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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2h

A system like the article describes may mean that some people get a very good deal but as you point out in your post, they will be handing over personal data to get it, and no business under capitalism is implementing a system like this unless it means that the overall effect is increased profit.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2h

I run a small business that sells products along with services and one of the things that surprised me when I started was just how high some markups can be. Like multiples of the cost price. While this varies a lot by industry the bottom line is that businesses can cut prices a lot and still profit.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 3h

These days the news is teaching me to skim read, a skill I should have mastered long ago.

(Also, never have I appreciated photo editors as much as I do these days.)

‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit

Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

www.theguardian.com

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 8h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 13h

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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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 4h

"Tell me something lovely."

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You don't need to work to be lovely, you just need to be fortunate to know people who can appreciate the loveliness of who you are even when you aren't trying.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 4h

Yup. While poorer folks may benefit, the idea that this will create any significant kind of wealth distribution worthy of being called "equity" is naive bordering on absurd.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 5h

The bullshit reeks; that people believe it makes me want to puke.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 6h

Some people will never learn.

And the ugly feelings I feel towards the techbros are really something. Only slightly less intense than towards the politicians unwilling to restrain them or in cahoots with them. Trump and Putin being at the top of that list.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

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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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 7h

Crazy Zoo Facts:
Sea Otters sleep holding hands as a pledge of unity and devotion to Ottriaxus, Demon God Of The Night.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 7h

Think I found it thanks to your ALT text.

20210619. June Is Brutalism Month! Brutalist-19. The other side of Toronto’s Masters condominiums feature funky concrete stairwells. | vikpahwa.com

vikpahwa.com

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 7h

Ooooh, don't know that building. Great photo!

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 7h

Sadly, we have a lot of evidence to suggest that arrogant and hot tempered is what some people want in a leader.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 8h

Tami needs help raising the remainder of her rent. Together we can get her there.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 14h

$300/875! Any support is greatly appreciated.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 2d

Losing hope that I'll be able to keep my home. Not sure I can raise the full $875 this month for rent. I'm scared of being on the streets again. Last time, I had to rely on an abusive man to protect me. Please help me not go back there. tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and Paypal.

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 2d

Every year in Whitehorse they haul the floatplanes (the ones without wheels) out of the lakes etc and park them at the airport for winter.
Photos by Simon Blakesley Photography.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 1d

Not a doc so can't advise.

too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 1d

yup

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 1d

Very happy to see Health Canada's first approved COVID and Flu combo test for OTC home use.

If I get sick, ideally, I'd like to know what the bug I have is. Ordering some.

Canada Strong Masks @canadastrong.bsky.social · 16d

Never wonder whether it's COVID or FLU again.

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST combo rapid tests FOR HOME, approved by Health Canada.

Detect COVID, FLU A, and FLU B with just one swab.

This is a great tool to have ready the next time a family member isn't feeling well.

Well Life COVID and INFLUENZA rapid antigen test kits, package of 5.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

Reminded of this.

It's interesting to think about how this will unfold in terms of rights to likenesses (which will probably end up being unenforceable) and human desire to watch and connect with real humans. One wonders if and how long that will latter desire will last or matter.

Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”

The actor, filmmaker and studio owner is raising the alarm about the impact of the tech, saying, "I feel like everybody in the industry is running a hundred miles an hour to try and catch up, to try a...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2d

I hope that for the rest of Shapiro's life his rabbi, his bubbe, his mother & everyone else in his life point & say, "You did this. You."

And yes, the gates of tshuvah/repentance + repair are always open, but he's got a looot of work to do to grasp to the extent of the harm he's caused. A lot.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

So film acting is basically doomed as a career, huh? Guessing that even some influencers will find it easier just to use AI...

Maybe more and more of us will seek and find more value in face-to-face, in the flesh experiences?

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 2d

Here, now I’m in Portland

I despise this stuff, but wanted to test this one to understand the harm we have coming. I also worry some people here are disengaged from it and need to see

This whole process took like ten minutes including app install

🤮 no more tests, more would waste water

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I wish people in this country would be honest about the country.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

it could just be a genuine bug.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

Makes it just a little bit harder for people who might want to engage with a post that they saw in a screenshot to find and directly engage with that post.

too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

My guess is that if there is someone working for this site who thought or was convinced that it was a good idea to skeet a question about what creates t0xicity, resources are being devoted to behind-the-scenes scuttling of some kinds of engagement but maybe I am just conspiracy-thinking.

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too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

too tired... of this place @davidmordecai.com · 2d

It feels like folks in the US need to give a new name to these goons that calls them out because it's clear that their mandate extends far beyond "border patrol."

Maybe there is something circulating that I have missed.

So very sorry that you are all dealing with this.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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