“We need to bring GOD back into public life!” … “No, not like that!”

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 2h ago

starting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”

I would kill for this adaptation. RIP Michael K. Williams. “Ay yo, listen here Polyphemus, you come at the king, you best not miss”

Chris Sprigman@cjsprigman.bsky.social · 4d ago

Someday someone will film a great Odyssey. But probably in the form of a television series, where the story could be told much better. The Wire, but for the Bronze Age. Michael K. Williams would have made a great Odysseus, and, as a bonus, Elon Musk probably would have had an aneurysm. /end

The year is 2013. I am told that Microsoft is simplifying licensing and that soon my job will no longer be necessary… The year is 2026. I am told that AI can handle decoding licensing rules and that soon my job will no longer be necessary…

Phenylephrine HCI is the pharmaceutical equivalent of demand generated AI slop - the market wanted something (over the counter decongestant) and companies happily supplied something (never mind that it was crap).

Courthouse News@courthousenews.bsky.social · 6d ago

Makers and distributors of Sudafed, Mucinex and Advil decongestant medications are back on the hook for some claims in a consolidated class action after the Second Circuit largely affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of claims that the products don’t work. www.courthousenews.com/decongestant...

So telecom brained that first I was confused what universal service has to do with substance abuse, then wondered if I misread 'subsidy abuse', then was curious how the University of San Francisco came up, before finally getting it straight...

CCIA@ccianet.bsky.social · last wk.

Preventing substance misuse requires reaching people proactively. By integrating personalized support into everyday mobile apps and wearables, U South Florida researchers are championing scalable digital tools that deliver vital help early. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #TechForGood

I see that it is officially "Im panicking, the summer can't be nearly over, what do you mean the semester begins again, I haven't finished what I had planned, I need a time machine" time of the year

Folk Law (what popular imagination thinks the law is) deserves more study.

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · last wk.

I think intellectual property is the dark mirror of immigration law, in that people’s intuitive sense of what existing IP law allows is far more restrictive than the reality while their intuitive sense of what existing immigration law allows is far more permissive than the reality

I let an unused domain name registration expire during a fit of fiscal responsibility, only to come up with the absolute perfect use case for it after the grace period expired, and now the registration and renewal fee are 20x higher 😭

And true, a group chat of VC bros may accidentally secretly coordinate a run on the bank and then hype themselves into crashing out in public about it, but at least the FDIC will clean that up by Monday morning.

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last wk.

I stand by everything I said previously. At least with a major bank I know there is oversight, deposit insurance, and regulation for things like anti-money laundering.

wut

I really want to see a recut of the Good Will Hunting

Richy Craven@richycraven.bsky.social · 2w ago

Half of The Oddyssey is like: Eurylochus/Odysseus: This looks like a chill place to get provisions. Narrator: It was not a chill place to get provisions.

Another way to put this for the small venn diagram of The Wire/FCC followers: the FCC's new KYC proposal means Stringer Bell registers for as many lines as he wants through B&B Enterprises. Bubbles can't get a prepaid phone because he doesn't have a permanent address. *cue Lester side eye*

Center for Democracy & Technology@cdt.org · 3w ago

CDT’s Sydney Saubestre in Fortune: “The FCC’s know-your-customer proposal is misguided and counterproductive.”

I’ve never seen the movie Amelie. But the soundtrack lives rent free* in my head. * I’m sure Warner Music would gladly attempt to enforce royalty rights against my mind, but we’re thankfully not in a hellish nightmare world where that’s feasible. Yet.

record labels belatedly realizing they should’ve transitioned CDs to a DRM’d format 15 years ago in anticipation of this moment.

Brent O’Saur@vibrent.bsky.social · 3w ago

CDs don’t make you listen to 10 minutes of gambling ads before playing 3 songs.

when there's a map at the beginning of a book? brother I am IN

they're on a mission from god.

Ann Marie Awad@anntastic.bsky.social · 3w ago

it’s 2026, the pope is from chicago and odysseus is from boston

Every day, further from gods light, etc.

WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org · 3w ago

DeviantArt website in 2005

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and b̶e̶g̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶̶̶l̶̶̶i̶̶̶t̶̶̶t̶̶̶i̶̶̶n̶̶̶g̶̶̶ ̶̶̶t̶̶̶h̶̶̶r̶̶̶o̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶s̶̶̶ repair his own central AC condenser unit"

Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries

I’m sure the founding fathers had their reasons for restricting us to only one (1) Actually Good senator. But I’m glad it’s @wyden.senate.gov

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · last mo.

This is my joker/copyright law consumer rights advocate origin story.

Niko Stratis@nikostratis.com · last mo.

You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken

Getting knuckle tattoos on each hand in honor of Balogun and Tillman: “S O L I S” and “S A N G U I N I S” No I don’t care that’s more letters than knuckles.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · last mo.

MALIK TILLMAN IS ALSO A BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN BECAUSE HE WAS BORN OVERSEAS TO AN AMERICAN FATHER ALL HAIL JUS SANGUINIS