Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · yesterday

There is zero reason for politicians to be talking about "trans issues" except as a result of a 100% bad faith campaign of bullying and bigotry and it is important to point that out whenever the topic is raised, or you grant bigots legitimacy they don't deserve. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...

New setup. Someone come cut my hair please.

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I took a look at the absolute decimation of food media over the past four years or so, and the reality is kind of staggering. Food media is dying. Indie outlets like @weareravenous.com are the only sustainable way forward. www.weareravenous.com/death-of-foo...

Food Media Is Dying. Long Live Indie Media

We're all starving for quality food journalism without pay-to-play tactics, shallow takes, and sponsored-powered drivel.

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NEW: Researchers have identified hundreds more ads for AI tools featuring CSAM that ran recently on Meta platforms; in some cases these depicted graphic sex acts involving identifiable children. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports:

Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.

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Driving around in a car with big steel bumpers is so freeing.

The plan? Simple. I train brown trout to eat mice after nightfall, then sell them to farmers and fancy hotels—really anyone with a mouse problem.

Will raise a $1B, get 6% in Iowa and drop out.

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · last wk.

Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’ The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.

I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

idk why "LOVE how massive the wheels look" is so funny to me

Time to think about how many precious summer nights I have left and how many I spent trying to fix a dumb old hatchback.

@alloymag.bsky.social · last wk.

Sometimes fixing your own car is fun and easy, sometimes it's something else entirely. alloymag.com/baffled/

ostentatiously counting out thirteen fresh $1 trump coins for the blue-haired barista, smug satisfaction on my face. oh are you triggered? i say. sir, a small coffee is *seventeen* dollars, she says. lol, i say, lmao. let me hit an atm real quick and ill be back. youre going to be so mad lol

Decided to skip local band playing to 30 people at the MSU student union had not heard of The White Stripes.

John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 2w ago

How about this? Best concerts that you ALMOST got to see but DIDN’T. Include reasons if you like: Rolling Stones (play rehearsal) Johnny Cash (I dallied) R.E.M. (play performance) Nirvana (canceled, college declined to pay requested $500 appearance fee)

Update @cherri.tv: I kicked her out of the shop a few times but she took up residence inside my wading boot and can be found there every morning. Kids named her Princess Libby.

You can just cut the jaws off and rotate them a few degrees every time you turn the nut. It’s easy.

Made a little boat and a box

These are my MKULTRA activation words

Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2w ago

c.1960 Ford Prototype 3.5-Ton 6×6 Amphibious Vehicle

Hello! Pollination pre-orders are now live for everyone at antithesispress.com/product/poll...

victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have INSANELY COOL NEWS after a conversation with @antithesis-press.bsky.social: POLLINATION PREORDERS WILL OPEN TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS ($4 & up) 8/21 OPEN TO EVERYONE 8/25 100 copies of the archival edition (original slide included) available @ $100 Regular edition @ $60

the average tech exec and venture capitalist and honestly an alarming amount of bay area software engineers have close to zero interaction or connection with regular people, and the richer they are, the more isolated they've become. They have built rationalizations for everything.

Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Currently playing Doom 2 -- for I believe the first time -- on www.twitch.tv/theneverpost

theneverpost - Live on Twitch

Doomed to DOOM again | Streaming doom ii: hell on earth for 27 viewers.

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Don’t need to read that thread. I’d happily kill C-3PO with a hammer in exchange for never hearing about AI again. Easy trade.

If you check www.youtube.com/@TranGirlismo, you'll notice we are caught up on main feed episodes! So if you were waiting to listen on Youtube, you can stay current with us there now!

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60 cents of every dollar you pay in taxes goes to military spending btw

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4w ago

“The Pentagon’s reliance on the Navy is taking a toll as needed maintenance for the vessels is deferred.”

My take on the speeding camera discourse: Speeding is fine when I do it.

Come for the discussion of the Ferrari ladder system; stay for Rory's correct amount of vitriol for both the iPhone (evil) and for Silicon Valley guys and their "uncanny talent for battering the cool out of everything they touch." (true)

@alloymag.bsky.social · 4w ago

Someone spent $40M this weekend to claim the very first Ferrari Luce: alloymag.com/fast-luce/

Made my buddy a little hat out of a washer and some steel pipe.

This is nice!

Futurism@futurism.com · 4w ago

They're even more unpopular than data centers.

what was going on with me mentally where i was able to make a funny MS Paint drawn animatic in a week with clips from the podcast back in 2024. while i was working full time. how do i go crazy like this specifically again www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyE0...

[Trailer Animatic] Tired: The Car Podcast For People Who Understand That Cars Are Bad (And Funny)

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