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nefariousnautilus.bsky.social
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BBC is the only one covering the Los Angeles protests right now as Fox, CNN and MSNBC ignore it.

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

Jesus WEPT

This could have paid for 15 students to attend all 4 years tuition free, or relieved a years worth of tuition for 50+ students

PREACH. #ResistGenAI #BlockGenAI

I'm signing this, demanding answers, rights, engagement... and the money they stole. If you're one of the hundreds of authors and artists who got stiffed by Unbound / Boundless, get the letter from Alex and sign it too.

The only reason he was let go is 1: He had Bs and Cs, and 2: Other cops vouched for him. Any other citizen would have been in an ICE detention center for days, and might end up in CECOT. Abolish ICE. tucson.com/news/local/b...

Boosting this important thread. This coercive use of MAiD is a horrifically insidious type of eugenics and needs to be stopped.

Not surprised. I want to compare him to some detestable species of wildlife, but that would disparage the poor species. He acts so odiously, cartoonishly evil.

Americans are messy bitches who love drama, that’s why they elected a reality TV host to the White House twice. Lean in to it, stupid. You can do both.

Ok as a Bay transplant I usually spend most of my time hating Newsom like all normal Californians, especially these days, but this turncoat deserves some hate too. Ro Khanna started taking the Hindutva dollars and turned into…exactly what you would expect.

once again I must tap my own sign

I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

Bluesky is now deleting the accounts of the people I know on the ground in Gaza, including my dear friend Tasneem. These are real people who rely on our direct donations to eat and survive during the aid blockade. Please give to Tasneem and help others if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-tasne...

The other night I took a late night taxi from the airport & my driver was from Sudan. We got to talking, & he asked what I do - he is a sports journalist who writes about soccer & has been to many World Cups - so I explained what I write...

Neal Stephenson, writing Snow Crash in 1992: And this is why it is bad if a brain wiping virus drug gets put in your internet computer head GenAI concern-havers in 2025: Hey it seems bad that the internet computer gets into people's heads so bad that it wipes their brains like a drug or virus

the democratic party - like on most issues - needs to actually stand for *something* on immigration. right now its a mush of poll tested shit and gop lite. the public can see that from a mile away and its a turnoff. stand FOR things and the opinion will follow. path to citizenship, etc

"If people knew how shit our product was they'd stop buying it" is the slogan of the 21st century

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Hey so, you folks who insist Trump “can’t” pardon Derek Chauvin on Minnesota state charges need to read this ⬇️ and apply it.

I still think this is one of the most gutting notes I’ve ever read.

Nintendo: We have a new console People: yaaay Nintendo: The marketing is great People: yessss Nintendo: The console is cool People: Thats right Nintendo: We thought of almost everything People: Wait where are the games Nintendo: You're not gonna believe this bit

The easy thing to say is that academia generally has a hard time explaining why they do what they do, and why their expertise matters. The hard thing to say is that there are multiple, powerful forces who hate intellectualism and the benefits of a better-informed citizenry. This is a result.

We really need to start caring about lying, as a society

Raise your hand if you love traveling but haaaate packing.

"Our comically big sticks of dynamite aren't building houses like we told them to and we don't know why"

63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys 46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership

Personally, I am curious to see where the heck all the money went. I do hope the authors sue and ignore the protestations that there is nothing left in the till to sue over. First, I suspect there actually is. Second, the discovery process will reveal receipts. That money went somewhere.

Look this is pathetic but instructive because it’s not just about this lame creep it’s about the Overton window continuing to be moved so quickly by Trump’s criminality and lawlessness that bad people have reassessed their previous actions against the metric of “you can get away with anything.”

Important to remember that Cuomo resigned when a lengthy, detailed report on multiple varied instances of sexual misconduct was issued, and has never addressed several of the most serious charges.

Democrats should take Elon Musk back (to jail).

What if faculty senates and unions and so forth worked on adopting these kinds of measures into contracts and handbooks? All creative work done on behalf of the university (teaching, grading, etc., etc.) is to be done by human beings. Universities are meat shops too

I just want a global 'turn all 'ai' off everywhere, categorically, no exceptions unless I individually approve them in triplicate' setting for all my devices