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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 13h

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17h

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

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As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support

The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 20h

inspiring 💗💖

LinkedIn post about how a guy got a job interview at Strava by running a route that spelled HIRE ME on the map

HIRE ME written on the map (looking more like HIRE NE tbh)

commenter asks if the guy got the job and OP says “I don't think so. But his effort got him noticed and a foot in the door when so many others didn't”

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 1d

Godspeed, but unfortunately tonight...

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 2d

Feeling myself tip into the cruel and yawning maw of the present evil era, so it's time to go get some ice cream

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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 2d

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REVENGER G/T @revengergt.bsky.social · 2d

3 Y.O. INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: There he was again, the mean sunavabitch. A face like a Make-A-Wish pug and a stink like old transmission grease. But wait - What was that in his hand

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 2d

Knew Jared Leto was a dumb guy when 30 Seconds to Mars covered Bjork’s “Hunter” and he changed the line to “I thought I could organize freedom/how American of me”. That’s not what Americans think at all, that’s the whole problem

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 2d

Would’ve rather seen my beloved Tigers get absolutely slaughtered by the next World Series champs, the Toronto Blue Jays, but the Mariners earned that privilege fair and square

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3d

The teams have stopped play and have joined each other on the field to sing Christmas carols

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 3d

this sword appeared to me in a vision

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scyleris.bsky.social @scyleris.bsky.social · 4d

White people calling non white people white here is pretty fun

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

No shade to any of the Vertigo relaunch writers, but this is what the lineup looks like with me no longer in it, lol.

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The Pod Universe @thepoduniverse.com · 4d

Last month, we made a pilgrimage to the new DARK UNIVERSE theme park land at Epic Universe Orlando. Our verdict? It rocks — but in a way that might not be sustainable.

Is the Dark Universe theme park too good to last?
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Is the Dark Universe theme park too good to last?

YouTube video by The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton

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ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social · 5d

Felt compelled

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 5d

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 11d

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 6d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

From Community: Britta Perry sits in a cage where she has locked herself in a poorly-considered attempt at activism, squirting a ketchup bottle onto a globe as if that means something.

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Rob Beschizza @beschizza.com · 7d

Chotiner: So you challenge suspects with inconsistencies in their stories?

Lt. Columbo: Yes sir, that's what I try to do.

Chotiner: And that is why you reveal the evidence against them and the likely theory of prosecution before they've been mirandized?

Lt. Columbo: Hold on a minute, Sir,

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Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social · 8d

DONKEY KONG LAND 2

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 8d

🫡🫡🫡

Pattymo tweet screenshot:

“7th grade Spanish teacher taught us that patatas bravas were called that because the potatoes were brave for going into the spicy sauce and I will cherish that thought for the rest of my life. Honor them. Honor their sacrifice”

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A friend of the Beasts @depechejoe.bsky.social · 8d

And frankly that’s great

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 9d

Look at my Bluesky engineers, dawg

hailey @hailey.at · 9d

an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you’d agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing “dna” with “bits” doesn’t make it ok

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 12d

i’m completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron

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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 9d

she has once again gone box mode

Kiki the calico/tabby cat sitting in a small box

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 10d

the motion picture "tron" used a lot of scifi shorthand for the digital world but one part that interestingly lines up with real world computer science is that if you ever write a computer program it is alive and it looks like you and it might fall in love with your boyfriends program in there too

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Jimmy D @jimmy-d.bsky.social · 11d

Bad Bunny is American. He’s also wrestled in 3 WWE pay-per-view matches, appeared in an Adam Sandler movie, and dated a Kardashian. Culturally, he’s like the most American guy we’ve got.

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