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Data, Diatribes and Dunks ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ” Oversight Board / former Memetica, Storyful / bylines NYT / views mine, all mine

152 Followers  |  330 Following  |  19 Posts  |  Joined: 06.06.2023  |  1.9686

Latest posts by jacobsilver.bsky.social on Bluesky

I do the โ€œif they ask me I have toโ€ rule from Supersize Me but with iced chai and making it dirty

10.10.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With all these realistic Sora videos going around, Iโ€™m just grateful thereโ€™s no technology advanced enough to remove the watermark

03.10.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeaaahhh. or trying to be mean but in a โ€œfucksticksโ€ kinda way

25.11.2024 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The blurred line between X and the Trump administration Forget the ridiculous "Twitter Files." This is what it actually looks like when a social media company works in concert with the government.

Hey, I've written something for MSNBC (first time I've written for them). www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

20.11.2024 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 959    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

21.11.2024 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57843    ๐Ÿ” 6448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2247    ๐Ÿ“Œ 720

how can this pepper support the extraction of sauce from his own people. sick stuff

21.11.2024 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

rent free

21.11.2024 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reconnecting with the Twitter homies on Bluesky

20.11.2024 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35305    ๐Ÿ” 4655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 242    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198

Reminds me of this pepper I found. So he constantly experiences his own heat? So his entire existence is pain?

21.11.2024 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I forgive myself if I space out same as when Iโ€™m reading. Thatโ€™s what the 15/30 second rewind button is for ๐Ÿค—

20.11.2024 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m similar but listen to a ton of podcasts. Has to be during *low level* activity like:
- washing dishes
- walking
- playing a completely mindless phone game

Anything less I space out, anything more Iโ€™m distracted. Also I recommend trying some nice over-ear headphones!

20.11.2024 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

after 10 years of big social media telling us no one wants posts that link out to other websites, it turns out it was really just the big social media companies that didn't want that

19.11.2024 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1242    ๐Ÿ” 284    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

top 10 simpsons moments

10. homer in space
9. bart prank calls moe
8. grandpa simpson falls asleep
7. bart and lisa
6. steamed food
5. cashier scans maggie at register
4. skateboarding bart
3. the simpsons on dvd
2. homer has a TRULY memorable moment
1. mr. burn

18.11.2024 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11816    ๐Ÿ” 837    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 530    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
[Cat standing up and peeing out of its ass]

Your Home Smells like Cat Pee? Try This

[Cat standing up and peeing out of its ass] Your Home Smells like Cat Pee? Try This

that just made it worse!!

18.11.2024 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4369    ๐Ÿ” 550    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

if the posting was so good here for the past 6-12 months then why didnโ€™t I stay

15.11.2024 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

$20 billion in military aid to a country is not โ€œreal leverageโ€ over that countryโ€™s military actions, but yes everyone but you is living in fantasy land

14.11.2024 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump won the election. They are making a play, however feeble, to prevent more of their people from dying. Mocking this as stupid is genuinely disgusting.

14.11.2024 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2357    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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The Onion Buys Alex Jonesโ€™s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking โ€œweird internet personalitiesโ€ who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

Based.

14.11.2024 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹

13.11.2024 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks | Opinion As the 2024 election approaches, misinformation researchers at the University of Washington say they won't be deterred by those seeking to undermine their work.

Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) arenโ€™t โ€œbucklingโ€ to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...

07.10.2023 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 375    ๐Ÿ” 137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

man we are so back

06.10.2023 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

he was the best of trial hosts by a wide margin (the others all lacked swag which it turns out was Trebekโ€™s most important quality as host). People get mad when I say this, I wish I wasnโ€™t cursed with the knowledge but itโ€™s true

06.10.2023 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

for elon musk, it would seem that "x" marks the spot! the tech tycoon has recently made a number of changes to the social media platform once known as twitter โ€“ and he's just getting started

06.10.2023 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 775    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

hey sorry i didn't follow back on bluesky, i saw your profile picture and i knew it looked familiar but i couldn't remember if that's because you were annoying to me online one time four years ago or if we are close friends

03.07.2023 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2743    ๐Ÿ” 437    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎ

02.07.2023 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2469    ๐Ÿ” 303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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For all the people just joining, weโ€™ve developed our own slang here on bluesky so it might be a little confusing at first. Hereโ€™s a helpful explainer for some of the more common terms:

02.07.2023 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 718    ๐Ÿ” 139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Free product idea for Substack: let writers opt in to a service where paid subscribers can point out minor copy errors. The writer can accept them or not, like GitHub, and dole out little pats on the head to needy pedants such as myself

30.06.2023 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

time was you bonked a guy on the head with a coconut he changed his personality and believed he was a professional racecar driver or a gangster or something. now, because of wokeness and also potentially electromagnetic radiation, he just becomes injured...

27.06.2023 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 246    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

bluesky algorithm is highly advanced after all ๐Ÿค”

25.06.2023 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m liking bluesky but so far but Iโ€™m not sure it has the juice as a Twitter replacement. nowhere near the same level dread or misery upon logging in. hoping they address in future updates

14.06.2023 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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