Calamitous Ortbo
@greylightning.bsky.social
Balboa dancer, software engine, home cook. Views are my own.
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Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
www.hemmings.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Nice
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nice
Why do new electric cars sound like they come from the Westworld outside dystopia. You’ve heard it. The Hum of Evil. Usually bigger stuff like electric school buses, cybertrucks, those weird Fisher Ocean suvs.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Why do new electric cars sound like they come from the Westworld outside dystopia. You’ve heard it. The Hum of Evil. Usually bigger stuff like electric school buses, cybertrucks, those weird Fisher Ocean suvs.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Log off
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Log off
Paging @paulisci.bsky.social
I need to find the person here who collected all the "Rich person/teal estate moguls say rich people abandoning NYC" headlines over the last 30 years
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Paging @paulisci.bsky.social
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December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Amazing
It’s crazy how many game preorder listings on Switch and PSN are just pure AI scams. The studios don’t exist and neither do the games. Just saw a fake farming game up for preorder with obvious AI “Ghibli” art and could not find anything about it online. The “publisher’s” site listed only this “game”
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Amazing
I started to listen to this week’s Planet Money about the effects of AI on jobs, but then the “expert” said “AI is automating knowledge generation” and I threw my phone into the sun
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I started to listen to this week’s Planet Money about the effects of AI on jobs, but then the “expert” said “AI is automating knowledge generation” and I threw my phone into the sun
Isn’t this the plot of The Old Man?
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Isn’t this the plot of The Old Man?
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Whoever did not eat a k'zayit of the bird did not fulfill their obligation.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Whoever did not eat a k'zayit of the bird did not fulfill their obligation.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
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wicked: for good. more like defying brevity! you won't need poppies for this box office "baum" to put you to sleep. this stinker prattles and tires and bores, oh my! if i only had an out!
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
wicked: for good. more like defying brevity! you won't need poppies for this box office "baum" to put you to sleep. this stinker prattles and tires and bores, oh my! if i only had an out!
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NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
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Please share widely
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Please share widely
I assumed alpha gal syndrome is something you can get from tik tok. Did not see that one coming
A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I assumed alpha gal syndrome is something you can get from tik tok. Did not see that one coming
Om nom nom nom
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Om nom nom nom
Time to make the traditional blood pudding!
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Time to make the traditional blood pudding!
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If you’ve dated more than one Walter you’re letting them Walts right into your life.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you’ve dated more than one Walter you’re letting them Walts right into your life.
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New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
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"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
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Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.