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@Marist and @WakeComm alumnus. @OhioCOMS Ph.D. Communication nerd. #603Love
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This seems like a good time to recommend @radleybalko.bsky.social Rise of the Warrior Cop and @kathleenbelew.bsky.social Bring the War Home bookshop.org/p/books/rise... bookshop.org/p/books/brin...

The fact there are people with actual power who want to use these systems for anything more consequential than a restaurant recommendation is absolutely bonkers.

This isn't an "apology" moment, @wakeforest.bsky.social. This is a "fire his ass" moment.

I mean, I get it. If your type is "physically repulsive white nationalist/nazi who is currently running the government", wouldn't you want the one who is also the richest man in the world?

I am definitely Not A Lawyer, but I’d be curious to know how these products get around 2-party-consent recording laws.

Pro Humanitate. Proud of my @wakeforest.bsky.social degree.

Tom Cruise appears to be a really weird dude. And I don’t really give a shit, because I can’t think of the last time I saw him in a movie and it wasn’t at least entertaining. All of his movies are decent. Many are very good. A few are amazing. He absolutely never swings-and-misses.

"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason

A million times this. I bought a MK8 GTI, and the touch-only UI was such a red-hot turd that I sold it and bought an *older* version of the car. I have never before or since been in a car whose UI was so infuriating as that MK8 GTI.

Let’s not absolve all of the people who empowered him to do this destruction because they refused to believe he is stupid enough to do what he said he was going to do, despite him being *clearly* stupid enough to do what he said he was going to do.

Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

But is he a footnote Pope or an endnote Pope?

Paging @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Anyone who has passed a 100-level intro to stats class should immediately recognize just down goddamn dumb this guy is.