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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 4h

So does this mean the 3 remaining applications win by default?

Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 4h

MGM’s Empire City Casino in Yonkers is withdrawing its application for a state casino license.

Read more: http://specne.ws/tmYrbW

MGM's Empire City Casino withdraws application for state casino license

The company was planning to expand the existing casino into a full-fledged resort.

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 4h

There is a name I have heard in some years

Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 5h

Also, as we know from his exit, Lowtax was a piece of shit person

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 5h

I joke, but too many things stem from this moment. SA as a moderated environment would have put a kibosh on some, but they likely would have sprung up elsewhere, though not with all the same players in place.

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 5h

Secondary follow up - how much of the 21st century would be different if Lowtax had permitted a moderated subforum with hentai in it?

Politico @politico.com · 8h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 5h

Well this is decidedly not good

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 6h

!!!!!! — 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

Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 6h

Why do all of them look like they received a week suspension from /b/ at one point or another

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6h

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 6h

Banks: We're going to listen to bad faith protests and clamp down on adult games in Steam

Also Banks: We're giving so much money to the plagiarism machine so that it can be fake horny with you

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 8h

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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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 8h

Realizing that @gregpak.net had the right idea - Con Crud has been kicking my ass since Sunday. Masking up was the way to go.

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 20h

Mark your calendars! As revealed at the conclusion of #NYCC, beginning Dec. 28 2025, Stan Lee's birthday, we are at long last fulfilling the final request of Stan's will by getting rid of the hyphen in Spider-Man - forever! #Excelsior #ForgetTheHyphen #Spiderman

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 11h

Always has been.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

What if destroying the Washington Post was actually the goal

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 11h

@prisonculture.bsky.social it really is scary (positively) how much amplification a single RT by you can do on a Mamdani-related post

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 13h

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 22h

That was one heck of a Mets ending to a game, Brewers.

a cartoon character says you raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly sir

ALT: a cartoon character says you raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly sir

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”