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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 15m

This is so mean because now I want to know what it is!

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 51m

I don’t know what teams feature you mean, so no I guess

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3h

Pasted your face into real videos, where the work is done locally and doesn’t burn a forest is rather different

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3h

You know damned well I won’t endorse any ai slop pictures or videos.

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3h

I need more zoomie fuel

A kitten sniffing the top of a Starbucks takeout cup

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 4h

Contains Al-generated media
• new jersey news reporter

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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.so... • 6h
Everything is Al generated these days. It doesn't mean it's fake. I'm still not convinced.

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wikihowtologout.bsky.social @wikihowtol... • 6h
Get a grip. Three arms and a watermark telling you it's Al and you are still doubling down?

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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.so... • 6h
Well if it's Al, it's at least true. They ARE arresting journalists. Compare that to Trump's lying record. This doesn't hold a candle to that.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 4h

US peeps, before I eBay it, anyone need a Atari 800? Working, comes with full RAM complement.

Pretty clean, a few key caps are a bit loose but type fine. No power supply or other extras.

(DM me a dollar amount of what you’d be willing to pay and your zip so I can give you a shipping estimate!)

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 4h

A gmrchat group is not a bad idea now you don’t have to give your phone number away.

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 4h

There needs to be tweed and leather patches elbows.

And knitting.

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 16h

The Muppets Take Portland (2025)

The Muppets fuck around with the National Guard in front of stores that are not boarded up. Voodoo donuts is open late.

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 15h

My Microsoft Shit Posters signal group is full of baseball nonsense and this is not what I created it for 😬

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 15h

Not much point in developing new features if you don’t have the capacity to deploy them 🤷‍♂️

Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 17h

Work it

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 17h

Too many fingers de’on 😂

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 18h

Bets on Thiel being a backer?

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 18h

That’s a car not a laundromat

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 18h

And I got a private one because the state one will only pay out in WA so if you retire elsewhere it’s wasted money.

Plus it was a percentage of income, with no cap.