Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century
Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 4h ago"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
But why does the one brother look like Black David Letterman?
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h agoEnjoyed this Esquire feature on the Churchwell brothers. IMO, they are among the last elegantly dressed men in the United States. Notably, neither are "fashion influencers." They are both distinguished cardiologists with great taste and a lifetime relationship with the same tailor.
the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song
Meta's latest AI model escaped the lab and was found on ePorner's servers consuming thousands of hours of content and jacking off and blowing eloads.
Getting really into running over the past year made me realize how much materials science has improved over the years. Bouncy foams in the midsole, paper thin yet durable rubber soles, wicking materials in the shirts, stretchy spandex shorts, lightweight uv glasses... And it's all pretty affordable
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · yesterdaySo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
We've gotta figure out a way to stop people who absolutely hate themselves from gaining access to make that everyone else's problem. There's gotta be a way to stop these guys from getting juiced on TRT and running for public office. Just drink yourself to death like a normal person!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
every night i pray that if i go crazy it's not the kind that makes me do a social media rant
Even in the age All This the fucking balls of this guy to pull off a successful World Cup and immediately announce that he's going to sell the thing to his billionaire friends was truly wild
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d agoUEFA has given FIFA President Gianni Infantino an ultimatum: resign or face a no-confidence vote, The Telegraph reports . It says all 55 members would back it. Only 43 votes are needed.
I do sometimes wonder whether the company that's buying all of the books in the world to scan and incinerate has my family's best interests at heart
Got curious what they kept saying about Fauci being obsessed with his own fame was about and... it's literally just a government scientist writing in his personal diary "uhh, it looks like I'm suddenly one of the most famous people on earth. This is weird and I don't like it!"
$NVDA currently trading at 30x P/E... this is BofA expecting a ~50% drop in market cap for the golden child of AI stocks. Hold on to your butts
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.B of A DESK: Our team is modeling that $NVDA "will generate ~$667B in Free Cash Flow in the years ~CY27 + CY28 (I see the stock trading around 13x CY27 P/E using buyside estimates we picked up lately). The 'AI trade' needs more buy tickets, less manifestos and less … selling."
walking into the dick sucking factory on a Wednesday
I’m a liberal who believes in progressive causes and fighting republicans. Well off to my job at Fox News
Say what you will about midwest diner reporting, but at least they actually go to a midwest diner instead of spending their entire lives in a Manhattan tv studio believing they know what the average Republican is like
Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social · last wk.Your average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage.
His wife shows up every morning, they get into this position and stay like this for 13 hours, and they've been doing it every day for 9 weeks now
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: A statement from the Office of the Attending Physician says Mitch McConnell "is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office." A photo from McConnell's office:
everything about america rn would be fine if it was just 15% off
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoJeffries: "They have nothing to run on. We're going to run on fighting for an affordable America."
I would've bet it all on "I've put a couple kids in the hospital, but here's the thing: I'm a pioneer" being a Dril quote
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w agoRegulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
you could hit daffy duck so hard that his entire mouth would spin around his head and he'd still be coming for you. absolute nightmare
One of my favorite things to do in Vegas is be in the hotel room for long enough that I walk out into 100 degree heat wearing jeans
They should invent a Bluetooth protocol that doesn't suck ass
There should be an option when you book flights to say it's for work so you don't get those cheery emails from the airlines like "Get Ready For Your Trip To Las Vegas!" Like, no, motherfucker wrong tone, console me.