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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3h

No it isn’t stop complying in advance

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 5h

Coal mine canary for a retail sector in dire straits

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

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

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How Things Work at the Statehouse @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social · 9h

Tell Governor DeWine to do his freaking job: bit.ly/MikeDeWine

ASK HIM: Where is the Republicans’ map? Why are Democrats the only ones respecting our Constitution?

TELL HIM: Propose a congressional district map. Hold hearings. Earn our tax dollars. DO YOUR JOB‼️

www.statenews.org/government-p...

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Janet Gorman @janetgorman.bsky.social · 2d

Ohio friends, be sure to let Gov Mike DeWine and Ohio Republicans know that they are responsible for 30,000 Ohio children losing their healthcare coverage. Look at their voting records as they pour more than a BILLION dollars into school vouchers while children go without healthcare insurance.

Blue Ohio | Every State Blue @everystateblueoh.bsky.social · 2d

"Since 2022, 30,000 #Ohio children have lost health insurance because of cost concerns, while the state has provided billions to the wealthy in tax cuts and billions to private schools"

This is Ohio with a Republican supermajority. Your kids deserve so much better.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9h

"verified adults"

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

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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Micah @rincewind.run · 13h

I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 9h

I shudder to think about the origins of Kielatis some days

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Diana Fay @dianaoftherose.com · 12h

The road so far

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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · 15h

TONIGHT | 8PM ET

Matt, Emmy & Chris watch the slow, slow, SLOW burn of THE ALPHA INCIDENT (1978)--Movies Are Dumb's first non-Italian flick--featuring a flesh-eating virus that terrorizes idiotic passengers in a railroad office.

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 14h

On my "to do" list of things to listen to

Monty Ashley @montyashley.bsky.social · 14h

Hey, I’m gonna start flagging my podcast appearances. Partly for self-promotion, but mostly to remind myself that I actually do stuff.

I played K’ronng, a bugbear rogue, in this heist adventure. We pretend to be fashion designers.

Nice Day for a Goth Wedding (Total Party Kill 523)

It’s a new adventure for our ragtag heroes as they use their powers of persuasion and keen fashion sense to butter up a vain gang of thieves to get a hold of a very special painting.

www.theincomparable.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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

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Cosmopunk! @cosmopunk.bsky.social · 20h

As pointed out by @salemizmir.bsky.social, Vlaka are now a stretch goal! #Starfinder

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

It's amazing and also horrifying at how angry the fascists are that protesters are putting on inflatable costumes. Like they think it's unfair to highlight just how evil these cosplaying fascist fucks are.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

One Appeals Court Gave Us a Taste of the Deference Trumpified Courts Want to Give the President talkingpointsmemo.com/news/9th-cir...

One Appeals Court Gave Us a Taste of the Deference Trumpified Courts Want to Give the President

District judges, including those appointed by President Trump, have been remarkably scrupulous...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

open.substack.com

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Craig Campbell (and NerdBurger Games) 🤓🍔 @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social · 1d

The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

If it's something America can be proud of, they will destroy it.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

I get the sense that a staggeringly high percentage of guys who earnestly say with some regularity “fuck around and find out” simply do not understand that the real life versions of the street or bar fight they are picturing typically last a few seconds, don’t have defined winners, and look stupid

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

reut.rs

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