Philo of Alexan
@philoof.bsky.social
Woke Democrat in a red state. I banish trolls back to Twitter. Occasional animal videos. Be kind, life is hard. ❤️🎈 NAFO auxiliary 🇺🇸🇺🇦🗽 Slava Ukraine
Anyway since we were all subjected to Trump, Mike Collins, soon to be ex press secretary Katie, and a bunch of other idiots here’s a cat wearing glasses
Pretty lousy how we all just have accepted that social media platforms will do absolutely nothing to prevent this
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4h agoParents are facing the unprecedented challenge of handling the near-certain prospect that children will hear of or see footage of the possible livestreaming of Nidal Malik Hasan's execution by firing squad. https://to.pbs.org/4s9epMc
Everyone online the last couple days has been talking about the drop in bot comments and right-wing engagement. It was all Russia. It was always Russia.
“The monster is so hungry it might attack, unless you sacrifice one of your villagers” is a classic fairytale
Reuters@reuters.com · 21h agoAI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns reut.rs/4dUgiXd
This post has been doing amazing numbers with thousands of likes and hundreds of reposts and I want to thank everyone who shared and reacted 🙏 YOU are what is right with the world 🫂
Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 4d ago
College men in fraternities are three times more likely to perpetrate sexual violence than college men not in fraternities, and that college women in sororities are more likely to be victims. I think we should ban these organizations. I realize some people will disagree, and that’s fine.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h agoThis Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)
The U.S. Military should not be participating in state capture like the Russian Wagner Group but that’s exactly what is happening here.
Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 10h agoNEW: The US theft of Venezuelan oil resources appears to bring the Pentagon its own source of money — something that should be understood as another milestone in the collapse of constitutional government.
It does appear the "data center eliminated Nazi and otherwise fuckface bots" narrative is basically wishcasting, it does show you how popular getting rid of this shit would broadly be, and that maybe a smart person should run on it.
Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · 11h agoY’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
Spirit Halloween is out now with a new Law Associate certified in China costume
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h agoQ: You said Zacharia is an attorney. Where did she pass the bar exam? What state? ZACHARIA: When I moved to China
Endosymbiosis is when one organism lives inside another, usually with both benefiting. It helps explain how major eukaryotic organelles formed, including mitochondria (from bacteria) and chloroplasts (from cyanobacteria).
Not everyone is happy that the Russian bot farms were blown up
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross
Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d agoThe creepiest Christian business slogan ever. With that kind of logic, no wonder we're dealing with Techno-Christian fascism.
