Ryan Oliver

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

What a human.

Given the state of things re books, predatory corporations, etc... it is more imperative than ever to buy your books from indie bookstores and their online sites. Exclusively.

There is a ~13 year old out there enrolled in a Basketball summer camp somewhere that was just traded for Lemelo Ball.

The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.

New app: do you want to enable notifications? Me: I don't even want to have this phone

That New York Knicks basketball game was the most incredible thing I've ever witnessed.

"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good

"So you're a software company" "That's right Dave" "and you spent $500 million on AI tokens in a month?" "Yep" "and you're using AI to...replace employees?" "that's right" "that's more than your entire annual SG&A, isn't it?" "uhuh."

"openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn (2001), and "tiktok.com" was the quaint shared homepage of a couple as their relationship progressed from dating to married with a baby (2000). THREAD!!!

what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in

I can't stop staring at these photos. This is what Earthset looks like—our homeworld setting behind the Moon. And compare the dark, cratered surface of the Moon to the blue oceans and swirling clouds on our own planet. If there's a starker illustration of our lifegiving world, I've yet to see it.

This is so well written

Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The family watched the Oscar nominees for best animated short film tonight. I am very grateful for everyone's art. It is so wonderful.

My back hurts, my eyes hurt. The games are mid at best. We're back. This is amazing.

as an older person (+50) who’s never used ai, here are things i recommend about life: - do DIY (the biggest is learn to cook but any other work you can do for yourself, learn it and do it) - observe nature (all the animals around us have already figured life out) - talk to people in real life

Money does buy you happiness

Non profit, impact motivated newspapers

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

this is america

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Still need more baseball? We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...

Everyone who worked on a video game needs to be in the credits: aftermath.site/video-game-cre...

can't believe it took 5 whole years to arrive at "Red Green should be the Joe Rogan of the Left"

By ratting on Jesse Ventura's unionization efforts, Hulk Hogan denied all of his coworkers, and generations of performers who came after him, insurance and a retirement fund, and in that, shares in responsibility for the early deaths of several other wrestlers.

The fact there is no maximum heat law for apartments in Ontario is a crime. I have a colleague on the top floor of a GTA apartment with no air conditioning, windows that only open a smidgen and dealing with +30 heat and a wildfire induced breathing warning. www.toronto.ca/community-pe...

Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog! Is America truly free if police routinely harass and murder people of color for simply existing in public spaces? Are we free to pursue happiness if millions of people are one missed paycheck or hospital visit away from homelessness? Liberty and Justice for who?

Sometimes I get to write about wrestling and punk music and I'm very grateful for that. www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/07/02/p...

i’m at the taco bell i’m at the urgent care i’m at the combination taco bell and urgent care

GooOOOOooOd morning! Are you up? We sure are. We're about half an hour away from kicking off Axe of the Blood God's 24-hour stream for Trans Lifeline!! 🎉🎉🎉 First up: Our weekly live show with special guest @senabryer.com! www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod

I have not seen it mentioned yet, but anyway... Justin Trudeau wasn't the prime Minister when Russia was kicked out of the G8. Harper was.

Stood in line at an airport in a line with Hideo Kojima. He looked tired, we briefly made eye contact, we did not interact.

SkyMuseum is live! We hope you enjoy playing our game as much as we loved making it. What started as an experiment is now a full 3D gallery where you can explore Bluesky feeds and art shares like the works of art they truly are. Download it here: twigbit.itch.io/skymuseum

Everyday there is a new piece of news that make you wonder: "When will America get tired of all this winning?#

Professional Wrestling can be a beautiful thing.