I would rather have pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep and elk and purple sage and four wing saltbrush than data centers and so far no one in tech has presented a compelling vision for how to have all of those things, they just seize more resources for the plagiarism engine.

Look all I know is that they're driving environmental harm and I don't really care how much help anyone thinks they are at coding, data centers are sucking up water and power at a rate that is harming actual human beings and the world around us and therefore LLMs can get fucked.

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · 10h ago

was discussing with a fellow traveler today -- but programmers, coders, developers are having an *entirely* different experience of LLM-based products and services than the rest of us, especially the plagiarized plebeians among us (writers, reporters).

Sun Tzu wrote Art of War with someone like Hegseth in mind, but in an era when failsons might actually be teachable and persuadable. Literally, written for rich nepobabies who needed remedial self-preservation. Such men have deteriorated since Sun Tzu was around.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h ago

Every military leader since antiquity: wars are won by logistics hegseth: you win wars when military look like fitness influencers

On the day my country implements a bathroom ban it means so much to be in a room full of awesome trans people, trans elders, and cool folks working on something amazing ❤️‍🩹✊ The fight goes on till we’re all free

This is the party that wants you to believe that keeping trans women out of women's bathrooms is about protecting women from violence.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 12h ago

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said the House Ethics Committee will look into the allegations of domestic abuse involving Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), saying it is “not my business” to get involved in Miller’s family matters.

Doug Wilson was known as a fringe pastor who defended slavery and called for criminalizing same-sex relationships. Today, the Christian nationalist pastor is preaching inside the Pentagon, while the nationwide network of churches, schools, and institutions he built continues to expand its influence.

Moscow Rules: How Doug Wilson Preached His Way From the Palouse to the Pentagon

Doug Wilson spent decades on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he's preaching inside the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for repealing the 19th Amendment, criminalizing same...

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The VICE PRESIDENT is weighing in to call someone fat on twitter.

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 14h ago

for reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.

This is the future liberals want

Kevin is not exaggerating, VDARE was not white nationalist in the sense of "well if you get right down to it the modern GOP has always been white nationalist" VDARE was white nationalist in the sense of "yeah those Nazis sure are white nationalist"

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h ago

Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.

i think this is really well put

Chris Kluwe@chriswarcraft.bsky.social · yesterday

Every generation has a fight, unfortunately this one is ours

I love child-inclusive archaeology so much. It *seems* obvious that kids would have directly or indirectly affected a lot of the material past we look at but it really has taken a sea change of feminist practice for anyone to even ask the questions!

Dr. Abigail Desmond@abigaildesmond.bsky.social · 4d ago

15,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls.

“you can’t have fun because it makes you not want to have a revolution” congrats, a leftist just described concisely why their political project is doomed to failure

eva (^_^)/@eva.computer · yesterday

i'm sorry but i refuse to concede that the concept of fun is "spiritually israeli" or whatever tf this nonsense is

"We searched the entyre internet!" What archivists heare: "We searched the entyre small airport bookeshoppe!"

I was talking to a college student today about the passing of the matryoshka doll from Grant Morrison and Rebis to Rachel Pollack and Kate Godwin to me and Galaxy and how much that means to me as someone who was a teenager who read those old DOOM PATROL comics and realized she wasn't alone.

Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@planetx.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One of the cool things about DC are the legacy characters. Characters who are connected not necessarily by family or circumstance, but by a shared history and view point. A line of creators who inspired the next, each a part of the larger story.

Aaaaaaaand AP just called the Kansas U.S. Senate Democratic primary for Rev. Adam Hamilton, so now there is, indeed, six. Not surprising (he was breaking fundraising records), but notable all the same. (And possibly one more pastor nominee by night’s end — we’ll see.)

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · yesterday

"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

Yep, it's bleak. Had the same thoughts from a slightly different angle bsky.app/profile/mc-h...

The Girl of Lemongrab@mc-hesher.bsky.social · 2y ago

An entire internet full of men terrified they're going to be turned into women by the slightest activity/phrasing/emotional display, and the only men who will forever only be men and Will Never Be A Woman are trans women, and if asked to reconcile these ideas will say it's all a plot from the jews

amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:

Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · yesterday

I remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.

Okay, okay, sometimes peer pressure works. 1 like = 1 completely dull mundane fact about me I cannot promise supplies of dull facts will last, nor that they will all be properly dull.

Tamsin the Sword Mother ⚔️@tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 2d ago

1 like = 1 completely dull mundane fact about me Because why not?

"We know that there may be some observers here, but we are observing the observers to make sure that your vote is secure and you are able to vote" There is much to unpack in that statement.

CeceFromBC@cecefrombc.bsky.social · yesterday

www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

Cat Power is antivax

Farmers must be protected from deadly heat. Working people musn’t be forced to collapse at work while protections & safety enforcements are rolled back. We need water, breaks, shade & real protections! Climate change is a labor issue & we’re fighting to make sure worker safety is never optional.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou

you know things are going well when you’re taking health tips from pete hegseth

Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · yesterday

Of course Max Miller was slamming testosterone. All the weirdos are doing it.

Every cat owner has random trash in their house they can't throw away yet because a cat claimed ownership of it, and knows for certain that the more expensive the cat toy the more the cat will be interested in the box it came in.

Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · yesterday

Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

“.. called the event a ‘roaring success’ on a conference call with analysts Monday, saying it would pay off in the long term ..” @bloomberg.com $TKO www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Imagine thinking you can talk about the history of Christianity as a field of academic inquiry in the United States from 1700s-1920 and never once mention slavery or Indigenous genocide as forces that influenced scholasticism. Not even briefly. Not even in an aside. Not even in a footnote??

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions

Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause

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Uploaded 15 years ago. Still correct, still relevant. I transitioned 25 years ago. It was just as relevant then, too. Is it any wonder that women my age, with all these transitioned years under our belts, are so fucking done?

Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio 🏳️‍⚧️@katrafiy.bsky.social · 2d ago

this video is nearly 20 years old and it's as relevant today as it was back then www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7d...

“Today is August 4, 2026…” It’s the perfect day to read Ray Bradbury’s classic “There Will Come Soft Rains…” www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

The King in Yellow Boots

Possum Acquainter@possumacquainter.bsky.social · 2d ago

sometimes fantasy authors come up with the concept "there are things older than history and prehistory.. otherworldly things the human mind cant comprehend" and for Lovecraft that means "monster so freaky it drives you insane" and for Tolkien it means "some guy named Tom with an extremely fine wife"

i cannot get over how funny the moderation tag on this is

USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s