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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 3h

In fact, the best reason to disassociate from someone.

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 4h

Have a nice memorial, say a couple of prayers, put up a plaque, have some dignity. Instead republicans turned it into a gaslighting hagiography-but as Charlie lived I guess.

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 4h

Look, if you’re going to go all big calling an asshole a saint people are going to point out he was an asshole actually.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Vance: "Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left. If you had, god forbid, somebody on the left who was assassinated, I'm sure you could find one person who would maybe celebrate it, but the fact that it became mainstream to celebrate Charlie's death..."

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 4h

Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 4h

The lesson from this is not that leftists will be unsatisfied, which is true for any dem policy X.

The lesson is that Americans hate inflation soooo much that even leftists will use higher salaries for low income workers as a cudgel.

Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 1d

Every angry screed about how Biden blew it just does not acknowledge the whole reason Biden was unpopular was because he did the exact economic policy they claimed to want instead of pummeling the workers with austerity until Doordash servants worked for pennies and Subway footlongs were $5 again.

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Chatgpt, how does the bar create a self-sustaining loop using Paddy’s Dollars?

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 7h

Nvidia is paying OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips. The money is going out of one pocket and into another.
This "vendor financing" is what has analysts concerned about AI reaching bubble territory. Bryan McMahon explains what's going on.
prospect.org/power/2025-1...

The AI Ouroboros

Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.

prospect.org

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

And the mayor wasn’t being glib or insensitive about it. He was just showing them an old document on a tour.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

The mayor says “the chief couldn’t write or speak English but he could make his mark and that’s this right here.”

Now, there’s only so much you can explain to 2nd graders and the chief couldn’t read either and the implications is for older. But the native/colonist relationship is quite a story.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

We did a townhall field trip with 2nd graders yesterday. The mayor showed them the original lengthy, legalistic, 1706 town charter, whereby the settlers bought the land from the local tribe.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Muting Nuzzi. I just don’t care.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Behind the scenes at OpenAI must be desperate.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, at least it will make money in AI porn.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 21h

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Trump too. We’re at the ‘avoid the premise’ stage because Trump thinks many people are saying being a king is good.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

I haven’t heard a Republican say they agree that the USA has no kings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 7h

Clean is over rated. Did Clinton play clean against Obama? Winners win and losers whine about the rules.

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 8h

I bet it is lol

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 19h

Instead of saying “no, you stupid fuck” to the secdef, you may want to try “I'm not the right person to give you advice on this. You might want to get another opinion.”

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 19h

DEI in the workplace but for your stupid fuck boss

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

They are playing themselves, od’d on their own supply, woke 2 will be better and firmer for having gone through all this.

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

Everything sucks and right now but republicans have canabalized their future for a juiced shot at the present. And hell it worked because TV man, but these dateless weirdo racists will turn the GOP into a rump.

Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 1d

I've been beating this drum for years now, but it's very true. These are the aspiring leaders of the Republican Party and the conservative movement that fuels it.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

Probably nothing

M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

Is that good? Doesn’t sound good.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Powell: "Both supply and demand in the labor market have come down so sharply so quickly. The fact that the unemployment rate has barely moved is kind of remarkable."

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

The right wing outrage was about the Biden ‘20 campaign contacting Facebook to have it enforce its own rules about misinformation and stolen information.

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M.Sfinbar @sfinbar.bsky.social · 1d

People can just start smoking, much cooler 😎

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weapo @weapo.bsky.social · 1d

Pouring one out for Drew Struzan.
Here are his sexy George Lucas paintings.

Drew Struzan painting of a young George Lucas, with perfectly coiffed hair, holding a camera over his shoulder. He is surrounded by Star Wars characters.

Drew Struzan painting of a distinguished George Lucas, flanked by Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Indiana Jones.

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