Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

chicago.suntimes.com

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

Sadly all of the businesses in this scenario see some benefit from this egregiously bad situation for the customer.

Jeff@jeffreadwrite.bsky.social · 6h ago

Google is bad. On purpose.

will def be reusing “Main Character Syndrome “

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 7h ago

Visa - another bloated monopolist with terminal Main Character Syndrome - can see that it has merchants who generate zillions of appeals and charge-backs because they run scam businesses like these. 56/

this is sociologically interesting. people who haven't acquired skills through education or experience now think they're *indispensible* compared to those who have.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

Generative AI psychosis and delusion is a real thing, as is the degradation of analytical skills. This increasingly makes conversations difficult with those who have "converted" to using it. Along with the clickbait-ification of everything and the adoption of predatory logarithms. Stay vigilant.

Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.

The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed

The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.

bloomberg.com

Everything is a black box model when you don’t understand how anything works.

That ‘describe’ is called source code….

Sagittarius A*@sagastar.bsky.social · 2d ago

no no he's right we'll describe what we want the computer to do. precisely. then some tool will take that language, and turn it ("compile"?) it into a binary. pioneering innovative shit man

*I blame science fiction dystopias

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

*Yeah, it's, uh, mighty toasty *Are trans people responsible? Maybe it was vaccinations

Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas

I should be clear that the architecture of Bluesky makes it the social media place I most like to be. I'm not on social media to be an influencer or instigator; I want to hang out with folks and have an enjoyable time. This place delivers on that. I hope it continues to do so for a long time.

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

I am dreading the return season of Ted Lasso.

populist, to me, is kind of a meaningless term

I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

A street game of Monte Carlo with only one choice?

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2d ago

I know the primary argument for a SpaceX/Tesla merger would be the usual "efficiencies could mean cost savings" but it feels more likely the combined organization would go the opposite direction, a kind of Musk empire end-times accelerationism

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...

nytimes.com

i wanna know which extremely online lawyer made sure to require the post be pinned. genius.

Susie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca@susiebeeca.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ah, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."

ABC Makes Huge Realization About Their Devil's Bargain With Trump

The company’s court filing underscored just how dangerous Trump’s assault of free speech is as the midterms approach.

plus.briantylercohen.com

Perfect example of this IRL. Political science says he'd drop out. Gender studies says he runs as an abuser bsky.app/profile/theb...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

This string helped me articulate feelings I haven’t yet been able to turn into words. I’ve often been an early adopter of tech. But not AI. The narrative around it sets my teeth on edge. I was starting to chalk up the discordance I feel about its use to getting older. That I was missing something.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4d ago

Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/

I’ll say it again: if your business model depends on stealing other people’s work, your business shouldn‘t exist.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 4d ago

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...