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JamesV1971

@jamesv1971.bsky.social

(He/Him) IT Professional and TTRPG Geek

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mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 5h ago

the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 6h ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · yesterday

I swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · yesterday

Having ranted about school curriculum books, I’ve just seen my son’s summer reading list, and all I can say is “I was right”. A more depressing collection would be tricky to assemble. Are we actively trying to convey to kids the idea that reading is dismal and arduous?

Johanna T 👻 🧙@johannamation.bsky.social · 2w ago

Serious question for any lawyers or legal-savvy people on here: Could something like this be grounds for a class action lawsuit against Meta for defamation? Since the incorrect, impossible-to-remove “Likely made with AI” labels can cause reputational damage?

Ian McQue@ianmcque.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new example of Meta shithousery. This is a post of mine on Instagram (left). Click the dots top right and this advisory note appears (right). I never use ai, never will. Why would they do this? Who benefits? Are they just trying to make viewers think everything is genAI so they just accept it?

A digital painting I posted on instagram. I didn’t use ai to create it.
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2w ago

What this suggests to me is that local prosecutors and police agencies need to proactively consider how to respond if the worst occurs to ensure honest investigations.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.

D is tired, but there is coffee@grrlintersect.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have asked the people who object to being called cis sincerely, and in good faith, what they would propose as an alternative term for people who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth, and I have never once been given an answer.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 3w ago

"I don't like being called cis" "I don't like being called white" "I don't like being called abled" That's because you view yourself as "normal" or "the default" and everyone else as *not*. Viewing yourself as the baseline is just another form of prejudice. It's just a more implicit type.

Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 3w ago

On a related note, we really need to start using the phrase "emotional support warcrimes" for shit like this. This is literally Trump and Hegseth's way of getting revenge on random civilians to assuage the shame of their own fucking failures.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is why I call these "emotional support warcrimes". Because that's literally all it is. A tantrum to feel better about one's own impotence and frustration (in this case, frustration at Iran's continued inability to enact Shoah 2.0 like it's salivated about ever since the Ayatollahs took over).

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w ago

NEWS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a 23-point “Rental Ripoff Report” aimed at cracking down on negligent landlords, recognizing tenant unions, requiring disclosure of AI-altered rental listings, and strengthening enforcement against hazardous housing conditions like mold, pests, and leaks.

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Jeff Tiedrich@jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 3w ago

Piss-Drunk Pete Kegstand is forcing testosterone-level testing on the military, because he's a crackpot whose brain had been pickled from spending too much time hanging out at Elon's Nazi Bar. thank you for your attention to my post in which I mock this dumb-ass shit. link is here: bit.ly/3RCmLxS

this is some counterfactual manosphere mumbo-jumbo right here, the idea that warfighters can’t warfight at their warfightingest best unless they’re pumped so full of testosterone that it’s coming out of their eyeballs. Piss-Drunk Pete is not a serious person. he’s a crackpot, just like everyone else in the Donnyverse. obsessing about testosterone is the kind of dipshittery you get your brain pickled by if you spend too much time hanging out on Elon’s Nazi Bar. no normal person goes around talking about ‘high-T.’ if you had started explaining to George Patton or Dwight Eisenhower about how they needed to worry about their ‘T-levels,’ they’d have never stopped smacking your face. they had an actual war to win, and they didn’t have time for your stupid bullshit. so, what about women in the military? are they now going to be tested for their hormone levels, too? the BBC asked that very question, and this is the answer they got. the Pentagon said it had no comment. of course they had no comment. women are an afterthought in Piss-Drunk Pete Kegstand’s He-Man Army.
Tom Lommel@tomlommel.com · 3w ago

Most players can remember 3 things. Unless you are going around pointing out features on a map, if you start describing more than three things you are wasting your time.

DropTheDie@dropthedie.bsky.social · 3w ago

My favorite example is when a GM laboriously described a room in exacting detail for maybe 10 minutes before telling us there was a giant-sized skeleton in the center of the room with a loaded siege crossbow. Which made us all forget every single thing that came before. Offer sips, not fire hoses.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today, Congresswoman Stevens had a choice: stand with the majority of Democrats who oppose unconditional military aid to Israel, or stand with the special interests funding her campaign.