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Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a monthly Social Security check, and that most people wouldn't mind if the government simply skipped a payment.

submitted 8 days ago • 182 comments

Actuarial studies aren’t going to convince anyone who wants to defund the #NIH but in terms of ROI that seems like a pretty solid multiple, not to mention the benefits to life and health! 🧪

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar analysed 8 AI models. Collectively, they provided incorrect answers to more than 60% of queries. The level of inaccuracy varied, with Perplexity answering 37% incorrectly, while Grok 3 had an error rate, of 94%. 🧪 #AcademicSky www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Yup.

submitted 17 days ago • 152 comments

Blue Sky CEO Jay Graber at SXSW in Austin wearing a shirt with the Latin words, “mundus sine caesaribus” (world without Caesars).

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump targeted AP and legacy media did nothing. Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent. You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.” So, I ask you -- What are you doing?

submitted 22 days ago • 558 comments

What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

submitted 23 days ago • 1227 comments

I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.

submitted 23 days ago • 476 comments

Popular car models could cost between $4,000 and $12,000 more once Trump’s tariffs take effect on Tuesday. The sweeping tariffs — an import tax paid by American companies that's typically passed along to consumers — will raise prices on vehicles and vehicle parts manufactured in Canada and Mexico.

submitted 27 days ago • 119 comments

Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now. Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings. I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them. Get local media there. Make it real.

submitted 28 days ago • 881 comments

Democrats: Empty libraries, gymnasiums, lecture halls, anywhere. Book the space and dare these pathetic House Republicans to show their faces. Share this if you agree.

submitted 32 days ago • 133 comments

Dear Jeff Bezos, 🖕 Signed, People who value a free press

submitted 32 days ago • 323 comments

@stealthygeek.bsky.social: “Democrats should be running daily press briefings from a shadow White House pool of the legitimate news agencies which have been locked out by the Trump coup. Their audiences will get real news, Dems will regain some messaging control. Why is this not already happening?”

submitted 33 days ago • 641 comments

Can we just make Musk the president of Mars and just ship him off to get that started?

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

submitted 40 days ago • 2058 comments

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

submitted 43 days ago • 298 comments

At some point very soon, republicans in Congress will have to choose between pleasing Trump to avoid being primaried, and helping their constituents to avoid being primaried.

submitted 43 days ago • 813 comments

Flu is absolutely swamping Covid at the moment, with 8x as many visits to the emergency room this week. We're in the midst of very bad flu season, probably the worst in a decade

submitted 51 days ago • 8 comments

Senate Democrats are considering voting NO or delaying every Trump nominee as retaliation for his overreach on ending USAID. Smash the RT if you SUPPORT this plan. ZERO votes from Democrats!!

submitted 54 days ago • 1264 comments

And it begins. FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge. First Amendment Violation of Due Process Rights to Privacy www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 54 days ago • 1026 comments

We passed a law. They don’t get to force people to petition the king for mercy. We are still a democracy and this will be found illegal.

submitted 61 days ago • 783 comments

Hegspeth is confirmed. Now What? He has no idea how to manage the Pentagon. So he is going to be dependent on his direct reports. Most of which require confirmation. The Dems have to use whatever political skills they have to get qualified, rational people in these positions ? Suggestions ?

submitted 65 days ago • 3383 comments

Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform. Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ? Their greed is our opportunity.

submitted 69 days ago • 917 comments

Next weekend’s wild-card schedule:

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

it is an absolute joke that despite countless times when speaking the name of a person or product leads to immediate in-app recommendations, tech companies are still allowed to pretend our devices aren’t constantly eavesdropping on us and suffer next to no consequences for it

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments