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A Dead Weird Carnie

@ecarney.bsky.social

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Executive dysfunction, a conspicuous lack of marketable skills, and a paradoxical ambition to build a better society from the ground up.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · Feb 21

Growing up, I recall a lot of people asking, "How could the German people let this happen?" but no one ever asked, "Would they have let if happen if they could effortlessly access detailed information about current events and history and had also been warned all their lives to not let this happen?"

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1h

Well, someone needs to get Jamie Hyneman back on the air, then.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 4h

Tens of thousands of Idahoans demand to know which Republican they have to vote for to avert this catastrophe.

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 4h

Never seen a more cut-and-dry case of "privatized profit, socialized costs"

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 4h

I feel like regulating data centers' energy grid impacts is such a layup for state legislators. These costs should be borne by tech companies, who can then pass them on to their users. There is no reason why local residents should be paying increased energy bills.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

They sure are.

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 6h

On the self driven bus reading an article with no author and screaming CAPTURE SCREENSHOT at my ai phone

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

We're gonna rock down to Clit Avenue / and then we'll take it higher

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

"It's almost pizza!"

a man in a black sweater and plaid shirt is standing in front of a black refrigerator in a kitchen .

ALT: a man in a black sweater and plaid shirt is standing in front of a black refrigerator in a kitchen .

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

Did you see their follow-up? The total collapse of Western civilization is, for these people, preferable to a third of the country saying they'd like to be able to enjoy Sunday mornings in a politically stable country.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

Well that's pretty illustrative!

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

It only just occurred to me that ICE is probably going to target trick-or-treating families...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

Seen in Chicago

Handmade label sticker on street pole

The scariest thing this Halloween is ice terrorizing our communities

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

Stuck in an Update You Can't Get Out Of

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

It's the leftist catch-22: if you attempt to wield political power effectively in support of leftist positions, it's proof that you were only ever interested in political power and therefore don't actually support leftist positions.

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

God damn does the last line of that thread piss me off. Like, I agree that something must be done about capital & capitalists, but the more immediate problem is that we're being ruled by dictator who's cultivating a personal army, and I wonder what piece of your brain has to be removed to miss that.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 7h

One thing I appreciate about the Cybertruck is that it illustrates the absence of correlation between wealth and intelligence.

Every time I see one, I'm reminded that there are people with upwards of $100,000 to burn who also demonstrate worse judgment than I have at my absolute drunkest.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 7h

"You know how everyone hates forming human connections and interacting with people who might sometimes disobey you or behave in ways that undermine your precious, precious productivity? Well we've been working on a solution for years and shut up, no we're not projecting, you WANT this, all of you."

yonahtheundead.bsky.social @yonahtheundead.bsky.social · 8h

“We want every person making the move to experience what it means to have a PC that’s not just a tool, but a true partner” no, thank you, my PC is just a tool, and so is my phone, and so is my other tech, and it'll stay this way.

It's incredible how out of touch and out of reality tech bros are

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 7h

The Undeleteable Fire

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 7h

“You know that U2 album you didn’t want? Yeah, that’s our entire business model now.”

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 10h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, come on, it's not like there are any very recent, extremely high-profile and terribly consequential examples of a politician's age and infirmity becoming an issue during a campaign or after their election.

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 7h

janet mills has about a 40% chance of being dead or gravely disabled before the end of her first term

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 7h

I just point and laugh. I imagine most Cybertruck drivers get off on being objects of hostility, but not sources of amusement.

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 8h

They’re renaming it “Liberty Vote” and “focusing on paper ballots.” Yeah man I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that’s not a great sign.

WIRED @wired.com · 8h

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

The “guardrails” didn’t really hold in Trump’s first term. He broke through many, and accelerated abuses in 2020.

Beat impeachment, removed inspectors general, and after losing reelection attempted a coup. Failing to recognize that as guardrails crumbling, not holding, was one cause of complacency.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 8h

They absolutely do not "dominate the discourse," but it's bizarre how often I see people actively discouraging others from protesting while also applauding themselves for having been brutalized by police at past protests. As if popular but anodyne protests directly threaten fringe, militant ones.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9h

It's wild how the No Kings protests are a reliable Bluesky flashpoint - seemingly for the sole reason that the leftists who dominate discourse on here are deeply threatened by the idea that millions of old folks going and crowding the streets could better, without them so much as bombing a Wal-mart

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 11h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10h

“but you commented earlier about a naked bike ride in portland” would be a legitimate follow up for any reporters in the room w johnson when he says he didnt see the important story youre asking him about

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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