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The “Just Happy To Be Here” Corsican

@mfiorina.bsky.social

Marc-Andrea Fiorina. Former DC, now Chicago. R/Data whisperer for hire. A powerful blend of Yinzer and Corsican. Here for local policy and football convos!

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Bill DiFilippo@billdifilippo.bsky.social · 4w ago

the best thing about upstate/western NY (and, by extension, northern PA) is its sandwich culture. lot of places around here don't use premium boars head cold cuts and artisanal bread for subs and they know you need to remain warm in the winter so every sub weighs 35 pounds and costs $4.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 4w ago

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

Tom Scocca@tomscocca.bsky.social · last mo.

People who call the polio vaccine a "fraud" are not "skeptics" toward vaccines, they are people with fixed views toward vaccines! (The name for that fixed view is "denial.")

Holly Anderson 🍇@hollyanderson.bsky.social · last mo.

One thing I am learning from this whole stupid slow-rolling debacle is that not enough people have seen Derrick Henry’s high school tape 

Shannon Taylor@shannontaylor20.bsky.social · last mo.

I don’t know, the obvious size, strength and speed advantages that a person born and having gone through male puberty have MIGHT make playing girls’ lacrosse, basketball, soccer, etc less safe for smaller, weaker and slower players. IT IS SO RARE. Why are you people so rigid in your opinions?

TW@twesq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I remember watching an interview with her and they asked her why her imagination library sent books to all children, even those whose families could afford books. She explained that all children should get the same opportunities and means testing was expensive and inefficient.

Owen Lewis@owensports.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Good story here -- I've been thinking lately that any discussion about whether AI insights or LLMs are helpful with writing/research in any way misses the point, because even if they are, to use them contributes to the downfall of the whole profession. www.theringer.com/2026/08/04/t...

The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It

For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever.

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Drew Magary@drewmagary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“In that way, ICE acts as the drain filter at the absolute bottom of the American violence industry, catching, hiring, and deploying as a paramilitary force otherwise unemployable degenerates.” Another @albertburneko.bsky.social heater. defector.com/ice-brings-t...

ICE Brings The Occupation Home | Defector

On Monday, in the city of Biddeford, Maine, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in an SUV rammed the passenger side of a civilian vehicle and, after the vehicle stopped, approached i...

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Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Not everything that breaks is technically the fault of vibe coding but the kind of culture that would foster vibe coding is the kind that produces a lot of shit that breaks.