Ben Slusky
@syskill.bsky.social
RHCE, SCSA, SCNA, BOFH, pater familias
电子邮件开会
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Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
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This was the point in the bus thread where I started to wonder if it was a metaphor for this present moment in time.
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This was the point in the bus thread where I started to wonder if it was a metaphor for this present moment in time.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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There is a category of assholes whose entire existence is a result of your average person not wanting call them out for being an asshole.
We’ve become very bad at handling people stepping out of line, largely due to fear and the destruction of public trust.
We’ve become very bad at handling people stepping out of line, largely due to fear and the destruction of public trust.
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
There is a category of assholes whose entire existence is a result of your average person not wanting call them out for being an asshole.
We’ve become very bad at handling people stepping out of line, largely due to fear and the destruction of public trust.
We’ve become very bad at handling people stepping out of line, largely due to fear and the destruction of public trust.
Is this AI-generated, or is it a coincidence that the font on the carpet is the same one that AI always uses when rendering text?
The White House's official rapid response account posted video of what appeared to be a perp walk by ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4jkt3vm
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4jkt3vm
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Is this AI-generated, or is it a coincidence that the font on the carpet is the same one that AI always uses when rendering text?
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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Barbra Streisand
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Barbra Streisand
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What is Sean Duffy's principal accomplishment as secretary of transportation?
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
What is Sean Duffy's principal accomplishment as secretary of transportation?
Did he write this speech in this decade?
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Did he write this speech in this decade?
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
This is important context, because one must keep in mind that most of those who've been photographed with Jeffrey Epstein were part of his cover story: he invited them to keep up his image as a philanthropist and patron of the sciences.
The cover story could not have held for so long otherwise.
The cover story could not have held for so long otherwise.
The thing about David Brooks is that he divorced his wife and ran off with his mid-20s research assistant when he was in his early 50s so you know I'm not sure he gets the benefit of the doubt here.
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is important context, because one must keep in mind that most of those who've been photographed with Jeffrey Epstein were part of his cover story: he invited them to keep up his image as a philanthropist and patron of the sciences.
The cover story could not have held for so long otherwise.
The cover story could not have held for so long otherwise.
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FBI Designates Brown University Shooting A Cold Case
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FBI Designates Brown University Shooting A Cold Case
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there is no reason to expect—or fear—computers becoming intelligent. we should be afraid that people have already stopped thinking for themselves
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
there is no reason to expect—or fear—computers becoming intelligent. we should be afraid that people have already stopped thinking for themselves
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the moral of the story here is, after committing a serious crime, immediately google
• how to prove innocence falsely accused
• normal to feel deep empathy for others?
• recipes that take four hours to make starting at 9pm
• how to report legitimate windfall to irs reddit
• best orphan charities
• how to prove innocence falsely accused
• normal to feel deep empathy for others?
• recipes that take four hours to make starting at 9pm
• how to report legitimate windfall to irs reddit
• best orphan charities
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
the moral of the story here is, after committing a serious crime, immediately google
• how to prove innocence falsely accused
• normal to feel deep empathy for others?
• recipes that take four hours to make starting at 9pm
• how to report legitimate windfall to irs reddit
• best orphan charities
• how to prove innocence falsely accused
• normal to feel deep empathy for others?
• recipes that take four hours to make starting at 9pm
• how to report legitimate windfall to irs reddit
• best orphan charities
Flurries?? AYFKM??!
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Flurries?? AYFKM??!
I knew it was AAPAC all along
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I knew it was AAPAC all along
Such brave
Much warrior
Wow
Amaze
Much warrior
Wow
Amaze
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Such brave
Much warrior
Wow
Amaze
Much warrior
Wow
Amaze
Reminder to my fellow Americans to vote this Tuesday! Your vote for your next mayor, sheriff, comptroller, state assembly, judge, etc. could change your life! Make good choices!
GOP strategist tells Americans about to lose food assistance to make ‘better choices’
Republican strategist Lindy Li on Friday told the 42 million Americans expected to lose food assistance starting Saturday that they should be “making better choices” so that they don’t have to rely on...
www.rawstory.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reminder to my fellow Americans to vote this Tuesday! Your vote for your next mayor, sheriff, comptroller, state assembly, judge, etc. could change your life! Make good choices!
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Why Ditch Daylight Saving Time? Why Save Standard Time?
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why Ditch Daylight Saving Time? Why Save Standard Time?
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM