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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2h

I don't have Ed's sources but it feels to me like the entire AI industry that is propping up our entire economy is 8-10 hooting tehcbros tossing around a gigantic flaming bag of money that is losing value every second and counting it as "revenue" every time they touch it and pass it off

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2h

On Friday I’m going to have a premium newsletter with a generous (2600 word) free intro about the nasty demands of Sam Altman and OpenAI. They need $161 billion in the next six months - it’s the only way for them to complete any of the plans they have agreed to. A truly nonsensical time.

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3h

thinking about taking a mental health day off from work soon to eat a big-ass diner breakfast and find an arcade to hang out for a few hours

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah it might be time to mark out a pre/post division series disclaimer for counting stats in the postseason

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 5h

that's kind of a twist because I thought the IOC might move the Olympics out of LA due to the State Dept denying athletes visas to compete here

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6h

The current U.S. President straight up hates America and roots against us. We should talk about that more. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 6h

When the Pirates signed him for 2023 their press release did not mention a single offensive stat

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 13h

imagine losing your job working for a GOP politician because they found out you were too racist to keep around

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

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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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 16h

This garbage can't even get fast food orders right, someone is gonna get charged for like 2,813 refrigerators

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.

You'll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT | TechCrunch

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.

techcrunch.com

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 1d

Love the collection. My first college's claim to fame was that every student got a "free" laptop freshman year and you better believe I slapped an Airwalk sticker on that bad boy

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

i was not prepared for the Steelers backing into a division title and home playoff game because every other QB in the division exploded into dust like in Mutant League Football while Aaron Fucking Rodgers was the last man standing but here we all are

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

I am in favor of him doing a season each of sitcoms in varying midwest and/or rust belt cities. I would say he should try Erie next but I have a very complex theory that the city of Erie does not actually exist

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

I want the pope to excommunicate him

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

going out like Stan Chera

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

Remembering this time I went to the poker room; a player mentioned Bitcoin while chatting between hands and the dealer got so hyped up to talk about his crypto that he misdealt two of the next three hands until another player told him to shut up and just keep the game running

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

trading unregulated crypto shitcoins on margin didn't work out? That's shocking, to me

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 2d

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

I still have a Bettis jersey lol

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 2d

I believe him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3d

Hawai'i is 5-2! Congrats on passing the #HawaiiTest! Come collect your sticker!

thesickoscommittee-shop.fourthwall.com/en-cad/produ...

Hawai'i Test Sticker (New version)

Did you stay up late and pass the Hawai'i Test? You did? Well buy a sticker as proof!!

thesickoscommittee-shop.fourthwall.com

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3d

research how to buy and maintain a burner flipphone that will not be linked to you

onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

we need to abolish this shit

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3d

they had a pleasant day of vigorous exercise in front of their friends

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3d

when Auburn hired that asshole I said it would put a 50-year curse on that program but I did not expect to see results like this so quickly

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3d

Would be nice if someone asks JD Vance about this because his response would be another step toward him being excommunicated

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 3d

Pitt picks up a transitive win over Bama, season is a success no matter what now

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 4d

they don't think they'll ever get got on a battlefield

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Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 4d

Mariners-Jays is an ALCS where I won't be mad whoever wins, I do slightly prefer the M's just because it'd be fun to see them in a WS

Highway to the Cool Zone @skaboomizzy.bsky.social · 4d

yeah nobody wants to see this in a Pirates-Rockies game in mid-August