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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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100 Rowans 🏳️‍⚧️ @rowena-marie.bsky.social · 6h

ACAB (All Cruciferous Are Brassicas)

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

Also, for those who don't speak Catholic, the "monstrance" he references is a real, physical object that has centuries of tradition and ritual behind it: www.catholicshare.com/the-meaning-...

What Is the Meaning and Power of the Monstrance?

The monstrance has roots in the medieval period of the Catholic Church. It emerged around the 13th century as devotion to the Eucharist grew among the faithful. This time saw an increased focus on the...

www.catholicshare.com

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 8h

@jesncin.bsky.social congratumacations!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 15h

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Comics Team: Jes and Cin Wibowo for LUNAR BOY

2025 Winner Outstanding Comics Team: LUNAR BOY by Jes and Cin Wibowo

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 3d

Windows 10 support ends on October 14 and there's a link floating around with instructions to enroll for an additional year of security updates, but I'm not linking to that chatgpt article so here's what you do.

Settings
Update & Security
Windows Update
Initiate Enrollment

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god I have purchased a fountain pen, I was unaware this level of intolerably smug existed

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 1d

Have fun storming the workshop! o/

(Also I hope it's the good giggly kind of goss and not the 'Auntie's cousin's friend's third daughter won the Nobel Prize, what are you up to' kind)

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 2d

Japan's most popular online marketplace is only available in a handful of other countries. That's all about to change. Mercari is slowly rolling out a worldwide app that will let anyone buy anything sold in Japan from anywhere.

buff.ly/Qe96uf3

Japan Shopping Giant Mercari Eyes the Global Market With New App - Unseen Japan

unseen-japan.com

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squidpizza @squidpizza.art · 2d

I don’t remember where I read this but some book compared their delicate little flowers on long stalks to the white flag of truce and that always stuck with me.

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 2d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 2d

Why are we hyping hope? Why now?

To quote Alexandra Rowland, who coined the term hopepunk:

“in this world of brutal cynicism and nihilism, being kind is a political act. An act of rebellion.”

Read Rowland’s full defense of hopepunk here, ya rebel

festive.ninja/one-atom-of-...

#HopePit

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got round to reading @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social‘s We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read. What a treat it was, exploring time and legacy (and of course, plenty of iteration).

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read - Lightspeed Magazine

This is our story, simplified: Life. Loss. Transformation. Love. Death. Iteration. The first time you get our message, you only / find one thread. It mimics your language in / its simplest form, a sin...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 4d

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 3d

Well, polly my crackers. Today I learned you can find parrots in Tokyo.

www.audubon.org/magazine/tok...

Tokyo's Got a Parrot Problem

Feral parakeets, let loose after an exotic pet craze, have taken over the world's largest city.

www.audubon.org

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

For those days where I consider my work to be dumbed-down, phoned-in crap (and I feel this a LOT), I have this superb 101-second reminder from Ira Glass:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...

If you're having a "ugh I'll never get good at this stuff" day, I hope it helps you too.

The Gap by Ira Glass

YouTube video by brien daniels

www.youtube.com

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 5d

I know a number of people who have been avoiding the latest COVID Vax because of how bad it makes them feel. This protocol of taking antihistimines prior to vaccination has helped folks have milder reactions.

A day of ick from a vaccine is still better than a lifetime of long covid

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21d

The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin

Captcha Check

synecdochic.dreamwidth.org

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 5d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 5d

As a somewhat evil marketer by day, colour me intrigued!

May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 5d

He had me at 'etymythology'.

Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing title slide I have to share before even watching @scriptingjapan.bsky.social

youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

youtu.be

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5d

They're doxxing professors & turning the conservative apparatus personally against them.

Meanwhile Trump has declared "antifa" a "terrorist organization" - even though it's not an organization & is not terrorist.

But this country takes due process away from those it labels as "terrorists."

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 7d

Do I know any trans or nonbinary voice actors or audiobook narrators? Asking for a potential project, but genuinely have no idea who I know.

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 7d

Oofdy hoofdy, what a weekend it’s been. 🫠

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 7d

LRP: Babe are you ok you’re reposting the Chinese Indonesian!Lois comic again