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jw 💀

@farwent.net

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Afflicted by a terminal uniqueness. Mystic, McLuhanite, left-handed copy editor. Madison, WI. (Previously: Fargo, CA, NYC.)

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · Nov 13

The left/right schism is fundamentally a rift between people whose extensive training in literacy has insulated them from the disorienting effects of the internet, but only through a process of detachment; and people without all that, plus some sociopaths.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 12h

One of the interesting things about ADHD meds is that the grapefruit effect affects them too. Just citric acid and ascorbic acid alone will mess with them

Which means, if a person isn't aware, their meds can have wildly different effectiveness for no clear reason, just based on their eating habits

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 11h

Even if Pam Bondi were a brilliant attorney, this would still be true.

jw 💀 @farwent.net · 11h

She didn't get the job because of her legal skills.

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 12h

It really is important to note how much Bondi is on TV and how dissimilar this is from literally any other AG, R or D.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Bondi claims that cities aiding residents hurt by immigration raids is breaking the law

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

Let me strongly emphasize that you should not give someone money for committing a gross breach of professional ethics. You also shouldn't hire them for a prestigious new job but our industry is garbage, alas!

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 12h

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, @status.news has learned www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 14h

Entire country gonna be plagued by rolling blackouts for years to come.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 14h

The Replacements - Bastards Of Young

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The Replacements - Bastards Of Young (Video) [HD Remaster]

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 15h

we’ll we’ll we’ll if it isn’t my old friend autocorrect

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 14h

Pure horseshit.

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

I feel more or less certain that no actual shoppers have even asked for one

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 15h

The effect it has on some people’s ability to independently reason and form an argument is really something to behold. It’s a quick decline that runs away with them like an addiction.

404 Media @404media.co · 22h

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

🔗 www.404media.co/lawyer-using...

Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 15h

Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 15h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 16h

paywalled

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 22h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me you're desperate for revenue without telling me.

Seriously, imagine your elevator pitch is "we offer an AI that revolutionizes the enterprise, answers questions at a PhD level, and also talks dirty to horny young men." It would be like if PornHub was selling a productivity suite.

404 Media @404media.co · 16h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

The other thing is that we could invent fully functional fembots that catered to every possible sexual desire and the men who are angry at women would not be any less angry at women.

jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

I guarantee you that men will find a way to piss off AI girlfriends too.

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🔞🌙Luna the Moonslut 🖤✨ @moonslutluna.bsky.social · 15h

pay a sex worker already and stop being so fucking weird

seriously. $20/30 minutes and I’m a real person that only consumes like a minimum amount of water to live

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

I guarantee you that men will find a way to piss off AI girlfriends too.

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Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, I’m sure there’s noooo way having an AI porn girlfriend in your pocket could cause relationship/mental health problems

This will be perfectly normal

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

Okay, that's a good point, but bear in mind that she doesn't know this or anything else about either one

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

[explaining literature to child] No, Hamlet is different from Hamilton

child [with supreme confidence] They're pretty similar, though

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 15h

Same, but we really know it now.

jw 💀 @farwent.net · 18h

I like to think this was a call to liberate ourselves from the fits we want to look hot in, and to devote ourselves instead to the fits we do look hot in

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 18h

You think you’re the rats but you’re the ship

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