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Shane Bettenhausen

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★ Ex-EGM/1up, blazing new trails in gaming with PlayStation. (Expressed opinions are my own, and not that of my employer.) RESIST / Stay Woke 大丈夫だ、問題ない (He/Him)

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    Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social

    I've been watching supporters of Ukraine get their hopes up yet again this week that Trump will make a breakthrough or at least stand up to Putin, and I hate to be the proverbial Debbie Downer, but it's not going happen. Trump will cave to Putin and let Ukraine down. www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...

    Analysis: Ukraine has long sought to be part of talks about its future but plans for a Trump-Putin summit raise the specter that its leader will be frozen out of key negotiations.

    With Zelenskyy sidelined from Ukraine war talks, Trump appears to hand Putin a diplomatic win

    Analysis: Ukraine has long sought to be part of talks about its future but plans for a Trump-Putin summit raise the specter that its leader will be frozen out of key negotiations.
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    Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social

    "New executive order puts all grants under political control - All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants".

    Purpose? Make scientists and institutions conform to political narratives.

    Most will. History will remember.

    arstechnica.com/science/2025...

    All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.

    New executive order puts all grants under political control

    All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
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    Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.social

    just when I thought our timeline couldn’t possibly seem bleaker - WTF

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    The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com

    Journalist Jim Acosta faced intense backlash this week with what he called a “one of a kind interview”: A video of him talking with an AI-generated avatar modeled on Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.

    The video adds to the growing list of AI-video resurrections that people have called “unsettling” and “grotesque.”

    Jim Acosta sparks fury with ‘interview’ of dead Parkland teen’s AI avatar

    The video adds to the growing list of AI-video resurrections that people have called “unsettling” and “grotesque.”

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    Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com

    I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this:

    Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" = 69%

    Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%

    www.umass.edu/news/article...

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