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@adpr.social’s personal barista ☕️ — programmer, tinkerer, learner (he/him)
AI poses a danger to our cognitive capabilities, by clogging our capacity to develop the knowledge we need – in our heads – to navigate the world. It’s a cognitive hot dog. Read our detailed breakdown from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
law i wish existed: given a company that charges for some subscription to it’s service that costs £0.01 or more, it is strictly forbidden for the company to show you any paid advertisement.
just gonna say it: the decline in quality of software made by Apple is precipitous and staggering. multiple issues i have encountered have rendered my devices more or less useless.
for a group that has been at it so long, there is still immense power coming from this recent #thrice album #music music.apple.com/us/album/gna...
Gnash by Thrice on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:42
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not sure how many different ways these guys can demonstrate their utter contempt and disrespect to artists
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · last yr.You know that classic Edward Hopper painting evoking isolation and despair? We used AI to make it look terrible for no reason
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
@haveibeenpwned.com Is it possible for HIBP to publish a list of like "top 100 email domains" from leaked data?
I wish Chrome was maintained by a foundation instead of a data-hoarding corporation.
The Verge@theverge.com · last yr.Yahoo wants to buy Chrome
For all they shout about DEI, if a woman or PoC did any of this chat leaking nonsense, they would cancel us forever. Where are the arguments about “competency” now?
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights
Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.
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"Trump and Elon Musk are like two guys with six-shooters trying to hold a thousand people hostage. They only win if everyone thinks they are too strong to rush." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
hamiltonnolan.com
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
Fwiw, I tried to get more about Yarvin into my critique of Andreessen’s ridiculous “techno-optimism” manifesto: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/o...
Opinion | A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World (Gift Article)
It’s no mystery why Marc Andreessen thinks people like him should be in charge. But how did he get so many of the rest of us to sign on?
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The NYC Subway is our Pyramids. A great civilizational achievement.
props to @theverge.com for hitting _just_ the right balance of editorial shade on meta's bullshit moderation choices
anectdotal, but i live near a street that gets gridlocked all the time and becomes so loud with honking and noisy cars. nothing since January 5th. a night and day change; no more traffic, just the usual city new york city noises. i am _elated_ 🎉 #congestionpricing #nyc
Facebook suppressed promotion of political content during a Democratic administration and is restoring it for a Republican one
Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · 2y agoMore from Zuck: "We're bringing back civic content. For a while the community asked to see less politics because it was making people stressed, so we stopped recommending these posts. But it feels like we're in a new era now..."
If you want to drive in our densest, most transit-rich environments and cause pollution, congestion, and safety hazards, that’s fine, but you’ll have to pay and if that upsets you well so it goes. Drivers have had it their way for a century at the literal expense of everyone.
