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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8h

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 5h

I'M WHEEZING

Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI 2022- ChatGPT will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis

OpenAI 2025- ChatGPT will tell you that your dick is the biggest it’s ever seen

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/o...

Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users

"As part of our 'treat adult users like adults' principle, we will allow...erotica for verified adults."

www.axios.com

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 5h

It's fun to think about Pujols managing the #Orioles, but absent eavesdropping on his interviews, I have no idea what his past as an elite hitter brings as an #MLB manager. He might be awesome, but I still think it's better to hire a key coach on a team that does more with less like the #Brewers

Sources: Orioles interested in Pujols for manager

The Orioles, seeking a new manager to guide their young, emerging core, have expressed interest in Albert Pujols, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 6h

Putting aside that white people who are like fucking 30 are somehow always "a bunch of kids," VP Doughboy knows he would have been all over Telegram if he had been born just 10 years later lmao

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 6h

I don't care if Flaherty was Gunnar's godfather. The primary reason the NFL is rife with mediocrity is the same set of mediocre people who are friends and family run teams. And they do it badly only to get fired and rehired elsewhere in a carousel of mid

Pick the best candidate and win some rings

D’Janiel Sanchez @oriolesreview.bsky.social · 1d

Correct me if I’m wrong but no one on the Orioles roster overlapped with Ryan Flaherty. Even Mullins debuted after his last season as an Oriole. No current member of the coaching staff had had him. He left via FA right before Elias took over. Theres no real connection except to the fans, right?

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 6h

It's about time someone in Democratic leadership caught the alley oop. MAGA lectured everyone that it was bad to send money to fortify Ukraine against Putin when it should be spent here to bring down costs, and then Trump gives away $40B to help his buddy and bail out rich people in Argentina? GTFO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 8h

We don't talk enough about how Microsoft, however differently from Meta and Amazon and others in Big Tech, is still a piece of shit

404 Media @404media.co · 13h

The end of free Windows 10 support this Wednesday could be an environmental disaster, cutting off 400 million PCs from security updates and dooming millions of still usable computers.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

www.404media.co

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 8h

I'M WHEEZING

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 8h

— Milei is as fierce a Trump advocate as anyone globally, and Trump is loyal to his friends. Milei has an election coming
— American hedge fund guys got money in Argentina
— Argentina got lithium mines China wants

The funny thing is this should be a slam dunk for Dems, but they ain't said shit lmao

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18h

America is spending $20B of your tax dollars to ensure Argentina continues to have free healthcare while the US government is shutdown because it can’t afford to give you a discount on healthcare premiums?

Make it make sense.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 9h

Much like the South in the Civil War, the Nazis lost on the field but just had to wait to slither into power like Hydra into SHIELD

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Seems bad. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 9h

Cryptic? That's an org psych cliché that's been around forever attributed to Peter Drucker although he never actually said it

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 1d

Last week, USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino posted a cryptic photo on social media about culture.

@henrybushnell.bsky.social has more on how Chick-fil-A’s chairman inspired Pochettino’s "culture" message ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 10h

Is Sherrill a good candidate? No

OK, but are her politics good? Also, no

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Still not feeling good about the Democratic campaign for governor here in New Jersey.

Yes, the last polls show Sherrill running between +8 and even, but remember in the last gubernatorial race the last polls had Murphy +8 and he only won by 3. It's already too close as it is and tightening.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 10h

RIP to the GOAT Jane Goodall

🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 15h

thinking of Jane Goodall’s Netflix interview and how they asked her if she would be glad to see either of her husbands and she was like eh, naw, and they asked her who she would be happy to see and she named a couple animals, like, not literally choosing the bear, but choosing the gorilla which loll

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 10h

In fact, Beltway Media is declaring "peace in the Middle East" like they're Vanilla Ice. It's propaganda from state media, who also fancy themselves experts because they eat at Maydan all the time. They are unserious people

Although to be fair, Maydan is awesome

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 11h

Another example why the liberal obsession with age is simplistic. Of course Moulton is younger than Markey. Stonehenge is younger than Markey. But Moulton is also way more conservative than Markey and way more than a MA senator should be. This would be a win for Republicans

Find a younger Markey

Representative Seth Moulton speaks to 7NEWS about senate run - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

BOSTON (WHDH) - With age being at the center of the upcoming campaign, Senator Ed Markey will be 80 when the next election happens and<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/represent...

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

MAKE CRISCO GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember when Beltway Media like @cnn.com and @nytimes.com lectured us that these people are motivated by "economic anxiety" lmaooo

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Blueskolds give this website character tbh

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Also the @apnews.com: "Ferris Bueller fakes illness to miss school, a test for parental rules and school policy"

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Libs and Dems are focused on age, and no question the fact Mills is 77 is comical in the moment

But the real issue is in an era when voters are so anti-establishment, Ground Chuck coordinated with the sitting governor on old ass strategy to displace Platner, the fresh face creating excitement lmao

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to the GOAT D’Angelo

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Very sad news…

The incredible D’Angelo has died.

A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.

His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.

This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

I would say mockery with inflatable costumes and Walz's "weird" rhetoric is more about taking advantage of MAGA desperation for respect and some recognition that they are in the mainstream

The costumes are part of the mockery strategy to take advantage of their content strategy

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Yes of course they are. The strategy is clear. Everything they do is always about content. There is a reason they refused Sandwich Guy's voluntarily turning himself in so they could instead post 20 officers cosplaying Call of Duty to storm his place in one of the safest parts of DC

Ted Cruz checking Twitter after he had a performative exchange at a hearing

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Yes of course they are. The strategy is clear. Everything they do is always about content. There is a reason they refused Sandwich Guy's voluntarily turning himself in so they could instead post 20 officers cosplaying Call of Duty to storm his place in one of the safest parts of DC

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

I am confident AI can be useful for lawyers IF they use products that integrate tools (APIs, etc) to provide deterministic, fact-based context to LLMs and space for lawyers in the loop. But that takes software engineering

Instead, these idiots are doing what DOGE did, pasting excerpts into ChatGPT

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

New achievement unlocked: a lawyer got caught using AI to do the filing where he explained why he used AI in another filing

www.404media.co/lawyer-using...

Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

www.404media.co

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