Something to ponder this week.

It is scary that there are people who still don't know this.

Betteridge’s Law@betteridgeslaw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can Sam Altman Be Trusted Inside Your Home? Meet OpenAI’s New Always-On Smart Speaker

Seems obvious to me, but I guess there are some who need the details.

Betteridge’s Law@betteridgeslaw.bsky.social · 13h ago

Can David Ellison Be Trusted?

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

Surrounded by women, lawmakers, and advocate champions, Gov. Maura Healey signed landmark legislation ensuring full abortion access in MA. Women have the fundamental right to choose for their own bodies. Healthcare is a human right, period!

Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.

08/10/26 AM You can put me on mute & block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! There're NO Civil Rights in Trump & Kimberly Richey’s Deranged America! I'll repeat this Every Day until Reality Sinks In. No children's rights, women's rights, disability rights, minority rights! 150 yrs gone! Get Louder!

Well Planet Earth isn’t Saying Hello to America’s children & children around the world! All of OUR Children worry daily if they’ll have a livable planet into adulthood. They worry about having loving parents, food & housing security, health care,& pub ed! youtu.be/CQ_jEzGUYDE?... go.bsky.app/KXQLDoj

The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.

I'm sorry, but this is just f*cked up.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · last wk.

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Heed the warning.

If you know what a pied-a-terre is, you aren't being taxed enough.

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · last wk.

Ohhhhhh this explains Alex Berenson’s whole deal

The @nytimes.com has always avoided having real opinions in the op-ed's so they can be vague about letting hacks go wild there. Actual news would be dangerous.

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yeah so NYT asked me ~2 yrs ago to write an op-ed about how the Colorado is running dry, & what we should do to keep this exact thing from happening. I said "There's only one real answer. Bill farmers by how much water they use. Duh." NYT editorial staff freaked tf out & cancelled the piece.

Blanche’s confirmation is still hanging by a thread. Putting Trump’s former personal lawyer in charge of the Justice Department is a clear conflict. Tell your Senators to reject him.

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Contact Congress today!

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This idea has been policy and extremely well held *fact* for half the country for decades. I grew up in the 80s assuming the fact I was told was right and it took years for me to outgrow that assumption. The free market only optimizes for profit, not for consumers, and certainly not for workers.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2w ago

Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.

Updated with new resistance links and a call to join us. If you’re reading this, you’re already resisting. This shows you how to do it with precision, community, and purpose. open.substack.com/pub/psychope...

The Rise of Palantir: The Third Road

Part 4

open.substack.com

THIS. I cannot "this" this enough. Because OUT LOUD the author of a nonfiction book on "the future of truth and technology" stated: "what I failed to recognize was that, in some cases, it (AI) transformed those summaries...into what appeared to be direct quotations, but were not." ...smh

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

Nope. He shouldn’t even be allowed on the ballot. Ineligible means ineligible. Don’t entertain any of this absolutely criminal, unconstitutional nonsense. Full stop. 🛑

Bees, explained by my daughter

Absolutely wrong. There is a (humorous, non-standard) "Scalzi" unit of measurement, but it is not this. This has been another episode of "Don't fucking trust 'AI' to tell you things," starring me, John Scalzi

Gotta admire your commitment to the bit, but this is the most factual. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w ago

My man looks like he still posts on Twitter

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 4w ago

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

The omitted final lines of Loomer’s post reveal she’s giving up Putin to equate DSA with “commies.” Except Russia hasn’t been communist since 1991. Don’t fall for it.

Oh, ffs Israel.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 4w ago

Yes, Israel is bombing Palestine essentially ceaselessly, but have you considered that using words to condemn that is just as bad? (/s)

Part of the fucking job of nearly EVERY government official - elected AND appointed - is to have and develop contengencies to ensure the financial and physical safety of the people they're serving. HALF THE JOB is fucking dealing with hypotheticals. It is LITERALLY THE BASIS of forming plans.

Look, in the role of the CDC, the idea is that you work in ALL HYPOTHETICALS to plan ahead and stop something terrible before it happens. If you’re arguing you don’t talk in hypotheticals then you are already unqualified for the position.

"I don't speak in hypotheticals" Oh okay, then you're unqualified, thanks for playing now get the fuck out. It's the fucking CDC. Half their damn job is figuring out how to deal with shit that hasn't happened yet but *might* !

Sounds like gender-affirming care to me.

Calling the RFK Jr diarrhea strain “MAHA Blast” since it has now evidently infiltrated Taco Bell