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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 3h

Summary of this morning’s BlueSky timeline: the evil dudes are still doing their random evil.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 4h

ChatGPT prompt: list ten hidden costs for ChatGPT development and use.

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 4h

“Maybe it will solve all of our problems!”, we shriek as we allow incredibly problematic people to sell us a machine that chops down all the trees & tells children to kill themselves.

We celebrate our good fortune by paying power bills that have increased exponentially.

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 4h

I cannot express the degree to which I think this whole thing is incredibly stupid.

Cost-benefit wise, it wasn’t a great deal before, but as time progresses, it becomes clearer & clearer every day that we’re all on Everest in a snowstorm & continuing to try for the summit.

#SunkCostFallacy

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 18h

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 17h

*cough* Ask her about race, ask her about race *cough cough*

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John Clark | Photographer @getrealjc.bsky.social · Aug 30

Experimenting with light in an abandoned church 💡

#longexposure #photography #on1pics

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[Pro Tem] Sena-BoOoO-tor Fey @sushisiren.bsky.social · 18h

I bet if people were paid to protest there'd be more people at protests

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 18h

Beats actually doing something useful.

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LAaah! A Ghost! Guettler @laguettler.bsky.social · 18h

and whose fault is it that low income women can't get food, JD? Who's cutting snap?

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 18h

Are you insinuating that this administration doesn’t give a shit about poor people?

#gasp

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D. D. Syrdal @ddsyrdal.bsky.social · 18h

And let us not forget our beloved Unipiper

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 18h

Also, yes, bribery should be illegal.

agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 18h

“Is it illegal to take payment for doing services? Puppies are cute. The letter A is the first letter of the alphabet. The moon may or may not be made of green cheese.”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 18h

Doesn’t make much sense for survival, does it?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

Vaccinate your children. My GOD.

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 2d

bring back critical thinking.

please and thank you.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

We need work requirements for Congress.

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 19h

But all of their ideas are dumb! 😭

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 19h

Trying new ideas isn’t the problem.

Ready-Fire-Aim decision making is going to make it worse.

*The people are the problem* and embracing cultures with entirely different accountability structures will cause chaos.

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 19h

They’re hoping if you say something often enough, people will ignore the fact that their lives became measurably worse in real world terms when he came into office, & it wasn’t anything left over from the previous administration.

It was their batshit ideas & utter incompetence.

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 19h

Quick reminder: less than 32% of the electorate actively chose Trump in November 2024. Some of those who voted for him are currently experiencing buyer’s remorse & more will follow as the results of his policies become more & more apparent.

He has never had a mandate for any of this.

W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 19h

The media wants to cover Trump as a president with a mandate to do whatever he wants. They have no interest in switching lanes and talking about resistance to the administration. Now, Republicans are essentially forcing their hand.

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