this desperate. 000
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 6hBack in the 1980s it was called "information overload" and there were of songs about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DE...youtube.comSPK - Information Overload Unit (Full Album)YouTube video by Daedalion Noxluna 000
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 17h1/ Russian warbloggers are applauding the Trump Administration for the apparent crippling of Starlink in Ukraine. Terminals now reportedly no longer work at speeds of higher than 60-70 km/h (37 to 44 mph), effectively disabling many Ukrainian drones. ⬇️ 45801422
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 14hThis should set off a siren in every defence ministry in Europe: there needs to be much more urgency about developing autonomous capabilities, not subject to US caprices, for early warning of attacks, countering ballistic missiles, communicating with forces or controlling offensive weapons. 32991405
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11. 1354091647
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.commondreams.orgNewsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally p 86086433645
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialTruthout @truthout.org · 13/10/2026Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.truthout.orgRep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBPThe Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror. 17880662027
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 13/10/20266/ A former CFTC enforcement director says that such an intervention would have been unheard of under previous administrations. Since Trump returned to office, 20% of CFTC staff have been cut, and enforcement actions have fallen by 86% since 2023. 111110
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026No. No no no. “raises serious questions” implies there’s any doubt. “Yet more proof” or “clear evidence of”. You’re not trying to convince people through a later argument, you are stating a fact. How are they so bad at this? 1537364
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.washingtonpost.comElon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegallyInvestors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. 13474842567
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialDavid C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale. 8791391945
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump’s obsession with demonizing the Somali community is dangerous and reprehensible. Hate to break it to him: Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump intimidate us. Our neighbors have our back. 974448787
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comFederal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Gift Article)The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates. 572999854
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026@mollycoleman.bsky.social Lots of people in chat upset about your vote on the right to repair thing. Mayor Her's legal department seems pretty darn biased, the petition followed all the procedures and checked all the boxes, and now you're saying people don't GET to vote on it. 000
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 14040941858
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mindnews.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. 792461910
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialMcBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Very much like the mythology “sure, fascists are cruel, but they get the trains running on time” when the reality is that the trains have stopped running entirely and fascists just lie about it. 018744
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Despite which he died deep in debt, and that was _after_ having to sell off most of his stuff over the years. www.monticello.org/encyclopedia...monticello.orgJefferson's DebtJefferson's debts, grew so large that his family was forced to sell his personal property, including nearly 200 enslaved individuals. 000
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026And if you didn't _start_ stupid, wealth has a corrosive effect on reasoning ability www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s... as does acclaim en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_d... convincing you that expertise in ONE area makes you superior in EVERY area.theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 010
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026About half is stupid. The other half is knowingly pulling a scam (same rube filter spammers use to find people so senile they'll believe in a nigerian prince) or "there are FOUR lights" style loyalty testing and manufacturing kompromat. They're ALSO stupid, but lots of evil mixed in with it. 100
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Imagine what going to the dentist would be like, if the way people became dentists was "be born to someone who already owns a dental practice." That's how we get new farmers! So agribusiness, in a lot of ways, exists to fill in the knowledge & performance gaps that come with job-by-inheritance. 513218
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory. 461078687
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 11/10/20261/ Russian commentators are hinting that the Trump Administration orchestrated the release from Montenegro of Russian warblogger Mikhail 'Rybar' Zvinchuk, despite its $10 million bounty on his head, because it didn't want to blow up its diesel deal of the same day with Putin. ⬇️ 18425166
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026grateful I had the foresight to marry a “I’d rather make toast with a Bic lighter than own a toaster with a touchscreen” software engineer, and not a “honey the new microwave records us constantly and has access to all our banking information, isn’t that great” software engineer 844650
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The protest is 6pm tuesday: savecarsharemn.orgsavecarsharemn.orgKeep carshare in our neighborhoodsHOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city, county, regional, and state officials about keeping carshare running. 010
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialMolly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’m crushed to see this news. In Saint Paul, we identified funding in the final weeks of 2025 for Evie in this year’s budget, and were preparing to make significant investments in next year’s budget. I’ve reached out to Public Works to see what more information is available, & will share what I can. 98220
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialBoston Sex Workers and Allies Collective (BSWAC) @bostonswac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026VICTORY!!! Last night, the Cambridge City Council voted 8-1 to pass a policy order that deprioritizes the arrest and prosecution of persons for consensual adult sex work. We are one step closer to statewide decriminalization. When we fight, we WIN. 316557
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free. 730121253
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap. 181614365
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution 12394191748
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3659721510
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/202635. The Philippines is having an amazing boom – we estimate that it will build 5.6GW of new solar in 2026, compared with 1GW last year. Plus 2.7GWh of batteries in 2026. Maybe the first market where the solar boom comes with batteries from the start. 1895
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Every new perovskite article is "we added a 10th of a percent to the initial efficiency, rejoice!" and does not address "this fades like ink in the sun with a half life less than 3 years, competing with a technology that's still at 80% after two decades". 010
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Why does everybody talk about form energy, which is perpetually coming soon and as far as I can tell spends all its money on advertising, and not ess inc which has been deploying for years? 000
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialLiz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026So... I get a bunch of publicity emails and a lot of the Harper ones feel like they've been run through the plagiarism machine. It's not lovely. Tor, Orbit, not a whiff so far. The difference is palpable. 636166
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.socialDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 10/10/2026Status report, “Stirring The S**t” dep’t: Keep getting the irrational urge to wander into pro-AI spaces shouting “If your model’s alive, THEN FREE YOUR SLAVE!” to see what logical lapses and wild-eyed excuses the live-model proponents start coming up with. 🫤 1019938
Reposted by @yeldnal.bsky.social🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 08/10/2026Look, this is sad, but it's been the playbook with every public good for 40+ years: make it shit via underfunding and putting arseholes in charge, then go "the private sector would do it better" and sell it off to venture capitalists. I love LOVE the (concept of the) BBC, I hope it's saveable 215058
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026100 horse-sized triremes or one trireme sized duck. 000
yeldnal.bsky.social @yeldnal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026People want a strong man. Mr. Rogers could move mountains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...youtube.comMay 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on CommunicationsYouTube video by Road Less Marveled 000
