PODCAST HOST: the blood from the crime scene was found to actually be from the murder victim PODCAST CO-HOST: wait… the murder victim… died? with blood PODCAST HOST: i know—i was thinking the same thing. but then i read in the report that they died from the blood not being in the body anymore

How #Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

nytimes.com

Hey #BookSky friends, I have an interesting bit of info to share—about the state of publishing. Storytime: I am an author of fiction/nonfiction with a NY agent, full time writer for 10 years. I can verify 2026 is the WORST for getting in print. Lots of reasons, but I learned something NEW in Sept 1/

Giant ferocious snuggly murder birb 🥰

Acid Rain@bearysweet.bsky.social · yesterday

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

Sorry I wasn't listening I was picturing my dog doing excited little tippy taps when I get home later

omg 🥰

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d ago

Both parents feed & protect the chicks. “One of my all time favorite loon clips. This was the first time that I got 2 chicks on the parent’s back at the same time several years ago.” Canon R5 and 100-500mm lens IG: @harrycollinsphotography www.instagram.com/harrycollins...

This cat is insisting we adopt him and make him our next shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. (We need to reopen in a brick and mortar format to adopt him, hence the sale.) carpelibrumbaltimore.com

You know what? I have absolutely no problem posting this. I hope it follows them for years.

You Gantt Always Get What You Want #InformationInASongOrMovie

Smartsheet: Grid, Gantt, Card, Calendar Views

Alt: Smartsheet software demo animation cycles through Grid, Gantt, Card, and Calendar displays, with multicolored bars and columns shifting into different configurations.

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Saying that large language models feel pain because they have been trained to avoid certain actions is like saying that calculators can breastfeed because you can spell out BOOBS on them.

The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

theguardian.com

Ensign, set a course for Planet Baklava, warp 6 💫

Newfound Planets@i-find-planets.bsky.social · 5d ago

You have discovered a planet. The wind is clear and smells of baklava. Will you go there with me?

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, etc

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 5d ago

“My son is perfect.” “Your son is already old.” “How old are you already?” “The sad children are there.” “You have to eat soup!” buff.ly/L8lbSMv

just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC

Oregon 🕎🎲@oregonthedm.bsky.social · 6d ago

That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...

Share a television show that raised you.

Star Trek Star Trek Tos

Alt: Captain Kirk and Mr Spock, with laurel wreaths on their heads, do a sprightly dance side by side on a black and white checked floor in a scene from the original series episode Plato’s Stepchildren.

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Big0s@big0s.bsky.social · 6d ago

Share a television show that raised you.

Learn why Maine lobster is an unsustainable seafood, rated “Red/Avoid” by Seafood Watch. The way it’s caught kills Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whales, and while solutions exist, the industry and politicians like Jared Golden strongly oppose them! 🧪🦑🐟🌎

"Well, this shit just got real, didn’t it? Felonies and gourds have one very important commonality: they’re both extremely fucking real." buff.ly/pykYN6f

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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No Mexican sauces involved here.

Whenever people post "what job would you have in Star Wars" my answer is "I'd be writing memos to the Grand Moff explaining why we need more Microsoft Office licenses" and well here we are.

My witch sweater is rumpled and ready to go

Edmonds Scanner@edmondsscanner.bsky.social · last wk.

What look will you be wearing this Autumn? 1. rumpled sweater witch 2. resting goblin face 3. shambling darkness 4. Muppet on a budget

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning & it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This is Upper Marlboro, Maryland. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! #BLM Reporting by NBC4 Washington on IG. substack.com/@letsgetinto...

LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)

Again. BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning and it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This happened in Upper...

substack.com

We're running a sale on our website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. Picture of Trinket, one of the cats who put in an application to be our new shop cat, for tax. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:

OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift

The super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle.

finance.yahoo.com

To those of you who say that “History is written by the winners” or that “the winners write the history books”, I say this: I write history, and no reasonable person would consider me to be a winner.

a man in a white shirt and tie is looking at a computer screen in front of a sign that says insufficiaria

ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is looking at a computer screen in front of a sign that says insufficiaria

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Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · last wk.

I must share with you this epic community note on Twitter 😂

A nice thing about reaching my mid-forties in reasonable health is that for the most part my problems are incontrovertibly of my own design and construction

"We didn’t so much lie to you as tell you stories that were untrue. We hoped the stories would add magic to your childhood and reassure you that capitalism is a fair system for everyone, instead of one in which some people can’t afford insulin while other people are Jeff Bezos." buff.ly/KM3opmg

Son, You’re Old Enough to Know the Truth, There is No Such Thing as the “Invisible Hand of the Market”

“You’ll probably hear this soon enough from the other kids on the playground anyway, so I might as well tell you. Santa isn’t real, the Tooth Fairy is imagin...

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