T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
If opinion columnist is the first thing in your bio, a poorly thought-out opinion dripping with inhumanity to Trans folk should be the last thing you want to post.
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If opinion columnist is the first thing in your bio, a poorly thought-out opinion dripping with inhumanity to Trans folk should be the last thing you want to post.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Longer.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe. Not an expert, but depends what the picture was taken with. Could be AI function in a phone camera. They fill in what is unclear. If you enhance that, you get some odd stuff. I've gotten swollen cheeks on people before. A professional photographer told me this is an issue with phone cameras.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
Weekend warrior? Hah! I'm a weekend worrier!
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I used to eat there quite often. Stack-o-cakes.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I have been ready for a long time. I started this term saying we're going to be waiting for people to die, and it will always be the wrong people. So far, seems I'm right.
Tara Dublin, Rock Star Authoršā¤ļøāš„š¤š» (@taradublinrocks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
My senator @wyden.senate.gov has multiple receipts #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
Gavin Newsom is fighting fascism with... Hold on... mini-localized-fascism! Attention: He's not the man for this hour. He's a good troller. Period. Do NOT lionize this man.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Creating a committee and convening a committee takes all the energy out of what any committee might actually DO.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
His doctor didn't have any slings on hand?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Dumb? He wants to make himself rich. He doesn't give a fuck about us. By his measure, it's smart. Because feckless pussies like you let him get away with it.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
So, if you don't hold him accountable with impeachment, you are an accomplice to crime. Step down.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
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T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Donna Tartt seems to have found an editor who is generous in allowing unneeded passages. IMHO
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I have wandered this wondrous globe for over sixty years, and I have never heard the term "dick lint." I have a renewed vigor for what life will reveal to me next. Awesome phrase.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry. Who are you talking to? You refused unanimous consent. You spent your time talking about grocery prices when EVERYONE knew he'd work to kill us. You cried about the economy while fascism rooted itself firmly on US soil. Fuck you. Fire yourself!!! You allowed this to happen!!!
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
They are so deep in the weeds with labeling what Dems prefer with their own actual nightmare actions that we now have quotes like this.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
I remember lawn darts. Wouldn't mind a little of that overbearing safety these days.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
It ain't over yet. My beach has giant flags and then there's this asshole.... And everyone loves Van Drew because he claimed to kill windmills.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
"I'm rich enough now, and I don't like being called a feckless bitch everywhere in America, so I'll move to an island somewhere and change my name."
Charlotte Francis (@cfranciswrites.bsky.social) reposted
Hello #SummerOfStory! Day 29: Rhetorical Devices Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write. Over to you: Do you use these? Have you studied them, or do they just creep into your writing naturally? #WritingPrompt
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T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I dont know. Maybe focus on the fascism and dying children. Economy and health care is what Trump WON on, nitwit. You're one of those trying to entrench fascism into our land, yeah?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
The asshole could literally call the hospital and find out how his friend was doing. Transparent indifference.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry. Who believes this? C'mon now.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
Yet another absolutely horribly tragic controlled experiment that concludes the prayers part doesn't work. And these fuckers are going to say it is less tragic because they WERE praying.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Okey dokey.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Caravan's The Land of Grey and Pink is one of my all-time favorite albums. Very few people I meet have ever heard of them.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
They all understand that capitalism is a coercive crime.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
I refute AI on every level every day in my school. Teachers that use it know I hate it and even that I am right. But they use it.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh my god. Fuck you.
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Toe to toe. Newsom? When? Tweets? LA occupied. Fuck Christie AND Bolton. Only AFTER they fell out of favor. Pritzker. We'll see when the rubber hits the road. Moore? When? Comments? You being butthurt about this is WHY Trump chooses WOC. They're just always stronger than the rest with no support.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Dear Mom and Dad, Having great time. Don't know when you'll... scratch that... if you'll get thi...never mind. We'll text you. Love, Us
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
It's always going to be ONLY women of color who stand toe to toe and defy him, isn't it?
jedesty.bsky.social (@jedesty.bsky.social) reposted
"the trivialization of reading by AI hype merchants is a fable of obsolescence in support of a practice of enclosure." YES Always worth reading(!): theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/the-techno... As well as following: theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/cruelfutur...
Victor LaValle (@victorlavalle.bsky.social) reposted
Co-sign. Read John Langan! You will never regret it.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
He is going after those who turned against him to let others know they should never turn against him. Meanwhile, the avg. Joe thinks they're clearly off the hook. Spoiler: no one is off the hook.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Down by the ol' immigrant round up and trans lynching that you clearly don't give a fuck about?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
So, if this is all a distraction: are these distractions from the distraction? What do they claim is the real issue... eggs?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Eggs, biscuits, and meatloaf. Don't take muh hurtij away!!! Make a statue of some Confederate general out of meatloaf, and we've got ourselves a pilgrimage site. Build a biscuit cross, and it will be declared a National Preservation Institute location.
OlĆŗfįŗ¹Ģmi O. TĆ”Ćwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) reposted
"The poor say the rich have the cure The rich say the poor are the source... Some say the first case came from a maternity ward Some say a morgue, some say the skies, some say the floors Whores say the nuns, nuns say the whores And everybody is sure"
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
He. Wiped. His. Hands!
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Leave me alone!!!! It's confusing sometimes!!
Joey Politanoš³ļøāš (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) reposted
the people of America cried out "IKEA is too cheap Mr. President! It is too easy for me to find affordable and utilitarian home furniture!" and the President lept into action
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Weird. I heard he was "that f@%#ing guy." An alias?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Proud to say I have passed on this code word to new younger teachers so that we have a warning system no one knows about. So, a bunch of people that know me who are under 30 would know.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, hottest. Global warming and energy prices spiking through the roof. So it IS hot, cause I can't afford air conditioning.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
So, the Whitehouse is agreeing with the guy who lives in the Whitehouse. I often agree with myself. Even when I'm wrong.
Andy Merrill āBrakā & I maybe loveš« (@amerrill2.bsky.social) reposted
youtu.be/4Bzc89TMbMk?...
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
THIS IS HUGE!!!! For years I have been trying to remember the name of the Caper show. I bought the album on a family trip to New York City and was a huge fan. I thought it was Clue Club or Case Club. I'd try to tell people about it and they'd think I made it up. Even my family. Thank you!!!
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this before or after the Proudboys pile out of it?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
A butterfly flapping its wings could trigger the downfall of an autocratic oligarchical dictatorial fascist-stan political party. Or trigger a hurricane. But let's hope for the first one.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's hope. Not to put people out of work, but a failure that big may convince companies they backed the wrong horse.
wendy norris (@wendynorris.bsky.social) reposted
I teach computational data science, so I'm quite familiar with LLMs. I'm curious which tools are taught in other disciplines that have a 40% error rate; obscure the output errors; tap a stolen, outdated knowledge base that is a year or more out of date; and have catastrophic environmental impacts?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh my god. Bipartisanship? WHAT FUCKING PLANET?!?!?!? ARE YOU LIVING ON? Just switch parties motherfucker.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, I ain't thanking them for their service. That's for sure.
Clive Thompson (@clivethompson.bsky.social) reposted
This is really fascinating Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Tade Thompson (@tadethompson.bsky.social) reposted
Yuuuup!
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social)
Look at the top of this sign. It gives me hope knowing what will become of everything with his name on it.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
One. Person. Stands. With. Her. One.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Please tell me someone asked him what his sugar daddy told him to do.
Tom (@alas-not-me.bsky.social) reposted
When you find that allusion to Keats you knew was there somewhere, but it's too late....
Matt Seybold (@mattseybold.bsky.social) reposted
12 months, 24 episodes, 53 voices, 2387 minutes of produced content, 150,000+ downloads. Itās been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not the economy anymore. It's the fascism. Stop fascists, and we'll talk.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
So his own machines and police state polls where random arrests will stop people from showing up. No need of bomb threats this time.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Multiple Sclerosis now? Wow. Maddow is the last one I watch anyhow, and I am hoping she bounces to her own product soon.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Chris Christie playbook?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Abbot called a special session and put it all together. They were separate, but part of that session. If they were present for one, they'd have to be present for the other. Again, engineered to fail. Disingenuous in your comments, and willfully ignorant in your research. Blocked.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
They put the bill together that way just so he could have people like you think the dems are in the wrong when they squash it.
Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) reposted
We begin talking about what close-reading can look like with "Sticks" by George Saundersāand then I'm dropping this new text on them right after to see what they can do. (Seriously: there's SO much there!)
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Like this sort of muttering, but likely the one hired help that shut him down with a kick in the balls.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Whose program WOULD you name them on?
Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social) reposted
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphereās promise.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Debate. If this were any other country, this would be labeled exactly what it is. Authoritarian military occupation of a country's own citizens. Fascist dictatorship behavior.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
This is absolutely fantastic. They should arrest him for harboring a fugitive in American soil.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Brownness Brown in public Walking while Brown. Likely one of those.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
The level of rhetorical question here is almost too large to fathom, but here goes... What could possibly go wrong?
Boze the Library Owl (@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social) reposted
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
Ken Martin (@kenmartin.bsky.social) reposted
Compare this to how Trump and Vance treated Zelensky in the Oval Office. This says everything about Trumpās priorities.
Nick Garcia (@nwgarcia.bsky.social) reposted
A priest once explained to me that theologically, Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul, because she was sinless. He further stated that practically, she must have been assumed, because if any part of her had remained when she passed, the early Christians would've turned her ass into relics.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck this guy. I am done. And come at me about being a racist because I call him out. He's a sell out.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to puke.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Clapping. He's gonna give away Alaska, isn't he?
Matt Seybold (@mattseybold.bsky.social) reposted
One of the world's largest media companies is pivoting to catfishing as a business model. It's so gross. (This story of predation & grief is beautifully rendered though!)
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Hm. Interesting. By the way.... This your boss hanging with a convicted child sex trafficker?
Jessica Huseman (@jessicahuseman.bsky.social) reposted
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
OisĆn McGann (@oisinmcgann.bsky.social) reposted
To mark the launch of GPT-5, and the fresh wave of people talking about this technology as if it's capable of thinking like human and even if it's not, it will be soon and it's inevitable and it's not actually stealing people's work, it's just learning like a human. Here's why it's none of that.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
Eggs-ACtly!!!
Annie Abrams (@annieabrams.bsky.social) reposted
Abraham Flexner on āuseless knowledgeā faculty.lsu.edu/kharms/files...
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
How many ways are there to tell this guy to fuck off?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
This reveals how much they feel as if the events in Gaza are a net positive.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
All the way up to and beyond midterms, I'm sure.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
OK, but we treat pedophilia NOW as a big deal. So, why can't we see the Epstein files?
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
"...if they go to college at all." And yet they're going to space. 10 years, but no idea exactly what kind of job. "Exploring"? A five year old would call this guy out on lack of details.
T (@fathermudgeon.bsky.social) reply parent
100% Me all day.