Bumblefudge
@bumblefudge.com
Free-range shit-talker, user agency and democracy enjoyor, governance-fixated technologist.
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Bumblefudge
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· Jun 9
PROFESSIONAL THREAD: I have recently been realizing that in our current late-stage grindset capitalism, no one has a "career" so much as a self-promotional narrative that they have to sell every time they're stuck in an elevator with someone, so let me sketch out the pitch for my consultancy. 🧵
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Ahhhh it’s not as if people haven’t been yelling this at journalists for the last seven years
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ahhhh it’s not as if people haven’t been yelling this at journalists for the last seven years
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As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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Me Too: And Furthermore
I am so ready for Me Too, Chapter Two
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Me Too: And Furthermore
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Hoo boy
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hoo boy
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
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my team did not write a fairly critical part of developer-enablement tooling for over two years until I had occasion to act like a customer, become filled with absolutely righteous anger at how our product behaved, and wrote it myself in six hours with some robot assistance
this is a *normal thing*
this is a *normal thing*
Thing is, we are genuinely bottlenecked on software. There are so many cool projects blocked by 3-4 years of integration work. Old languages, old codebases, not enough engineers. Change could happen so much faster
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
my team did not write a fairly critical part of developer-enablement tooling for over two years until I had occasion to act like a customer, become filled with absolutely righteous anger at how our product behaved, and wrote it myself in six hours with some robot assistance
this is a *normal thing*
this is a *normal thing*
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never mind not being able to read, I'm pretty worried that there are college students today without the ability to follow a 45-minute TV series episode.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
never mind not being able to read, I'm pretty worried that there are college students today without the ability to follow a 45-minute TV series episode.
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Ok I know I know I know I know this is so not the point
but it’s
“Fewer lawyers”
but it’s
“Fewer lawyers”
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ok I know I know I know I know this is so not the point
but it’s
“Fewer lawyers”
but it’s
“Fewer lawyers”
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i cannot fathom what on earth "decision-grade" is meant to convey. like it suggests there is some governing body or legal standard that assigns grades to AI, like eggs
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
i cannot fathom what on earth "decision-grade" is meant to convey. like it suggests there is some governing body or legal standard that assigns grades to AI, like eggs
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My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
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i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
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When Howard Dean was the Democratic frontrunner for President, he was disqualified, by the media, for yelling "Yeah!" once.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
When Howard Dean was the Democratic frontrunner for President, he was disqualified, by the media, for yelling "Yeah!" once.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
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An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
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I don't think white liberals understand how many civil rights leaders were murdered by police. This has not diminished since the 60s, they're still murdering us.
“Long before Hoover denounced King as a liar, the NYPD issued a surveillance report on the civil rights leader’s visit to Harlem in 1958, with other memos to follow in the early 1960s. Rank-and-file organizers supporting King received unwanted attention as well.“
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I don't think white liberals understand how many civil rights leaders were murdered by police. This has not diminished since the 60s, they're still murdering us.
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REMINDER: if you have a PLC ROTATIONAL KEY, you can migrate from bluesky to another server EVEN IF YOU'RE BANNED
i'm in the process of making a how-to-guide explaining more, but you can set one up TODAY FOR FREE using @baileytownsend.dev's tool: pdsmoover.com/backups
i'm in the process of making a how-to-guide explaining more, but you can set one up TODAY FOR FREE using @baileytownsend.dev's tool: pdsmoover.com/backups
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
REMINDER: if you have a PLC ROTATIONAL KEY, you can migrate from bluesky to another server EVEN IF YOU'RE BANNED
i'm in the process of making a how-to-guide explaining more, but you can set one up TODAY FOR FREE using @baileytownsend.dev's tool: pdsmoover.com/backups
i'm in the process of making a how-to-guide explaining more, but you can set one up TODAY FOR FREE using @baileytownsend.dev's tool: pdsmoover.com/backups
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Meat processing plants are/were are another link in our food supply chain that had a lot of undocumented workers in them. This is all the current admins fault
Tyson is closing its beef plants in Nebraska and Amarillo, TX (article in the thread).
Sure, the plants may be old. However, that never stopped these companies from continuing to process meat if they had markets and customers.
Tariffs and drought did this. It's a shame.
Sure, the plants may be old. However, that never stopped these companies from continuing to process meat if they had markets and customers.
Tariffs and drought did this. It's a shame.
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Meat processing plants are/were are another link in our food supply chain that had a lot of undocumented workers in them. This is all the current admins fault
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Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
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On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.