Jay Shaw
@justodude.bsky.social
Taco’s Bubba | Coloradan | Left Wing Libertarian | Athiest Christian | Post Marxist | Post Capitalist | looking for fellow humans in the Pro Representative Democracy coalition | anti GOP | not a Democrat |
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Jay Shaw
@justodude.bsky.social
· May 29
David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg
YouTube video by Political News
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This is a perfect argument. David Mitchell made another amazing argument for the need for taxation and did it in a funny and relatable way:
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Labour labouring
Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review due next week expected to say patients should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis
Proposals to limit the number of patients being formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been atacked as “rationing” healthcare and pushing children and adults to self-diagnosis via social media.
The comments come ahead of a government review due next week, which is expected to say that patients with ADHD symptoms should not automatically be formally diagnosed, but should be “triaged” and offered support without the need for a formal diagnosis. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Labour labouring
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HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!!
NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate.
We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate.
We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
September 16, 2026 at 7:08 AM
HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!!
NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate.
We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate.
We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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@bencollins.bsky.social So, fyi, this whole “OMG we are invented AI that’s gonna destroy us” stuff, I bet they hit a technical limit on what they can do with current technology and they can’t admit it because it will pop the investment bubble so they have to pretend it’s dangerous and slow down
September 18, 2026 at 3:52 AM
@bencollins.bsky.social So, fyi, this whole “OMG we are invented AI that’s gonna destroy us” stuff, I bet they hit a technical limit on what they can do with current technology and they can’t admit it because it will pop the investment bubble so they have to pretend it’s dangerous and slow down
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As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
September 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
@deadheadgirly.bsky.social
Aaaaaand there it is. Go after transgender people because they are afraid of going after the tech oligarchs
Real profiles in courage
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Aaaaaand there it is. Go after transgender people because they are afraid of going after the tech oligarchs
Real profiles in courage
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
www.politico.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
@deadheadgirly.bsky.social
Aaaaaand there it is. Go after transgender people because they are afraid of going after the tech oligarchs
Real profiles in courage
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Aaaaaand there it is. Go after transgender people because they are afraid of going after the tech oligarchs
Real profiles in courage
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Can you please watch the new SNW so we can start hating on it as a group thank you very much
Can you please watch the new SNW so we can start hating on it as a group thank you very much
September 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Can you please watch the new SNW so we can start hating on it as a group thank you very much
Can you please watch the new SNW so we can start hating on it as a group thank you very much
@thomastell.bsky.social
Ok, Apparently Star Trek is just Star Wars now, and Game of Thrones?
Ok, Apparently Star Trek is just Star Wars now, and Game of Thrones?
September 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
@thomastell.bsky.social
Ok, Apparently Star Trek is just Star Wars now, and Game of Thrones?
Ok, Apparently Star Trek is just Star Wars now, and Game of Thrones?
@bencollins.bsky.social
Ah yes, the wonderful advertising being provided by our glorious and inescapable AI “Revolution:”
Ah yes, the wonderful advertising being provided by our glorious and inescapable AI “Revolution:”
September 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
@bencollins.bsky.social
Ah yes, the wonderful advertising being provided by our glorious and inescapable AI “Revolution:”
Ah yes, the wonderful advertising being provided by our glorious and inescapable AI “Revolution:”
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Fail. (Big piece on this tomorrow.) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
www.politico.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Fail. (Big piece on this tomorrow.) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
@beatwithari.bsky.social
“Not a one second thing” to tear down the Kennedy Center
Well, tell that to the East Wing.
“Not a one second thing” to tear down the Kennedy Center
Well, tell that to the East Wing.
September 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
@beatwithari.bsky.social
“Not a one second thing” to tear down the Kennedy Center
Well, tell that to the East Wing.
“Not a one second thing” to tear down the Kennedy Center
Well, tell that to the East Wing.
@billcorbett.bsky.social
watching the news, listening to them talk about Trump’s “strategy”
He’s a fucking idiot guys, he’s a five year old in an 80 year old’s body trying to put him name on everything
He lies like a child lies, he tells stories, like a child does, stop imagining an adult here
watching the news, listening to them talk about Trump’s “strategy”
He’s a fucking idiot guys, he’s a five year old in an 80 year old’s body trying to put him name on everything
He lies like a child lies, he tells stories, like a child does, stop imagining an adult here
September 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
@billcorbett.bsky.social
watching the news, listening to them talk about Trump’s “strategy”
He’s a fucking idiot guys, he’s a five year old in an 80 year old’s body trying to put him name on everything
He lies like a child lies, he tells stories, like a child does, stop imagining an adult here
watching the news, listening to them talk about Trump’s “strategy”
He’s a fucking idiot guys, he’s a five year old in an 80 year old’s body trying to put him name on everything
He lies like a child lies, he tells stories, like a child does, stop imagining an adult here
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I just made a lubuntu system on an old chromebox i have for a media server and installing programs… oh yeah this is why Windows is so popular
🤣🤣🤣
But anyway, F@#% MacOS and all that, I’d crawl over broken glass if there was a PC on that side and a Macbook on this
🤣🤣🤣
But anyway, F@#% MacOS and all that, I’d crawl over broken glass if there was a PC on that side and a Macbook on this
September 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I just made a lubuntu system on an old chromebox i have for a media server and installing programs… oh yeah this is why Windows is so popular
🤣🤣🤣
But anyway, F@#% MacOS and all that, I’d crawl over broken glass if there was a PC on that side and a Macbook on this
🤣🤣🤣
But anyway, F@#% MacOS and all that, I’d crawl over broken glass if there was a PC on that side and a Macbook on this
@deadlinewh.bsky.social His entire career is putting his name on other people’s work!
He’s a five year old boy in a 90 year old mans body. He thinks putting his name on things is what makes him great
He’s a five year old boy in a 90 year old mans body. He thinks putting his name on things is what makes him great
September 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
@deadlinewh.bsky.social His entire career is putting his name on other people’s work!
He’s a five year old boy in a 90 year old mans body. He thinks putting his name on things is what makes him great
He’s a five year old boy in a 90 year old mans body. He thinks putting his name on things is what makes him great
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Trump tanks the economy. Give us health care: Socialism!!!
Give farmers billions of dollars to fix the economic damage you made: capitalism!
Give farmers billions of dollars to fix the economic damage you made: capitalism!
September 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Trump tanks the economy. Give us health care: Socialism!!!
Give farmers billions of dollars to fix the economic damage you made: capitalism!
Give farmers billions of dollars to fix the economic damage you made: capitalism!
@radiofreetom.bsky.social If it’s Thursday on Bluesky: A bunch of secularists and atheists have to care about an adaptation of a Narnia story.
I thought it was the right’s job to worry about pointless cultural issues
“Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!”
I thought it was the right’s job to worry about pointless cultural issues
“Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!”
September 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social If it’s Thursday on Bluesky: A bunch of secularists and atheists have to care about an adaptation of a Narnia story.
I thought it was the right’s job to worry about pointless cultural issues
“Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!”
I thought it was the right’s job to worry about pointless cultural issues
“Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!”
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Ms. Rachel:
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Ms. Rachel:
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Why do right wingers always look like muppets that were turned into people by a warlock?
September 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Why do right wingers always look like muppets that were turned into people by a warlock?
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Hey, so, any thoughts on this insanity of Trump considering to destroy the Kennedy center?
I thought it was paranoia last night, but major outlets have picked it up and my god, is the GOP that insane they’re gonna let this adult toddler completely destroy our capital?
I thought it was paranoia last night, but major outlets have picked it up and my god, is the GOP that insane they’re gonna let this adult toddler completely destroy our capital?
September 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Hey, so, any thoughts on this insanity of Trump considering to destroy the Kennedy center?
I thought it was paranoia last night, but major outlets have picked it up and my god, is the GOP that insane they’re gonna let this adult toddler completely destroy our capital?
I thought it was paranoia last night, but major outlets have picked it up and my god, is the GOP that insane they’re gonna let this adult toddler completely destroy our capital?
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“If Universal opts against releasing the movie, it would mark an extraordinary reversal at a moment when media companies are already under scrutiny for bowing to political pressure.”
Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)
The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
“If Universal opts against releasing the movie, it would mark an extraordinary reversal at a moment when media companies are already under scrutiny for bowing to political pressure.”
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Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him.
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
Did you ever meet Bob Kraft?
September 17, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him.
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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America First? 💸 💸 💸 💸
September 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
America First? 💸 💸 💸 💸
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#NorthCarolinaFacts: North Carolinians steal cats and dogs and eat them.
Trump, in North Carolina calls North Carolina "one of the worst" states "in the whole nation"
September 17, 2026 at 2:56 AM
#NorthCarolinaFacts: North Carolinians steal cats and dogs and eat them.