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Alt: Soldier Says 'I'm Doing My Part!' taken from a military recruitment commercial within the 1997 film Starship Troopers

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Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · yesterday

Voted 🗳️ Don’t forget to take your ballots to a drop box by 8pm today, Seattle.

Me: do these pants I got make my butt look big Partner: … Me: like look big in the “bad” way Partner: no Me: …do these pants make my butt look big in the good way Partner: yes *nodding excitedly*

I was filling out a new patient form and accidentally submitted it with only this in the “Please list current stressors in your life” input Meant to add more but you know what I think this captures it well enough

I found this episode very validating in terms of my experiences working in tech. Nik Suresh said the same thing about AI as I did in my own writing: no previous era in tech has punished people for skepticism like we’ve been with AI.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 7d ago

Here's this week's Better Offline - I'm joined by Nik Suresh to talk about how AI mania is eviscerating global decision-making, creating a culture of fear that demands workers lie about the benefits of AI to coddle Business Idiots. youtu.be/OrKSaVDu8nM?... linktr.ee/betteroffline

LinkedIn is always offering me this type of content now: “Over the last few months, I've personally shipped 36 PRs and contributed 43K+ lines of code.“ - designer The question I would like to ask but won’t ask: Is the code actually any good though? Otherwise you’re just adding noise and slop

I will be vehemently opposing this with my vote here in WA. If you’re here I urge you to do the same. Taking the rights of trans people is taking away everyone’s collective bodily autonomy. This is a recipe for a generation of children left with significant trauma.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Watched a multi-acre fire break out before my very eyes and then watched a bunch of helicopters show up and put it out. Government was a good idea, it should do more things like that instead of evil and corruption

I have a memory of being in undergrad sitting at my desk and bouncing my legs. Someone asked if I was okay and I was genuinely confused. They asked me why I was bouncing my legs and I said “i dunno it just feels nice” Anyways here I am in an overstimulating environment bouncing my legs still.

Partner: I’m beginning to think OpenAI is gonna get a bail out Me: yes that’s what I’ve been saying Partner: at least you can enjoy being right Me: can’t say I can this time

Just gonna post this to every article with AI images Your AI slop looks bad and you should feel bad

Me at the archery range this evening: have you ever seen Robin Hood Partner: Ye- Me: Not the human ones the confusingly attractive fox one Partner: … Me: it’s not because he’s a fox it’s just his personality Partner: … Me: anyways

Finally I can simulate being a man nailed to a cross Only $12.99

I'm confusingly in the best place emotionally and mentally lately despite the *gestures at everything* I am the the "This is Fine" dog, but also, look all I can do is control my own circumstances y'all I'm gonna drink that coffee

It’s very likely they used AI, did not check or care about the outputs and of course are deeply racist assholes

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6d ago

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Brb sobbing* *tears of joy

Forbes@forbes.com · 6d ago

Shares of the Facebook parent have plunged over what could be an 11-day losing streak.

Technology is cool, too bad they made it evil

If Nintendo thinks they can just keep remastering games I loved dearly in my youth and expect me buy them well they’ve got another thing coming to them If the other thing coming is more of my money

Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror]@nintendousa.bsky.social · 6d ago

Dark days loom over Isle Delfino! Clean up a polluted island with FLUDD at your side in Super Mario Sunshine, coming to Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on Nintendo Switch 2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on Aug 13!

Connie is amazing hire her

Connie Chen 陳穎慈@conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 6d ago

Actively looking for full-time, remote Senior UX/Product Designer roles. Bonus points for healthcare, biotech, or ed-tech. Appreciate your support & connections. Thank you.💛 Portfolio: conniechen.design Support: • paypal.me/conniechiiiwa • venmo.com/u/conniechii... • buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa

I’ve been reading “A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole” It’s been so similar to my own experience being AFAB and undiagnosed with AuDHD I cannot recommend it enough, I’ve laughed and cried and learned so much about myself www.marianschembari.com/books

Books by Marian Schembari

Marian Schembari is the author of the memoir, A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Made Me Whole, published by Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan.

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Just opened Miro for the first time in a little while to find that it won't let me just draw a diagram, it wants to me to hang out with its little chatbot friend. So I ask it to draw three concentric circles.

The last 4 years have led to less accessibility and less meaningful systemic support for disabled people. I’m still figuring out how to feel about it, but one things for sure, I refuse to stop talking about this or making work accessible To hell to the ableists skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t...

The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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I made an app! What Can't I Press helps you discover what keyboard shortcuts are already claimed by running apps, with a focus on screen readers. This helps prevent you from overriding something someone might rely on to get what they want or need. #a11y github.com/ericwbailey/...

GitHub - ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press: ⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed

⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed. Contribute to ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

It’s happening isn’t it 🌝 www.inc.com/bruce-crumle...

55 Percent of Leaders Regret AI Layoffs—and a Major Hiring Reversal Has Begun

A wave of corporate regret and flawed tech rollouts is forcing Ford, IBM, and others to quietly bring back the human talent they cut.

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LinkedIn has taken to rewarding women posting selfies in the algorithm and I think that’s weird af

It only took 4 years for investors to actually pay attention www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous

Spending more than you make isn’t an ideal business practice.

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I cannot imagine how miserable one would have to be in life to keep working long after they could retire Looking at like every billionaire and elected official like Mitch McConnell

I can't tell you how correct Ed Zitron is about Apple being well positioned to eat. The more chaotic and agentic and scammy it gets out there, the better their gated community looks. Every other tech company capexing their way to the center of the earth, sunk in debt. Apple on a mountain of cash.

Ross Douthat getting off the lifeboat to steal the best seat on the Titanic