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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 2h

oranges, painted by james marion shull, 1928

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 4h

me, also, training - to log on

Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 5h

"breakneck speeds" is quite literal at the peak of motorsport, with F1 Drivers experiencing up to 6Gs of lateral acceleration in snap corners. This requires powerful necks and they have to exercise to endure the machine

Spanish racecar driver Carlos Sainz Jr. training his neck, lying on his side in the gym with a plastic band over his face with a set of weights chained to it.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 8h

My kingdom for a stateside distributor of Nichiban Careleaves 😔

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 8h

Generally I find this sort of opinion tedious, but after a week-long trip with a bad cut on my hand, I cannot deny that Japanese adhesive bandages are simply better.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 21h

Well. You couldn't be that man that I adored.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 22h

sorry to be a basic millennial but cmon

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 22h

Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 22h

Probably fine

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 22h

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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

www.businessinsider.com

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 1d

startin to feel some typa way bout all these ‘little used’ laws

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 1d

listening to a cassette released in 2018 that sounds like it was put on the worst, cheapest stock they could find, or duplicated at like 8x speed - it’s possible there are no frequencies above 15k on this thing - and it rules. More music should be imperfect!

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 2d

Anyway the tattoo was like “Strength Intelligence Bravery” or some stupid shit you could just GO LOOK UP

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 2d

Overheard a guy last week telling a buddy he got a tattoo in latin, but ChatGPT gave him the wrong translation, and after he got the tattoo, he confronted ChatGPT about the error and it was like “You are totally right I gave you the wrong info. That is my mistake.”

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2d

There are many other ways in which the kids are not all right. Widespread concerns about reading comprehension are valid and threaten democracy in other ways. But in terms of being broadly accepting of racial and sexual diversity, the game's over, and the libs won. 2/2

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2d

I need to write about this, but I've been telling people that one reason I still feel somewhat optimistic about the future is that, as a high school teacher, I get a good ground-floor view of just how cooked these monsters are. In terms of preventing cultural changes, they've already lost. 1/

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Boo! It's Ryan! @construct.goblinmo.de · 2d

Woo! Danse Macabre is now fully backed! Congrats to @timespace.place and the @stillfleet.bsky.social team!

Now let's get em to these stretch goals - 20k gets us the OST with artists like Steaming Woodlands

(I am not affiliated, just a big fan please contribute so I personally can buy the OST)

The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 7d

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying

Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.

www.kickstarter.com

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djent atkins @jojjjajjr.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s my fork of #orca with vim bindings if anyone wants to try it. I’ve only tested it on macOS

github.com/johnmatter/O...

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 2d

oh sick

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 4d

Since when have a bunch of maladapted young men using the same website had an oversized impact on things?

Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 4d

The biggest problem with Sora as a social platform isn't the copyright or misinfo. It's that it's full of Jake Paul fans www.businessinsider.com/sora-videos-...

Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.

Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.

www.businessinsider.com

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Office of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 4d

Street vendors—many of whom are immigrants—create jobs and enliven NYC's food culture. Yet every day, NYPD roams the streets, targeting them.

@council.nyc.gov must pass the Street Vendor Reform Package to end criminalization of vendors and increase access to licenses and permits.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 4d

Starting to think pzombies may be real

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 4d

We have never lived in a more exciting time for music and new musical ideas - but we’ve probably also never lived in an economic climate more directly hostile to musicians and their fans 😅