There's nothing quite as radicalizing as seeing others do the right thing and being beaten down for it. That's why ICE acts as a mob kidnapping squad. Your neighbors are still being quietly disappeared, but you won't react to it until it's too late. Loud today or forever quiet tomorrow.

We often mistake that soft power doesn't need to be evil itself to be used by evil. USAID could have been shifted over decades (necessary time to build infrastructure) to help build local economies up into generational equality between ourselves and the world. Ripping it away was a death sentence.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · yesterday

So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.

This should be massive front page news folks. We stopped funding the NASA/USAID system that monitored glaciers AND FLOODS IN NEPAL www.rawstory.com/nepal-floods...

Unsettling question raised over Trump admin's role in devastating Nepal floods

The devastating flash floods in Nepal this week that killed at least 670 people and left around 3,000 missing — including 90 Americans — might have claimed fewer lives if not for the actions of the Tr...

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To echo this: if you were at this petting zoo, go to your local ER and explain you had a possible rabies exposure. Untreated, a rabies exposure is 100% fatal. Like, not "maybe you'll die", it's "you will die in weeks & it will awful the whole time you're dying." Do not mess around. GO TO THE ER!

Unlike the bullshi myths that the likes of Tate and Liver King promote, humanity has been using soap (in the form of plant saponins) and water since before we could write. Bathing and grooming hygiene is prehistoric. We've known this for centuries.

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)@ela-bambust.bsky.social · 17h ago

men have figured out a new dating technique and it's "less personal grooming" it's a bold strategy cotton let's see if it works out for them

Playing with logs is a damming kink. - Beverley Castor

Tbqh this is like reversing cause and effect. If you were at all on the internet in 2014, you would know the young Nazi problem was part of Trump’s rise to power in the first place. In fact, there are emails between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein about leveraging far right-leaning young men.

Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · yesterday

The Republicans’ young Nazi problem is Trump’s legacy. (new @ms.now column)

We keep wondering why Jon Stewart interviews assholes who have no reason to be platformed and forget that not only did Jon fall down a rabbit hole during the pandemic, but has always been a naively convenient tool for grifters to get their message out (similar to quite a few other comedians).

They'll name it after her, plaster it with Confederate Lost Cause bullshit that she didn't support, and turn her name into a curse all while stealing from the Smokies and giving to corrupt neo-plantation towns. This isn't love or respect, it's just propaganda.

Jane Norman@janenorman.bsky.social · yesterday

DOLLY PARTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport officials announced plans to rename the airport in Dolly Parton’s honor, reports @tennesseelookout.com. It would be among the very few US airports named for women. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne...

I LITERALLY explained Upton Sinclair and the phrase "every regulation is written in blood" to my students just this week

Dan Hon@danhon.com · yesterday

ok guess we're vegetarian now apple.news/Abw0IsAdxShe...

*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.

GEO group is being contracted to create concentration camps. ICE is just outsourcing its violent detention of lawful immigrants. States must stop allowing ICE agents and anyone they contract or deputize to work in their borders. These are all now agents of abuse, not law.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · yesterday

🚨HUGE: Thanks to a newly released trove of ICE contracting records, we have our clearest view yet it into how ICE will operate massive scale deportation centers and street level arrests — including mobile detention sites. More at projectsaltbox.com

"Nepal has no mechanism to receive real-time glacial lake and river data from the Chinese side and its officials have sometimes gone further, accusing Beijing of withholding it."

Nepal floods: China’s strict control of Tibet makes it harder to prepare for Himalayan disasters

Early warnings and shared data will move only as fast as Beijing’s security concerns allow.

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You can choose to make the timeline better and more productive and positive by just sharing real art and effort and less of the ai shit.

My favorite part about the arguments that these AI companies vomit out is the fact that, if the "singularity is near," why would a super-intelligent being want anything to do with a group of people so foolish as to destroy the only planet they can survive on?

Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 2d ago

The good old "the actual harms you are seeing & experiencing are a distraction from what will happen with the magical machine god (that's coming around any day now) argument." Its so interesting to see how when they see the public isn't falling for this bullshit anymore they peddle it even more.

The good old "the actual harms you are seeing & experiencing are a distraction from what will happen with the magical machine god (that's coming around any day now) argument." Its so interesting to see how when they see the public isn't falling for this bullshit anymore they peddle it even more.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3d ago

AI systems are at risk of becoming dangerously powerful—and there may be only one way to control the technology’s development, Rogé Karma argues: theatln.tc/j3zw1Ys4 🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Getty.

*Sees news about Yiannopoulos* I really should've posted my most recent draft on how fascists eat their own yesterday...but Milo is a great example of exactly this.

Expanded this thread a bit into this post, with thanks to some of the folks who replied to the thread with suggested additions!

A Day in the Life

It's Ray Bradbury's world and we just live in it

nobody-wants-this.ghost.io

Tired: Using GenAI and Silicon Valley (SV) slopware. Required: Using local applications and non-SV cloud storage. Wired: Replace SV slop with Eco and Community friendly local hardware systems and Internet services. Inspired: Building open source applications to replace all SV slop.

Apparently I need to check for ripoff fake books when I shop on Google Play Books. I was trying to buy The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran (@gilduran.com). Easy to confuse with "Gil Durne," who coincidentally also just published a book with the same title and subject. Thanks, Sundar! 1/3

Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.

I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶

Rachel Leggett@rleggos.bsky.social · 4d ago

When y'all see the shot I think I just got, you'd best believe it's not AI

"for all the people “celebrating” this as a win “against” Meta, you’ve been fooled. Meta just cut a deal to put itself in charge of how social media works going forward. this is Meta taking a “please regulate me Daddy” approach to the government, & getting exactly what it really has been asking for"

Techdirt@techdirt.com · 4d ago

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform By now... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/

Been on a self-defense video rabbit hole recently. Ladies, don't kick the balls. If you can't run and balls are close enough to grab, testicular torsion is a much better choice. Also, no mercy eye gouge. No fancy movements necessary, no need to concern yourself about your abuser's well-being.

Major heads up to #dysautonomia patients including but not limited to #POTS, #OrthostaticIntolerance Baxter .9% sodium chloride IV bag recall due to glass in IV bags: www.fda.gov/safety/recal... FL, IL, IN, LA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NV, OH, SC, TX, VA are states impacted

Baxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for Two Lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Due to Potential Presence of Particulate Matter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUG. 25, 2026 – DEERFIELD, Ill., Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) is voluntarily recalling two lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to the potential presence of parti...

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"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

Linuxiac@linuxiac.bsky.social · 4d ago

LibreOffice 26.8 is now available with a new Paragraph Composer in Writer, native OpenType variable font support, Calc improvements, and better document compatibility. linuxiac.com/libreoffice-... #OpenSource #OfficeSuite

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

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Folks on Twitch, if you don't already know, you need to turn off training for GenAI. Even if you do, if someone hasn't and interacts with you, it might be a back door for them (Twitch/Amazon) to train that interaction and chat on. Go to Settings > Security and Privacy > Training for Generative AI

This is like Tom Holland's Umbrella dance in that every time it pops up on my timeline I must watch it and the second his smile starts to twitch before his final word, I fucking lose it

Alistair Coleman@alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 4d ago

RIP Tim Curry. Here having the time of his life in a video game. youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...

This is some bullshit Meta settles its case for $17billion But that is not the $200 billion sought And its over 10 years, so $1.7billion And its spread across 52 states / territories, is that $35m? And its a grant for "online safety initiatives" And no judgement of liability Its a <1% tax