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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 5h

These are the "kids" JD Couch Fucker wants you to forgive.

All nazis.

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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 5h

The common thread here is the absurdly unrealistic beliefs that:
- education is information delivery
- there is a 'best' way of delivering information that works for (almost) everyone
- learning is something you do once and move on
- learning one topic has no relationship to learning any other topic

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10h

Remember the Year of the MOOC from a decade ago? The one where tech bros predicted the end of all but 3-4 universities because who needs campuses when everyone can just take MOOCs and learn everything? Hits a little different now after pandemic pedagogy, huh? The tech hype cycle is a helluva drug.

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CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 4h

sorry, best we can do is an AI therapist which also doubles as your porn slashfic repository

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

it would be cool if the tech industry could try, like, a single strategy *other* than “encourage users to develop a parasocial attachment to their computers”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h

The purpose of a system is what it does.

People Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Mock the Dead

Thanks to OpenAI's Sora 2, it's never been easier to generate photorealistic AI slop videos puppeting the likenesses of deceased celebrities.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6h

"I was married, but I'm no married any more. Women don't like the vehicle."

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 6h

Ever notice the most privileged people (this is Forbes) are telling you you don’t need to go to school? Think they’re giving their children the same advice? No they’re still sending them to elite schools. Now why do you think this is?

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 21h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21h

Were the author not a business school prof high on his own supply of AI hype, he would perhaps be able to comprehend that the answer to the question of why new graduates lack critical thinking skills lies in the normalization of AI, and the pandemic.
The solution is not more AI, Shannon.

Most college students now use AI tools for academic work, yet employers consistently report that new graduates lack the critical thinking and decision-making skills needed in an AI-augmented workplace. This disconnect signals the beginning of higher education's great unbundling.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 21h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts. n.pr/4nYSLHq

A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts

Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 7h

Well THIS explains a lot about... never mind

Quite Interesting @qi.com · 9h

According to the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th century guide for witchhunters, witches could steal men’s penises and keep them as pets.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6h

Your grandfather fought the Nazis. You guys embrace the Nazis

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

The average person is not informed that Covid is not confined to the respiratory system and infects blood vessels, immune cells, and the brain.

We rolled the dice and have exposed everyone to SARS2 repeatedly, and the idea that this has been determined safe through rigorous study is patently false.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 13h

America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”

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NPR @npr.org · 12h

Many soccer fans were excited that the men's World Cup would be coming to the U.S. next year — until they discovered how much FIFA is charging for tickets. n.pr/4hb5owm

'Absolute madness': Soccer fans are outraged over ticket prices for U.S. World Cup

Many soccer fans were excited that the men's World Cup would be coming to the U.S. next year — until they discovered how much FIFA is charging for tickets.

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 1d

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 11h

Fashion tip! Get the Kim Kardashian SKIMS with an at home DIY trick: hair will grow on your mons - yes yours! - if you simply stop shaving, waxing or depilating in any way!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15h

Amazingly, the way the Democracy ice sculpture melted, it almost left the word DECAY…

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Heather Lynn @drheatherlusty.bsky.social · 19h

What?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h

Our friends at @lighthousereports.com uncovered a massive archive of phone numbers and geolocation data.

It led them on an 18-month odyssey to expose a shadowy surveillance firm whose phone-tracking tech has been used by repressive regimes, corporate spooks, and Vatican leak hunters.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 1d

Space Force satellite catalog is now at object 65973, expected to pass the 66000 mark by tomorrow.

Object 00001 was the rocket upper stage from Sputnik 1.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 22h

I’m guessing the reason OpenAI wants to do erotica is to gather more personal information from users. It will insist on camera access to verify DL and passport photos and use that data to train models. If it can create dossiers and eventually a social graph it can match the advantage Meta AI has

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