Zenfluenced.life

Zenfluenced.life

@zenfluenced.bsky.social

Amateur human being, artist, graphic designer, meditator, meditation leader, and grower of tiny trees and other plants that likes to play guitar and think about stuff. More stuff at https://zenfluenced.life Blue dot/sea of red. Knoxvegas, East Tennessee

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Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

Seems like ALL OF HUMANITY AND CREATION should have a say on whether we're getting rid of effing NIGHT TIME!! This continues to be the dumbest timeline🤦

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

This startup’s “idiotic” plan to illuminate Earth would “end the night sky as we know it”

motherjones.comStartup's "idiotic" plan to illuminate Earth would "end the night sky as we know it”Reflect Orbital wants to launch 50,000 satellites to reflect sunlight back on the planet.

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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NWSL
@nwslsoccer.com

Just how they drew it up. Washington strikes early and strikes first to take the 1-0 lead.

Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

yeesh

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

This study sponsored by the No Shit Sherlock Institute for the Study of the Ridiculously Obvious We've Been Saying It for Years

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

"I Believed American Healthcare Was the Best in the World. Then I Did the Math" Yale epidemiologist @Alison_Galvani anticipated a hefty price tag for Medicare for All. But she found that we are already paying more than enough right now to cover the cost of universal healthcare.

zeteo.comI Believed American Healthcare Was the Best in the World. Then I Did the MathYale epidemiologist Alison Galvani anticipated a hefty price tag for Medicare for All. But she found that we are already paying more than enough right now to cover the cost of universal healthcare.
Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

$250k to be a viral bigot that got their ass handed to them. Their incompetence - priceless

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

theguardian.comMichigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-SayedTimmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed
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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

someone in the press needs to ask him daily - Why do you keep bragging about your dementia tests? & Why do you have to take so many? Run ads with all the clips of him bragging he can tell a giraffe from a lion. then closing with voice over "Why does he take dementia tests? Because he's not well."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe. And they say, 'Which one is the giraffe?' I got a perfect score."

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe. And they say, 'Which one is the giraffe?' I got a perfect score."

Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

In my most insulting souther drawl - I'd rather Carville just go back to his crypt and STFU. Bless his heart

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

🤔 James Carville: “I’d rather Republicans keep the house by 5 than Dems win by 5… Because then they’re hostage to DSA, and Hakeem can’t move.” 😬Bill Kristol: “Good point.” So afraid of DSA folks who want M4ALL, etc. they’d rather Republicans hold power. Unreal. True colors.

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Joan Walsh
@joanwalsh.bsky.social
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social

it has been so hard for democrats to understand this is what people want to hear and not "i seek bipartisan solutions with my friends across the aisle." no! we want to hear how youre gonna fuck up nazis and misogynists and homophobes and bring us into the goddamned star trek future

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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

such a uncanny scene. it gets more surreal the longer you look at it. the gold eagle, the weird lady, the shifty guy whose eyes keep darting around the room, bessent who is always weird with his head tipped back NO SOUND though. Can't stand his voice. Lawd, I thought I hated hearing bush junior

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."

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Rob Delaney
@robdelaney.bsky.social

this is you in meta’s pervert glasses

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social

BBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach.

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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

OMG! He thinks the stripper is really in love with him doesn't he

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

the crime she committed was horrific. we should try to be better than the criminal. #aneyeforeyemakesthewholeworldblind

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

FRANKLIN, TN PASTOR KEVIN RIGGS: "What happened yesterday is indefensible. 3 of the last 4 executions in Tennessee have been a total mess...The death penalty is immoral. Inhumane. It goes against the teachings of Jesus. There's nothing good in this." Pastor Riggs helped lead the vigil at Riverbend.

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@zenfluenced.bsky.social

Late Night's writers and Seth Meyers are doing some of the best commentary and comedy going. I think the show is in a sweet spot with the audience size and time slot so they don't draw as much RW insanity as Colbert and Kimmel, but they dont hold too much back.

Late Night with Seth Meyers@latenightseth.bsky.social

Seth takes #ACloserLook at Senate Republicans embarrassing themselves at a hearing youtu.be/RotCje2J5Ik?...

youtu.beSen. Eric Schmitt & GOP Humiliate Themselves at Train Wreck Jack Smith Hearing: A Closer LookYouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

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Abdul El-Sayed
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.

Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

I seldom used my ACA policy because it had an $8500 deductible and didn't cover anything until it was met. So $155+ for an office visit when you have "what's going around" wasn't an expense I could afford.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."

Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social

Give yourself 3 minutes to feel good about something

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.