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Ryan Lange

@langeryan

Media researcher interested in automated behaviors. I lift heavy things and put them down again. Sometimes I help someone learn something.

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Ai boosters are misinformation peddlers who have been lying about this since 2023 when they lied and said gpt 4 tricked a Taskrabbit into solving a captcha (it didn’t do this btw). These lies have enriched other liars and killed people and they are responsible

06.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 500 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone at the NYT is gonna end up in the sitting room in hell from No Exit, begging each other to confirm they aren't a morally bankrupt collaborator and only getting vague passive-voice responses, I hope you know that

06.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Listen, many may think that an economy where every basic good is more expensive and we're in multiple wars people hate while the government occupies cities are "bad" for the party in power, but have you considered that Bluesky is annoying sometimes

06.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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By banning authors as renowned as Plato, Texas A&M has staked out turf as the epicenter of higher educational censorship. Resistance can sometimes feel futile β€” but as @jennyboylan.bsky.social says here, we must stand up for Aggies’ freedom to read, write, and learn.

05.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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current mood

06.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.

its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.

And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.

05.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 17
a collage of these three tweets
https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzrkcsk3xc24
https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzsgnvof4c2n
https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzubxv6q722o

a collage of these three tweets https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzrkcsk3xc24 https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzsgnvof4c2n https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3lzubxv6q722o

i for one am shocked that the "i go in the pool to cool down, why can't my phone?" guy is bad at programming and offloading his job to the anthropic api

05.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 7262 πŸ” 2174 πŸ’¬ 171 πŸ“Œ 389
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Dropkick Murphys, local bands to play free concert at Alex Pretti memorial Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey says the band will visit the Minneapolis site where federal agents killed Alex Pretti and perform a free acoustic set at an anti-ICE fundraiser there, arguing the k...

Dropkick Murphys will play at a free concert at Alex Pretti memorial on Friday in Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

05.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 260 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage | TechCrunch Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.

That escalated quickly.

05.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 21
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GOODLANDER: The Post reported you helped craft a plan to send troops to every state as part of a 'domestic civil disturbance quick reaction force.' Is that accurate?

COLBY: I'd have to get back to you

G: ... you can't say if you were part of the planning?

COLBY: I'll back to you ASAP w/ specifics

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1808 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 73

At every school I visit there is a staff member who does a bunch of coding & systems maintenance.

They listen to AV. They come to my talk/workshop. They want to chat. And quickly I find SO DO I.

They will not come on the pod. They aren’t on social, even Bsky.

Find this person at your school.

05.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Until last month, attackers could've stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking If you wanted to steal local files from someone using Perplexity's Comet browser, until last month you could just schedule the theft by sending your victim a calendar event.…

FYI: Until last month, attackers could've stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite

05.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

specific guys asideβ€”it is politically and morally bankrupt to be told we must seriously consider how many is too many pieces of nazi flair

05.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 993 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12

never trusted the space confederates show

05.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

nobody hates bluesky users more than bluesky staff

05.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 891 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 0
What's New in Game History? | MAGFest 2026
What's New in Game History? | MAGFest 2026 YouTube video by MAGFest Too

Hey, our panel from Super MAGFest 2026 is up! Hear me, @lainenooney.bsky.social, and @kendraserra.bsky.social talk about the last year of news in the field of game history! Hot opinions, deep cuts, and something Laine calls "Weird Take of the Year"

04.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It would be great if every Dem could stay on message that every Republican is a piece of shit with no principles other than "Got mine".

05.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sentences that no one wrote Today Keith Plocek, who teaches journalism at the University of Southern California, writes about Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, solipsism, and the permission structure "AI" gives us to doubt...

Today @keithplocek.com, who teaches journalism at the University of Southern California, writes about Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, solipsism, his students using "AI" and the permission structure it gives us to doubt and devalue one another's humanity. www.welcometohellworld.com/sentences-th...

04.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Veteran Whose Arm Was Broken While Protesting Iran War Faces Charges Brian McGinnis had his arm broken after Capitol policeβ€”and a Republican senatorβ€”attacked him.

Brian McGinnis, in full uniform, can be seen on video being grabbed by Republican Senator Tim Sheehy and three police officers. They lift him up in the doorway while he screams his protest, with his hand still in the doorway. Then a snap can be heard, as McGinnis’s arm breaks.

trib.al/5o2S7wp

05.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump's second tariff push faces immediate legal challenge from two dozen states -- including Pa. β€’ Pennsylvania Capital-Star Two dozen states sue to block Trump's new tariffs, calling the 1974 law he's relying on archaic and misapplied

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined the lawsuit to block the latest tariffs instituted by President Donald Trump.

From the @azmirror.com

05.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s so cool how we’re in a large-scale military conflict and the President is spending his time building a ballroom.

This rocks. I finally know what being a Roman must have felt like.

05.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 2795 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 33

This is great.

As I wrote in the Globe a few weeks ago, all public officials -- and municipalities, too -- should leave X.

05.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Paramount CEO David Ellison says CNN’s editorial independence β€˜will be maintained’ | CNN Business Paramount CEO David Ellison has pledged to support editorial independence at CNN, saying it β€œneeds to be maintained,” amid widespread concern about his company’s plans for the news network.

David Ellison will "throw the First Amendment, CNN’s reporters and HBO’s filmmakers under the bus if they stand in the way of expanding his corporate empire and fattening his pockets," @freedom.press's Seth Stern said.

Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social:

05.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17030 πŸ” 5939 πŸ’¬ 510 πŸ“Œ 493
A few years ago I asked what's the most American thing you can think of it and I guess this has taken its place. The secret police performatively praying over fast food hamburgers before a hard day's work disappearing immigrants. They'd call you a hack for making a joke like that. I feel like one just noticing it having happened in real life.

A few years ago I asked what's the most American thing you can think of it and I guess this has taken its place. The secret police performatively praying over fast food hamburgers before a hard day's work disappearing immigrants. They'd call you a hack for making a joke like that. I feel like one just noticing it having happened in real life.

The secret police performatively praying over fast food hamburgers before a hard day's work disappearing immigrants. They'd call you a hack for making a joke like that. www.welcometohellworld.com/everything-i...

05.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 409 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 4626 πŸ” 1588 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 45
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The Chemical & Engineering News Guild has overwhelmingly won its union election, with 96% of participants voting in favor of unionization!

@wbng.org @newsguild.org

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

when you win a small concession you just get to keep yelling btw. one time a local official said to me "you people are never happy" and like: correct! it is not our job to be happy with compromise! it's our job to be annoying forever actually

05.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1588 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 12
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Stark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania When it comes to reliable health information, Americans are more confident in federal health agencies' career scientists than their leaders.

A new Annenberg poll shows Americans trust federal career scientists and independent medical groups more than in the political leaders running U.S. health agencies
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...

05.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13

This is a lesson about the price of hubris. The moral is, if you’re a government official you can’t get away with stealing $140 million and buying a luxury sex plane. You have to settle for stealing $2 million and buying a chauffeured escalade with a tinted privacy screen between you and the driver

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0