Shannon E French

Oh my God this.

One obvious way to compensate for a low birth rate is migration, unless you use "the West" as code for "White", which Elon absolutely does.

Every time I read one of his posts, I'm amazed that anyone still thinks Musk is some super-smart visionary. He's just a dull, weird racist LARPing Tony Stark.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

My bruvva, may I have some grapes??

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#bluesky #nature #animals #wildlife

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Excellent progress!

…trophy taking, failure to take prisoners, and of course the fire bombing of Tokyo and the use of nukes - a weapon not only totally indiscriminate but also capable of causing generational harms from radiation. “Total war,” though, means no restraint at all, and that’s not accurate about U.S. in WWII

WWII doesn’t count as “total war,” writ large, because we for the most part accepted surrenders, treated POWs well, and recognized civilian immunity (which didn’t protect them from dying in profound numbers as “collateral damage.” We crossed the most lines in the Pacific theater, including some…

Hard agree. And I’ve often challenged audiences - including military audiences - to show me the war that the U.S. lost because we were too ethical/restrained. On the other hand, failing to show restraint absolutely has hurt us strategically, and in many other ways.

I’m up for all of those! We need someone to make them

Image shows the trunk of a partially hollowed out tree with a patch of pretty mushrooms clinging to it

Image shows a close up of the mushrooms - they are large and disc-shaped, mostly light brown with beige edges

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social Look what I found! 😊

I don't support government officials spraying nonviolent citizens in the face at point blank range with pepper spray foggers. It is a gross violation of their First Amendment rights to speech and protest, and their Fourth Amendment rights against excessive force.

😂

Looks delicious

Image shows the photo on a bagged Halloween costume of a woman suggestively biting on a Cheeto while wearing a short, bodycon dress designed to look like a Cheetos bag, with orange tights and short orange boots

And who among us hasn’t previously searched in vain for a sexy Cheetos costume?

Image shows a bagged Halloween costume labeled with the photo of a woman with a green bob wig, thigh-high vertically striped brown and white stockings, buckled shoes, and a brown shirt worn with a short white skirt with white suspenders

Have I missed the world’s outcry for a Sexy Oompah Loompah? I guess so.

Image shows a bagged Halloween costume worn by a female model, meant to portray the cartoon character Lord Farquaad from the movie Shrek. It’s a short red dress, showing lots of leg, worn with high black heeled boots, a short cape, and a red hat. The model is trying to make a “sexy” expression

Another one begs the “Who decided this needed to exist?” question - a sexy woman’s version of Lord Farquaad from Shrek… ?

Image shows a bag containing a Halloween costume meant to be Cookie Monster, but sexy - a short, fuzzy blue dress with a hood that has Cookie Monster eyes on it and a cookie-shaped - worn by a pretty model with nice legs.

Hubby and I had fun perusing the aisles of Spirit Halloween. As usual, some of the things they try to make “sexy” for costumes are hilarious. One potential winner - Sexy Cookie Monster

Never have (knowingly, and I hope never) eaten octopus, and I never will 🐙

May the blessings of His Noodliness be upon you!

She really is! ❤️

By his noodly appendage, that’s so beautiful!

Here's a good piece about LLMs destabilizing democracies while also destroying the environment:

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Of course AI can be harnessed for global good if noble, ethical, empathetic people with were running these companies.

Unfortunately the are run by brogrammers.

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode