Stephen Ferret
@weaselwords.bsky.social
He/Him By day, mild-mannered dad, nerd, writer, vet tech. By night, asleep. (Usually.) #TransRights
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
Something I've noticed is that it seems like there's been a lot more diarrhea going on ever since we put a Greater Avatar of Diarrhea in charge of federal health services
if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly.
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 9h agoIt keeps happening... It'd be great if these companies could spend a little bit more time on network security and a little less time vibe coding.
Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.
Politico@politico.com · 24h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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"My boss told me to start wearing diapers a year ago and now if the diapers disappeared tomorrow, could I still get through an entire workday without shitting my pants?"
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Mario Mario is as much a plumber as Jesus Christ is a carpenter.
Free college, free healthcare, free energy. All possible. All doable. All need to be on the table next election.
It would also very much be a shame if people learned that Rust-Oleum Specialty Reflective Finish (SKU 214944) makes it harder for Flock cameras to collect all information seen on license plates. #WCBS
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d agochat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
If you still don't understand that the entire AI project is operated by and for fascists, pull your head out of your ass. These people are not subtle.
My experience is of every American COVID-19 mitigation effort being obviously insufficient, and ended far too soon. To see people now argue that they somehow were too much, going too far? Not anti-vax or MAGA people, but folks just out here on Bluesky? It staggers me.
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
Using semicolons is half-assed; this only applies to bad puns.
This was obvious before we knew where the parasite came from. It's a human parasite that's spread through fecal contamination, which means that this is from a lot of people having the parasite and no access to basic hygiene, brought about by lack of regulation. Those are slavery conditions.
Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d agoThe diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
There it goes, it deleted the incriminating post once again. But it still has the exact same post up elsewhere because it always double posts
Samantha Burns@cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 5d agoDoes Bluesky moderation actually plan to do anything about this Nazi bot account other than slap an intolerance label on some of its posts that overtly cross the line? And briefly label it as spam before removing it for god knows what reason All it does is steal tweets, spam post, and advertise
Leftists are glib about how upsetting it is to see someone suffering on the streets because 100% of people who complain about it follow it with "and that's why we need to turn homeless people into mulch"
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d agoI agree that leftists on social media can be too glib about how upsetting it is to see people suffering on the streets. That is, however, roughly 198th on my list of priorities on this issue. "we can't address this until people stop annoying me on the internet" is fucking asinine and *everywhere*
Happy birthday to all thoroughbred horses in the southern hemisphere
I stopped buying it years ago but I’ll never ever again accept “we just can’t” from a Democrat or hold my tongue criticizing them over doing maximum effort to help this country. If you’re soft on the fascists you’re effectively an ally of the fascists.
Scouting should be fully detached from the military and Christianity. There's nothing about camping skills that relates to either.
Transgender World@transgenderreport.com · 5d agoHegseth forces national scouting event to end its spaces for gay youth, women, & scouts of color www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Begging Harry Potter fans to branch out into the rest of children’s literature because there’s so much and most of it is better than the one series they insist on reading in spite of the author literally using it to find a genocide.
I want to emphasize: When I say "no" I mean no. If you're buying like, merch from some seller whose money doesn't go directly to JKR, you're still supporting Harry Potter. Every cis person who gives themselves permission to still consume this IP makes it appear okay to others. Stop it. Cut it out.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 6d agoThere is no non-complicit enjoyment of Harry Potter, in 2026. Every time you stream a Harry Potter movie or buy one of her books, etc., you are helping her campaign to end trans lives, full stop.
There is no non-complicit enjoyment of Harry Potter, in 2026. Every time you stream a Harry Potter movie or buy one of her books, etc., you are helping her campaign to end trans lives, full stop.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 6d agoTruly appallingly spineless.
