How do I sign up to get my share of greedy capitalism back? Oh, that’s right. I’m not a business so I have no rights. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs

More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal

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Another month begins. Another month where I have never used Gen AI.

Fun fact: American overwhelmingly abandoned organ meat as a regular meal staple when they... *checks notes* ...achieved financial prosperity in the post-war era. The last time organ meat was popular was because Republicans fucked the econ...oh.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 6d ago

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver"

He’s already been impeached. Twice. It doesn’t even matter if the spineless boot-licking assholes in Congress don’t convict. 

Nope. No, you haven’t.

if, and I stress if, I was ever going to outsource my thinking - I'd want to do it with something that was a fuckton smarter than I am not a fucking magic 8-Ball spreadsheet plugin

I'm joining the war on Taco Bell on the side of Taco Bell

As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water

you don’t have to say nice things about lindsey graham we are past that cultural moment, largely thanks to the man he knew was one of the worst people alive and deliberately enabled at every turn he was a bad person and did awful things and you can just be honest about it

BREAKING: Lindsey Graham’s sudden death reveals everyone’s wake-up time on Sundays.

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3w ago

So Lindsey Graham is really dead?

*pinches bridge of nose, eyes closed, takes a deep breath* so do we have ANY idea how many living US Senators there are right now?

This is literally what all the folders for all my stories and my novel look like. Plus a folder called “old” and often within that folder another folder called “old.”

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · 4w ago

I see people are freaking out how to "prove" they are a real writer and not using AI. First, chances are your word processor and/or cloud service keeps a history of your saves. Second, come on. Your files all look like this. Stop lying to us.

Feeling a lot of things right now, but super excited to embark on this new project with the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists (IONiC)! web.uri.edu/artsci/news/...

Justin M. Pratt awarded $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant

Pratt and colleagues will enhance inquiry-based learning in chemistry teaching laboratories across the country.

web.uri.edu

We’ve had our dog for a year today! His full name is “Indy; short for Harrison Ford, aka Indiana Bones Johnson.” I printed him a hat and he had a pup patty from in-n-out.

Subscribe to Clarkesworld! They are so incredibly important to ~the genre scene~ and they're fundraising until their anniversary to raise staff and contributor pay! We like those things!

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 4w ago

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Trump’s inability to differentiate between Iran and Japan raises new questions about the mental competency of Joe Biden. I’m so sick of the lies and deceit. Just got off the phone with bitch McConnell—we spoke for about 20 minutes. My ASS.

Awesome. I wonder what famous IN-organic chemists might be known for?

Patrick Lutz@patricklutz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Gonna show this to anyone who asks why they should study organic chemistry.

I’m going to tell my grandkids that this was “sleepy Joe” Biden.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Trump "blinks" during the fireworks show in DC (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)

Fact! #Pinks #USDemocracy

To everyone everywhere who told me and my family that we were overreacting in 2016? Fuck you.

fuck you scotus

Twin Peaks: Gordon Cole's 'Fix Their Hearts Or Die'

Alt: Twin Peaks: Gordon Cole's 'Fix Their Hearts Or Die'

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Spinal tap Stonehenge.

Spinal Tap Stonehenge

Alt: Spinal Tap Stonehenge

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I am le tired@runnerlane.bsky.social · last mo.

Starting project night before school science fair vibes.

The Trump admin doesn’t want us sharing this image so…here you go!

I didn’t understand all the questions but I think my results are right.

James Geary@jamesmgeary.bsky.social · last mo.

I also got Zohran as my closest match.

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons image.

Abe Simpson Yelling at Cloud

ALT: Abe Simpson Yelling at Cloud

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C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons image.

I hate to break it to everyone, but it’s going to be me. But even playing the game makes you a winner too.

Dale Smith@dalesmithonline.com · 2mo ago

Shout out to all those of us who have been training hard this past year: the finish line is in sight, and no matter who is crowned The World's Greatest Dad tomorrow we are all winners.

This is the best thread ever.

just chase ✈️ MC Amsterdam@manacurves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hellraiser. Doug Bradley is still Pinhead. Everybody else? Muppets.

Because I’ve just seen it in a post again, let’s wheel this one out once more. No, generative AI does *not* learn to make art the way a human does. bsky.app/profile/oisi...

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/