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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h

lying

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21h

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals on.ft.com/4q0tjCV

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

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Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 21h

NYT is really obfuscating "sexual content" by not saying books about sexual education.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 23h

What if there was a sick wizard on the side in a club and he'e wearing shades drinking Zima and his robes have a pizza pattern cause it's the 90s

Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 1d

We call it the "millennial discount"

5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29

evergreen

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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29

evergreen

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 1d

One day I imagine you with completely bespoke items that never existed but could have. Like maybe a Zima vending machine.

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Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 1d

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Juni @juniisabear.bsky.social · 1d

This Sunday I'm putting together a big (10 hour) event for my FC in FFXIV called Pawbs Day! Filled with games, educational events, and social events. This year I themed it to be an Academy and unveiled our school colors. I'm nervous about the event, but hopefully users have fun!

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Ya boy Bran @brandrawsthings.bsky.social · 2d

kratt you FREAK. leave silksong alone

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

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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Jimmy 🔜MFF @mrjimmydafloof.bsky.social · 2d

In Brazil, duding Bolsonaro's government, we repeated the phrase "no one lets go of anyone's hands"

We defeated him by sticking together. We defeat hate by helping ~everyone~ who is suffering. Protecting trans rights is protecting human rights

I just hope more people start realizing that

Bishop Whitewind @bishopwhitewind.bsky.social · 2d

We can't protect Ann Frank if we don't win the vote of the white nationalist UwU

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 2d

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 2d

It cannot be stressed enough that the majority of right wingers that engage in culture war nonsense are people who have PsyOp'd themselves into seeing "pattern recognition" everywhere in the same way that biblical numerologists have a heart attack every time they see the number 666 somewhere.

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 3d

LOL

so #nintendo is stealthily shoving the trans political agenda and nobody has noticed it?

video without context with trans flag colors everywhere from nintendo america

you people better sart noticing patterns
just like netflix

carbon monoxide leak

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Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 2d

It's not AI if you can't trick it into deleting itself or make it lock up by asking it to resolve a logical paradox.

Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 2d

Nope. Forums were important for me, but not "make a profile and put yourself out there" social media.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Enlil @enlil.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty much in agreement here. Goofy ass creature feature with a fun creature suit and amazing crone make up. Sweet and simple Halloween revenge story for your spooky month enjoyment.