Mike Yass
@mikeyass.bsky.social
WW3 has already started it’s just unevenly distributed | Aerospace, AI, and a real-life #polycythemiavera mutant.
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Mike Yass
@mikeyass.bsky.social
· Oct 5
the best argument against all this ai shit is that a sizable chunk of the population clearly comes to believe Computer Has Feefees And/Or Is God and that is extremely bad
*takes massive bong rip*
You must treat the computer with respect, because the more humanity you see in anything, the more of humanity you will see in any person.
I can’t believe I’m going to have to explain to my parents who Will Stancil is.
A racist TV show made with the assistance of Sora has attracted millions of viewers. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it could be “the harbinger of a new entertainment landscape where extremist AI shows will jockey for our attention with more anodyne ones”:
The Will Stancil Show Could Be the Future
A racist TV series making fun of a minor social-media celebrity has attracted millions of viewers—and demonstrates the alarming possibilities of AI.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I can’t believe I’m going to have to explain to my parents who Will Stancil is.
You just died. The sixth picture I. Your phone gallery is what killed you.
Looks like I’m getting Harambe’d.
Looks like I’m getting Harambe’d.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
You just died. The sixth picture I. Your phone gallery is what killed you.
Looks like I’m getting Harambe’d.
Looks like I’m getting Harambe’d.
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Great. Too bad it’s up to Elias which players they go after.
Orioles control owner David Rubenstein said the team has no particular restraints while financially navigating the offseason. He wants to get the best possible players.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great. Too bad it’s up to Elias which players they go after.
Does he have enough money to hire a competent GM?
Orioles control owner David Rubenstein said the team has no particular restraints while financially navigating the offseason. He wants to get the best possible players.
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Does he have enough money to hire a competent GM?
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Yep. Had this exchange just minutes ago:
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yep. Had this exchange just minutes ago:
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I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.
It’s fun to dunk on that guy - but Ima more charitable interpretation was the he was trying to define the start of the comfortable middle class.
As a reference: the median RN makes about 90k/yr.
As a reference: the median RN makes about 90k/yr.
the poverty line is $130k. not that I would know. my butler tells me that bottle service is getting expensive
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s fun to dunk on that guy - but Ima more charitable interpretation was the he was trying to define the start of the comfortable middle class.
As a reference: the median RN makes about 90k/yr.
As a reference: the median RN makes about 90k/yr.
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One possible motivation to demand access was to steal data, and I think that was a part of it, but also I think DOGE (or Musk, anyway) was motivated by a conspiracy theory:
The belief that government workers would conspire to use the government's computer systems against them.
The belief that government workers would conspire to use the government's computer systems against them.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
One possible motivation to demand access was to steal data, and I think that was a part of it, but also I think DOGE (or Musk, anyway) was motivated by a conspiracy theory:
The belief that government workers would conspire to use the government's computer systems against them.
The belief that government workers would conspire to use the government's computer systems against them.
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The question that remains is: so what can it do? And what is its mission?
If it were an escort - it would be advertised as such. But instead I hear vague navalisms such as “presence”.
“Deterrence” is a well formulated concept. What is “presence”? And what would a presence optimized ship be?
If it were an escort - it would be advertised as such. But instead I hear vague navalisms such as “presence”.
“Deterrence” is a well formulated concept. What is “presence”? And what would a presence optimized ship be?
I don’t know where people have gotten the idea that Connie represents an exquisite level of capability.
Because it’s right around the floor of minimum capability for a surface combatant.
Because it’s right around the floor of minimum capability for a surface combatant.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The question that remains is: so what can it do? And what is its mission?
If it were an escort - it would be advertised as such. But instead I hear vague navalisms such as “presence”.
“Deterrence” is a well formulated concept. What is “presence”? And what would a presence optimized ship be?
If it were an escort - it would be advertised as such. But instead I hear vague navalisms such as “presence”.
“Deterrence” is a well formulated concept. What is “presence”? And what would a presence optimized ship be?
I’ll believe Feinberg et al are doing defense reform once they clean sheet Sentinel.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’ll believe Feinberg et al are doing defense reform once they clean sheet Sentinel.
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In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
Low hanging fruit that is ripe yet unpicked. Tremendous.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Low hanging fruit that is ripe yet unpicked. Tremendous.
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Dim Philby
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dim Philby
did they nuke your tastebuds when they zapped your brain?
I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
did they nuke your tastebuds when they zapped your brain?
people post the wildest shit on here. just show your whole ass.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
people post the wildest shit on here. just show your whole ass.
Despite a decade of deceitful (and borderline slanderous) takes, Baltimore is nearly as popular as NYC!?
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Despite a decade of deceitful (and borderline slanderous) takes, Baltimore is nearly as popular as NYC!?
Elon by proxy: (see Munchausens by proxy) Abuse others by the rich and powerful by proxy of ill-optimized LLMs.
I count that as Elon by proxy
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Elon by proxy: (see Munchausens by proxy) Abuse others by the rich and powerful by proxy of ill-optimized LLMs.
The purpose of a user interface is as a controllable, structured discovery tool for the definition of the users objective function!!
There’s a reason why “Alexa buy me some garbage bags” has not and will not catch on!!
There’s a reason why “Alexa buy me some garbage bags” has not and will not catch on!!
no doubt powered by an algorithm similar to the one that thinks it’s “logical” to book a 13+ hour red-eye with a layover in order to save $3.00 instead of the 3-hour nonstop flight
no fuckin thank you
no fuckin thank you
Companies are racing to develop A.I. tools that can make reservations for flights, hotels and more on your behalf. Here’s what to know.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The purpose of a user interface is as a controllable, structured discovery tool for the definition of the users objective function!!
There’s a reason why “Alexa buy me some garbage bags” has not and will not catch on!!
There’s a reason why “Alexa buy me some garbage bags” has not and will not catch on!!
Tis the season for these delicious kings.
It’s a cruel test, but I judge all cookie recipes on the Stouffers Star WAR.
It’s a cruel test, but I judge all cookie recipes on the Stouffers Star WAR.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tis the season for these delicious kings.
It’s a cruel test, but I judge all cookie recipes on the Stouffers Star WAR.
It’s a cruel test, but I judge all cookie recipes on the Stouffers Star WAR.
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Goddamnit.
Supreme Court Strips Samus Aran of All Previous Suit Power-Ups in 6-3 Ruling - Hard Drive
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that bounty hunter Samus Aran must surrender all suit power-ups prior to the start... Read the full masterpiece
hard-drive.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Goddamnit.
Felder needs to go if he keeps opposing this stuff.
NEWS: Ward 7 Councilmember Wendell Felder is introducing emergency legislation that would delay ranked-choice voting, which is currently set to be rolled out in D.C. in 2026. His bill would mandate that Board of Elections conduct an assessment on what it would need to implement RCV.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Felder needs to go if he keeps opposing this stuff.
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@sandypsj.bsky.social someone should write a long form piece on why the most consistently popular idea in American politics across the spectrum is “houkou by another name”
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@sandypsj.bsky.social someone should write a long form piece on why the most consistently popular idea in American politics across the spectrum is “houkou by another name”
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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