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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 2h

Soap is on one of those free US streaming sites like Pluto or Tubi.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10h

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

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Defector @defector.com · 5h

This blithering idiot is the highest-paid GM in all of college football and yet knows nothing about how the sport works. defector.com/everybody-ha...

Everybody Hates Mike Lombardi | Defector

Before I get to America’s leading football moron, here is a quick assessment of the college football landscape after Saturday’s games. Every team is horrible except for Ohio State, which crushed…

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 4h

Back in the US record club days you could buy cassette tapes of commercials from the 50s and 60s.

I might still have mine. I loved listening to jingles on repeat.

Note, it was decades before I learned I had ADHD. Jingles probably hit the part of my brain that likes picking up patterns.

Paul Southworth ☢️ 🐟 @southworth.bsky.social · 10h

Actual Million Dollar Idea: The Commercial Channel. A channel that just shows old commercials, and there are different sub-channels for every decade.

There are also actual commercials, but you can pay extra to skip those and get back to the commercials.

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 9h

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 5h

I swear to god if today's techbros wrote "I, Robot" the first rule of robotics would be "all robots have to be fuckable"

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

In approximately a month, Sam Altman will say “whoops, we have seen 25,000 senile grandpas kidnapped for ransom by five-boobed-lady AI porn bot rings, we’ll pretend to introduce a tool that will fix this”

somehow, many people will believe him

and thus launches a mass Grandpa Extinction Event

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 4h

Ah! But were Millenials told to wash paint off their hands with leaded gasoline?

Flips a pawn off the chess board.

Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 4h

Never occurred to me that the powders were in other foods.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This is because the feds won't stop gassing our neighborhoods so they can flee and, by extension, are also repeatedly gassing the cops. What a moment to be alive

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 7h

CPD memo to officers today: helmet and gas mask available and accessible at all times, to be read at 7 days of roll calls. (For officers assigned masks.) Supervisors to ensure compliance acc to the memo. #chicago

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 6h

Famously racist Churchill was not fascist.

Sure thing Rob.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 10h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 10h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 9h

It’s bullshit that the best workable strategy we’ve got is waiting for a cult leader to die.

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 12h

Has Donald been fitted for a coffin yet?

It's going to be the most garish, fugly coffin ever.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Eric Trump: "If he wasn't heaven-bound, he wouldn't have been alive after Butler. If he wasn't heaven-bound, that flag wouldn't have folded up like a perfect angel right above his head. If he wasn't heaven-bound, if he wasn't meant for this purpose, he wouldn't have beaten Hillary."

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 17h

People who think they are good at using LLM's are little different than people who think they are good at driving while drunk, except that in the former case almost half the US economy is tied up in a cargo cult of telling them they are right.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 17h

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Trek Geeks @trekgeeks.com · 1d

With heavy hearts, we share that our dear friend, sister, and fellow podcaster, Subrina Wood of the SyFy Sistas, has passed away after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. Her laughter, light, and love for fandom will never be forgotten. 💜🖖

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Big Natural Resources @dagnificent.bsky.social · 1d

No one in America can afford daylight. Daylight savings is furloughed pending senate budget approval.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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!CHRiS! Jones ✪ @mistajonz.bsky.social · 1d

✨Cause I just wanted to draw some Swat Kats fan art to start the new week✨

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't need to see myself on Bluesky today. On a Monday even.

TrickOrTreat Smell My Feet👹 @lepetitoiseau.bsky.social · 2d

Stop comparing yourself to people who have support systems.

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 1d

The anatomy is sus on the kids. Which would be ironic now, wouldn't it?

Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 1d

California finally said enough is enough. Governor Newsom just signed the first law in the nation that forces AI companies to take responsibility for what their chatbots say and do.

No more excuses, no more hiding behind code. This changes the game. Read here.👇

www.linkedin.com/pulse/califo...

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Dr. Christina Hotalen @drchristinah.bsky.social · 1d

I know this is besides OP’s point, but here’s my embroidery I did of this illustration

Embroidery of a medieval nun picking penises off a tree

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 11d

Boosts appreciated 🔁

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MVTO!!

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Two pairs of fringe earrings with ghosts on them, one with a purple and orange background and one with a purple and green background

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Bring back webrings @crocusinthespring.bsky.social · 1d

And is Apple TV going to actually market their shows?

Variety @variety.com · 1d

Apple has rebranded its streaming service Apple TV+ to Apple TV — which is the same name as its connected smart TV product.

“Apple TV+ is now simply Apple TV, with a vibrant new identity,” the company announced on Monday.

Apple TV+ Rebrands to Apple TV, Ditching the Plus Sign for ‘Vibrant New Identity’

It's just Apple TV now, no plus.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

But I am just a plain simple menswear guy

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