DataShade
@datashade.bsky.social
I am not Bob the Angry Flower. I am not a content creator. I am a normie-adjacent weirdo with a lifelong lucky streak of falling into the social orbit of talented and amazing people.
Ok, fine: "reply guy"
Ok, fine: "reply guy"
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"don't hate us for printing transphobic lies, blame the public for believing us"
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"don't hate us for printing transphobic lies, blame the public for believing us"
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The thing about a rag like this is that the people writing for it know they aren’t making a good argument and they don’t care because it’s what the people with money are willing to pay for and literally the only thing that matters to them is career advancement.
Yeah, so about your claim that The Argument wouldn't be running anti-trans pieces @jerusalem.bsky.social... I knew it.
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The thing about a rag like this is that the people writing for it know they aren’t making a good argument and they don’t care because it’s what the people with money are willing to pay for and literally the only thing that matters to them is career advancement.
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Grok, that nazi tattoo doesn't look like the ones my friends have. Is it real?
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Grok, that nazi tattoo doesn't look like the ones my friends have. Is it real?
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Where's that fool from my Platner thread
people pretend to not be nazis and couch that in dog whistles but i think a reality we have to contend with is that there are so many, many, many incredible ignorant people out there
February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Where's that fool from my Platner thread
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bradley cooper doing his penance for american sniper by playing this guy
SCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch Newsletter
Last Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with the ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.
www.inquirer.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
bradley cooper doing his penance for american sniper by playing this guy
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jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
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Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession
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No one quits or apologizes in Trump 2 so I can't wait until we find out what she did. Guess it's coming
EXCLUSIVE: DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, one of the most vocal defenders of Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, is stepping down.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration
The move comes as public opinion has turned on the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
No one quits or apologizes in Trump 2 so I can't wait until we find out what she did. Guess it's coming
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Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
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We need to turn these ICE detention centers into ICE detention centers, i.e., centers for detaining the ICE Nazis.
February 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
We need to turn these ICE detention centers into ICE detention centers, i.e., centers for detaining the ICE Nazis.
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This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
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Oh look, they realized they could get away with it for trans people and now they've moved onto ADHD. If this gets transposed to Ireland I'm fucked.
Henry Shelford, chief executive of charity ADHD UK: it is "hateful and cruel how badly the overall NHS treats people with ADHD”.
ADHD patients stripped of NHS prescriptions under crackdown
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
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February 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Oh look, they realized they could get away with it for trans people and now they've moved onto ADHD. If this gets transposed to Ireland I'm fucked.
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Remember being a kid using one of those Casio keyboards that would play music with one button and how you might pretend or even insist in that kid way that you were really playing it
That's LLM content
And people will grow out of that very quickly too
That's LLM content
And people will grow out of that very quickly too
February 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Remember being a kid using one of those Casio keyboards that would play music with one button and how you might pretend or even insist in that kid way that you were really playing it
That's LLM content
And people will grow out of that very quickly too
That's LLM content
And people will grow out of that very quickly too
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What I remember about Jesse Jackson is most of the prominent adults in my life went out of their way to treat him like a joke, and these same adults supported every Republican no matter how bloodthirsty, deranged or corrupt.
I wish I'd been given a more accurate representation of the man.
I wish I'd been given a more accurate representation of the man.
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
What I remember about Jesse Jackson is most of the prominent adults in my life went out of their way to treat him like a joke, and these same adults supported every Republican no matter how bloodthirsty, deranged or corrupt.
I wish I'd been given a more accurate representation of the man.
I wish I'd been given a more accurate representation of the man.
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The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethics.
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
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Heard an interview today where a guy said (and I'm paraphrasing) "LLMs have had years to train on every aspect of chess, read every book and article about it, review every match, but when they play, they STILL makes illegal moves. That tells you everything."
And.
Yup.
And.
Yup.
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Heard an interview today where a guy said (and I'm paraphrasing) "LLMs have had years to train on every aspect of chess, read every book and article about it, review every match, but when they play, they STILL makes illegal moves. That tells you everything."
And.
Yup.
And.
Yup.
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Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people
Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people
Social media platform’s legal eagles prepare to fight ever-growing number of countries
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the latest regulator to open an investigation into Elon Musk's X following repeated reports of harmful image generation by the platform's Grok AI chatbot.…
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people
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This is what America voted for when it voted for Republicans: making it harder for disabled vets to get benefits.
"the ameliorative effects of medication should not be estimated or discounted when evaluating the severity of a veteran's disability at the time of the disability examination"
"the ameliorative effects of medication should not be estimated or discounted when evaluating the severity of a veteran's disability at the time of the disability examination"
Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends 38 CFR 4.10 within the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). This amendment clarifies VA's longstanding interpretation of Sec. 4.10 and, in doing ...
www.federalregister.gov
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
This is what America voted for when it voted for Republicans: making it harder for disabled vets to get benefits.
"the ameliorative effects of medication should not be estimated or discounted when evaluating the severity of a veteran's disability at the time of the disability examination"
"the ameliorative effects of medication should not be estimated or discounted when evaluating the severity of a veteran's disability at the time of the disability examination"
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The reason the private sector tends to fuck up public contracts is that it means they can steal public money and not worry about going to jail.
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The reason the private sector tends to fuck up public contracts is that it means they can steal public money and not worry about going to jail.
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1) Private company given contract to manage public service
2) Private company fucks it up, wastes public money
3) Private company apologizes and promises to use Microsoft's Copilot to fix it
The looming, obvious catastrophe is like the fucking zamboni scene in Deadpool.
2) Private company fucks it up, wastes public money
3) Private company apologizes and promises to use Microsoft's Copilot to fix it
The looming, obvious catastrophe is like the fucking zamboni scene in Deadpool.
Capita taps Microsoft Copilot to untangle UK pensions mess
: Outsourcer tells MPs AI is prioritizing cases as thousands of civil servants face delays
www.theregister.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM
1) Private company given contract to manage public service
2) Private company fucks it up, wastes public money
3) Private company apologizes and promises to use Microsoft's Copilot to fix it
The looming, obvious catastrophe is like the fucking zamboni scene in Deadpool.
2) Private company fucks it up, wastes public money
3) Private company apologizes and promises to use Microsoft's Copilot to fix it
The looming, obvious catastrophe is like the fucking zamboni scene in Deadpool.
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Like kids playing house, like housecats oblivious to the vast amount of kitty litter logistics that goes on around them, their hobby is something that only works inside a sheltered safe space where someone else has worked to maintain it.
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Like kids playing house, like housecats oblivious to the vast amount of kitty litter logistics that goes on around them, their hobby is something that only works inside a sheltered safe space where someone else has worked to maintain it.
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My evolving relationship with streaming. 🏴☠️
February 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
My evolving relationship with streaming. 🏴☠️
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He lied over and over again to the point where he claimed he had always been for abolish ICE and actually all liberals have. And he demanded everyone believe his stupid and incoherent lies. No wonder eunuch loyalists want Newsom. They are merely jealous of Dong Zhuo!
He did not once ever answer What Is To Be Done about concentration camps. He will simply claim credit for the victories of the people and call it liberalism. For him, it's a Monday. For me, it is life and death, it is hundreds of years of lucha.
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He lied over and over again to the point where he claimed he had always been for abolish ICE and actually all liberals have. And he demanded everyone believe his stupid and incoherent lies. No wonder eunuch loyalists want Newsom. They are merely jealous of Dong Zhuo!