Lou Covey
@thecovey.bsky.social
tech journalist, epistemologist, historian, radical theologian, grandfather
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Lou Covey
@thecovey.bsky.social
· Sep 6
Hot tip: if someone disagrees with your opinion without personally insulting your character and intelligence, it is unnecessary to counter by insulting their character and intelligence.
apple.news/A_bDWiIGaTtW... The administration is considering requiring all agencies to return to manual, non electric type writers and carbon paper copies.
Typeface of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
apple.news
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
apple.news/A_bDWiIGaTtW... The administration is considering requiring all agencies to return to manual, non electric type writers and carbon paper copies.
apple.news/A1yVFesk6RIO... There is a difference between opinions and feelings. Tarantino was expressing his Feelings which are not fact based. As the saying goes, F!!! Your feelings.
Opinion | Never be honest in Hollywood – even if you’re Quentin Tarantino
Success doesn’t mean you can speak your mind – and criticizing Paul Dano is like kicking a bunny at a birthday party
apple.news
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
apple.news/A1yVFesk6RIO... There is a difference between opinions and feelings. Tarantino was expressing his Feelings which are not fact based. As the saying goes, F!!! Your feelings.
BRRREAKING NEEWS!! The nominees for the next FIFA Peace Prize are Vladimir Putin, Nigel Farage, and Jeffrey Epstein (posthumously )
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
BRRREAKING NEEWS!! The nominees for the next FIFA Peace Prize are Vladimir Putin, Nigel Farage, and Jeffrey Epstein (posthumously )
I just translate it as “Trump has screwed us again but I’m a coward” apple.news/AMnOlgkouTKe...
Ignorance is BS: speaker’s stock answer on Trump’s misdeeds is ‘I don’t know’
Mike Johnson’s denials of knowledge of presidential scandals strain credulity – but may be an effective tactic
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I just translate it as “Trump has screwed us again but I’m a coward” apple.news/AMnOlgkouTKe...
apple.news/AT2-TAIwkRaW... At least he’s saying the quiet part out loud: everybody on conservative media is being paid to lie.
Dan Bongino Admits to Lying During His Pundit Days
Before he joined the FBI, Bongino spread bogus claims about the January 6 pipe bomber—and now says he did it because he was getting paid.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
apple.news/AT2-TAIwkRaW... At least he’s saying the quiet part out loud: everybody on conservative media is being paid to lie.
The reason Trump can't understand the Ukraine position is that he can't conceive that a country's constitution has legal authority, including the one he is supposed to defend. apple.news/AXaAbrhogTpC...
Zelenskyy again rules out handing over territory to Russia — NBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump originally approved a 28-point peace plan to end the war that included Ukraine's ceding its territory, among other demands seen as favoring Russia.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The reason Trump can't understand the Ukraine position is that he can't conceive that a country's constitution has legal authority, including the one he is supposed to defend. apple.news/AXaAbrhogTpC...
This is why being the first company o do something is not a good idea. apple.news/AjSQmiD0bQtO...
ChatGPT started the AI race. Now its lead is looking shaky.
OpenAI’s chatbot jolted Silicon Valley when it debuted three years ago, but ChatGPT’s user growth is slowing and Google’s Gemini is gaining ground.
apple.news
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is why being the first company o do something is not a good idea. apple.news/AjSQmiD0bQtO...
apple.news/A2_GgQD05TJi... Stupid idea. Nothing OpenAI creates is original.
OpenAI Should Stop Naming Its Creations After Products That Already Exist
From “cameo” to “io,” OpenAI keeps trying to call its new and upcoming releases by names that resemble existing trademarks.
apple.news
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
apple.news/A2_GgQD05TJi... Stupid idea. Nothing OpenAI creates is original.
I just translate it as “Trump has screwed us again but I’m a coward” apple.news/AMnOlgkouTKe...
Ignorance is BS: speaker’s stock answer on Trump’s misdeeds is ‘I don’t know’
Mike Johnson’s denials of knowledge of presidential scandals strain credulity – but may be an effective tactic
apple.news
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I just translate it as “Trump has screwed us again but I’m a coward” apple.news/AMnOlgkouTKe...
When you look at what republicans have done in Idaho, Texas, Indiana, Florida, Tennessee and about 20 other states it’s hard to sympathize. apple.news/A9PyrSUX5Qbi...
The California GOP confronts a bleak map — and its own civil war
A partisan gerrymander left even less for California Republicans to fight for. But they’re fighting — including each other.
apple.news
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When you look at what republicans have done in Idaho, Texas, Indiana, Florida, Tennessee and about 20 other states it’s hard to sympathize. apple.news/A9PyrSUX5Qbi...
Merry Christmas. (Music by Luis Humanoide)
December 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Merry Christmas. (Music by Luis Humanoide)
A peace prize from the most corrupt organization to the most corrupt world leader. Makes sense to me. apple.news/AUtwJloerSRW...
New FIFA peace prize awarded to U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded the first FIFA Peace Prize for his "extraordinary action" in trying to achieve peace, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said.
apple.news
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A peace prize from the most corrupt organization to the most corrupt world leader. Makes sense to me. apple.news/AUtwJloerSRW...
Question: why aren’t Republicans required to nominate moderates? apple.news/AlKlRdJS0QFW...
Opinion | ‘Democrats Paid a Price for Their Nominee’
What will Republicans do if the other party stops choosing progressive kooks?
apple.news
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Question: why aren’t Republicans required to nominate moderates? apple.news/AlKlRdJS0QFW...
Bessent's defense of Trump's work ethic was ridiculous. So what if they had a 3-hour cabinet meeting with 2.5 hours was taken up by the members virtually fellating the dozing president. POTUS is clearly sleep-deprived and demonstrating the psychosis that comes from it
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Bessent's defense of Trump's work ethic was ridiculous. So what if they had a 3-hour cabinet meeting with 2.5 hours was taken up by the members virtually fellating the dozing president. POTUS is clearly sleep-deprived and demonstrating the psychosis that comes from it
How to make interesting predictions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Episode 11.15 - How to make proper predictions
Podcast Episode · Crucial Tech · 12/02/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
How to make interesting predictions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
@edzitron.com is the greatest PR guy in tech. I just discovered him, but anyone flack who will call Sam Altman a "chunderfuck" gets an absolute pass on any pitch going foward.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
@edzitron.com is the greatest PR guy in tech. I just discovered him, but anyone flack who will call Sam Altman a "chunderfuck" gets an absolute pass on any pitch going foward.
I think the time that any officer left in the US military will not question an order from this administration has officially ended. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
White House says second strike on vessel was legal and conducted in ‘self defense’ amid scrutiny – live
Karoline Leavitt defends second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat; Trump says he believes Pete Hegseth’s statement ‘100%’ that defense secretary didn’t ordered the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think the time that any officer left in the US military will not question an order from this administration has officially ended. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
So, IOW it’s not because he was from another country. This country ruined him, just like Trump ruined her apple.news/ARC014pCoQWC...
Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was 'radicalized' in the U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also said the Trump administration would resume the asylum process after dealing with a backlog of cases.
apple.news
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So, IOW it’s not because he was from another country. This country ruined him, just like Trump ruined her apple.news/ARC014pCoQWC...
Two. Two nations that have been supporting Russia have called for an end to attacking Russian oil assets. Two.
Did I say how many?
Did I say how many?
Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian oil assets to cut off its funding sources amid the ongoing war between the two countries.
Nations Call for Ukraine to End Attacks on Black Sea Oil Assets
www.newsweek.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Two. Two nations that have been supporting Russia have called for an end to attacking Russian oil assets. Two.
Did I say how many?
Did I say how many?
@facethenation.bsky.social when Hassett falsely claimed gasoline prices were under $2/g in some places in the US, why didn’t you ask him to name one?
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@facethenation.bsky.social when Hassett falsely claimed gasoline prices were under $2/g in some places in the US, why didn’t you ask him to name one?
That explains a lot
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
That explains a lot
Jared Kushner was the architect of the Abraham accords. He’s heading to Moscow now. If he gets peace, give him the Peace Prize. Trump’s head explodes.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Jared Kushner was the architect of the Abraham accords. He’s heading to Moscow now. If he gets peace, give him the Peace Prize. Trump’s head explodes.
apple.news/AIIJDyyhuQQe... Whenever JD says something derogatory about others I keep in mind he’s merely projecting his own inadequacies. I also realize, in this case, that he’s never had a properly cooked Turkey.
Vance: Anyone who says they like turkey is 'full of s---'
Vice President Vance on Wednesday invoked President Trump’s “America First” policy, joking that because Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday, the meat of choice is also “uniquely” American: Turkey.
apple.news
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
apple.news/AIIJDyyhuQQe... Whenever JD says something derogatory about others I keep in mind he’s merely projecting his own inadequacies. I also realize, in this case, that he’s never had a properly cooked Turkey.
Jared Kushner was the architect of the Abraham accords. He’s heading to Moscow now. If he gets peace, give him the Peace Prize. Trump’s head explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Jared Kushner was the architect of the Abraham accords. He’s heading to Moscow now. If he gets peace, give him the Peace Prize. Trump’s head explodes.
apple.news/AYT58GUk5SkC... He can alway transition to a lobbyist for Russia
‘Traitor’: US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call
Republicans and Democrats warn Witkoff ‘cannot be trusted’ after reportedly advising officials on peace plan
apple.news
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
apple.news/AYT58GUk5SkC... He can alway transition to a lobbyist for Russia