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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 6d

In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 6d

As a student of history, I hope to live long enough to see the prosperity gospel and all of those who follow it tossed into some kind of big vat, 'cuz I really want to see what new system comes after Big Vat Day.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 7d

Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.

Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*

Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings

Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."

www.reuters.com

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

It's a response to a silly joke that I made, so ultimately it's not that deep, and I almost didn't respond.

It feels girlbossy. Maybe that's what you're going for. I guess I just hope that it isn't, because this is a patronizing way to talk to women. Anyway, congrats on one year.

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

I admire some of the women who are contributors (particularly Chrissy), so it would be great to see this project succeed.

Which is why I have to say, addressing a woman who you don't know as 'bestie' is a weird way to start a conversation about feminist criticism.

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

Just read this article, now ugly crying…

“As federal workers, we signed up to serve the American people and to serve the public, and while we're on furlough and we can't do that as part of our jobs, we want to find other ways to give back to our local communities,”

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 7d

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

www.kuow.org

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

I am… optimistically trimming my nails

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 7d

this could be a two-part series

Screenshot of the Bluesky timeline, a post proclaims “Quitting men isn’t a political strategy,” the post immediately following asks “Should we try harder to love our neighbors who probably want us dead?”

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 8d

Is it Saturday yet?

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 9d

she was so (tragically) right about all of it

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Sep 24

2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.

She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

from cyberselfish by paulina borsook: It's an inability to reconcile the demands of being individual with
the demands of participating in society, which coincides beautifully
with a preference for, and glorification of, being the solo comman-
der of one's computer in lieu of any other economically viable be-
havior. Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable,
fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many
political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a
philosophy out of a personality defect.

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

The next round of DoD rules will require journalists to fellate Pete Hegseth on air or live streaming.

The only thing more embarrassing than being as pathetically insecure as Pete Hegseth is acquiescing to Pete Hegseth’s insecurities.

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 10d

Here's a sample piece of "journalism" from one of the "news" outlets that signed the DoD rules. Welcome to the new press corps.

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office. n.pr/47ll5Nc

Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off

Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

Sweet Eight Pound Six Ounce Newborn Infant Jesus, don't even know a word yet, this passage from Jay Bhattacharya’s review of Fauci’s book makes me long for the glory days when scientists held each other accountable to the standards and principles of science, as a duty to the profession and public. 💔

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11d

4/12

You also write:

By contrast, his treatment of scientific critics is harsh, crossing lines that federal science bureaucrats should not cross. In 1991, when University of California, Berkeley, professor and wunderkind cancer biologist Peter Duesberg put forward a (false) hypothesis that the virus, HIV, is not the cause of AIDS, Fauci did everything in his power to destroy him. In his memoir, Fauci writes about debating Duesberg, writing papers, and giving talks to counter his ideas. But Fauci did more, isolating Duesberg, destroying his reputation in the press, and making him a pariah in the scientific community. Though Fauci was right and Duesberg wrong about the scientific question, the scientific community learned it was dangerous to cross Fauci.

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

Mamdani has hoodwinked the Democrats into revealing their racism! Oh no!

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

By the end of the weekend, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social will have found a way to secure the naming rights and make The Epstein Ballroom official. Big reveal of the signage by a parade of mascots on the final show in May 2026.

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

By lunchtime on Thursday, I want to see screenshots of Grok telling someone that the final name of the White House Ballroom is still for sale, but the working name being used by project planners is The Epstein Ballroom.

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 10d

Tomorrow morning if every major news outlet isn't claiming that Bluesky is an irrelevant echo chamber in response to The Epstein Ballroom trending, I will be sorely disappointed.

I need to see clips of Mike Johnson on television insisting that he hasn't seen any posts about The Epstein Ballroom.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10d

wake up babe, new Ouroboros just dropped

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

WEIL: “.. Circularity can be virtuous on the upside, and vicious on the downside. The deals can work fine, until they don’t.”

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 11d

I just have to make it through the next ten minutes about 74 more times.

Strength To Go Through, Judy Mowatt, 1980

#rootsreggae

Judy Mowatt - Strength To Go Through

YouTube video by RastaChaka

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 11d

The Democrats are not looking for someone who can win, they are looking for someone who can fundraise. They don’t need candidates who can lead, they need candidates who can go viral. This is why bad candidates will continue to be elevated by the Democratic Party establishment.

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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 12d

The more I see the photo, the more I'm reminded of other White House photos, and I'm starting to think that maybe they should just finish the job?

I remember going there as a kid multiple times, being completely awestruck, years later realizing that most of the things we'd been taught were lies.

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 12d

Honestly just tear the whole fucking structure down. Raze it to the ground.

It's always been cursed.

When we honestly examine our historic leaders and institutions, the imperative to condemn and abandon them becomes clear. You can't build anything of integrity or value on a rotten foundation.

photo of Donald Trump being greeted by Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1987

photo of an excavator demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House in 2025

Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 12d

I will not abandon or sacrifice anyone for a theory of politics. I have no common purpose with people who wish for the nonexistence of other people. It's that simple. Bigotry is only popular with bigots. Aligning with bigotry is a choice to empower bigotry, whether one is holding their nose or not.

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