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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 1h

Just awful

So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 1h

Ohio State and Tulane

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 13h

8. For people who went to college, what college did you go to?

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1h

“Free speech zone after curfew”

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 4h

Broadview police in conjunction with ISP has arrested a protester for not dispersing from the free speech zone after curfew.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Free Agent Fly On The Wall @flyonsomewall.bsky.social · 14h

So then, "Yes Kings?" Is that what the right is saying here?

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 1h

Jeremiah Fears better get used to Birmingham

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t even know who Fears could’ve thought he was passing to

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Pelicans Film Room @pelsfilmroom.bsky.social · 2h

PUT ON A SHOW FOR EM ZION

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🇬🇹 ⚜️ @saraodette.bsky.social · 3h

We’re playing against Paul Bunyan sized motherfackers

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4h

Ten--count them-- ten SPD officers managed to break up this "organized" criminal operation, and recovered "three pairs of children’s shoes ($26 a pair), beanies ($7 each), cologne ($10), two sweatshirts (at $30 each, the highest-value items stolen), and a pet toy (price unknown)." 🙄

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 7h

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise
The operation involved at least 10 officers and suspects were jailed for up to a week for stealing knit caps, sweatshirts, and a pet toy.
publicola.com/2025/10/14/s...

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Last week, the Seattle Police Department announced it had completed a successful “Organized Retail Theft Operation”…

publicola.com

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t believe he did the thing *at* his memorial

50 Cent on Many Men:

Now it's clear that I'm here for a real reason
'Cause he got hit like I got hit, but he ain't fekin' breathin'

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 2h

Jordan Poole plays as stupidly as I thought he would

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 3h

The Pelicans gotta get Naji back. I don’t know who on the current roster would jump in for Jose.

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 4h

this is so flagrantly unconstitutional that i actually felt compelled to go back and re-read the first amendment to make sure it still prohibits "abridging the freedom of speech"

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 3h

I like watching this Pelicans team more than I like watching the Saints this season, so there’s that

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3h

every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 3h

I have to keep reminding myself that it’s just preseason

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 3h

Jordan Poole is getting abused out there

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So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 3h

Every so often, Zion plays defense the way a defensive lineman plays defense

So Sayeth Black Lord: @jmood88.bsky.social · 4h

Something that is prohibitively expensive, while also having no justified use-case, sounds like a great thing to tie the entire US economy to

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4h

For those curious this is a negative 5900% gross margin

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

Recall Judge William Young’s decision regarding the First Amendment challenge to the student visa revocation efforts: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Ultimately, Young ruled that the administration's actions violate the First Amendment, as well as
- on related grounds - the Administrative Procedure Act. In summing up part of the constitutional ruling, Young wrote:

“[T]his Court rules that here the Plaintiffs have shown that Secretaries Noem and Rubio are engaged in a mode of enforcement leading to detaining, deporting, and revoking noncitizens' visas solely on the basis of political speech, and with the intent of chilling such speech and that of others similarly situated. Such conduct is not only unconstitutional, but a thing virtually unknown to our constitutional tradition.”

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