Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve been meaning to do that.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve been meaning to do that.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Masked ICE aren’t about safety; they’re about fear and evading responsibility. Demand transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition:
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
Gavin Newsom is exactly right, Trump is doing everything we told you he would do and more. It's time to wake the hell up, America. Authoritarianism is here.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
That disastrous reshaping of the world's ocean currents that would leave the EU in an ice age & shift the world's fertile regions thus causing persistent global famine? According to science, it's no longer "low probability." Sleep tight.
Picard Tips (@picardtips.bsky.social) reposted
Picard management tip: Tolerate failure, not incompetence. Learn the difference.
Nahel Belgherze (@wxnb.bsky.social) reposted
Spain is having its worst year for wildfires. In terms of square kilometers burned, the 2025 season far outstrips all previous years. Many fires are still active.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Literally into the swamp …
Sifted (@sifted.eu) reposted
The founders of AI startups join a wider effort to stop the clock on sweeping AI regulations.
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
Nation’s Dogs Vow To Keep Their Shit Together During 4th Of July Fireworks theonion.com/nation-...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
apple does such a good job with iOS & OSX that I find it shocking that their web apps are such a horrific experience.
Pivot Podcast (@pivotpod.bsky.social) reposted
“It’s basically a move towards autocracy.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com cut straight to the truth: Trump’s July 4th deadline for his ‘big beautiful bill’ is a raw grab for power. Full episode: youtu.be/s4XLqTHm838?... #trump #bigbeautifulbill #autocracy ##politics
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
Hot damn!
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
The future is now!
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
DEVELOPING: Minnesota lawmaker and husband were killed, another injured in what Gov. Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect remains at large.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
Adam Sternbergh (@sternbergh.bsky.social) reposted
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
note to self... when you hot swap a hard drive, give it a minute to stop spinning☹️. Your drive will thank you.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
I am shocked that Gemini in gmail is as bad as it is. Useless. Me - “Do I have outstanding invoices?” Gemini - “You have an outstanding invoice to xyz. However a transfer was made” Me - That invoice is 8 years old and paid. What about the 2 most recent emails. Gemini closes chat.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Another huge loss if this goes through. Europe needs a united capital market to keep European companies primarily listed here.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
The revival of the best low carbon source of energy couldn’t come soon enough.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you, Nick, for standing up for the LGBTQ+ community.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) reposted
'I’m telling you this is going to happen,' the JPMorgan Chase chief executive said to regulators. 'And you are going to panic. I’m not going to panic. We’ll be fine.' https://on.ft.com/3Z5fYxh
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Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
#Whatsapp your new commercials basically saying “we aren’t listening and we can’t read your messages” - Absolutely feels like you are just that 🤣
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
Getting complacent and not reading all the AI code changes.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
First task of the day, undo all the code changes I made yesterday 🫠
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
A few minutes reading your vibecoded changes can save hours of debugging.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
DrDinD.bsky.social (@drdind.bsky.social) reposted
This! 👇
Adam Rifkin 🐼 (@ifindkarma.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“Musk’s DOGE now has access to your personal Social Security data. There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is.” @socialsecurityworks.org “It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.” @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/soci... bsky.app/profile/ecmc...
Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Statement from attorney for Judge Dugan. "Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously, and looks forward to being exonerated."
Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com) reposted
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Drop in dark mode also and you can probably retire 🚀
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Ffs
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
☝️I am telling yah its still coming 😂
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
USA Democracy is cooked … ffs
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
BREAKING: Trump raises its retaliatory tariff on goods coming from China to 1,000,000,000%, up from 104%
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Monday should be fun 👍
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
What she’s really saying - “The people leading this are careless, aimless, unpatriotic, and among the least capable I’ve ever worked with.”
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Imagine you’re Timothy Haugh, a decorated general, confirmed unanimously by the Senate to head the NSA. And while you’re traveling abroad, you find out the President just fired you on the advice of a 9/11 truther whose bigotry once got her banned by Uber.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
It’s a weird time. And we are just at the beginning of it.
Kevin Beaumont (@gossithedog.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
United States Disappeared Tracker https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
Mark Carney (@mark-carney.bsky.social) reposted
Elbows up, Canada.
Gerry Canavan (@gerrycanavan.bsky.social) reposted
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) reposted
“Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) reposted
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
This is good 👍
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh ffs 🤦♂️ 🤣
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
If you’re calling Mark Kelly (U.S. Navy combat pilot, NASA astronaut, and U.S. Senator) a traitor and Donald Trump (convicted felon, rapist, and Russia’s KGB agent “Krasnov”) your president, it might be time for a long look in the mirror.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Oops.
David Frum (@davidfrum.bsky.social) reposted
It takes a unique kind of genius to fuck up the US-Canada relationship.
Oliver Alexander (@oalexanderdk.bsky.social) reposted
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
Reuters (@reuters.com) reposted
The European Commission proposed new joint EU borrowing of $157.76 billion to lend to EU governments for defense as part of an overall 800 billion total financing effort to boost Europe's defense capabilities reut.rs/41Dr3XU
Mark Carney (@mark-carney.bsky.social) reposted
Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
In 2017, one of the safest countries, fastest growing economies, and hottest tourist destinations in Latin America. The following year, effectively a civil war, due to one leader’s derange desires. America, I watched it happen there and you are repeating their mistakes.
Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) reposted
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
we really are in a bizarro world now ...
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
When your past decisions come back to bite you in the ass 🫠
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) reposted
This is how it’s done.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
Important!!
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.
Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman.bsky.social) reposted
Overnight news: Trump has again raised the idea of a third term in office. Bannon has given a Nazi salute. No need to worry obviously- they’re just trolling the libs
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Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Say it ain’t so, this fucken guy actually has a line.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
This is all so insane.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
This is a really cool tech tree for civilizations. calculatingempires.net?pos=7678.79%... impressive and fascinating!
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Yikes … that’s well crafted
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
That tracks
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz.bsky.social) reposted
Such an unrewarding job — even if you’re right, you won’t be able to rub it into everyone’s face
Donald Tusk (@donald-tusk.bsky.social) reposted
If Viktor Orban really blocks European sanctions at a key moment for the war, it’ll be absolutely clear that in this big game for the security and future of Europe, he is playing in Putin’s team, not in ours. With all the consequences of this fact.
David Frum (@davidfrum.bsky.social) reposted
Trump last night fired 17 inspectors-general. IGs were historically a nonpartisan position. Trump however takes the view, "You can get away with a lot more when nobody is watching." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net) reposted
@edzitron.com on DeepSeek Good: v3 trained for $5.5m, proving that you don't need to spend half a trillion dollars on new data centers to make great models MIT licensed! Great for running on my own hardware Bad: the CCP influence is genuinely a problem for my uses sherwood.news/tech/a-free-...
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
It is odd that they aren't pre-screening the questions before generating the output. Its only after the response has been generated that it realizes its not politically acceptable.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
its hit or miss on economic questions. It first gave me a short essay and upon completion it erased it and left me with an out of scope notice.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
Deepseek from China is exactly what you would expect. Its a sanitized/redacted view of the world.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Ffs Europe
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
What i like about ChatGPT is I don't have to code. What i dislike about ChatGPT is I don't have to code.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
If you don’t know what 'LSI keywords' are, you're not ngmi.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
When billionaires take control of vital communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy. And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Don't be fooled.
Bennett Brown (@bennettbrown.bsky.social)
While running hotels in Nicaragua, we had to deal with corrupt bureaucrats, shady judges, crooked cops, and the usual scammy business schemes. I just finished Red Notice by @billbrowder.bsky.social and holy shit! What a tragic but incredible story!