The most recent @garbageday.email has a prediction about Silicon Valley trying to make gen-AI cool and I think is both spot-on & very depressing
![As AI usage becomes something fewer and fewer people will be comfortable admitting they use, Silicon Valley reactionaries will absolutely try and spin it as something edgy and dangerous. It will not work in the long term, the same way none of their messaging and would-be social engineering really sticks, [highlighted text starts here] but it will mean that in approximately five months, there’s going to be an extremely tedious national conversation about whether or not using an AI is actually the new punk rock.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qhfrqqizkezklmpafitl2ife/bafkreigdsdvuravhabzl5y724e5c4andqwvjr6kfoamh65p27fjrt5lg34)
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tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted”
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
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You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
The studio at @MaxFunHQ is now available to rent for YOUR podcast, audiobook or... highly produced telephone call? If you need a spot to record in Los Angeles, we have lights, cameras, mics and engineers waiting for you. maxfunstudio.com
Good fish news
Dr. Solomon David@solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 3w agoA native fish species is eating some of the most damaging invasive species in the Great Lakes…AND making a significant impact! Freshwater Drum: The overlooked native fish that has been crushing trillions of Zebra & Quagga Mussels in Lake Erie www.canr.msu.edu/news/freshwa...
Hi @oldmanweldon.bsky.social, I regret to inform you that there is Bill Maher news.
Bill Maher’s Podcast Club Random Signs with Daylight Media
Daylight Also Unveils New Slate of Creators Joining Rapidly Growing Network
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“Lindsey Graham taught me that it was okay to be dead.” - Mitch McConnell
Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w agoICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
Prosecute ICE, do the tribunals. The full Nuremberg. Nothing less. This man's father should be alive.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 4w agoThe son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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The first installation of "Ear Stuff" has dropped and it's all about one of my fave whodunnits of the year.
Good Tape@goodtape.com · 4w agoWhat if we told you there’s a true-crime podcast that actually has answers? We wrote about one in our new monthly review series Ear Stuff, in partnership with @goatrodeo.bsky.social. Read @katiecgray.bsky.social’s take on the @ajc.com’s“Who Blew Up The Guidestones?”
Our tax dollars being stolen in order to make our electricity more expensive. Times reports it as "Trump would pay" and "struck deal"
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last mo.The Trump administration on Monday said it would pay Duke Energy $129 million to abandon its plans to build an offshore wind farm off North Carolina. It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to throttle the development of offshore wind power.
(Don Pardo voice) Braaaaaaaaaaad Laaaaannnnnderrrrrrrrr!!! 🎉🎉🎉
New @goodtape.com newsletter out! This week: would Jimi Hendrix ask you to like & subscribe? Or do we all just live in hell? Plus, Tribeca takeaways (not that AI movie thank god)
The Artist vs. The Creator
Are they fundamentally different? Or do we just live in hell?
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I dislike that Jeff Bezos is slowly turning into "evil Kyle Kinane."
mitch mcconnell thought he knew the exact amount of fascism america needed and was moderately peeved to learn that the demon he loosed upon the world disagreed with him strongly and didn't even respect his work on paving most of the road to hell if he wasn't willing to finish the job
“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it
Gonna need to get knocked out by a bouncer to sleep tonight
the Trump admin has sent over a dozen undocumented pregnant minors to a shelter in San Benito, TX Some were as young as 13 At least half were pregnant as a result of rape All had high-risk pregnancies And now, they & their newborns--U.S. citizens--are missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway
The Trump administration is refusing to answer questions about the health and safety of undocumented young mothers—and their newborn U.S. citizens—in its custody.
ballsandstrikes.org
If AI is so smart why does autocorrect constantly swap the wrong "it's" for "its"
More absolutely essential reporting from @404media.co
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2mo agoA farmer in Texas donated his land to a town to be turned into a public park. After he died, the city took the land and sold it for $10 million to a company building a data center www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...
My latest episode for Audible is out: about the dystopian horrors of Meta Smart Glasses. Listen through the end credits, this work stands on the shoulders of some brilliant original reporting.
Meta and the Battle for Smart Glasses | Prize on the Eyes
Podcast Episode · Business Wars · S135 E1 · 48m
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