nikcalculon
@nikcalculon.bsky.social
Californian - Shoot Recordings
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I’m positive there were many, many examples of bravery at #Bondi #Australia. This guy is the face of their bravery #auspol
December 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I’m positive there were many, many examples of bravery at #Bondi #Australia. This guy is the face of their bravery #auspol
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In Cedar-Riverside this week, so much pepper spray was deployed on a crowd of observers that it left the snow bright orange.
ICE was in Cedar Riverside today. Amazing community turnout, be mindful of the layer of pepper spray in the snow all over the neighborhood
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
In Cedar-Riverside this week, so much pepper spray was deployed on a crowd of observers that it left the snow bright orange.
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In the same incident, an ICE agent pepper sprayed a baby.
(Link to post by a state representative)
(Link to post by a state representative)
One of our Shakopee observers witnessed ICE pepper spray a baby today in Chanhassen.
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
In the same incident, an ICE agent pepper sprayed a baby.
(Link to post by a state representative)
(Link to post by a state representative)
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Writers who use genAI for illustrations are class traitors. We all have to fight this beast TOGETHER. We are not just trying to save SOME of our livelihoods.
Self-published authors are unfortunately very rapidly becoming my most-blocked demographic on here due entirely to the rampant use of hideous AI generated book covers
Just in case it wasn't clear: If I click on your profile and see that you've used AI to make something, you get blocked.
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Writers who use genAI for illustrations are class traitors. We all have to fight this beast TOGETHER. We are not just trying to save SOME of our livelihoods.
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Department of Defense going to war by AI chatbot
I was only following the bot’s orders
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-dep... - podcast
time: 5 min 29 sec
I was only following the bot’s orders
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-dep... - podcast
time: 5 min 29 sec
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Department of Defense going to war by AI chatbot
I was only following the bot’s orders
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-dep... - podcast
time: 5 min 29 sec
I was only following the bot’s orders
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-dep... - podcast
time: 5 min 29 sec
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READ: Recent comments by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have drawn more attention to right-wing critiques of U.S. support for Israel. However, it is a serious mistake for those on the left to see this anti-Israel criticism as “anti-Zionist.” mondoweiss.net/2025/12/stop...
December 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
READ: Recent comments by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have drawn more attention to right-wing critiques of U.S. support for Israel. However, it is a serious mistake for those on the left to see this anti-Israel criticism as “anti-Zionist.” mondoweiss.net/2025/12/stop...
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Global Warming surging upwards in waves.
The last 365 days:
* 100% over 1.0C
* 50% over 1.5C
* 4% over 1.8C
The post 2024 mega-surge hasn't fully bottomed out yet.
What will 2026 bring us?
#ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling
The last 365 days:
* 100% over 1.0C
* 50% over 1.5C
* 4% over 1.8C
The post 2024 mega-surge hasn't fully bottomed out yet.
What will 2026 bring us?
#ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Global Warming surging upwards in waves.
The last 365 days:
* 100% over 1.0C
* 50% over 1.5C
* 4% over 1.8C
The post 2024 mega-surge hasn't fully bottomed out yet.
What will 2026 bring us?
#ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling
The last 365 days:
* 100% over 1.0C
* 50% over 1.5C
* 4% over 1.8C
The post 2024 mega-surge hasn't fully bottomed out yet.
What will 2026 bring us?
#ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling
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"Summary" is the most common use case you get from people who are so desperate to present themselves as the reasonable middle ground in the "AI" "debate" and it just makes them look like marks.
Amazon Prime ran terrible inaccurate AI recaps of past seasons
they pulled them cos they were such trash
I can't find anyone who grabbed a copy and put it up, anyone know of one?
www.theverge.com/news/842978/...
they pulled them cos they were such trash
I can't find anyone who grabbed a copy and put it up, anyone know of one?
www.theverge.com/news/842978/...
Amazon Prime Video pulls AI-powered recaps after Fallout flub
Fallout from Fallout.
www.theverge.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Summary" is the most common use case you get from people who are so desperate to present themselves as the reasonable middle ground in the "AI" "debate" and it just makes them look like marks.
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Dec. 14 snowpack situation at 6,900 feet at Palisades Tahoe
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dec. 14 snowpack situation at 6,900 feet at Palisades Tahoe
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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"Well it's ok for summarizing" - no, not it isn't. It even hallucinates the sources it points to in order to demonstrate transparency! It fucks up _showing its own work_, goddamn
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"Well it's ok for summarizing" - no, not it isn't. It even hallucinates the sources it points to in order to demonstrate transparency! It fucks up _showing its own work_, goddamn
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Alternating between wanting to stay involved because my union has had some victories and wondering if it’s better to not stay in academia and perpetuate the system on its current trajectory. I’m part of a labor market where participants are being excluded on racial/gender lines, that’s undeniable.
Sometimes I wonder about how the White folks process still having their jobs. I've been reading a lot about McCarthyism, which has my brain primed to think about the people who stay once people politically repress their colleague out of a job.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Alternating between wanting to stay involved because my union has had some victories and wondering if it’s better to not stay in academia and perpetuate the system on its current trajectory. I’m part of a labor market where participants are being excluded on racial/gender lines, that’s undeniable.
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Something like 90% of money spent on an automobile leaves the local community
We spend an average of $700k over a lifetime on our cars
Do that math
Ride a bike
Take the bus
Walk
We spend an average of $700k over a lifetime on our cars
Do that math
Ride a bike
Take the bus
Walk
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Something like 90% of money spent on an automobile leaves the local community
We spend an average of $700k over a lifetime on our cars
Do that math
Ride a bike
Take the bus
Walk
We spend an average of $700k over a lifetime on our cars
Do that math
Ride a bike
Take the bus
Walk
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When the AI bubble pops, no bailouts. They gambled and lost and have to live with it just like the rest of us.
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When the AI bubble pops, no bailouts. They gambled and lost and have to live with it just like the rest of us.
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Honestly think This Hour has 22 Minutes is way better than SNL:
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Honestly think This Hour has 22 Minutes is way better than SNL:
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
i’ll never forget walking thru the TL in SF (from Knob Hill down twds BART) & wearing an SF Giants hat, walking on the street past 3 dudes posted on the block, i felt nervous but walked past them mostly unbothered until one said “you ain’t from here” & that shit rattled me
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
i’ll never forget walking thru the TL in SF (from Knob Hill down twds BART) & wearing an SF Giants hat, walking on the street past 3 dudes posted on the block, i felt nervous but walked past them mostly unbothered until one said “you ain’t from here” & that shit rattled me
finding out you have nearly double the followers on ig as the muppet head of a “legendary label” is delicious especially when this particular muppet has engaged in so much muppetry over the years
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
finding out you have nearly double the followers on ig as the muppet head of a “legendary label” is delicious especially when this particular muppet has engaged in so much muppetry over the years
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December 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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