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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 4h

The morning Milton is getting adopted today
(trial adoption starts today)

Extremely excited white Corgi mix with a big, open mouthed smile

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

we are nearing the point where our robots can take your dog for a nice little hike while listening to your favorite playlist, giving you more time on the weekends for the important things like making sales calls

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

our economy is currently being propped up by the promise of billions of fully autonomous robot butlers coming in a year or so

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

god i hate that shit so much, i hope tolkien gets 20 minutes alone with that guy in the afterlife

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the four horsemen of the apocalypse

- higher taxes on the ultra wealthy
- regulations on chat bots
- woke mind virus (obviously)
- trump derangement syndrome

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

folks, youre not going to believe this but ive been reading revelations and the only way to keep the 7 seals secured and stave off the antichrist is to give me all your money

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

literally just stop scam texts and youre guaranteed to add seats the next cycle

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

either one of these political parties figure out that all they have to do is make peoples lives better and theyll have a trifecta for the next 500 years

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

Maga patriotism is just narcissism, America to them is what they see in the mirror not what it actually is—they’re incapable of loving that country bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

this post youre reading right now will get more views than that

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

so gov pritzker has talked a very good game but its time to step up and protect his people like he said he would

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 2d

All-time social media graphic from ESPN

An image of a Giants player back flipping with the text

He’s genuinely an idiot.
GUNNER OLSZEWSKI
on Cam Skattebo

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

it doesnt fucking matter who cares! god this is so goddam embarrassing for yall, crying about an 80 year old billionaire not getting his hunk of metal

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

this nobel prize freakout on the right is legitimately the most pathetic and embarrassing behavior ive ever seen from one of the political parties in this country, have some fucking pride for god sake

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