not a cat

not a cat

@markmark206.bsky.social

Seattle, WA | Software Engineer https://helpukrainewin.com/ Freedom حرية Свобода 自由 Saoirse ነፃነት Ազատություն yəx̌ʷ آزادی Vabadus Inkululeko རང་དབང თავისუფლება פֿרײַהײט

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facebook is such a garbage company. it profitably distorts everything it touches. core human things – human connection, our sense of what's real, our sense of history. if you work for facebook, you made this.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

AYFKM “Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.” ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de...

In 2024, Sawant campaigned hard to defeat Trump's only feasible opponent. Workers, immigrants, climate, affordability, my trans neighbor's rights... In effect, Sawant campaigned to maximize harm to every cause she claims to support. ✅ @electioncheatsheet.org ✅ @theurbanist.org _ The Strangr Ballot

The Stranger@thestranger.com

Every vote counts for Kshama Sawant. Head to The Stranger to read @mudede.bsky.social take on Sawant's "determination, resolution, and organizational finesse" during her current congressional campaign.

when you spend your life funding and scaling a system that selects for future-faking, then "wonder" why everything is a lie. "If you're Sam Altman, you don't have to be profitable to convey to investors that you'll succeed with or without them. (He wasn't, and he did.)" pg, 2008

When we talk about the Epstein files, we talk about the victims, the perpetrators, and the corruption of justice. We also talk about the kremlin reshaping the United States by capturing and selecting its "elites" with honeytraps and kompromat.

The Age of Turbulence, by Greenspan, an Amazon review ★★★★☆ credit is overdue So insightful. Alan gets what he created better than anyone. He's too modest to take credit for his life's work, but we know. Debiting one star – I'd like a refund, but no. People who bought this also bought nothing.

The wrong date aside, "Epic Fury" is the most thoughtful and expensive birthday present Vladimir has ever received since the murder of Politkovskaya, the murder of Nemtsov, and the attack on Israel.

be best wrecking ball kopek can buy

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Moscow has so far earned an estimated $1.3bn-$1.9bn windfall from taxes on oil exports, making it the biggest winner from the conflict in the Middle East. What does this mean for energy markets and the Russian economy? ft.trib.al/E4zE2us

AI anxiety: * the anxiety of living inside an environment that already amplifies risk and harm instead of dampening them * the dread of the load-bearing existential meaning of our lives getting dismantled and replaced with slop * ...

↗️ regulatory capture | -> ↗️ bubble size -> ↗️ burst blast energy | -> ↘️ protection, ↗️ coupling -> ↗️ burst blast radius #CitizensGuideToCronyCapitalism #PrivateEquityBusinessPlan

AI Coder: “All done!” Human Devs: “I don’t think this is done.” CEO: “You are fired, lippy humans. Finally. Releasing next week!” ... CEO: “Wait... this doesn't actually work.” AI Coder: “You are right to push back on this.” CEO: “Please look forward to enjoying our game next YEAR.”

Nintendo Life@nintendolife.com

"Demoralisation Is A Strong Word, But It Accurately Describes The Situation" - Why Do So Many Games Get Delayed? (Repost)

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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...

"Tensions in Minneapolis", "Shot and Killed" – a brutality-obscuring, reality-bending framing from the paper of record. A US citizen was tackled, disarmed, beaten, pinned to the ground, and then shot at point-blank range. "Summary Execution", "Extrajudicial Killing", "Execution-Style Killing." 🥾👅

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to local and federal officials. The shooting prompted a clash between the authorities and protesters who gathered at the scene. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

democracy dies behind a paywall.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov

This is horrifying beyond belief. No one in their right mind can see this and think it is ok. ICE is out of control. Don't let anyone look away and remind everyone that this Republican Congress could put a stop to this TODAY.

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If only Rosgvardiya were better trained. In their heart of hearts, "Vichy Democrats", "Corporate Democrats", and "Establishment Democrats" are all just Citizens United Democrats in a Citizens United Congress.

A stable democracy needs meaningful social safety nets. Project 2025 discourse designers: - social safety nets == communism == totalitarianism - capitalism == democracy

Both “Justices“ * in 2010, rewired our representative democracy to rep dark money, with Citizens United, and * in 2024, turned what’s left into a monarchy, not choosing US in “Trump v. United States.”

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

Then: "Organizations take on the personality of their leaders." "The internet takes on the personality of the organizations that created it." "The attention economy internet is eating our brains."

Now: "Organizations take on the personality of their leaders." "LLMs take on the personality of the organizations that create them." "These sycophantic, manipulative LLMs are eating our brains."

Paul Graham: "btw, Sam Altman is amazing. He is the king of cannibals. He will manipu... convince you to gamble away your kids' future for 'public benefit.' Hire this man!" Investors: "OpenAI, take $40b more. Please."

"This <motions vaguely at everything> is weaponized arrested development of Amber and Red. Green is rolling its eyes. Orange is watching NASDAQ, ₿, and NVDA. Yellow and Turquoise are, as always, 'emerging.'" - Ken Wilber, "Sex, Ecology, Spirituality" (1995), the tl;dr edition.