Perhaps I'm crazy, but I tend to think that it's a bad thing when the President lies about things we can all see. And it's *not great* that many in the media are so eager to let him play up those lies. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit OnΒ Citizens "The party told you to reject th...
WTF is he talking about? Is he assuming that because Marc Benioff, who lives in Hawaii, said something stupid it means SF will welcome an invasion? I think yesterday's protests in SF shows that no one wants (or needs) the National Guard in SF. RE:
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SFGATE (@sfgate.com)
Trump went as far as implying he may invoke the Insurrection Act if needed. https://bit.ly/4nhqSJs
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All week long, one of our most vocal MAGA trolls on [@techdirt.com](
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
 ) kept posting "Trump just solved peace in the middle east and you're out here making up bullshit reasons you should get your way even tho you lost the election." I pointed out he was being a bit hasty. Appears I was correct. RE:
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The Associated Press (@apnews.com)
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire. https://bit.ly/4qg3oXS
Realized I'd left plenty of stuff in both of the @npub1zpd2...ngmy / [@keyboard.io](
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Keyboardio (@keyboard.io)
We make good keyboards.
 ) "box of craps" unopened, and finally opened up the "keychain spy camera detector." FWIW, despite sitting in a box for almost 2 years, battery was still charged. But also... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifauymonepvknpkc7lglsl55wvtna5fdaocmxbrawraz2j5gegh2q
Stopped by this tofu shop this morning to get four buckets of douhua. A customer waiting in line looked at me, the dumb white guy, and says "excuse me, do you even know how to eat that?" RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Anyway, whenever either me or my wife are in San Jose we stop by an amazing little Vietnamese tofu shop to get buckets of their version of douhua, ...
What's really bizarre is that article is... from May? But they reposted it to the front page. With a story about the protests. Below the fold. Beneath... some pointless savvy thing about how George Santos got the pardon. RE:
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Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social)
The @nytimes.com coverage today was terrible. Late to start. Badly framed. And just…some weird mix of lazy and too-cool-for-school? This prophyla...
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So the GOP was "mostly quiet" all day today during the protests, and apparently spent all that time to come up with the strategy of responding with "hell yes, we want Trump as king?" and they think that's going to resonate? [www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...](
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Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day
Outside of typical remarks from Donald Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson and a Fox News report, party stayed mum
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Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day
Outside of typical remarks from Donald Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson and a Fox News report, party stayed mum
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Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman. RE:
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@thekoolaidmom.bsky.social
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"...
So hit back. Promote the fact that the GOP is so desperate they have to use fake AI-generated quotes. Call it out and make them own it. RE:
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D Lavoie (@djlavoie.bsky.social)
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A thing that I keep finding with AI experiments is that the more context and direction you give a tool, the more benefits it gives in return. So many of the complaints about AI seem focused on just trying to use it cold without additional context. Skills seems like useful context. RE:
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Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net)
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/