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msavener.bsky.social
A guy in Oakland who edits things, likes to be outside, and has a cool dog.
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Fact-checkers are among the top sources for X’s Community Notes, study reveals - Poynter www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/fa...

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"The shortened form of 'generative AI' should be 'gen AI' not 'GenAI' because it is a common noun." #AI #genAI

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I wonder if this is why PG&E employs a half-dozen security guards and Oakland cops to protect the lobby of one building. abc7news.com/post/pge-rep...

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#Oakland

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Whom do I pay to never hear about what is and what isn't the Midwest ever again

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Wait if Paul McCartney and Andy Reid are both at the Super Bowl, who is the walrus?

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Trump hates Kendrick because he’s the only American who’ll ever own Canada.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

we love attentive blocking

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

Excellent advice: Pay attention to what Trump is doing, rather than drowning in what he is saying. News Coverage That Meets This Moment - by Richard J. Tofel dicktofel.substack.com/p/news-cover...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

If you're looking for something to do to take your mind off things and you are *of a certain age*, I highly recommend finding your old iPod, going through it, and finding the stuff that didn't make the jump the streaming. I was just reunited with DJ Vadim's Soundcatcher.

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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

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As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy — FAIR fair.org/home/as-cons...

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Just did a little reading up on the UK bully ban and jfc this is awful. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2006... Nearly a thousand dogs euthanized so far. Hundreds of thousands of pounds spent. And attacks are up. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim... Great job, Brits.

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Per @newsguard.bsky.social studies of AI chatbots over the past 6 months, misinformation in 10 leading chatbots has *worsened* over time, not improved, with a notable decline in December. #AI

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Just a reminder that Nebraska nearly beat Ohio State this season. We're comin' for you, B1G. #GBR youtube.com/watch?v=O1-n...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Some observations after 2 hours of trash pickup at MLK Shoreline in Oakland: - It's 99% plastic. Bags, wrappers, packaging. - There are thousands of plastic bottle LIDS. I think because they float and the bottles fill with water and sink? - Millions of tiny pieces of Styrofoam, a blight on the Earth

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Local news has been one of the few bright spots here in Los Angeles amid the wildfires. So I wrote about why we need a New Deal to save local journalism: (Yup, I shared it before but without a gift link. My bad! I do want everyone to be able to read this!)

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

Sometimes the Bay Area has stunning days in January, with constant sun and temps well into the 60s. They end at 5 pm but often stay warmer at night than summer (iykyk). Banger January has been rare the last few record rainfall years, but we've seen a lot of it so far this year. #oakland

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Oaklanders, come join me in an MLK day of service cleaning up MLK shoreline. Should be a good antidote to......the other thing happening that day. No registration needed for two of the locations -- just show up at 9 a.m. www.ebparks.org/MLK-day-serv... #oakland

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Food supremacy arguments ranked by most annoying: 1. Bagel 2. Pizza 3. [Placeholders for whatever the fuck else New Yorkers argue about] 27. Burrito 28. BBQ

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The most overused/clichéd language of 2024: 1. "Iconic" handily retained its top spot. Ubiquitous even for the mundane. 2. "Effortless" finished a strong second. It's (almost) never accurate! 3. "Let's go"/"LFG" had its moment. Let it die (painfully in a fire). #language

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

AI is not useless, and it is not inherently evil. These are losing arguments to people impressed with ChatGPT's parlor tricks. The winning arguments are job loss and energy use. *Is this technology worth destroying our workforce and using 20% of energy we don't have?*

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Pinstripe Bowl field is in awful shape. Terrible turf, slip-n-slide. Gonna be a mud bowl by the end. Hope injuries are minimal. #cfb

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment