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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 48m

the reason ChatGPT won't replace instructors is, as others have noted, that it can't credential you. everything that it can "replicate" you could already do through self-instruction (and I have! I've taught myself a number of skills i use professionally, but not the ones that are credentials)

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 2h

You will not believe what this is in context to

High Evo-"BOO"-tionary 1106 @highevo1106.bsky.social · 2h

They were going to use it to adopt babies from Brazil and train them as child assassins to murder the leadership of the Mormon Church.

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 2h

This and the fact that you have to pay for Word even though you don’t own it is why I’ve been typing on Drive docs ever since I finished school.

Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 2h

“I was married but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.”

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 2h

Next time that Trump is out in public at a speech, a bunch of protestors should bring along replicas of Nobel Peace Prize medals and each shake a bunch of them in their hands while Trump is speaking.

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Emmasrandomthoughts 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🇵🇸 @countessemilia.bsky.social · 2h

I hadn't considered it from the "make 🍊 mad" angle but it's not wrong.

Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 3h

I was talking the other day about the Obama Nobel Peace Prize (I think in retrospect a mistake, but not a particularly serious one by the standards of the organization) and had to say that on the other hand, the distress it has caused Donald Trump is a solid vote in its favor.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3h

I'm sorry you can't convince me No Kings is pointless when it has the regime this mad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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max @bluebookvalue.bsky.social · 2h

movie re-edited to tell the story from teyana Taylor’s character’s perspective

call it ‘one tattle after another‘

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 2h

He has 2 donor advised fund services listed which are frequently used to help cover up the source of funding to right wing groups.

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 4h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16h

every once and a while talia jane [hi, ik you namesearch from an alt] starts some discourse again and I feel the need to remind everyone she wrote an article [trying to] explaining away her mom trying to cover up a spree killing. www.cracked.com/personal-exp...

"My mom was so desperate for friendship with these people that she agreed to be in a pornographic film, took Ecstasy, took her 10-year-old daughter with her to create an alibi for their unspecified (at the time) crimes, and even agreed to help them hide the murder weapon."

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 2h

I’m joking.

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 2h

You’re right… need to start fixating on the Michigan primary instead!

GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3h

My advice is that you should stop fixating on the Maine primary and unless giant policy differences develop between Platner and Mills you should let Mainers handle it.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 15h

This is 100% just punishing her for having the audacity to exercise her own civil rights.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 2h

Here's the amicus of 102 athletes weighing in here. We have a total of 7 disc golfers, Riley Gaines, a cat 3 cyclist, and "fiance of female athlete who competed against a male."

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 15h

Actually seething reading this footnote in the district court judge’s denial of Lindsay Hecox’s request to withdraw her case rather than be forced to endure a SCOTUS show trial. pdf: komonews.com/resources/pd...

1º Hecox flatly states that Little (and Idaho) should be happy she is dismissing this suit because it is getting what it wanted-its law in effect without a legal challenge or injunction. But again, if Hecox dismisses this case and the Ninth Circuit's decision is vacated, what is to prevent another individual from taking up Hecox's mantel and bringing an identical suit. The parties (and the Court) would be back to square one.
" As a final matter, Hecox requests that in the event the Court finds her Notice invalid, it should, nonetheless, dismiss the case under Rule 41(a)(2) on mootness grounds. First, the Court never reaches these arguments as it finds Hecox's notice is invalid, the stay is still in place, and the only information the Court has regarding mootness came in the current briefing. Second, the Court (and the Ninth Circuit) have been down this path before. See Dkts. 105, 107. While it appears more likely than before that Hecox will not re-engage in collegiate sports, she could still change her mind. Third and finally, the Court feels this mootness argument is, as above, somewhat manipulative to avoid Supreme Court review and should not be endorsed.
See City of Erie v. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. 277, 288 (2000). Accordingly, the Court finds it inappropriate to dismiss the case on mootness grounds.
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Third and finally, the Court feels this mootness argument is, as above, somewhat manipulative to avoid Supreme Court review and should not be endorsed.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 2h

Nestle joins other global companies like Walmart by cutting jobs to ultimately integrate artificial intelligence mechanics. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Nestle cuts 16,000 jobs amid new CEO's turnaround - UPI.com

Nestle said Thursday that thousands of jobs will be cut only weeks after a new CEO took the helm of the globe's largest food and beverage company.

www.upi.com

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Andy is a very serious person @acallan1.bsky.social · 2h

call me crazy but I think letting voters choose from multiple candidates in a competitive primary might be a better system than the crowing of an unvetted chosen one by the most annoying commenters online

Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 4h

Who cares about self-IDing as a communist, the real news in the Platner CNN story is that he was against building transmission to import zero-carbon electricity into Maine www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/p...

In one Reddit post in 2021 about Maine’s vote to block a power-transmission project between the US and Canada, Platner responded sharply to a commenter from Canada questioning the result.
“I have to ask, and I do mean this is the most charitable of ways, but are you retarded?” Platner wrote. “We shouldn’t have the eat the pain because you c*nts and Massachusetts couldn’t act like adults. F**k off and die, leave Maine out of your capitalist fantasies.”
The project had been a political flashpoint in Maine, where nearly 60 percent of voters opposed it in a 2021 referendum, with critics arguing it would cut through undeveloped forestland, offer little benefit to Maine residents and primarily serve to transmit electricity from Canada to Massachusetts.
Platner repeatedly used the word “retarded” to insult other Reddit users, including in one deleted comment that began, “I don’t want to be excessively insulting here … but are you retarded?”

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 3h

Regarding movie budgets, I’m reminded of this scene in Mobsters (1991):

Arnold: “It’s raining MONEY! We got money to BURN, Charlie! Wanna burn some?”
Charlie: “Yeah!”
Arnold: “You want to?! You want to?!”
Charlie: “Be my guest!”
Arnold: “Alright!”
*excitedly throws wads of $100 bills into a fire*

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

So I think the issue here is the industry has forgotten how to make mid budget films

It’s all either low budget horror or AAAA $300 million tentpoles

'One Battle After Another' Projected to Lose $100 Million Theatrically as 'Smashing Machine' and Others Also Struggle Due to Oversized Budgets — Variety

Every Monday morning, Virginia-based cinema owner Mark O'Meara pores over grosses to see how the newest releases are playing in his area. Last weekend didn't offer much to celebrate as some well-revie...

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 4h

I would normally write a small little skit where Mr Beast does one of his little bits, but I don't know what he does, so let's just assume he has a poor person trapped in a glass box and he's going to stream himself breaking their knees because they owe him $3500 on a $500 payday loan.

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 19h

Watch out, in the darkest of all possible worlds, people get what they ask for www.businessinsider.com/youtube-star...

YouTube star MrBeast lays groundwork to get into financial services, including crypto

Top YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is eyeing an expansion into financial services, per a trademark filing and investor deck.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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pragmagically @pragmagically.bsky.social · 6h

Politics is about manifesting. Conservatives just expect to win with no effort and the media and public go with it. Liberals expect to lose but put in maximum, cringe levels of effort and get handed their losses.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6h

the west wing is why we’re in this mess to begin with

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 6h

Remember when wise, progressive President Jed Bartlet nominated a fire-breathing conservative to the Supreme Court?

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6h

president bartlet was made up you guys. did you know this

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 6h

And even then, the West Wing feels like it has a bunch of political sensibilities rooted in earlier decades than the 90s. A minor example, Bob Russell’s multiple official nicknames sound more like something done in the 50s than the 90s.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

So I think the issue here is the industry has forgotten how to make mid budget films

It’s all either low budget horror or AAAA $300 million tentpoles

'One Battle After Another' Projected to Lose $100 Million Theatrically as 'Smashing Machine' and Others Also Struggle Due to Oversized Budgets — Variety

Every Monday morning, Virginia-based cinema owner Mark O'Meara pores over grosses to see how the newest releases are playing in his area. Last weekend didn't offer much to celebrate as some well-revie...

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