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Albin @alstrat.se · 7h

Prometeus, after Redon

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 19h

I think about this Heidi Taillefer piece from way back when a lot.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

honestly I'll call this forgivable given the explanation seems to be "grant morrison doesn't have a smartphone and hasn't read anything about AI and automatically assumed it was a daemon he should befriend"

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 1d

Grant Morrison is seemingly dropping the use of AI in their newsletter following a backlash to comments on the subject in a Reddit AMA.

Grant Morrison disavows AI after Reddit AMA discussion

The writer said they will reconsider using AI in their Xanaduum newsletter after a comment in a Reddit AMA sparked a widespread backlash.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 21h

chat is it good when the bloated oligarchs propping up the decrepit regime are spending a lot of mental energy thinking about building unprecedentedly large monuments to their own grotesque vanity

◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues

With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.

www.bloomberg.com

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 19h

Required reading:

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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the ghost of pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 20h

everything else sucks so bad except the story of the dam removals and the returning salmon. i guess if we all die at least we die with salmon

OPB @opb.org · 21h

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers

Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.

www.opb.org

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 4d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 4d

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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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

JI can't catch a break 😔 www.detroitbadboys.com/pistons-inju...

Jaden Ivey undergoes arthroscopic procedure

Pistons guard to be re-evaluated in four weeks.

www.detroitbadboys.com

HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

I know not all insulin works exactly the same for everybody that needs it, and whatever they make likely won't compete with the Lily and Novo Nordisk top end offerings, but I cannot stress how important it is that more states follow California's lead here for a billion different reasons.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

California will start producing and selling its own supply of low-cost insulin in January.

The suggested price for consumers will be no more than $55 for a pack of five pens.

Currently even generic insulin typically costs about $260 for a pack of five.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin

Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

www.politico.com

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

Butlerian jihad when?

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

The use of LLMs for military decision-making might give pause to anyone familiar with the models' well-known propensity to confabulate fake citations and sycophantically flatter users.

Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

“AI is one thing that, as a commander, it’s been very, very interesting for me.”…

arstechnica.com

HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssssss

priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 2d

Jupiter (credit: NASA's Juno Mission, Gerald Eichstädt, & Seán Doran) & JMW Turner's A Disaster at Sea, oil on canvas, 1835 (unfinished)

the blue, white, and gold cloudscape of Jupiter swirling and eddying together

unfinished Turner painting possibly depicting a ship called the Amphitrite - it's burning and breaking up, with roiling, foamy sea carrying and swallowing up the people aboard. there is no clear delineation between the sea and the sky and the clouds - blue, white, and gold swirl together.

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Chinese scientists have created a oyster-inspired medical adhesive called Bone-02 that can bond shattered bones in just 3 minutes. Inspired by how oysters cling to rocks underwater, the glue forms a strong, biodegradable bond that replaces screws and plates. buff.ly/znJ2jxD
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China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 2d

I just signed a memorandum expanding my authority to fuck Eva Mendez, escalating my challenge to the authority of Ryan Gosling on matters of fucking his wife.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 3d

Up on eBay, another one of these with those two doing what they do. Bid like the the wind!
www.ebay.com/itm/25715887...

A color drawing of Milk and Cheese running yelling "We're Milk and Cheese! Two fisted perfection!".

A color drawing of Milk and Cheese running yelling "We're Milk and Cheese! Two fisted perfection!". There's a Thank You From the House of Fun card in the picture featuring little cute Milk and Cheese heads. These get sent out with all art and book purchases, while supplies last.

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HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, goodnight Internet.

HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 3d

A'yup.

HardHope @hardhope.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I think I need a drink 🥃

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 3d

My favorite way to make myself depressed is Soviet time capsule messages

www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...

Soviet time capsules: messages from the past with lessons to teach us in 2017
"We're a little jealous of all you who are celebrating the centenary of our Soviet motherland"
Arkhangelsk
"You are talking with representatives of other galaxies about scientific and cultural collaborations"
Novosibirsk
"You have eliminated harmful bacteria and viruses, ageing and sickness"
Tiraspol
"We address you, those who don't know what war is"
Okulovka

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

Just a reminder the word remigrate is open Nazi language and should be seen as a threat of violence.

When the neo Nazis use this term their is another two words they use after it which are :or die

It’s important to understand the context that the word Remigrate is a threat to leave or be murdered.