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Hope

@hopeagainsthope.bsky.social

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Old but not a devil, demon or vampire, honest. Not lurking behind you. Harmless. Would a profile lie? :): 🍁She/Her Neurodivergent HRT 2021-09-29 If you're a bigot I don't owe you a debate, I owe you a block...

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · Apr 9

After seeing reports that this user @heartgold.xyz was using blocklists to harass people, I quietly blocked them without comment. As you can see, they put me on a bunch of different lists. I'd recommend adding them to any lists of people who abuse blocklist, and block or report them yourselves.

@heartgold.xyz abusing block lists and lying. List of their blocklists.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 12h

LOL in todays news, reporter asks us to read AI output because they are too lazy to do their job, praises the machine before being fired.

jesus fucking christ have some respect for your own profession, if anyone can just 'ask ai' what the fuck do we need you for?

davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 12h

Lots in today’s Roundup about AI! I asked an AI bot to write some stories based on #HoC transcripts; @gzeromedia.com asked AI bots to win the war in Ukraine. And @evansolomon.bsky.social wants your thoughts on AI! Lots to read and ponder. Click through! open.substack.com/pub/davidaki...

Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 13h

What a way to disgrace all those who won the award before - the rapist king awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a dead racist bigot pod-caster today.

Sad, but the nazi regime is really really a fan of white supremacy and will not let you go a day without reminding you of that fact.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 14h

It's okay to just call it bribery, that's what it is.

Bribery and a corrupt US government.

It's not going to stop until you make it stop; even if Trump keels over today, his regime is in place and will continue the grift.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 14h

The US President is bragging about murdering people in international waters, with zero due process, zero legal authoriy.

You cannot be okay with this.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 14h

Kinda low-key pissed off at the person who chose that pic, each time I see Trumps neck vagina I gag a little, can't he wear a scarf or something?

I did not consent to be exposed to fascist neck vagina.

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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦 @bastsbest.bsky.social · 14h

Get out there and DO IT, Alberta! I have.

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 18h

TODAY, there are 110 #ForeverCanadian signature collection locations across Alberta. Certainly, there is one not too far from you.

Please, take a moment to sign this important petition. We need your signature to reach our goal to keep Alberta in Canada.🇨🇦
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 15h

As usual, the people who fancy themselves part of the master race are the most pathetic, unfuckable losers imaginable.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 15h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

You pay taxes so he can illegally weaponize that money against you and your community

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 15h

Kansas Young Republican chair William Hendrix has locked his Twitter account after Politico reported his leaked n-word texts

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 16h

These fuckers make me sick.
Mind your own fucking life.
#cdnpoli

The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Honourable Arnold Viersen, Member of Parliament for Peace River - Westlock, here presenting a petition proposing legislation to "protect the pre born".

This is a tactic by the anti abortion lobby to make abortion illegal by declaring the fetus alive at heartbeat detection

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting that 20% of UCP people polled say that private schools should have no funding at all, if only those non-ideologically captive people could do anything at all to reign in their fascist american-loving con government...

canada should not fund private religious schools end of story.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 16h

New Angus Reid polling on Alberta teachers' strike, private school funding, etc.:

"Teachers make enough money as it is":
15% strongly agree
24% agree
31% disagree
25% strongly disagree
5% not sure / can't say

Do you think private schools should...
10% receive more public funding than they do now
23% receive about the same
25% receive less public funding than they do now
35% receive no public funding at all
8% not sure / can't say

"Do you think the provincial government under Danielle Smith has done a good job or a poor job handling public education?"
10% very good job
22% good job
14% poor job
48% very poor job
7% not sure / can't say

(Among those aware of the teachers strike): In this dispute between the Alberta government and the teachers, would you say your sympathies are more with ...
58% the teachers
21% the government
18% neither
3% not sure / can't say

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 17h

Follow every penny and watch where it goes; don't count on the threat of forensic audits after the fact to deter skulldinkery.

You just KNOW Doug Ford is watching that $283 million pass from the federal government to the City of Toronto like

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 17h

the watermark 'sora' means it was ai generated and not real

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 17h

saw a sign in my corner store saying 'party ice for sale here' and got to thinking that's what america needs

party ice: papers please
me: for what
party ice: to roll up a big doobie, the only rule today is puff puff pass

and then it sort of trailed off into dancing and singing from there

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Abendroth @abendroth.bsky.social · 18h

That mother fucker. For those of you outside of California who've yet to be constantly disappointed by this piece of shit, Gavin Newsom is a lothsome man who doesn't deserve to hold office.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Kait 🥔 @thryse.com · 19h

Not even pretending, just straight-up 1A violations in broad daylight

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly don't know why any company would still have a Twitter account. Publishers, cars, toys, electronics, games, anything. This is what your brand's going to be associated with.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Rebecca @rebeccad1960.bsky.social · 20h

Organized Religion is secretly, very greedy.

It's why they get along so well with Conservatives.

Just my personal experience, of course. 😉

Jaimé "Ghost" Turner @jaimeturner.bsky.social · 1d

Stop funding PRIVATE SCHOOLS with PUBLIC TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

#abed #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #FireTheUCP

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 20h

That's right, America. Amazon is antifas one-stop-anti-fascism shop, and we know how much you hate anti-fascists.

Do your worst. We all double-dog dare you.