Tootfinder

https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5u2pncd622b

DO NOT REPEAT THIS POPEHAT (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
Looking to finish what they started. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

😂😂

@chadfowler.com's second post in his new Phoenix Architecture blog, called The Death and Rebirth of Programming.
Lots of quotable quotes, so hard to choose. "Soft skills" more important than ever, and this is all be a shock to people who self-identify as programmers.
https://aicoding…

The Death and Rebirth of Programming - The Phoenix Architecture
Programming didn't die all at once. There was no single moment, no dramatic obsolescence event. Instead, something quieter happened: the core constraint that shaped software for seventy years dissolved. Writing code stopped being the hard part.

Savvy people are readying themselves for BlueSky's demise
https://bsky.app/profile/dmandl.bsky.social/post/3m6va6ntuws2g

Dave Mandl (@dmandl.bsky.social)
I'm on Bluesky but also on Mastodon. I hate to say it, but from past experience I'm not confident that Bluesky will remain the paradise that it is forever. It's not a bad idea to get familiar with Mastodon and least establish a presence there. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115911170706378516
This meme is from the future (2030), post-spotify.

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115572332222130575
This post will cost me a few followers, but it’ll also see new ones, because I’m done hiding how I truly see life, and why anarcho-syndicalism gives me real meaning.

Every republican needs to be asked how this keeps our communities safe.
Explain it to us. Show their work.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthz.bsky.social/post/3mcgpwx5c7k2g

Ruth Zakarin (@ruthz.bsky.social)
Every republican needs to be asked how this keeps our communities safe. Explain it to us. Show their work. And then they need to be called on their bullshit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115555052555644231
In fact: The "post scarcity" that the western, rich countries feel mostly comes at the cost of the global majority. Colonialism always felt "post-scarcy". Because it forces the cost …

I’ve been looking for this as a feature - offline feed reading in @himmel.app (haven’t tried the app myself yet)
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6wr2o3pbs2b

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115572332222130575
I deleted this post a while ago and wanted to repost it so I can link it, and send it to my friend who asked why I read Jean-Paul Sartre, Camus, and Nietzsche.

There are 3 fundamental freedoms outlined in Dawn of Everything:
(1) the freedom to move away or relocate from one’s surroundings;
(2) the freedom to ignore or disobey commands issued by others; and
(3) the freedom to shape entirely new social realities, or shift back and forth between different ones.
I think these can all be captured in one statement when reframed as a system constraint: for a system to be free, participation must be optional for all members.
People must be part of *some* system. Even individualistic survivalism is itself a system (if not a very good one). Then there is a corollary as well: any system that is not free, that is not optional, can turn optional systems into mandatory ones, and thus (adopted from the MLK quote) un-freedom anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.
Edit:
I'm gonna drop the #Philosophy tag on here because apparently that's where I went with it. Challenges and push-back welcome.
Edit:
Aaaaand Its a blog post
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/an-algorithm-for-liberation
As usual, comments, typos, and questions are always welcome.

Hey @…, I heard if you post, quote that post, then edit the first to quote the second it does this: :aneobot_explode:

RE: https://meow.social/@kris_of_pnictogen/115884449604414690
So I seldom quote-post people, but one of the times you have to do it is when people knowingly do shit like *conflating me and Curtis Yarvin*, when Yarvin has publicly targeted me, did so …

#matsodon , this is part of why your friends think it's too hard & everyone stays on X or Twitter or tries out BSky.
I *JUST* want to like someone's post. I just want to give them a small amount of happy-brain-chemicals & thank them for what they wrote. Why do I have to log in again? I'm already logged in!
Yes, if I wanted to quote their stuff, I see the dangers, I could be trying to do a pile on. But I just want to give them a ⭐️. Why make it so hard???

I tested Mastodon and found a bug within 2 minutes lol
(When you edit a post that has a quote post attached, but while you do it try to reply to another post, the new reply form has the quoted post from when you did the "edit post" in it, which doesn't make sense)

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon/115900992954128487
okay. this is the post that made it clear it's time for me to get on board!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@museumgestaltung/115900124469541809
Letzter post vor 738 tagen – sehr aktiv war der account leider schon lange nicht mehr.
Die beste alternative ist m. e. die Website

RE: https://mastodon.social/@museumgestaltung/115900124469541809
Letzter post vor 738 tagen – sehr aktiv war der account leider schon lange nicht mehr.
Die beste alternative ist m. e. die Website

RE: https://mastodon.social/@museumgestaltung/115900124469541809
Letzter post vor 738 tagen – sehr aktiv war der account leider schon lange nicht mehr.
Die beste alternative ist m. e. die Website

#USpol #ice #illegal #law

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115157612755532206
Got some new followers recently, and I figured I’d post a quick reminder!

Oh. Parece que morreu o John Varley.
Um autor de FC americano de segunda linha com alguns livros publicados em Portugal. Toda a série Gaea (uma trilogia que a Europa-América publicou em 6 volumes) é muito boa.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Jesse Sheidlower (@jessesword.com)
RIP John Varley. We have a lot of quotations from him in the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction, and he is credited as being the originator of four terms: cryosuspension, cyborg (v.), cyborged, and nearside (n.): https://sfdictionary.com/author/59/john-varley?firstquotes=1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Ethan Mollick makes a good point on BlueSky:
I understand the fear and anger. But also:
1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out
2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help
#AI

Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social)
I understand the fear and anger. But also: 1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out 2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: #ClimateModels - and kicking off the #FediWriMo #AcWriMo25 conversation...
(But also an excuse to try the new quote post functionality)

Somewhat surprised that the Bezos Post allowed that article to hit paper. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rbnonayr4sau6mm2yqt447wj/post/3m4xmwnpnqk2m

Andy Carvin (@acarv.in)
"Roberts’s speechwriter, Evan Myers, suggested that Heritage’s attempts to address accusations of antisemitism would eventually mean he would be required to attend a Shabbat dinner, which he said would conflict with his faith." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I love this cartoon. In our house someone trying to open a door the wrong way will get a chorus of 'Midvale School for the Gifted!' and I even say it to myself if I get a door wrong in a public place. Hours of fun.
@…

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 (@threadinburgh.scot)
I don't know how I got introduced to his oeuvre as a teen, but I ended up being big into Gary Larson during the Weiner Dog Art era and used to get the desk calendars at Christmas. This was always one of my favourites [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://meow.social/@kris_of_pnictogen/115884449604414690
So I seldom quote-post people, but one of the times you have to do it is when people knowingly do shit like *conflating me and Curtis Yarvin*, when Yarvin has publicly targeted me, did so …

RE: https://mastodon.pnpde.social/@spielleitung/115519710797383405
Obligatorischer Quote-Post Test 😎

https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mbqkpu4ev22p

George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social)
Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mbqkpu4ev22p

George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social)
Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

So to quote post in a reply, you click reply and then you click, under same post, yes in the timeline, the repost button and then quote and it inserts it into the reply post form you have already open?
What???
For the love of science Mastodon, hire proper user interface designers

RE: https://wandering.shop/@kagan/115708086731540857
I'm just as likely to (knowingly) boost a post that contains a link to Substack as I am to go to Target or Chick-fil-a or click on a Facebook link. Substack is not a good company.

Thread viewer as a @leaflet.pub embed. Excellent.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mabu67zg3c2t

Boris (@bmann.ca)
Thread viewer as a @leaflet.pub embed. Excellent. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

https://bsky.app/profile/piquedinthe80s.bsky.social/post/3m5rjmuqicc2l

BryanMichael (@piquedinthe80s.bsky.social)
I am reminded of a famous image, taken for the San Francisco Chronicle by Eric Luse in 1993. The 7 surviving original members — out of 122 — of the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus. The loss cannot be overstated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/115533604893804710
OH SHIT. I CAN QUOTE POST

RE: https://rheinneckar.social/@admin/115508415298684185
Testing this quote post thingy, hello

(Do not quote post your wordpress' activitypub posts cause that stuff doesn't seem to be cached by most caching plugins so you dDOS your server)

So @… does support the viewing of Quote Posts but composing them is still a bit iffy.
#mastodon #noxp

Yes.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mabhf657yk2m

Boris (@bmann.ca)
Yes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
https://bsky.app/profile/warr…

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros. Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals? It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

*Me realizing I’ve never played Cyberpunk 2077 using the dude voice*

In my case, close but not a nation.
Flying Spaghetti Monster.
https://bsky.app/profile/josephpolitano.bsky.social/post/3m76ujdjoy22l
alt: Current GOP
[…] how many members of each of the following groups do you think are more loyal to a forei…

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social)
losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Zhipu AI launches a share sale to raise ~$560M in a Hong Kong IPO at a valuation of ~$6.6B, which would make it the first LLM developer listed in Hong Kong (Themis Qi/South China Morning Post)
https://www.sc…

China’s Zhipu AI launches US$560 million share sale amid heated IPO tech race
The company, marketed overseas as Z.ai, eyes US$6.6 billion valuation with Hong Kong’s first large language model listing.

They are a military force in a war that cannot be won.
Kinda a natural spot in the rankings… @… https://…

Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social)
At $28.7B for 2025 (nearly triple its 2024 budget) and at least another $56.25B over the next three years, ICE's budget would be the envy of many national militaries... "Indeed, this budget would put ICE as the 14th most well-funded military in the world, right between Ukraine and Israel." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://syzito.xyz/@OccuWorld/115813624307817114
Cue @… post on how the EU is leading the world on fig…

Apologies for the BSky link, but it's too long to screenshot easily and it's quite an eye-opener.
https://bsky.app/profile/sanho.bsky.social/post/3m46kqdds2k2y

Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social)
Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum: [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Threads sounds like a very odd place 🤔

RE: https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/115845484404118608
GDI. I was in two minds about the original post, partly because it isn't hard to believe that Uber, DoorDash, GrubHub, etc are ruthlessly exploiting their workers (perhaps even going beyon…

it's actually so easy to just hear someone tell you what gendered words they don't want used for them and say "aight bet" rather than arguing
and yet.

@… in Reddit, I added a comment with a quote from (and link to) GitHub, because Readers Are Lazy™.
If you use new Reddit on desktop, you might be able to edit the same (or similar) into your opening post.
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Being able to retroactively change who can quote post you is great, but I wish I could change the visibility of already published posts as well...
#QuotePost #QuoteToots #QuotePosts

new DM footgun has entered the chat https://bolha.one/@cadusilva/115481273902006842

quote tweeting with ivory on iOS
cc @… https://autistics.life/@joshsusser/115583984080301073

Hmmm. #ATmosphereConf wrapped, is this anything?
@olof-loves-ai.bsky.social will you join us in Vancouver in March? Would love to have you submit to the CFP: news.atmosphereconf.org/3m6z2b7ovyk2i
[contains quote post or other embedded content]

Boris (@bmann.ca)
Hmmm. #ATmosphereConf wrapped, is this anything? @olof-loves-ai.bsky.social will you join us in Vancouver in March? Would love to have you submit to the CFP: news.atmosphereconf.org/3m6z2b7ovyk2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115717584080813319
Anyway, it’s 13:58, so I’m gonna log off now. As you can see, I’ve made a new pinned introduction post.

this takes too long to propagate out the quote boost approval. I wonder if there is a way to speed this process up. The OG post has the approval but my server does not.
#mastodon

If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped,
it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
https://bsky.app/profi…

Robert Black (@hurricanexyz.bsky.social)
Right. If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Very Obama… https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a3h6mkohqeiu6xl4fnrwuk4t/post/3m4v5x5jxyc2t

Henry Farrell (@himself.bsky.social)
One of the least remarked parts of Mamdani's speech yesterday was its strong implication that he wants his army of 100k volunteers to stick around and do stuff. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

And this is working, but it's slow progress.
Mastodon in particular has UX problems that will be very hard to overcome that prevent mass adoption, foremost is that actual conversations (aka replies) are unreliable and slow due to the way posts are distributed. Quote post support was a huge first step to remedy this. I hope we'll see more updates on it.
Bluesky got a big chunk of former Twitter users, especially in some niches like for scientists and activists; they have great performance, reliable threading and replies and really amazing featuers like fully custom feeds—but suffer from intransparent moderation and frankly insufferable leadership (still leagues better than Twitter or Facebook though).
(There's more than these, but these are what I use.)

this week! 🎉
https://bolha.one/@cadusilva/115481273902006842

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115684069138548218
(Basically I recommend ever Never Post episode because it's my favorite podcast about the Internet. Subscribe to the feed and maybe even go for their 4 USD/month package? It's absolutely worth i…

When we were planning the August edition of @protocolsforpublishers.com we knew that being in the US wasn’t going to work for a lot of people.
@chadkoh.com is running with it & now has set a date for London in early February.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca…

Boris (@bmann.ca)
When we were planning the August edition of @protocolsforpublishers.com we knew that being in the US wasn’t going to work for a lot of people. @chadkoh.com is running with it & now has set a date for London in early February. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Quote post with your translucent tech

There's a reason why most of the people who talk about AI the most are Combat Posters:
Anyone who does not thrive on conflict simply stops bothering to post at some point
-- SE Gyges
https://bsky.app/profile/jmiers230.bsky.social/post/3majnqn2ujk2r

Jess Miers 🦝 (@jmiers230.bsky.social)
There's a massive anti-AI bot network that triggers any time there's a post with slight positive sentiment towards AI. If one of those bots attaches to your post, you're hosed. It sucks and it makes any sort of normal, substantive AI discourse nearly impossible to exist here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rep_movsd/115823856324622085
Fascinating. rep_ movsd apparently joined mastadon Dec 31, and this is apparently the 1st post. A post which is misleading at best.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rep_movsd/115823856324622085
Fascinating. rep_ movsd apparently joined mastadon Dec 31, and this is apparently the 1st post. A post which is misleading at best.

Well…
It’s still a remarkable display of ego to ask POTUS to get involved with a healthcare scheduling matter. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3m4onydufic2x

Stone Cold “Crazy” Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
Cancer metastasized to the bone is truly awful and I wouldn’t wish it even on a genuinely terrible and less than human person. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

#USpol

RE: #fascism, especially American fascism, there's something you can do. If you're in the US, don't buy anything if you can until Dec 2nd. If you do have to buy something, buy second hand, or buy local. If you're outside, don't buy anything from the US or any US company at all.
Spread the word. Keep it on people's mind. Write your own post. Talk to people you know in person. Print out flyers and post them around town.
The system understands the language of money. If you want a response, you have to speak the language the system understands.
Trump is extremely vulnerable. Don't wait for the regime to recovery. Hit it hard right now, with an economic blockade. Who knows, it might just crumble.
#USPol

GOOSEFISH
Community mascot options just expanded.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7lnfm34p22q

Boris (@bmann.ca)
GOOSEFISH Community mascot options just expanded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115873253491148737
Post updated!

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115510783495155340
One thing that, to my surprise, sells really quickly is old computer books from the 1980s (stuff like "Machine Programs for the Apple II").
I guess perhaps they're cheap to ship (in the US, the post office has a special low rate for packages with books or music) and nice small treats for people?
Regardless, it's a nice win, I free up space and get some pocket money, the books go to someone who will love and care for them. :)

The level of vicious bigotry is extreme and we can cannot give an inch.
There is a movement on the far right,
supported by billionaires and powerful people in the White House,
who want to ethnically cleanse the U.S.,
and we must describe it as such and treat it as such
https://bsky.a…

Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com)
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Thread of videos from @betaworks.com Demo Day last month, focused on new interfaces for computing enabled by or used for LLMs.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7h2osvsy22u

Boris (@bmann.ca)
Thread of videos from @betaworks.com Demo Day last month, focused on new interfaces for computing enabled by or used for LLMs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115827039406863229
After editing this post and going through heaps of theory, anarchist texts, and NSF-IAA and IWA-AIT magazines, I noticed it ended up being exactly 2,048 characters. I wanted to keep editing …

One of the many nightmare scenarios facing us is that
a badly led and mostly destroyed intelligence infrastructure
fails to prevent a major terrorist attack
and that attack is then used as justification to speed up the fascism.
-- Ken White
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky

Popehat of Serious Proportion (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
Yeah, one of the many nightmare scenarios facing us is that a badly led and mostly destroyed intelligence infrastructure fails to prevent a major terrorist attack and that attack is then used as justification to speed up the fascism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

It was amazing working with A. Woodward on "Goosetopher2", now called Goodstuff.
Do I want new geese mascot every year? I mean...
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7gfe42sz22e

It's really not hard to get off Spotify
-- there are a lot of apps and websites to help you transfer your playlist.
We're just so used to it that it seems easier to stay than go.
But when you're spins are funding death, it's a small thing you can do to make a difference
https://

Henny Gesserit (@nmjmredux.blacksky.app)
It's really not hard to get off spotify, there are a lot of apps and websites to help you transfer your playlist. We're just so used to it that it seems easier to stay than go. But when you're spins are funding death, it's a small thing you can do to make a difference [contains quote post or other embedded content]

On compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.”
And
“Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.”
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/pro…

Boris (@bmann.ca)
On compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.” And “Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]

And all of those App Stores could be using an app Lexicon, and get curated for unique needs, with social signals and ownership details.
https://bsky.app/profile/davatron5000.bsky.social/post/3m6fkly5krk2w

I highly recommend Redwall Feasts Bot.
What I wouldn’t give for “mixed berry cordial brewed by the hedgehogs”
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7g4bc7zbk2s

All of this *just* happened in two totally separate cases,
so be careful with differing stories about where things stand:
- TRO granted in the Rhode Island case (Judge Jack McConnell), but no written order yet.
- Trump admin was given until Monday to act in the Mass. case (Judge Indira Talwani).
https://

Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I’d love to have accounts tagged with their owners’ general location. Nation. State. Time zone. Context matters. @… https://

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
WOW. Definitely worthy of an exemption from my usual policy towards X screengrabs. This change is surprising and I hope other platforms also adopt a general location as the norm in a profile. I'm sure it would have been hilarious back when the place wasn't Elon's toy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
https://bsky.app/profi…

@jeffatwood.bsky.social
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Money capital follows vectors.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5xx5mgdgs2s

Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
https://bsky.app/profile/jaredmcclain.bsky.social/post/3m6f3gm64rk2y

Jared (@jaredmcclain.bsky.social)
Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

The degree of stupidity required for him to actually make such an announcement is hard to conceive. His flunkies have to want him to look demented. @…

Catherine Berry (@isomeme.bsky.social)
How else are we supposed to stop the Kaiser at Jutland?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
"I’m sure that this is all based on merit and the value that each contributes to our society."
-- Heidi Kitrosser
https:/…

Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com)
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B 💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M. 💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M. 💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I’m a strong believer in SDD
Sticker Driven Development
And this has a lot of potential.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5u3zinvys2d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115830256203421976
Marxist-Leninists will mock this post, especially the Ukraine comparison.

It’s no joke.
Top 5 in North America in number of fatalities.
It’s deceptive because it’s just 6,288’ and in good conditions it’s a fun day hike.
But it can get seriously awful up there. One fairly well-known and recent death happened in a whiteout at -30F and 80 mph wind.
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Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social)
Mt. Washington in late October? The cog railway only goes halfway up this time of year and even there it looks like this. This is where these people hopped off and thought yeah I'll just keeping strolling up into the freakish Extreme Frozen Hell zone. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
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Don’t Have To Apologize For Being Popehat Anymore (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
What a psycho. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

See, that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
-- Ken White (Popehat)
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3maew2ldlvk2g

If You Add Popehat, That’s Extra (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course [contains quote post or other embedded content]

House Judiciary's Jamie Raskin is echoing Jack Smith's demand for public hearings:
"I am now calling on you to accept Mr. Smith's offer to testify at a public hearing
so the American people can all hear directly from him on the matters we will be questioning him about."
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Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social)
NEW: House Judiciary's Jamie Raskin is echoing Jack Smith's demand for public hearings: "I am now calling on you to accept Mr. Smith's offer to testify at a public hearing so the American people can all hear directly from him on the matters we will be questioning him about." tinyurl.com/yrmrdr3t [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Lots of great lines in this post by @bf.wtf
“A world generates a story. And world-building is what the computer is for. Not in the fantasy sense, but in the practical one. Running your business is world-building. Raising a family is world-building.”
https://shimmeringvoid.leaflet.pub/3m7

In practice, seems like this amounts to a (very large) tax on businesses that hire employees on H1B visas,
One that goes far beyond any possible fee for administrative/processing costs into major revenue raising reserved for Congress (based on objections to executive taxation going back to James I)
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
WHOA. I am genuinely *shocked.* [contains quote post or other embedded content]

It would be nice if the US had a system of government that didn’t allow the president to arbitrarily tariff whoever he wanted
-- except we very explicitly do,
and since no one seems to care or react
-- then I guess the rules of our government no longer exist
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Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social)
It would be nice if the US had a system of government that didn’t allow the president to arbitrarily tariff whoever he wanted, except we very explicitly do, and since no one seems to care or react, then I guess the rules of our government no longer exist [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I had a womens studies professor try to coax a class to understand
that it’s not ’wrong’ for an alcoholic homeless person
to take your change you tossed and spend it on alcohol.
People were livid lol.
It really changed my perspective on giving.
it's freeing to give without expectation.
-- @inthemidwest.bsky.social

Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social)
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Corporate algorithms and chatbots are taking over the internet, and it’s very bad.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, is a nonprofit made by and for human users who believe in sharing free, organized, accessible, quality information for the good of humanity.
Let’s not take that for granted.
-- Doug Lindner
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Doug Lindner (@douglindner.bsky.social)
Corporate algorithms and chatbots are taking over the internet, and it’s very bad. Wikipedia, on the other hand, is a nonprofit made by and for human users who believe in sharing free, organized, accessible, quality information for the good of humanity. Let’s not take that for granted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]