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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1h

Ice lollies with ice cream inside are an abomination. Make your mind up, you're either an ice lolly or an ice cream not both. The combination is revolting.

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All Elite Central @allelitecentral.com · 12h

BREAKING: Darby Allin appeared at the NY Comic Con panel and got into an altercation with Jon Moxley.

@rjcity.bsky.social stepping in!

(via AEWonTV on Twitter)

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All Elite Wrestling @allelitewrestling.com · 15h

#AEWWrestleDream
8pm ET/5pm PT
Saturday, 10/18

AEW World Title
@hangmanpage.bsky.social vs Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe wants to collect what's owed for helping The Champion beat The Death Riders, but Hangman KNOWS he can outlast the Samoan Submission Machine.

Hangman vs Joe
LIVE on HBO Max PPV!

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 9h

Hand stuff?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 13h

Die SPY die

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 13h

oh no

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12h

looks like it’s working as expected

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 17h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 12h

Was it accusations of plagiarism?

Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 12h

Puts on the NASDAQ come Monday.

Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 12h

This dude cannot stop crying about spilled milkshake.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17h

Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔

Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.

Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.

www.businessinsider.com

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 13h

Not letting a capitalist do everything he wants is now serving the wants of the Antichrist. 🤡💩

George Pearkes @peark.es · 19h

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

harpers.org

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 1d

SoftBank, once best known for having lots of money, is seeking a $5b margin loan (on ARM shares!) to invest in OpenAI

A generational all-in bet on AI infrastructure and we are nearing the finance equivalent of turning over couch cushions to find cash to pay for it
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SoftBank in Talks for $5 Billion Margin Loan Backed by Arm Stock

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to borrow $5 billion from global banks, refilling its coffers at a time Masayoshi Son is accelerating the Japanese investment firm’s bets on artificial intelligence.

www.bloomberg.com

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 1d

jamie dimon, of all the fuckers, says the bleedin obvious - the AI bubble is gonna fuck everything

www.news.com.au/finance/econ...

www.news.com.au

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 1d

Jesse Custer ass priest.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 1d

Easily the best ring entrance gear of the yeah.
#ROH

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/

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Pyrholidon Enthusiast @pyrholidon.bsky.social · 2d

He's got the chops for it.

Werner Herzog Cannot Stop Talking About WrestleMania

The legendary filmmaker has spent the last twenty years talking about his fondness for pro wrestling's biggest night.

www.gq.com

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 2d

Claudio sucks eggs.

Eddie Kingston vs Claudio Castagnoli: TITLE vs TITLE! This Wednesday! | AEW Timelines

YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling

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Dean Alan @deanalan5.bsky.social · 2d

A machine can never know the pain of mortality.

kottke.org @kottke.org · 2d

The Oatmeal’s take on AI art. “When I consume Al art, it also evokes a feeling…until I find out that it’s Al art. Then I feel deflated, grossed out, and maybe a little bit bored. This feeling isn’t a choice.” [theoatmeal.com]

A cartoonist’s review of AI art

This is a comic about AI art.

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