Melico
@melico.bsky.social
Extremely online and leftist but not an extremely online leftist.
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“HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, doesn’t apply to the companies behind popular chatbots. Legally, said Bradley Malin… “you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,” leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, doesn’t apply to the companies behind popular chatbots. Legally, said Bradley Malin… “you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,” leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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I like how Republicans forever used to be opposed to government getting involved in businesses. But now that they have their own wildly corrupt authoritarian in the White House who demands his cut at every turn, conservatives are all, ‘This is great! This is how you do Serious Business!’
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I like how Republicans forever used to be opposed to government getting involved in businesses. But now that they have their own wildly corrupt authoritarian in the White House who demands his cut at every turn, conservatives are all, ‘This is great! This is how you do Serious Business!’
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being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
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This is a reply to someone who posted about her husband being abducted by ICE. The original post is deleted now, probably due to harassment from weirdos like this. Does anyone know who is responsible for managing harassment on this website?
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is a reply to someone who posted about her husband being abducted by ICE. The original post is deleted now, probably due to harassment from weirdos like this. Does anyone know who is responsible for managing harassment on this website?
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Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
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every Batman is a policy failure
This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
every Batman is a policy failure
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Watched Oceans 11 with the teen last night and decided that the answer to the male loneliness epidemic is more heists.
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Watched Oceans 11 with the teen last night and decided that the answer to the male loneliness epidemic is more heists.
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Tom Cotton’s enthusiasm for this stuff makes me think someone should look into whether he committed any crimes during his time in Afghanistan and Iraq.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tom Cotton’s enthusiasm for this stuff makes me think someone should look into whether he committed any crimes during his time in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.
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If the drug dealer survives, he’s guilty and must be killed by the Witchfinder General. If he dies, he proves his innocence and we’re all very sorry
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If the drug dealer survives, he’s guilty and must be killed by the Witchfinder General. If he dies, he proves his innocence and we’re all very sorry
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“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
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this genuinely, for real, does make me feel better sometimes
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
this genuinely, for real, does make me feel better sometimes
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
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I am embarrassed to have an opinion about what a director I’ve only seen I think 3 movies by said on a podcast but every time I’ve ever seen Matthew Lillard in a movie I’ve enjoyed it; giving props to work you like rules over being catty and rude, & people who think catty and rude is good are bores
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I am embarrassed to have an opinion about what a director I’ve only seen I think 3 movies by said on a podcast but every time I’ve ever seen Matthew Lillard in a movie I’ve enjoyed it; giving props to work you like rules over being catty and rude, & people who think catty and rude is good are bores
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This would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t such a depressing sign of how deep in the sewer we are.
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t such a depressing sign of how deep in the sewer we are.
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In Massachusetts and across the country, the Trump admin is turning the pursuit of the American Dream into an American Nightmare. This is wrong, this is immoral, and this is exactly why we must continue to fight back against Trump’s racist anti-immigrant agenda.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In Massachusetts and across the country, the Trump admin is turning the pursuit of the American Dream into an American Nightmare. This is wrong, this is immoral, and this is exactly why we must continue to fight back against Trump’s racist anti-immigrant agenda.
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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There are many Trump officials who deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison. But at the very least, every DHS employee involved in these Gestapo raids should have their name publicized so they can be harassed and shunned for the rest of their stupid lives.
Scripps News: DHS agents target the Vietnamese community in New Orleans
www.aol.com/articles/dhs...
#NewOrleans #ICE #NOLAsky
www.aol.com/articles/dhs...
#NewOrleans #ICE #NOLAsky
DHS agents target the Vietnamese community in New Orleans
A DHS immigration enforcement operation dubbed "Operation Catahoula Crunch" began earlier this week in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a goal of 5,000 arrests over two months.
www.aol.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There are many Trump officials who deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison. But at the very least, every DHS employee involved in these Gestapo raids should have their name publicized so they can be harassed and shunned for the rest of their stupid lives.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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No expert on this but citizenship for "natural born citizens born abroad" was until fairly recently much fuzzier than birthright citizenship. I know this because i am one and was surprised when i researched it (my memory is also fuzzy so will not assert specific details)
It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
No expert on this but citizenship for "natural born citizens born abroad" was until fairly recently much fuzzier than birthright citizenship. I know this because i am one and was surprised when i researched it (my memory is also fuzzy so will not assert specific details)
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Reminder that libraries are punk as fuck
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reminder that libraries are punk as fuck
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Looks like death coming out of the ground to take him away and that’s why they gave it to him!
It looks like it was made last minute via a tag sale and a trip to Staples
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looks like death coming out of the ground to take him away and that’s why they gave it to him!