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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 5h

What are we even doing here?

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 6h

This made me want to grab a picture of Big Shot, and even though I've shut off Gemini 1000x, this is what the AI summary had to say:

Screenshot of a google AI search with a thumbnail of Big Shot that reads: Big Shot was a mascot for the Philadelphia 76ers from 1982 to 1996. The blue, sunglasses-wearing monster was designed by the same company as the Phillie Phanatic and was intended as the 76ers' answer to thay popular mascot.He is no longer active but remains a popular figure in fan memory with some fans even advocating for his return alongside the team's current mascot, Gritty.

Active years: 1982-1996
Team: Philadelphia 76ers
Appearance: A blue monster with sunglasses

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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 8h

Happy happy birthday Ricky!!!!!

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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 8h

Oh! It's a wonderful movie! I have a Luca Christmas tree ornament somewhere. (Packed away with my Christmas stuff, of course.)

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 1d

This is happening right now, to a friend of mine in Chicago. This is a peaceful area, with no previous unrest or crime problem. Just people trying to live their lives. My heart hurts. They're having conversations no family should have to have.

A white box with text. "Y'all. They're tear gassing my neighborhood. Right by the place we get hummus from. Right by where we get the extra large pizzas for sleep overs. Tell your people."

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Reposting for visibility

Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 1d

Just about everyone vulnerable has been told to stay inside. There are literally hundreds of trained emergency response people on the streets of the 1.8 sq mile neighborhood. ICE is driving through alleys looking for anyone who’s brown

This is Fugitive Slave Act stuff + foreign occupation

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 2d

Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

at long last, @lookoutlanding.bsky.social has written the article I've been low-key dying for: humpy, and the self-awareness of the modern mariners www.lookoutlanding.com/editorial/13...

Humpy and the Seattle Mariners Salmon Run their way into the ALCS

What separates the underdog from the loser? The eventual victory.

www.lookoutlanding.com

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Alison Withonel @withonel.bsky.social · 2d

That moment when the sauce spills out and runs down the flutes is so sexy it should be illegal

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

OnlyFlans

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Sean Duffy @profduff.bsky.social · 1d

The FLoP isn’t messing around!

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

This post needs an updated re-issue because AI companies have truly come up with some incredibly novel ways to push this technology that no one wants onto people.

The AI age is the "age of no consent"

"Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

slashdot.org

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m opening for client work for the first time in years! If you need a writer or editor, get in touch! Link is in my profile. My work has been recognized with nominations for several awards.

I’m also into game dev, and would love to work on some games.

Please help by signal boosting 🙏

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 2d

Anyways. More baseball tomorrow (threatening)

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erin*carly @erincarly.bsky.social · 2d

Piggybacking on this to share a story I overheard today. Lady in front of me was USAID. Got fired while she and her family were stationed overseas. Kicked out of their home and kids pulled from school. Moved back here, living in a shared apartment, and she’s selling things on Etsy to get by. 💔😡

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2d

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 2d

so yes is what I'm hearing

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Will Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.social · 2d

Teams not named the Phillies with the 1st round bye are 6-0 in the LDS the last two postseason

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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 2d

Uh, is Hunting Wives a real show I should be watching?

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Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 2d

WTF? WTF? WTF????!

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com