Area Man

Area Man

@dtrain.bsky.social

Ex-tweep looking for a new home

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Area Man reposted

I forget where I first read it, but I think about it every single day: the hypocrisy is the point. The people in power changing their minds and values whenever it suits them makes them feel powerful. And you’d be amazed how few people actually believe in anything other than power

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

More than 30 years ago, a botched standoff in Idaho and a conflagration at a cult compound in Texas sparked hostility toward federal law enforcement by the right. Now President Trump is deploying agencies as an armed presidential force of sorts. https://wapo.st/49CyfaX

With the way the east is all bunched up behind Detroit, it’s not out of the question that the Knicks could fall all the way into the play-in. Maybe that’s what needs to happen to force a more substantial change in the offseason.

Area Man reposted

one small thing im going to do is never forget who the ghouls were during this terrible period of time and never stop talking about it whenever their name comes up

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If you have to remind people “we are the good guys” that’s a pretty good sign you’ve stopped doing good guy stuff

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Fetterman on Fox & Friends: "America is a force of good, order, and democracy. And we are promoting these kinds of values. We are the good guys."

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the one cool thing about OG feudalism which we should bring back in this version is the rich guys actually had to put on armor and go fight each other

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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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There's an old saying in business that you should never launch an enterprise product on the same day as your CSAM scandal. But Elon didn't get to where he is playing by the rules

Techmeme@techmeme.com

xAI launches Grok Business, priced at $30 per seat/month, for SMBs, and Grok Enterprise, whose price is not listed publicly, for larger organizations (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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staffer: you talked to the little girls? trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked staffer: what

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you? Caller: I am eight

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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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And no small business owner has the clout to show up in the Oval Office and give the president a gold statue to catch a break.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. small businesses will have to pay an extra $202 billion a year on tariffs, which works out to about $856,000 per company ..” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...