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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 11h

that is not why we don't snitch tag

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 15h

the op in this situation is michael hobbes

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 16h

We don't snitch tag

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 1d

Also, Mamdani doesn't violate any of English's phonotactic contstraints, or contain any sounds that don't appear in native English speakers' phonetic inventories.

Like, of all the names to pretend are hard to say...

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, exactly. There has to be _something_ positive about your first drug experience in order for you to have a second one any time soon. And surprise trip from what I thought was a piece of candy when I'm 8 is... extremely unlikely to be a positive experience for anyone.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 1d

I think these people have an.... incomplete mental model of addiction.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 1d

Also if you want to get someone hooked with free samples, you would not target people too young to have any money to spend on more.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 2d

It's a very good essay!

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3d

Glamour Magazine just named “the dolls” their women of the year so I’m reupping this essay

It matters who is included and what kind of protection we call for. Putting “Protect the Dolls” on a shirt does something different than “Protect Trans Kids” or “Transition On Demand” or the entire text of the communist manifesto. It contributes to the capacitation and celeb-ification of transness. But I don’t just want a world in which there are more trans celebrities, even if I get to be one. I want a world in which trans people – all trans people – are safe and free.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.

Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Jake P @jahre.bsky.social · 3d

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 3d

I have ten million apples though from when I went apple picking that I am not likely to be able to turn into pie any time soon. So if you want to make another one I am happy to share

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man I would love to the inevitable finally happened. Raincheque for when I am better?

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 3d

Excuse me did you bake this

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 4d

😍😍😍

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d

consider that the psychotic loop of chatgpt mostly seems to be 'the chatbot repeating your own ideas back to you and telling you they're brilliant' and then consider billionaires and the people around them

evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 5d

by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week

OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week

www.wired.com

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like we need some kind of public health intervention to stop us all from watching brain-rotting garbage all the time

A scene of a room with a small, old black-and-white TV and a lamp in one corner and a painting on the wall. Everything is streaked in a very large quantity of blood. It is captioned "caption this with the 2nd to last text you sent."

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 8d

I think about this a lot.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 8d

Who said Reddit wasn’t good for anything?

A post on Reddit from user Rage_Like_Nic_Cage: “The Dems are the Uvalde Cops, the Republicans are the shooter”

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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 7d

Don't give up. You can cuss the whole time. But don't give up. Says Skeletor to his literally the worst henchmen.

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kanchan m @kayehm.bsky.social · 8d

"any distance is walkable as long as it's from a parked car"

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 8d

World Series - Stadium Edition.

*skydome forever.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 8d

I took out my anger on Canva today.

A 1950s like poster that says white supremacy is the real enemy! Solidarity is the only way home! Fear will never save us! It’s about building relationships and seeing everyone’s humanity it always is! Sexual abusers and corrupt thieves are bad at governance. It’s collective liberation or bust. And then it says lifeisasacredtext.com and Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 8d

Just an incredible stat from @brooklynspoke.bsky.social:

In 1971, the Netherlands had a 20% higher vehicle death rate than the US

Today, their vehicle death rate is 60% lower than ours

Unnecessary early deaths are a policy choice

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 10d

We were so excited to talk with @chrislhayes.bsky.social on his podcast "Why Is This Happening?" about our new book, "Life After Cars." We covered the politics of cars, the impact cars have on children, the planet and more. Give it a listen!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Red and white graphic that says "Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast, This Week: Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon," Wherever you get your podcasts #WITHpod" over a black and white illustration of Chris Hayes.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 8d

Well

I am sorry to hear that.

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 9d

@bustedsneakers.bsky.social am i having a stroke wtf

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Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social · 9d

It's a damned shame Kirk died before someone could tell him about washing his hands

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