Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
civis Americanus sum
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
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Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
· Jan 16
"So now they were headed into androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad shit, like she sort of already knew, figured everybody did, except for people who still said it wasn’t happening, and those people were mostly expecting the Second Coming anyway."
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
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Yoooo y'all see the Campbell's soup story? Yikes on bikes. Progresso for me only now 😬😬
3-D printed chicken??!?! Only made for poor people?
www.cbsnews.com/news/campbel...
3-D printed chicken??!?! Only made for poor people?
www.cbsnews.com/news/campbel...
Campbell Soup executive called its products food for "poor people," lawsuit claims
The complaint alleges that a Campbell executive made offensive remarks about company workers and mocked customers.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Yoooo y'all see the Campbell's soup story? Yikes on bikes. Progresso for me only now 😬😬
3-D printed chicken??!?! Only made for poor people?
www.cbsnews.com/news/campbel...
3-D printed chicken??!?! Only made for poor people?
www.cbsnews.com/news/campbel...
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Pricier Key Bridge rebuild to have over $1 billion in pier protection
Key Bridge rebuild’s main span, pier protection increased price
The cost and duration of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild significantly increased due to a larger span and extra pier protection.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pricier Key Bridge rebuild to have over $1 billion in pier protection
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Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff isn’t working for the US, or for humanity. He’s working for Vladimir Putin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff isn’t working for the US, or for humanity. He’s working for Vladimir Putin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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![SW: Well listen. I am going to tell you something. I think, I think if we can get the Russia-Ukraine thing solved, everybody’ll be jumping for joy.
YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs]
SW: What?
YU: Russian-Ukrainian war.
SW: I know! How do we get that solved?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zf64hzilq4a7yj6lcj34uxvc/bafkreigdsbojr5jvv3no5wnjfolx7jhknvvpfdu2e7w2obkczuchkzwdve@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
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The reason why "Putin has the upper hand" is that he has Trump in his pocket.
Putin-loving Trump mediating a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is like having a Red Sox super-fan umpire their games.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ambas...
Putin-loving Trump mediating a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is like having a Red Sox super-fan umpire their games.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ambas...
Trump’s Own Ambassador Admits Putin Has Upper Hand in Peace Talks
Even Trump’s allies know Putin is calling the shots as usual.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The reason why "Putin has the upper hand" is that he has Trump in his pocket.
Putin-loving Trump mediating a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is like having a Red Sox super-fan umpire their games.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ambas...
Putin-loving Trump mediating a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is like having a Red Sox super-fan umpire their games.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ambas...
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The fact that the FBI is now launching an investigation into sitting members of Congress because they accurately quoted US law proves that Trump has replaced the rule of law with with rule of petty vengeance.
Democracy cannot exist without the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
Democracy cannot exist without the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The fact that the FBI is now launching an investigation into sitting members of Congress because they accurately quoted US law proves that Trump has replaced the rule of law with with rule of petty vengeance.
Democracy cannot exist without the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
Democracy cannot exist without the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Spare us from naive, credulous, easily manipulated Republicans with questionable motives. Diplomacy is not for toddlers.
Witkoff: "I told the president that you - that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That’s my belief. I told the president I believe that."
What reason is there to think this? Unbelievable naiveté (at best) from a US envoy.
What reason is there to think this? Unbelievable naiveté (at best) from a US envoy.
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Spare us from naive, credulous, easily manipulated Republicans with questionable motives. Diplomacy is not for toddlers.
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Kash Patel, just like the other grifters and con artists that make up Trump's inner circle, views his office as a cash cow to be exploited for personal gain rather than a sacred responsibility to the American people.
www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
Keystone Kash Facing Axe Over Alleged Misuse of FBI Jet
President Donald Trump is reportedly losing patience with the unflattering headlines about his FBI chief.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Kash Patel, just like the other grifters and con artists that make up Trump's inner circle, views his office as a cash cow to be exploited for personal gain rather than a sacred responsibility to the American people.
www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Mr. Trump was so eager to indict his enemies, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along, that it all unraveled at the pull of one legal thread.”
@wsj.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
@wsj.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Mr. Trump was so eager to indict his enemies, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along, that it all unraveled at the pull of one legal thread.”
@wsj.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
@wsj.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Exciting and original sci-fi horror by @qntm.org
Antimemes cannot be remembered; they are ‘self-keeping secrets’. So how can Marie Quinn, the Head of the Antimemetics Division, protect humanity from this threat?
Sometimes confusing but always propulsive and interesting. I enjoyed this.
#books
💙📚🪐
Antimemes cannot be remembered; they are ‘self-keeping secrets’. So how can Marie Quinn, the Head of the Antimemetics Division, protect humanity from this threat?
Sometimes confusing but always propulsive and interesting. I enjoyed this.
#books
💙📚🪐
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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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 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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Look at @roadsteamer.bsky.social making @dropkickmurphys.com laugh. I think they’d be good friends.
This is feel good content.
This is feel good content.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Look at @roadsteamer.bsky.social making @dropkickmurphys.com laugh. I think they’d be good friends.
This is feel good content.
This is feel good content.
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multiple peeople have sent me this telling me that i am going to be automated and , like, lol lmfao www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3l...
Accelerating private equity deal flows with Claude
YouTube video by Anthropic
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November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
multiple peeople have sent me this telling me that i am going to be automated and , like, lol lmfao www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3l...
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DKTHOMP: “.. Last week, we were discussing how one could capture the entire AI-bubble debate in about 12 statistics .. we thought: What the hell, let’s just publish the whole playbook!”
@dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
@dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
DKTHOMP: “.. Last week, we were discussing how one could capture the entire AI-bubble debate in about 12 statistics .. we thought: What the hell, let’s just publish the whole playbook!”
@dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
@dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
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Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
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This is just amateurish buffoonery that confirms this Administration’s foreign policy is alternatively Russian-directed and totally directionless. Such an embarrassment. Our enemies delight.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is just amateurish buffoonery that confirms this Administration’s foreign policy is alternatively Russian-directed and totally directionless. Such an embarrassment. Our enemies delight.
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All 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by armed assailants from a school last week in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4oZDXZs
All 24 schoolgirls abducted from school Nigeria have been rescued, president says
Nigeria's president has announced that all 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by armed assailants from a school last week in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued.
www.pbs.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
All 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by armed assailants from a school last week in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4oZDXZs
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(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge ..
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge ..
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
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Texas Young Republicans are calling upon TX lawmakers to pass a law allowing Governor Abbott to put blue TX cities into receivership. They say the State Leadership Initiative (SLI)—co-founded by Nate Fischer of New Founding — suggested the idea. New Founding partner Nathan Halberstadt loves it. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Texas Young Republicans are calling upon TX lawmakers to pass a law allowing Governor Abbott to put blue TX cities into receivership. They say the State Leadership Initiative (SLI)—co-founded by Nate Fischer of New Founding — suggested the idea. New Founding partner Nathan Halberstadt loves it. 1/