DBCII
@dbcii.bsky.social
Neurodivergent, nonbinary, academic librarian, geek in Juneau, Alaska.
Some opinions mine, most are probably reposted from others so can’t even really claim those as my opinion.
Profile picture credit: @briantific.computer
Some opinions mine, most are probably reposted from others so can’t even really claim those as my opinion.
Profile picture credit: @briantific.computer
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
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American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
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Lots of people are calling out the fact that X is filled with fake MAGA influencers from far away countries, but I wanted to point out that this, not "ideological censorship," is why companies have trust & safety teams that work on stopping inauthentic behavior.
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coordinated inauthentic behavior—particularly foreign influence operations. They've insisted that any attempt to study and limit such operations is actually just "censorship" with various forms of cover, whether academic or operational.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Lots of people are calling out the fact that X is filled with fake MAGA influencers from far away countries, but I wanted to point out that this, not "ideological censorship," is why companies have trust & safety teams that work on stopping inauthentic behavior.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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The best diplomats in this country and the world, brought to us by good ol’ Trumpian meritocracy. So glad that woke has been vanquished.
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The best diplomats in this country and the world, brought to us by good ol’ Trumpian meritocracy. So glad that woke has been vanquished.
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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Damn, he beat me to it.
Ok Matt Taibbi has posted.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Damn, he beat me to it.
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me every time i get an email:
I didn’t ask for this lol
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
me every time i get an email:
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Happy Might Nein Animated Series Release Day for all who celebrate! 🎲 ⚔️ #criticalrole
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy Might Nein Animated Series Release Day for all who celebrate! 🎲 ⚔️ #criticalrole
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When you have just a lil time before work to try and squeeze in a #TheMightyNein episode.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When you have just a lil time before work to try and squeeze in a #TheMightyNein episode.
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NEW COMIC: Deep Thoughts
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW COMIC: Deep Thoughts
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SCOTUS: “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from relying on the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion to achieve the suppression of disfavored speech”
TRUMP: My FCC Chair will make ABC reporters stop asking me about Epstein
TRUMP: My FCC Chair will make ABC reporters stop asking me about Epstein
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
SCOTUS: “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from relying on the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion to achieve the suppression of disfavored speech”
TRUMP: My FCC Chair will make ABC reporters stop asking me about Epstein
TRUMP: My FCC Chair will make ABC reporters stop asking me about Epstein
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The Edge of Seventeen
Trump thought he could put the Stevie Nicks on the release of the Epstein files, but now that MTG’s decided to go her own way, the landslide may take him down. Gold dust woman Megyn says the girls weren’t underage if you just think about tomorrow.
by Maureen Dowd
Trump thought he could put the Stevie Nicks on the release of the Epstein files, but now that MTG’s decided to go her own way, the landslide may take him down. Gold dust woman Megyn says the girls weren’t underage if you just think about tomorrow.
by Maureen Dowd
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Edge of Seventeen
Trump thought he could put the Stevie Nicks on the release of the Epstein files, but now that MTG’s decided to go her own way, the landslide may take him down. Gold dust woman Megyn says the girls weren’t underage if you just think about tomorrow.
by Maureen Dowd
Trump thought he could put the Stevie Nicks on the release of the Epstein files, but now that MTG’s decided to go her own way, the landslide may take him down. Gold dust woman Megyn says the girls weren’t underage if you just think about tomorrow.
by Maureen Dowd
THINGS HAPPEN?!?!?
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
THINGS HAPPEN?!?!?
Great day to find out I did know Keith Olbermann was on Bluesky and I had blocked him immediately. Way to go, past me!
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Great day to find out I did know Keith Olbermann was on Bluesky and I had blocked him immediately. Way to go, past me!
Give the House the same treatment Murkowski got when she wanted them to make amendments and send back.
More: Thune says Republicans are hotlining the Epstein resolution and it potentially could pass the Senate unanimously this week
"When a bill passes the House 427-1 and the president says he'll sign it into law, I'm not sure there's a need or desire for an amendment process over here"
"When a bill passes the House 427-1 and the president says he'll sign it into law, I'm not sure there's a need or desire for an amendment process over here"
News: Thune says President Trump sounds ready to sign the Epstein resolution after it passed the House so Senate will likely take it up “fairly quickly.” Says Speaker Johnson wants changes but after a 427-1 House vote those changes might not happen
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Give the House the same treatment Murkowski got when she wanted them to make amendments and send back.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.