Bard spotting on Bluesky 05 October 2024

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

What a putz. He very, very, very vociferously backed Trump the week before Biden dropped out.

George Pearkes (@peark.es):

Full story: www.axios.com/2024/10/04/b...

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social):

Other than raw backroom dealing, what else could this be about? It actually skeeves me out for several reasons.

Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):

It's probably Harris & Walz leveraging the Ben Franklin effect.

"He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

I mean, I wasted a full hour watching Ben & Marc's "explanation" of why they were backing Trump and it came down to "Trump's people will meet with us, and Jared/Ivanka had us over for dinner. Biden's people won't." Now he's saying "Harris is a friend." It's all about who welcomes him socially.

Casey Hinds 🥥🌴 (@caseyhinds.bsky.social):

Searched to find this and realized you wrote it: bsky.app/profile/mmas...

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

There are many amazing tidbits in this article, but one thing that is mentioned: getting criticized on Clubhouse may have broken them. Which was the same thing that seemed to break Andreessen. They faced extremely mild criticism on Clubhouse at the height of the pandemic, and basically lost it.

Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):

The "Look what you made me do" phenomenon is real.

Some men will fund worldending totalitarianism rather than go to therapy