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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

Irish News: "Palestinians return to ruins as Gaza ceasefire holds."

The Gazans who survived have no home, no work and nothing left of their cities. They rely on our direct donations.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. And to others. ❤️

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 1d

I have somehow found myself slowly in the middle of my... [counts the stars] tenth or eleventh rewatch of Elementary, I think? And in commemoration of that, a reminder that I have a newsletter, and some *eighteen months ago* I wrote an issue about *just one* of the things I love about Elementary:

Lapsang Souchong: Two People Who 'Love' Each Other

Above all else, Watson has always been Holmes’ strong second—one of the richest platonic relationships in fiction.

brandonobrien.xyz

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Miles @milestanbooks.com · 1d

I finally got new glasses. It turns out my grade is lower! And got reduced to reading glasses that I only need to use while working. Now I have to get that lanyard for glasses so I can take it off without putting it down.

I also hope this titanium alloy lasts long with me.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 7d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

bit.ly

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Miles @milestanbooks.com · 5d

Wow. My 2024 really was something, eh?

No playtime.
A single book read.
Only repeat movies or tv if I /did/ watch.

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The Spectre of Potatoism 👻 @kootenaymarxist.bsky.social · Aug 22

A fucking Holocaust survivor is saying that him witnessing the Western world cheering on a genocide is the darkest thing he's ever seen in his whole life.

Think about that for a second.

The Spectre of Potatoism 👻 @kootenaymarxist.bsky.social · Aug 22

‘Israel’s daily cruelty in Gaza that we’re witnessing, and the political class in most of the Western world just cheering it on, is the darkest thing I've seen in my whole life.’

-Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · Jun 24

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but news / social media—especially when constant, chaotic, and unfiltered—can hit our brains like a DDoS attack: overload attention, flood emotions, and make it hard to think clearly.

It’s okay to step back and curate what you let in. Your mental uptime matters.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 10d

Yet again, someone who stays up for multiple nights in a row, slipping into mania while the chatbot does nothing to disengage. The easiest safeguard to add, and it seems none of these companies have cared enough to try.

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 10d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 10d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Miles @milestanbooks.com · 10d

LRT: definitely had me at the first half, not gonna lie. XD

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 10d

Reposting first poster with alt text.

Second poster is mostly QR codes but here are the channels with URLs:

PhilPacs - Donate online and get an e-service invoice: bit.ly/prcphilpax

PayPal - bit.ly/prcpaypal

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS
EMERGENCY APPEAL
Official Ways and Channels to Donate

Bank Deposit / Online Transfer
Account Name: PHILIPPINE RED CROSS

BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
SWIFT CODE

BANK: BDO
ACCOUNT NO: 0045 3019 0938 (SAVINGS - PESO)
ACCOUNT NO: 1045 3003 9482 (SAVINGS DOLLAR)
Swift Code: BORPHMM

Bank: Metrobank
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 151 3 04163122 8 (SAVINGS - PESO)
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 151 2 15100218 2 (SAVINGS - DOLLAR)
Swift Code: MBTCPHMM

BANK: PNB
ACCOUNT NO: 1607 1020 0331 (SAVINGS - PESO)
ACCOUNT NO: 1607 6020 0347 (SAVINGS - DOLLAR)
Swift Code: PNBMPHMM

Send a copy of the deposit slip to:
emergencyappeal@redcross.org.ph

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jez 🦎 preorders ongoing @noctilin.bsky.social · 11d

OUR STORE IS OPEN AGAIN FOR PREORDERS YAYYY and i have a few new items so come take a looksie~ i'll also be offering my shipping service for PH orders again too ^_^

WORLDWIDE | USA | PH form

a catalogue of merchandise from the following fandoms: Baldur's Gate 3, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3, Persona 5, Ouran High School Host Club, Hades, Ib, Fire Emblem, Onmyoji, Dai Gyakuten Saiban/The Great Ace Attorney, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Pillowfort.social @pillowfort.social · 11d

Just a reminder that Pillowfort is NSFW-friendly, anti-AI, 100% user-funded, and not owned by fascist billionaires! You can join for free today via our (short!) rolling waitlist:

pillowfort.social/waitlist

Pillowfort.social @pillowfort.social · Apr 20

Pillowfort is free to join via our automatic rolling waitlist!

pillowfort.social/waitlist

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Miles @milestanbooks.com · 10d

Trying very hard NOT to think about every horror that's happening around me while I get an urgent task at work over the line, that is just a speck of dust in the grand scheme of things; but I still I have to do because I will get paid for it, and Late Stage Capitalism.

Trying and failing.

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ABS-CBN News @news.abs-cbn.com · 11d

Cebu quake likely triggered by fault that had not produced powerful tremor in past 400 years

Phivolcs said the epicenter of the tremor had not experienced a significant quake in the last 400 years, based on the agency's database.

abs-cbn.com

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 11d

With alt text

A sailboat on the ocean with “to Gaza with love” written on the side. Caption:

We are lowering the alert. Everyone is safe.
The vessels remain out of sight and unverified.
Drones still circle above the flotilla - watching.
TO
GAZA WITH LOVE
But we are still moving.
Our engine on.
Our sails still catch the wind toward Gaza.
We remain on course.

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 13d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 13d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 12d

Cartoonist Jesse Duquette honored the guy who escaped ICE on his bike with a new cartoon.

Cartoon with a white background on the left and a black silhouette of a man on a bike with the word ANTI in black lettering at the top. On the right 1/3 it’s a black background with a heavy white figure with ICE written across his chest and it says FA at the top.

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 13d

Tell your favorite artists you love their work

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 13d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

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