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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 7h

Silicon Valley, just straight up hand me $1,000,000,000! I promise to return a gross margin of 0%,a full 5900% better margin than this!

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8h

For those curious this is a negative 5900% gross margin

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

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Larry @larrymilly.bsky.social · 1d

I love my red velvet sofa. Catching up on some sleep 💤

Larry the chubby tonkinese looking cat sleeping on his red velvet sofa with a blue cushion

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PSX Bunlith 🪄 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 11h

HAPPY YEAG DAY EVERYONE!

celebrate by getting these YEAG PATCHES, which are now up for sale at the merch store!!

get em here! 😃!! yeag.gay

a black patch with white letters spelling "YEAG" on it, and a white patch with the head of a cartoon bunny rabbit wearing a witch hat known as bunlith saying "YEAG!" on it placed on top of a black denim jacket

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 8h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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It's Dale - 3.2% @deiru.online · 1d

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 9h

nice day for some schadenfreude

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 9h

huh. this was a fav of mine in kindergarten & explains a lot now.

Patrick @dattil.io · 10h

Rock a doodle do (1991 CHILDRENS FILM)

Rooster elvis gets feels shame and gets so depressed the fuckin skies open up and start to drown the whole world

Rated G for what the fuck

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 9h

Great news! We have built the Blackmail Machine from the classic sci-fi short story, "Help, The Blackmail Machine Is Selling My Sex Dreams to Stephen Miller"

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Word_Geek @word-geek.bsky.social · 10h

Interestingly, this trick also works with the passive voice in phrases that people don't usually complain about, like "that said".

It works better if you revert it to "that being said (by zombies)", but "that said by zombies" also works

Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 7d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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EshEsh @rawringcrafts.gay · 10h

God gives his hardest naps to his sleepiest soldiers

A tuxedo cat sleeping deeply on a bed. He is half on his side, half on his back with his back feet in the air

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 11h

Fall [part 1/3]

A cartoon crow is looking up as orange, red and yellow fall leaves dance in tje wind around him.

The crow is walking on the crunchy leaves, saying "what a perfect day!"

The crow is marveling at how lovely all the leaves are, new seeing a stone in his path.

The crow trips on the stone right on his face.

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SPOOKYDEAD💀SKELEHEAD @mikeluckas.bsky.social · 1d

a good night's sleep in the Deadly Premonition bed could fix me

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

some of you once again need to watch this video

Drew Kadel @drewkadel.bsky.social · 1d

And roughly the same proportion of them were activists in the 1960s, etc (some in the 50s) as are activists now among younger folk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...

NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI

www.youtube.com

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JBR @jetblackraider.itch.io · 12h

The mice room 🐁 also where I am growing catnip seedlings so no Kraliçe allowed

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Eli The Cat loves Fergus 🧡🧡 @elithefat.bsky.social · 13h

Lookit lookit lookit IME HAS MINE OWNE OCKTERPUSS!!!!!

Eli the orange and white cat is laying on the sofa with his purple octopus toy.

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ferretjelly.bsky.social @ferretjelly.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy face

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 4d

"You know, we as trans women, we get to choose our family"

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine living your life in constant fear of anything not being white men. Sounds exhausting and pathetic.

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Centurii chan @centuriichan.bsky.social · 16h

engineers the second they get an A+

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Demi @demi-bun.bsky.social · 12h

Quick correction! the 19th!!

Demi @demi-bun.bsky.social · 12h

With the spooky month and the enjoyment of the Ghost Video Bingo we've been doing, I'm having a big of the year game with a prize on the 18th!!!

I'm going to be raising money for the channel. Stuff for new emotes, redeems, overlays, ect. People who donate $10 or more get entered to win the trophy!!

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EshEsh @rawringcrafts.gay · 12h

A customized version of my Top Laced Collars!

The Commissioner wanted it to be a more subtle day collar, so I removed the center ring and extended the lacing

If you'd like to commission a collar, DM me, or check out my Kofi Shop!
ko-fi.com/rawringcraft...

#leatherwork #furryshop #custom #BSNM

A leather collar on top of the rim of a fire pit. It is multi-layered, with a wide black base and a narrower red strap on top. The strap has white leather lace weaved into a complicated pattern running along it. A single, golden rivet is in it's center

a side-view of the collar, more clearly showing the white lacing

the back of the collar. A golden buckle and golden eyelets hold it closed

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Zellk @zellk.bsky.social · 22d

Enjoyer of fluffy things.
#silksong #zellkart #fanart

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

@Skoog tweet:
[being boiled alive in a witch's soup]

witch (smacking me with her broom): stop *smack* eating *smack* all *smack* the *smack* potatoes *smacksmacksmack*

12:10 PM · Apr 12, 2018

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