Jason Labash
@labajas.bsky.social
Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings #Hookland
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...
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Pastel sunset in Antarctica during our recent photo tour with the red sails… Amazing how such a wild place can become peaceful under the right light.
#photography #adventure #landscape #nature
#photography #adventure #landscape #nature
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Pastel sunset in Antarctica during our recent photo tour with the red sails… Amazing how such a wild place can become peaceful under the right light.
#photography #adventure #landscape #nature
#photography #adventure #landscape #nature
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Protests and other ways to speak out against the feds...and help out immigrants.
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-protests-strikes-business-responses-against-ice-40836696/
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-protests-strikes-business-responses-against-ice-40836696/
Wanna Give ICE a Middle Finger From Denver? Here's How
Protests are scheduled, strikes are planned and some businesses are closing for a full day.
www.westword.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Protests and other ways to speak out against the feds...and help out immigrants.
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-protests-strikes-business-responses-against-ice-40836696/
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-protests-strikes-business-responses-against-ice-40836696/
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Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Good take on the "Moltbook" story from @benjedwards.com
arstechnica.com/information-...
Another good take I saw on the other site: "more of a fanfic for AGI than actual AGI". This could describe a whole lot of AI misalignment red-teaming....
arstechnica.com/information-...
Another good take I saw on the other site: "more of a fanfic for AGI than actual AGI". This could describe a whole lot of AI misalignment red-teaming....
AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Good take on the "Moltbook" story from @benjedwards.com
arstechnica.com/information-...
Another good take I saw on the other site: "more of a fanfic for AGI than actual AGI". This could describe a whole lot of AI misalignment red-teaming....
arstechnica.com/information-...
Another good take I saw on the other site: "more of a fanfic for AGI than actual AGI". This could describe a whole lot of AI misalignment red-teaming....
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EPA grant to the Denver Regional Council of Governments survived clawbacks of Biden-era funding. Now Power Ahead Colorado plans work including job training for nearly 5,000 people in the renewables industry.
$200 million in federal funding banked to promote and install heat pumps, other clean energy projects in Colorado
DRCOG managed to preserve $200 million in federal clean energy grants for heat pumps despite Trump administration rollbacks.
coloradosun.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM
EPA grant to the Denver Regional Council of Governments survived clawbacks of Biden-era funding. Now Power Ahead Colorado plans work including job training for nearly 5,000 people in the renewables industry.
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RIP, Demond Wilson 🕊
He was most known for playing Lamont on "Sanford And Son" but he also starred in two other TV shows "Baby, I'm Back" & "The New Odd Couple"
He was most known for playing Lamont on "Sanford And Son" but he also starred in two other TV shows "Baby, I'm Back" & "The New Odd Couple"
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
RIP, Demond Wilson 🕊
He was most known for playing Lamont on "Sanford And Son" but he also starred in two other TV shows "Baby, I'm Back" & "The New Odd Couple"
He was most known for playing Lamont on "Sanford And Son" but he also starred in two other TV shows "Baby, I'm Back" & "The New Odd Couple"
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SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
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I wrote yesterday about Kevin Warsh, saying what everyone who really follows monetary debates knows: he's a bullshitter who uses big words to make incoherent arguments that always amount to stimulus for Republicans, austerity for Dems 1/
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
A Bad Heir Day at the Fed
No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I wrote yesterday about Kevin Warsh, saying what everyone who really follows monetary debates knows: he's a bullshitter who uses big words to make incoherent arguments that always amount to stimulus for Republicans, austerity for Dems 1/
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
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A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
Judge Calls DOJ's Statements On Slavery Exhibit Display 'Dangerous' And 'Horrifying'
Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe told the Justice Department's attorneys, "“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
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It's probably safe to call this structure that I found near Montezuma, Colorado a kiln, but even though the pointed steel cap and the evenly spaced holes are pretty good clues, I still have no idea what was manufactured in it. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It's probably safe to call this structure that I found near Montezuma, Colorado a kiln, but even though the pointed steel cap and the evenly spaced holes are pretty good clues, I still have no idea what was manufactured in it. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
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Reading an article about Elon’s sudden pivot from cars to robots and consolidation of his companies, and I hit this unexpectedly upbeat assessment, which didn’t make sense till I got to the name of the guy making it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Reading an article about Elon’s sudden pivot from cars to robots and consolidation of his companies, and I hit this unexpectedly upbeat assessment, which didn’t make sense till I got to the name of the guy making it.
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Hollywood Film & TV star JACKIE GLEASON was fascinated to the point of obsession with UFO’s, so much so that his home in Westchester County - New York was built to resemble a UFO.
It was called ‘The Mothership’.
It was called ‘The Mothership’.
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Hollywood Film & TV star JACKIE GLEASON was fascinated to the point of obsession with UFO’s, so much so that his home in Westchester County - New York was built to resemble a UFO.
It was called ‘The Mothership’.
It was called ‘The Mothership’.
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Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008).
January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008).
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Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
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I have ever found your plain things the knottiest of all.
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I have ever found your plain things the knottiest of all.
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ICE operation in Oakmont leads to local father's arrest
ICE operation in Oakmont leads to local father’s arrest
Harriett Flores thought Thursday was going to be like any other day. She and her husband, Jose, were getting ready for work as their 8-year-old daughter, Lily, prepared for school in their Oakmont home. Then, when Jose and Lily left the house on their way to Lily’s school, everything changed.
triblive.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 AM
ICE operation in Oakmont leads to local father's arrest
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Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I in our first-ever commentary track together, for the classic 1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly film series! Pre-order here: www.arrowvideo.com/p/blu-ray/wa...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I in our first-ever commentary track together, for the classic 1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly film series! Pre-order here: www.arrowvideo.com/p/blu-ray/wa...
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My brain is so overwhelmed with rage at the state of things that it's trying to distract me with petty grievances, like my dislike of this dame complaining about "sordid" pictures (read: noir) in 1946. Now I wanna to go back and slap Mrs. A. F. "Think of the Children" Worrall upside her head.
January 31, 2026 at 1:10 AM
My brain is so overwhelmed with rage at the state of things that it's trying to distract me with petty grievances, like my dislike of this dame complaining about "sordid" pictures (read: noir) in 1946. Now I wanna to go back and slap Mrs. A. F. "Think of the Children" Worrall upside her head.
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Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.