Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
I lose brain cells so you don't have to. Devops Galore. DemSoc liking anarchism. Antifascist. BLM/Abolish the Police. Views are mine, not employer’s. He/him
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Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
· Sep 20
go to moderation settings, Bluesky official moderation service, scroll down to “rude,” turn it off
Brigaders mass reported my account and Bluesky labeled it.
Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
bsky.app/profile/elea...
Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
bsky.app/profile/elea...
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Social media currently has a larger climate footprint than AI, has encouraged teenagers to kill themselves, and shares CSAM in networks.
You’re still using it, though, because different companies operate differently and the benefits outweigh costs to you.
You’re still using it, though, because different companies operate differently and the benefits outweigh costs to you.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Social media currently has a larger climate footprint than AI, has encouraged teenagers to kill themselves, and shares CSAM in networks.
You’re still using it, though, because different companies operate differently and the benefits outweigh costs to you.
You’re still using it, though, because different companies operate differently and the benefits outweigh costs to you.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
Chris made an extremely reasonable and carefully qualified point and many responded like a bunch of cult fanatics. That’s a good moment to step back and say “Why are we doing this?” But of course people can’t see past their community’s shared reality.
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Chris made an extremely reasonable and carefully qualified point and many responded like a bunch of cult fanatics. That’s a good moment to step back and say “Why are we doing this?” But of course people can’t see past their community’s shared reality.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
The replies to this are yet another giant red flag that your perception of reality is very much mediated through your community, that you’re not immune because you’re left of center, and that you should not assume that a community being online-only reduces this effect in any way
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The replies to this are yet another giant red flag that your perception of reality is very much mediated through your community, that you’re not immune because you’re left of center, and that you should not assume that a community being online-only reduces this effect in any way
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
It's very dumb in practice but "you need to create your own cordon sanitaire" does jive with the very libertarian "there is no algorithm, you have to curate your feed" ethos the devs here seem to have and it slams into the immovable object called the Discover feed that you cannot opt out of
it is not feasible, let alone reasonable, to tell new users to be like "Hi, welcome to bluesky! you are in grave danger from Those Users. first you gotta IMMEDIATELY subscribe to these blocklists. no the other ones. then if you see someone coming through the blocks to talk shit, ITS ON SIGHT."
Yeah, it’s insanely corrosive to both individual users like you and to site health as a whole! This shit does not happen on healthy, well-moderated sites!
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
It's very dumb in practice but "you need to create your own cordon sanitaire" does jive with the very libertarian "there is no algorithm, you have to curate your feed" ethos the devs here seem to have and it slams into the immovable object called the Discover feed that you cannot opt out of
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one thing that makes you understand how the world really works is hearing about medical treatments rich people get to treat ailments that science does not actually regard as treatable.
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
Rich people think they live in a higher tier of society full of better and more brilliant people, but it’s actually just the same society except the people have more money to waste and lose. So much of what they do is just wealth-induced hallucination
February 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
one thing that makes you understand how the world really works is hearing about medical treatments rich people get to treat ailments that science does not actually regard as treatable.
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
its interesting (derogatory) that every time amanda askell gets talked about on this website the thinly veiled misogyny comes out in force
February 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
its interesting (derogatory) that every time amanda askell gets talked about on this website the thinly veiled misogyny comes out in force
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
Hailey is being generous with "thinly veiled." One thing that is very apparent on this website is that most people don't have principles until those principles are things that can be wielded to bash perceived (or actual) ideological opponents.
its interesting (derogatory) that every time amanda askell gets talked about on this website the thinly veiled misogyny comes out in force
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Hailey is being generous with "thinly veiled." One thing that is very apparent on this website is that most people don't have principles until those principles are things that can be wielded to bash perceived (or actual) ideological opponents.
"Dem primary voters keep fucking up and we're trying to get ahead of it this time by letting them know that newsom isn't electable"
Isn't the way to prove that to back some specific progressive alternative and then *win*?
The phrasing seems to imply a purposeful lack of primary participation.
Isn't the way to prove that to back some specific progressive alternative and then *win*?
The phrasing seems to imply a purposeful lack of primary participation.
"will you vote for newsom in the general" is designed to undermine the left opposition to him *in the primary.* it's meant to show that the left can be ignored because they'll come around or that they can be ignored because they're a lost cause. the mission *now* is to make newsom lose the primary.
democratic primary voters keep fucking up and we're trying to get ahead of it this time by letting them know that newsom isn't electable
February 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"Dem primary voters keep fucking up and we're trying to get ahead of it this time by letting them know that newsom isn't electable"
Isn't the way to prove that to back some specific progressive alternative and then *win*?
The phrasing seems to imply a purposeful lack of primary participation.
Isn't the way to prove that to back some specific progressive alternative and then *win*?
The phrasing seems to imply a purposeful lack of primary participation.
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This btw has long seemed the most plausible answer as to where Epstein’s money came from. There’s lots of breadcrumbs showing him seemingly blurring the lines between Wexner’s assets and his own over the years, and then covering it up by forcing out anyone who asked awkward questions.
this is fascinating on how Jeffrey Epstein is thought to have made his fortune:
Victoria’s Secret boss Les Wexner claimed Epstein stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him
www.ft.com/content/72c0...
Victoria’s Secret boss Les Wexner claimed Epstein stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him
www.ft.com/content/72c0...
Jeffrey Epstein paid Les Wexner $100mn after retail billionaire accused him of theft
Private settlement sought to avoid ‘unnecessary public attention’, prosecutors’ report said
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This btw has long seemed the most plausible answer as to where Epstein’s money came from. There’s lots of breadcrumbs showing him seemingly blurring the lines between Wexner’s assets and his own over the years, and then covering it up by forcing out anyone who asked awkward questions.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
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it's all Slowly, Then Very Fast for them and I think and pray that we are finally in the ", Then" part of that particular pattern
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
it's all Slowly, Then Very Fast for them and I think and pray that we are finally in the ", Then" part of that particular pattern
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I have to emphasize that this is both required by statute and constitutionally uncontroversial (these are “inferior officers”)
Todd Blanche says “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
February 12, 2026 at 5:59 AM
I have to emphasize that this is both required by statute and constitutionally uncontroversial (these are “inferior officers”)
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this is cucked in so many different directions simultaneously. a mutual handjob turducken of cuckery. an ouroboros of propagandistic compliance. truly remarkable.
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
this is cucked in so many different directions simultaneously. a mutual handjob turducken of cuckery. an ouroboros of propagandistic compliance. truly remarkable.
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“i don’t know how i can take llms seriously when my phone’s autocorrect mixed up it and it’s” well, to start with, bc llms aren’t autocorrect, that’s not actually a fact about them, they aren’t spicy autocorrect, that is not true
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 AM
“i don’t know how i can take llms seriously when my phone’s autocorrect mixed up it and it’s” well, to start with, bc llms aren’t autocorrect, that’s not actually a fact about them, they aren’t spicy autocorrect, that is not true
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The people who run this site do not really want to run this site. They would like other people to run variants of this site for them. Which is perhaps a bad model but it is a model.
February 12, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The people who run this site do not really want to run this site. They would like other people to run variants of this site for them. Which is perhaps a bad model but it is a model.
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I need a labeller for people who jump in with 'transit fares hurt the poor' when every survey of transit riders show they much prefer increased service over free fares and every time transit revenue gets cut so does service
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I need a labeller for people who jump in with 'transit fares hurt the poor' when every survey of transit riders show they much prefer increased service over free fares and every time transit revenue gets cut so does service
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
yeah so if i were forking this i am being a decentralization pervert about moderation and governance instead of how we store posts
it is not feasible, let alone reasonable, to tell new users to be like "Hi, welcome to bluesky! you are in grave danger from Those Users. first you gotta IMMEDIATELY subscribe to these blocklists. no the other ones. then if you see someone coming through the blocks to talk shit, ITS ON SIGHT."
Yeah, it’s insanely corrosive to both individual users like you and to site health as a whole! This shit does not happen on healthy, well-moderated sites!
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 AM
yeah so if i were forking this i am being a decentralization pervert about moderation and governance instead of how we store posts
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
I see people responding to this with "well, actually, it stretches further back than that" and there are two things to consider:
1) no, it really doesn't, disagreeing with the GOP agenda (which I do) doesn't mean that there is no material difference between now and then
2) going insane is a process
1) no, it really doesn't, disagreeing with the GOP agenda (which I do) doesn't mean that there is no material difference between now and then
2) going insane is a process
The problem here is: the GOP has gone completely fucking insane in the last 10 years
And well, this may have been obvious to Dems and/or anybody actually paying attention, most people genuinely did not believe that the Republicans want to do the things they’re currently doing until, uh, they did it
And well, this may have been obvious to Dems and/or anybody actually paying attention, most people genuinely did not believe that the Republicans want to do the things they’re currently doing until, uh, they did it
February 10, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I see people responding to this with "well, actually, it stretches further back than that" and there are two things to consider:
1) no, it really doesn't, disagreeing with the GOP agenda (which I do) doesn't mean that there is no material difference between now and then
2) going insane is a process
1) no, it really doesn't, disagreeing with the GOP agenda (which I do) doesn't mean that there is no material difference between now and then
2) going insane is a process
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China, right now, believes that the costs of attacking Taiwan are unacceptable, U.S. deployment or otherwise.
I think it's important that the doom and gloom about deterrence and the future of the free world not come from the free world. To believe that we are doomed is to doom ourselves.
I think it's important that the doom and gloom about deterrence and the future of the free world not come from the free world. To believe that we are doomed is to doom ourselves.
Does anyone seriously believe the US would defend Taiwan?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
China, right now, believes that the costs of attacking Taiwan are unacceptable, U.S. deployment or otherwise.
I think it's important that the doom and gloom about deterrence and the future of the free world not come from the free world. To believe that we are doomed is to doom ourselves.
I think it's important that the doom and gloom about deterrence and the future of the free world not come from the free world. To believe that we are doomed is to doom ourselves.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
yes Janet Mills is running against Susan Collins even though she hasn’t won her primary. this is almost certainly because she’s not a horrible person and therefore wants Oyster Skull to win if he beats her, so she isn’t running ads against him
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
yes Janet Mills is running against Susan Collins even though she hasn’t won her primary. this is almost certainly because she’s not a horrible person and therefore wants Oyster Skull to win if he beats her, so she isn’t running ads against him
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Cancel me if you must but as someone who has litigated against ICE lawyers—who are in theory the smarter version—I do not actually think “how do we know who is tricking who” is an interesting question
Is it that Will' cultivating snitches or is it the federal government is cultivating him as a snitch? Can you really say that's not the scenario? Ya know, the people who's job and training involves cultivating assets.
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Cancel me if you must but as someone who has litigated against ICE lawyers—who are in theory the smarter version—I do not actually think “how do we know who is tricking who” is an interesting question
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has jay gotten a call from the secret service yet, because lord knows there's enough LF retreads in that corner of bluesky
bsky.app/profile/prop...
bsky.app/profile/prop...
I’ve seen this movie before and eventually there’s a purge and a bunch of people catch perms
the lack of moderation on this site is literally going to kill it
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
has jay gotten a call from the secret service yet, because lord knows there's enough LF retreads in that corner of bluesky
bsky.app/profile/prop...
bsky.app/profile/prop...
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
cf the history of the Something Awful forums
nuke a bunch of the ringleaders and the whole thing kind of dies out
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 AM
cf the history of the Something Awful forums
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
long-term, fwiw, I think this will also make [LLM] spam & manipulation a completely uncontrollable problem here, putting aside human manual manipulation, but the site is currently flying low enough that it's not catching anyone's eye
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 AM
long-term, fwiw, I think this will also make [LLM] spam & manipulation a completely uncontrollable problem here, putting aside human manual manipulation, but the site is currently flying low enough that it's not catching anyone's eye