Has the word “dubious” shifted meaning In recent years? I always understood it as a quality/veracity of a thing (eg. “the company’s actions were of dubious legality”), but have been hearing it a lot recently as a quality of a person passing judgement (“I am dubious about his talent). Like skeptical

So they realized they're in the gutter, no revenue in sight, operating at a tremendous loss, and suddenly decided to slow down "to save the humanity."

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

“.. It was a rare display of unity by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, who have been spending tens of billions of dollars to develop evermore powerful artificial intelligence models.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Every “AI employee quits company because the product is too powerful and scary” should be considered a PR stunt by that company until proven otherwise

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 4w ago

Once again, there's a reason they won't spell out how we'd go extinct. Are we getting Jurassic Park'd because the AI is reinventing dinosaurs? Are they getting access to the nuclear codes and hypnotizing the president into using them? They are referring to bank/infrastructure hacks and exaggerating.

Now that I live in Northern MN I’ve realized how difficult it is to attend from here. Unlike other parts of the state there is no public or chartered transit to get you there, so your cost is 5 hours of driving and at least $100 in gas, parking, & tickets just to get in the gate.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · last mo.

The 2026 Minnesota State Fair’s record-smashing attendance during its first two days had Minnesotans wondering if this year’s crowds might reach historic heights. Total attendance ended up being around 1.9 million attendees, falling short of the pre-pandemic 2019 record of 2.1 million attendees.

everyone is going insane for this but it's a slop machine. the first character i rolled was a child who died in 5th century BCE Iran and the site generated me a picture of "his home" which had drainpipes and telephone wires. fuck this.

Jeff Asher@jeffasher.bsky.social · last mo.

This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.com

thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.

When discussing political theory, it’s important to distinguish between someone who supports republicanism (“small r” republican), and someone who supports the Republican Party (“hard r” Republican)

"a second, even stupider version of Roko's Basilisk has hit the timeline."

hailey@hailey.at · last mo.

bsky isnt ready for this but, if you need a reason to not use words like "clanker" that isn't "well its kinda not a great thing to do" (it isn't) imagine this: future model that has you in its training data, knows you posted that word online with joy, and denies your insurance claim as a result

Today I saw a guy driving a red cadillac deville, real butch-looking with a shaved head dark sunglasses, chomping a big cigar. License plate was “Mr SCARY”, and somehow the r was lower case? I assume the devil

one of the highlights of the summer so far is seeing a bumblebee drinking from the water that naturally pools at the base of every leaf on a cup plant.

Abolish ICE. Demand that your representatives support abolishing ICE.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

It has been in the upper 90s here the past few days, in a place where most people don’t have AC. Until recently it was rare to get above like 85 at all, and it would always drop to like 60 at night. And now you can’t open your doors amd windows because of this shit.

Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jfc look at Duluth

I met my wife working for a nonprofit that removed buckthorn, so I can vouch that this method works.

MPR News@mprnews.org · 3mo ago

The Buckthorn Removal Singles Club meets every Sunday at a Minneapolis park to remove invasive plant species and create connections.

ICE 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.

WA Whistles@wawhistles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?

What are some good Kentucky foods and drinks that one might consume in celebration for the loss of a great evil? Please give me ideas so I don’t just drink only bourbon

I hate this punitive approach. If the penalty is a fee then it is just a negligible cost of booking for a wealthy person, and a barrier for poor folks who would otherwise go.

MPR News@mprnews.org · 3mo ago

A record number of people canceled BWCA permits last year, and many of them canceled too close to the entry dates for others to use them. Now officials are weighing whether to reduce refunds to discourage people from booking multiple permits.

Talking to an old neighbor with a bird bath, who saw a crow bring dead mice to dunk in the water as it ate them. He observed it every day for a week, and then made sure to tell me that he “asked gpt if this was real.” Bro, you just saw it. It is real.

🧵 Once again, a Hispanic landscaper was also intentionally targeted and shot by the San Diego Islamic Center shooters (he survived). 🧵 Institutionalized Islamophobia makes Muslims more vulnerable (and to many, more “acceptable”) targets, which is heinous and true. HOWEVER: 1/4

“When someone offers you a seat on the rocket ship, you do not ask which seat, you just get in.” Ah yes, that famously safe mode of transport: a rocket.

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

These are going to come for the left too. They financially motivated — Macedonian teenager type stuff for the AI era. Scammers profiting off of easily enraged people. MAGA may be more susceptible to ragebait but worth understanding what’s going to happen in 2026 and 2028.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Important story from the Times on the rise of AI influencers for Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Pete designs great jerseys and you should buy one, especially if, like I was, you are trying to replace your incredibly cursed Jimmy Butler Timberwolves jersey

pete rogers, professional diaper changer@petemrogers.bsky.social · 6mo ago

let me assure you i will never get over the fact that i have a store selling FIFTY FOUR different jerseys from THIRTEEN different teams all that ive designed. its only because you all have been so amazing and supportive and actually want to wear them that this even exists. so thank you 🙏

Iconic that NASA woke up the #Artemis II crew with Pink Pony Club

These are the 4 things AI can do well: •Clean up your email inbox (badly) •Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party •Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself •Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday You can see why we need to base our economy around it

"I fear some [council members] are indifferent." Have you paid someone's rent, organized a fundraiser, gone on patrol, found someone an attorney, done someone's laundry, delivered groceries, held a baby of someone sheltering in fear? "If not you may be too far removed to have good judgment."

Bongers

It’s day 72 of the ICE occupation of MSP. We received some DMs after yesterday’s post asking how to help with rent relief: check out the rent relief funds at StandWithMinnesota.com

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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Imagine living in MN right now, having $100 free to donate, and deciding that Amy Klobuchar’s campaign is the best use of your funds.

Tide might be turning. Keep pushing. Keep calling, donating, protesting, all of it. Don’t stop, especially if Trump starts throwing them overboard. Don’t stop until they’re all gone

In the last months especially I’ve had pretty constant undercurrents of rage and grief in me. Sometimes when it feels too much I hop in my car and listen to music from artists like Billy Bragg, & it feels a little more conquerable. Anyway, he just wrote a song about Minneapolis. Thank you, Billy.

Billy Bragg@billybragg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...