Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sorry for your loss. Wishing peace and comfort for you and all those who loved him

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 2d

“[The] biggest [proponents] tended to be those who understood the least”
This just applies to so many goddamned things right now. Coupled with social media boosting and connecting enthusiasm and we see how so many things have gone off the rails

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

5 7

Reposted by John

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 5d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 6d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

24 860 2.9K

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 6d

Wow!

1

Reposted by John

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

84 1.9K 7.6K

Reposted by John

booby flay @bakebythepound.bsky.social · 12d

The bakery’s Halloween shipping menu is here with all new cookie and brownie flavors 👻

The girls worked so hard on this menu and I hope you LOVE it

flourpowerny.com/collections/...

2 13 83

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 12d

Stylized text that says RETURN with the “U” replaced with the Obama campaign “O”

Reposted by John

Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 13d

someone must have told gavin the game involves destroying hastily built shelters

matprotocol @mmatt.net · 13d

WHAT THE FUCK

@ConnorEatsPants tweet,

"💥 Fortnite Friday is BACK 💥

🚨 Governor of California, @GavinNewsom hops on the Battle Bus to talk all things gaming, politics, and more 🚨

🇺🇸 2:30 PM PST / 5:30 EST 🇺🇸"

65 1.5K 6K

Reposted by John

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

40 1.4K 1.8K

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, it feels like Ezra is just finally realizing that maybe everything won't be okay. A lot of people grow up and live whole lives in a bubble where everything is going to be okay. I feel like the older you are when you first realize that things might not be okay, the harder it is to deal with it

4 27

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 14d

Why does every picture of Kash Patel look like he's about to poop his pants

1

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 19d

Dwight Eisenhower. OG Antifa, for taxing millionaires, against the military-industrial complex, expanded social security, and sent in the National Guard to integrate the schools

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 19d

More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites

4

Reposted by John

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 19d

This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:

Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.

We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom

A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

14 470 1.3K

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 20d

They needed somebody with more chill to help mellow JJ out

Reposted by John

Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 21d

Engraving two bullets with "this bullet only lies" and "this bullet only tells the truth" to really stump the FBI

95 2.3K 12K

Reposted by John

onion person @junlper.beer · 23d

argentina will get more support from the united states government so they can continue their libertarian collapse than americans will get during a recession lol

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23d

Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4

57 410 2.4K

Reposted by John

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23d

AUTISM and TYLENOL

A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared.

“Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…”

Full article:

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

61 550 1.3K

Reposted by John

Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 24d

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

120 2.9K 13K

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 25d

I'm not sure if I wish this was real or a hilarious form of revenge

Reposted by John

The Onion @theonion.com · 25d

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Gavin Newsom
https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-gavin-newsom/

The Onion: How do you respond to accusations that you’re beholden to large donors?

Newsom: I assure you, there is no one I won’t betray in my pursuit of power.

35 410 2.6K

Reposted by John

Le Wokisme? or La Botte? @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 27d

The idea that “the civil rights act was a mistake” is a mainstream conservative position we can only tolerate but “defund the police” is a great cancer that must be excised from America for Democrats to win is the actual reason Democrats lose. Sorry.

15 410 2.2K

John @stgwi.bsky.social · 27d

Temu Power Rangers

1

Reposted by John

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · Sep 11

I guess the main thing I’m learning this week is that lots of elite media people knew charlie kirk personally and didn’t know any minnesota state legislators

6 950 5.1K

Reposted by John

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 11

No better time to post Hunter S. Thompson on 9/12/2001.

www.espn.com/espn/page2/s...

We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them.
This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed -- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won't hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force.
Good luck. He is in for a profoundly difficult job -- armed as he is with no credible Military Intelligence, no witnesses and only the ghost of Bin Laden to blame for the tragedy.
OK. It is 24 hours later now, and we are not getting much information about the Five Ws of this thing.
The numbers out of the Pentagon are baffling, as if Military Censorship has already been imposed on the media. It is ominous. The only news on TV comes from weeping victims and ignorant speculators.
The lid is on. Loose Lips Sink Ships. Don't say anything that might give aid to The Enemy.

54 1.3K 4.7K

Reposted by John

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Sep 10

Twitter is a Nazi bar and has been for years.

"Hey I logged into Stormfront and check out what they're saying, look at these screenshots from Stormfront. You would not believe what the zeitgeist is right now, on Stormfront" ass posts

7 100 610