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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 9h

I just solved Bellingcat's 'Strait Through' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself!
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Bellingcat Open Source Challenge

Test your open source research skills.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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Marcelo Soares, o Analista de Dados de Bagé @msoares.bsky.social · 1d

Tem que acabar a coisa de deixar idiotas famosos pelas idiotices que fazem, porque em seguida eles se tornam influentes pelas idiotices que pensam.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 15h

he took part in a film

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Alan Driscoll @alandriscoll.com · 17h

Still blowing my mind that the person who earns royalties from the microtransactions in a Harry Potter themed slot machine app accused me of grifting for having a Patreon which doesn't cover the costs of hosting the sites it's for.

Alan Driscoll @alandriscoll.com · 16d

Despite billionaires accusing me of grifting, the Opium Tea / Terfipedia joint Patreon makes $8 a month and as a result opiumtea.com is currently offline with terfipedia.com likely to follow.

Patreon allows one-off donations now so please consider supporting or subscribing at patreon.com/terfipedia

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17h

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

www.bloomberg.com

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Daniela Abade @danielaabade.bsky.social · 17h

Neste final de semana tive tempo de lavar o quintal, faxinar a sala e a cozinha, assistir a uma série documental, pintar as cabela e entreguar três nazistas pras otoridades.

Já a assessoria do restaurante sem-teto ainda não encontrou tempo pra uma resposta oficial.

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 16h

"Fogaça assina o menu do restaurante e (...). Em uma entrevista de 2024 à revista Pequenas Empresas, Grandes Negócios, Fogaça afirma que pretende expandir o restaurante como franquia."

Vejam o espírito empreendedor!

Dá uma m**da:
"nunca foi sócio do local ou exerceu qualquer função"

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Daniela Abade @danielaabade.bsky.social · 1d

Orgulho dessa minha primeira contribuição para @apublica.org . E, sim: é eita, atrás, de eita seguido de mano do céu!

apublica.org/2025/10/jami...

Jamile SP: Quem são os donos do restaurante que teto desabou

Empresários que se apresentavam como sócios do estabelecimento Jamile SP não constam nos documentos de constituição da empresa

apublica.org

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Lunna Fabris @lunna.bsky.social · 1d

UOL: Não podemos falar diretamente que a saúde pública brasileira está melhorando.
Estagiário: DEIXA COMIGO CHEFIA.

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 19h

a dick obsessed with penis

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 20h

Great Creepsmcpasta creepypasta: why I no longer shower with my eyes closed

Capitalism is the real monster in the story.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BwM...

"Why I No Longer Shower With My Eyes Closed" Creepypasta

YouTube video by CreepsMcPasta

m.youtube.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 20h

Trumpification of Europe in course

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 1d

"Depends on who you ask" framing is one of the most grating tics in modern political journalism. Objective reality exists and your job is to describe it.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 1d

Kermit's cousin was captured
then brainwashed
eventually changed the name to "Pepe"

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aidThompsin @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 1d

Tricky day for me to avoid accusations that "the Left celebrate death!" tbqh

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Lee 'the J is for J' Carter @carterforva.bsky.social · 1d

Hey remember how he won the Nobel peace prize and then turned around and bombed the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, making him the only laureate to bomb another laureate?

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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Marcelo Soares, o Analista de Dados de Bagé @msoares.bsky.social · 2d

Compraram etanol pra adulterar cachaça.
O etanol tava adulterado com metanol.
O metanol tava misturado com água.
A água tava misturada com esgoto.
O esgoto estava contaminado com cocaína.
A cocaína tinha sido batizada com vidro moído.
O vidro...

Amelia @ameliamolino.bsky.social · 2d

Os cara tava comprando etanol de posto de combustível pra adulterar bebida só que esse etanol tava adulterado com metanol…

g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo...

Polícia localiza em SP fábrica clandestina de bebida ligada a mortes por metanol

Estabelecimento fica em São Bernardo do Campo, no ABC Paulista. Segundo a polícia, fábrica comprava etanol e misturava conteúdo em bebidas como vodka. Uma mulher foi presa.

g1.globo.com

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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 3d

Basically, these replacement antinatalists believe that it's "fundamentally unethical" to have kids because the future is digital, and hence there's no point to bringing new biological people into the world. It's a fascinating new twist on traditional

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-strang...

The Strange Rise of Antinatalism in Silicon Valley

Most of us are aware that pronatalism is popular within Silicon Valley. But there's a new kind of antinatalism that's catching on, too! In this article, I give it a name: replacement antinatalism.

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1d

Headlines that make much more sense now than they would have 10 years ago.

‘I Am Worried About My Community,’ Says Frog Who Daily Confronts Federal Agents in Portland

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