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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 1d

“As a man; I am flesh and blood; I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. But as a symbol, I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.”

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

*Woman who insists she’s done journalism before voice*

Hey what does a journalist do at work? I definitely know. I’m just asking to make sure you know.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 2d

Clayton Cubitt & @claytoncubitt
Please please please if you've come within 30 feet of this man (Stephen
Miller) please get tested and quarantine

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8:31 PM • 10/6/20 • Twitter for iPhone

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine booting the former Wallabies captain, a guy in the running for the literal most sporty politician possibly EVER, out of your club because he points out you're a gambling lobby front

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 8d

“What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork” (Robert de Niro, The Untouchables, 1987)

Pope Leo holding a baseball bat like he’s going to crack an errant priest over the head during a dinner party.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 2d

In the waiting room at a medical establishment and some fucken boomer is watching videos on his phone at full volume.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

Flat out at the Antifa USA bunker with a giant excel spreadsheet, allocating the frog and unicorn mascot costumes to our elite commandos.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like a good start. Then we can get to work on the grifters pushing it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t watch the wiggles on YouTube, can learn new slurs on 4chan. Great work everybody.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

In some ways this is the government now

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

One thing that frustrates me in the workplace is when I come up with a list of compelling reasons not to do something – cost, risk, capacity etc – and without addressing any of them the decision is ‘let’s just give it a try’.

The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 3d

📢 The commissioner insists age verification can work, despite expert warnings of deep flaws with just over two months until the start of the ban.

‘No playbook’: eSafety boss backs social media ban despite expert warnings

www.smh.com.au

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

Australian journalism has dug its own grave and is lying in it waiting for someone to shovel the dirt in.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Still nothing. Hilarious.
Imagine being a media reporter who can't/won't report on this.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe it will happen in Egypt 🙏

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

why is labor

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 3d

That tells you everything you need to know.

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STABITHA🔪🔪🔪 @crabitha.slutmo.de · 3d

I'm wondering how close I can crop in before the automod catches it

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 4d

‘Shoplift as often as you can. Shopping centres factor shoplifting into their prices, so if you don't do it, it's like they're getting money for free.’
John Safran

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 6d

Australians more accepting of theft as retail crime grows, new study finds www.monash.edu/news/article...

Australians more accepting of theft as retail crime grows, new study finds

www.monash.edu

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 4d

Probably still worth smoking him.

🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.