what this shows is that democrats overwhelmingly feel that the party is directionless and lacks a real agenda. Right-leaning democrats equate this with a vapid left-wing fixation on identity politics even as the dem establishment have been consistently distancing themselves from idpol for years. 1/

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last mo.

Among many other things this is a good illustration of the necessity of untethering ideology and "fight" in intra-Democratic battles. The party is very united on fight, very divided on ideology. You unite on fight, let different constituencies/states find their center of gravity on ideology.

The GPU is not your enemy. The GPU was intended to channel magic smoke into the drawing of triangles, the virtuous shape. Evil men devised wicked shapes that should never have been drawn, and have used their influence to hoard the GPUs and twist the magic smoke toward the shape of their perversions.

the idea of personal virtue is kind of right-wing coded & it's easy to dismiss it on the grounds that our problems have societal (rather than interpersonal) roots. but as individuals, we don't have the power to change society. We do have the power to hurt each other. We have to take that seriously.

Sarah Z@sarahz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I think it's really critical to take a hardline no on lolcowing even when it's someone you actively dislike; the only stance that holds has to be target-independent since sincerity of belief and just deserts aren't good benchmarks on their own. There's no justified use of the Torment Nexus, y'know?

THIS IS WHAT SAM ALTMAN WANTS TO TAKE FROM YOU

Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists

The discomfort of wanting to make something but not knowing what is super important. It drives you out into the world to discover inspiration, and inward to discover what you care about. If you numb yourself to this by letting AI decide, you'll never fulfill your potential.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One thing AI has revealed is that there are a whole lot of people who have neither interesting ideas nor the talent to express them, and apparently not even any real will or desire to cultvate either of these things… but still for some reason desperately want to be regarded as artists.

One of the most successful mangas ever looks like this.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

"We need to get beyond the arguments of 'spam' vs 'real mail' and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our theory of correspondence that accounts for humans being equipped with postal services as we relate to each other." — The guy filling your mailbox with spam flyers

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our ‘theory of the mind’ that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other,” says Nadella." What are you even TALKING ABOUT, man?

oh god not the quantum microtubule consciousness theory that's the 20th-century version of Descartes thinking the soul was linked to the brain via the pineal gland it's just an ad-hoc defence of dualism grounded in quantum mysticism

one of the consequences of AI is deskilling: people are losing their ability to discover art that interests them. They need AI to satisfy their needs effortlessly, and that's just not what being human is like. No robot can develop taste in music for you

DrawPlayDave@thedrawplay.com · 9mo ago

I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button

lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.

Sarah O'Connor@sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 10mo ago

Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Gaines: I want to challenge AOC to a debate.

Silksong has exactly two bosses: 1) WEEPING WIDOW has 4 phases, moves at lightning speed and fills the screen with attacks. The greatest boss fight you've ever experienced 2) SILLY CHUMBUG who makes you play Flappy Bird in a tiny room full of adds with zero margin for error and a 10-minute runback

obama: runs on a progressive agenda, wins hillary: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses biden: runs on a progressive agenda, wins harris: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses

This is my Evangelion

I think the central premise that young men searching for information on how to have a sex life will invariably encounter just an absolute avalanche of right wing misogyny peddlers and very little actual helpful advice is a genuine problem.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last yr.

Everyone is yelling at Ian about this but the article is good and this is a real problem! If you are a straight guy trying to get laid 99% of the advice you come across will be right wing-coded.

me when I'm bad at my job and I keep losing elections: "it's the posters' fault. They're posting about celebrities all wrong." man, have you seen the shit Republicans post?

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · last yr.

A message I just got from a buddy of mine, who’s a long time Democratic Party campaign consultant: “This Sydney Sweeney thing is the kind of thing that turns men away from our party. It’s why men think our party is weak & insane.” My response to him? “Fuck yea it is. You are exactly right.”

i think about this all the time. what has our society done to its men? fucked up.

merritt@merrittk.com · 2y ago

men writing erotica: John was attending Sex University, where all of the students and teachers are horny for sex women writing erotica: John was attending Sex University, where sex is strictly forbidden… yet John yearns for his fellow student Douglas, who is also a secret monster man

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

wendy's cashier: will that be all? me: i think so. we just close our eyes for the last time and we're gone. but it doesn't have to be sad. it's like before you were born. we don't miss those who haven't happened yet. we don't feel their absence wendy's cashier: mothers do. i do

"oh hey, I hadn't heard of Fevre Dream before. I wonder what other people think about it. Let's check the replies."

Polygon@polygon.com · last yr.

After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel

It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk. (They are not complimentary)

not having the AI convo anymore i’m just sending people this

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation

A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

ctvnews.ca

I've had a low opinion of NYT for a while, but I think this is the most condemning thing I've ever seen from them. If I were an editor and I saw this on my desk, I'd bury the story and cover it up. But they're proud of it.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2y ago

Re-sharing with alt text. This is so deeply repugnant. The NYT has utterly failed us when it comes to political coverage. Follow independent and local media/journalists instead. Starter packs to follow.

finally figured out the lyrics

I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic And what's more leftist than that