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W.A. Harnum @waharnum.bsky.social · 5d

I was wondering why that interview question for one of their open engineering positions asked me to place existing CRMs on a spectrum of Satanic to Godly, then categorize the Godly in terms of which aspect of the Trinity they embodied

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 6d

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 6d

Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 9d

"“You can only critically assess the output of an AI chatbot if you have the skills to do so, and you don’t develop these skills by using AI. Before you can be critical of an AI summary, you have to learn to understand a text without having it summarized by an AI tool.”

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 9d

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

@apache.be you rule 🖤

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11d

wow these silent hill games are getting more realistic

silent hill with a shen yun billboard added

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merritt @merrittk.com · 12d

dont understand all the hype around The Brothers Karamazov. there's no progression system at all. who am i supposed to identify with if none of the characters is improving their stats and acquiring better equipment

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 21d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · Apr 23

It’s really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it’s clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it’s all “please don’t forget you have to feed your troops” and “if someone asks if you’re going to attack them consider lying about it”

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W.A. Harnum @waharnum.bsky.social · 23d

Finished Black Flame by
@scumbelievable.bsky.social a few weeks back - that book, Cuckoo, and Manhunt, have cemented her as one of my favourite horror writers of this era. Absolutely first rate stuff, and I'm highly anticipating the Manhunt TV adaptation.
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...

Black Flame

Check out Black Flame - An instant USA Today bestseller! One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame<...

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 24d

your software engineering career depends on not developing a fascination with opening a farm, carpentry, or living in a camper until you have at least 8 years of experience. if you get the bug early it's joever for you

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 24d

Meowlignant (2021)

A woman with long brown hair and a vest seen from behind and the cat is being carried in the vest with only its face showing at the back of the woman’s head, reminiscent of Gabriel in Malignant (2021)

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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 25d

This is still open. Canadians, if you're concerned about payment processors interfering with your ability to access legal content (and stand with adult creatives against censorship), make sure to sign!

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Oct 3

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · Oct 3

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
Follow
The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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Matt Goldberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · Oct 3

Obviously, this is loser shit, but I think AI has really cemented itself as the visual language of fascism. It's anti-human, flattened, uninteresting, and cheap. It's like looking at a Potemkin Village and thinking that's the same as architecture.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Oct 3

Posted by the President of the United States.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · Oct 3

It's been said over and over, but it bears repeating: treating housing as healthcare and simply providing shelter to people who need it is WAY LESS EXPENSIVE to society than allowing people to suffer in the streets.

The only reason to not deploy a housing-first strategy is pure sadism.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Oct 3

Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model #Housing #Toronto #Ontario

Local hospitals saved $1.66 million after 48 residents moved into Dunn House, says doctor

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model | CBC News

The Dunn House, a long-term housing project with easy access to healthcare, is helping 48 of Toronto's most-frequent visitors to the ER. The program has greatly reduced the number of hospital visits a...

www.cbc.ca

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · Sep 27

🚨Survey on the boat excursion zone. Please fill it out. Some boaters have been upset & threatened to disrupt Hanlans beach (speed camera vigilantes but on water). We need more fortified & larger swim zones like in the EU w ropes/floats to keep boats & jet skis away from swimmers. 🚨

Hanlan's Point Motorized Watercraft Exclusion Zone Pilot Survey

ca.mar.medallia.com

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · Sep 27

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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Eleanor More Tomb 🎃 @eleanormorton.bsky.social · Sep 27

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · Sep 24

there's a good article to be written somewhere about the context and history behind "a joke," not in the sense of "a remark meant to be amusing" but as in "a remark that can retroactively be declared insincere and therefore insignificant"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 24

JD Vance: "On the free speech conversation, I'm pretty sure Jimmy Kimmel was back on the air last night, and to the extent he's not back on the air it's because he's not funny and has terrible ratings. This is not a federal government problem ... the FCC commissioner made a joke on social media."

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · Sep 24

Caleb Hearon’s joke about trans women in his special was really good

“People look at trans women and see failed men. But I *know* trans women. And when I see them I know God didn’t fail at making a man! He tried and succeeded at making a DJ! Get that tall bitch some turntables and let her work!!”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Sep 22

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

Nate of the Living Dedwards @grackle.space · Sep 22

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

Follow up tumblr post
every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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hucksgiving @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Sep 18

a post from Alex Blechman

God: In my book I invented the GOLDEN CALF as a cautionary tale

Evangelicals: At long last, we have created the GOLDEN CALF from the classic novel THE BIBLE

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · Sep 18

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 18

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · Sep 15

This must be the cloud computing I keep hearing about

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · Sep 15

So you know how there's a running gag about trying to run old school Doom or Wolfenstein on things never intended to run video games?

This guy has managed to code a web server that runs from a disposable vape 🤯

bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

bogdanthegeek.github.io

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Horror-Reads @horrorreads.bsky.social · Sep 9

Black Flame by @scumbelievable.bsky.social is a dark, disturbing, twisted queer horror novella with a cursed film and an absolutely intense narrative. This one will put you on edge and I highly recommend it.

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