Josh Watson
@joshwatson.com
He/Him. Participating in society even though I think we should change society. Abolish the Police, Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights are Human Rights, Borders are Violence. Free Palestine!
I had hopes for @bsky.app but if @jay.bsky.team and her shitstain team are going to collude with genocide, then I’m off this fucking site. Fuck you
July 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I had hopes for @bsky.app but if @jay.bsky.team and her shitstain team are going to collude with genocide, then I’m off this fucking site. Fuck you
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Hunter Biden of all people said some true shit and it went viral. People are desperate to see some passion. We're desperate to see fight. My message to Dem leaders and consultants is simple. If Hunter fucking Biden can capture our attention and you can't, maybe that's worth reflecting on.
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hunter Biden of all people said some true shit and it went viral. People are desperate to see some passion. We're desperate to see fight. My message to Dem leaders and consultants is simple. If Hunter fucking Biden can capture our attention and you can't, maybe that's worth reflecting on.
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Alaa Salim, @mamafriend.bsky.social has been a thoughtful and incisive commentator on her situation in Gaza. Suspending an important Palestinian voice that people look to for moral clarity on what is happening to her people weakens this community. #RestoreAlaa @bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app
July 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Alaa Salim, @mamafriend.bsky.social has been a thoughtful and incisive commentator on her situation in Gaza. Suspending an important Palestinian voice that people look to for moral clarity on what is happening to her people weakens this community. #RestoreAlaa @bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app
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Bluesky just suspended Alaa AGAIN, accusing her of being a "fake account."
SHE IS NOT FAKE.
Hey @support.bsky.team @bsky.app maybe you can explain to me why Jesse Singal is welcome on this platform but a mom in Gaza isn't.
SHE IS NOT FAKE.
Hey @support.bsky.team @bsky.app maybe you can explain to me why Jesse Singal is welcome on this platform but a mom in Gaza isn't.
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Bluesky just suspended Alaa AGAIN, accusing her of being a "fake account."
SHE IS NOT FAKE.
Hey @support.bsky.team @bsky.app maybe you can explain to me why Jesse Singal is welcome on this platform but a mom in Gaza isn't.
SHE IS NOT FAKE.
Hey @support.bsky.team @bsky.app maybe you can explain to me why Jesse Singal is welcome on this platform but a mom in Gaza isn't.
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"GenAI, as it exists, is fundamentally a tool for undercutting labor. And it’s using stolen labor to achieve it, and mandating that labor implement their own replacement."
This post is spot on and mirrors my sentiments perfectly.
This post is spot on and mirrors my sentiments perfectly.
I’m Tired of Talking About AI
I don’t want to talk about LLMs anymore.
paddy.carvers.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"GenAI, as it exists, is fundamentally a tool for undercutting labor. And it’s using stolen labor to achieve it, and mandating that labor implement their own replacement."
This post is spot on and mirrors my sentiments perfectly.
This post is spot on and mirrors my sentiments perfectly.
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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not to wade into the discourse but [proceeds to wade into discourse] I don't think that a broad definition of trans people is why we lost Skrmetti, I think we lost because we live in a state whose main lawmaking body is a reactionary unelected council of nine people who decided that fascism is good
July 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
not to wade into the discourse but [proceeds to wade into discourse] I don't think that a broad definition of trans people is why we lost Skrmetti, I think we lost because we live in a state whose main lawmaking body is a reactionary unelected council of nine people who decided that fascism is good
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Something monstrous about seeing more and more news confirming intentional deliberate starvation in Gaza and still see people center themselves by saying it makes them ‘uncomfortable’ to acknowledge that this is what it is
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Something monstrous about seeing more and more news confirming intentional deliberate starvation in Gaza and still see people center themselves by saying it makes them ‘uncomfortable’ to acknowledge that this is what it is
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counterpoint: we actually should judge that because it is weird and stupid
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
counterpoint: we actually should judge that because it is weird and stupid
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i swear at god. I got an email advertising this an hour ago.
@humblebundle.com a disclaimer saying that the charity was "not involved in the selection of the content in this promotion" and that the content "do[es] not reflect or represent the views and opinions" doesn't absolve you of anything
@humblebundle.com a disclaimer saying that the charity was "not involved in the selection of the content in this promotion" and that the content "do[es] not reflect or represent the views and opinions" doesn't absolve you of anything
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i swear at god. I got an email advertising this an hour ago.
@humblebundle.com a disclaimer saying that the charity was "not involved in the selection of the content in this promotion" and that the content "do[es] not reflect or represent the views and opinions" doesn't absolve you of anything
@humblebundle.com a disclaimer saying that the charity was "not involved in the selection of the content in this promotion" and that the content "do[es] not reflect or represent the views and opinions" doesn't absolve you of anything
Tip for guys who don’t want to be creeps, *especially* with acquaintances or strangers: complimenting choices, rather than attributes, comes off as much more sincere and normal!
😬 “you have beautiful eyes”
✅ “that smokey eye is awesome!”
🤢 anything about body parts
✅ “that is a really cute dress!”
😬 “you have beautiful eyes”
✅ “that smokey eye is awesome!”
🤢 anything about body parts
✅ “that is a really cute dress!”
would be cool if people could just reply 'you look nice!' and be normal but a lot of you are bad at that, somehow
July 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Tip for guys who don’t want to be creeps, *especially* with acquaintances or strangers: complimenting choices, rather than attributes, comes off as much more sincere and normal!
😬 “you have beautiful eyes”
✅ “that smokey eye is awesome!”
🤢 anything about body parts
✅ “that is a really cute dress!”
😬 “you have beautiful eyes”
✅ “that smokey eye is awesome!”
🤢 anything about body parts
✅ “that is a really cute dress!”
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i love humans and humanity and hate hierarchy and power
July 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
i love humans and humanity and hate hierarchy and power
Deus ex Poblano
If nothing makes sense, you don't need to have the heroes figure out a logical way to stop the threat. You can just have them pick up a green pepper, pull off the stem and bam, everything's back to normal.
What, in a world with flying people, you don't like magic peppers? Really?
What, in a world with flying people, you don't like magic peppers? Really?
July 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Deus ex Poblano
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The truth of the matter is, autistic children learn to mask, and will modify their behaviour based on your demands, means you might think you have taught them to overcome their autistic traits.
You ain't.
What you have done is you've forced them to comply at a high cost to their mental health.
You ain't.
What you have done is you've forced them to comply at a high cost to their mental health.
July 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The truth of the matter is, autistic children learn to mask, and will modify their behaviour based on your demands, means you might think you have taught them to overcome their autistic traits.
You ain't.
What you have done is you've forced them to comply at a high cost to their mental health.
You ain't.
What you have done is you've forced them to comply at a high cost to their mental health.
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how could it happen here? well reader, with gleeful evil.
July 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
how could it happen here? well reader, with gleeful evil.
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You're not wearing a mask because you're Batman. You're wearing a mask because you're a state-sponsored terrorist who lives in the suburbs.
July 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You're not wearing a mask because you're Batman. You're wearing a mask because you're a state-sponsored terrorist who lives in the suburbs.
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If you can't endure the risk to yourself and your family brought about doing the federal government's work, then simply don't do it. It's a job. Quit if you can't risk people finding out how you put food on the table.
NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story
July 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you can't endure the risk to yourself and your family brought about doing the federal government's work, then simply don't do it. It's a job. Quit if you can't risk people finding out how you put food on the table.
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Put simply: ChatGPT gives shitty advice to women because it is imitating the dispositions towards action in its corpus. It does not understand the consequences of those actions nor the context of those actions. It just DOES.
It’s parroting our biases back at us.
It’s parroting our biases back at us.
July 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Put simply: ChatGPT gives shitty advice to women because it is imitating the dispositions towards action in its corpus. It does not understand the consequences of those actions nor the context of those actions. It just DOES.
It’s parroting our biases back at us.
It’s parroting our biases back at us.
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NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story
July 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story
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The utility of the internet was immediately apparent.
Free global communication at a time when long-distance phone calls were charged by the minute and faxes were the only way to send documents quickly? That was adopted at record speed.
But "AI" is a solution in search of a problem.
Free global communication at a time when long-distance phone calls were charged by the minute and faxes were the only way to send documents quickly? That was adopted at record speed.
But "AI" is a solution in search of a problem.
Whenever someone gets mad at me for questioning the net usefulness of AI and says something like “you’re like the people who didn’t want to use the internet”—with love, I was born in 1997, and my life growing up online is all the evidence I need that we should handle AI differently than we are now
July 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The utility of the internet was immediately apparent.
Free global communication at a time when long-distance phone calls were charged by the minute and faxes were the only way to send documents quickly? That was adopted at record speed.
But "AI" is a solution in search of a problem.
Free global communication at a time when long-distance phone calls were charged by the minute and faxes were the only way to send documents quickly? That was adopted at record speed.
But "AI" is a solution in search of a problem.
Eventually, every process on your Windows machine will be a WebView2 process and consume 1.5GB of memory
WhatsApp is dropping its native Windows app in favor of an uglier web version. The latest WhatsApp beta for Windows reveals major changes are on the way. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/710509/...
WhatsApp is dropping its native Windows app in favor of an uglier web version
The WhatsApp beta has some major changes
www.theverge.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Eventually, every process on your Windows machine will be a WebView2 process and consume 1.5GB of memory