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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2h

There are two things you can say in between numbers while counting out loud, "nothing's wrong with me" and "ha ha ha"

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

AI could never

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thinking about that time the My Little Pony comics, of all things, absolutely bodied Scott Adams.

Close up of Pinkie Pie looking at a newspaper comic saying “Hmpf. I thought these were supposed to be funny?”

The comic is called Ponybert by Trot Adams. It opens with a building and we see a word balloon that says “Well?” The second panel is of Ponybert, the Dilbert stand-in saying “No one is smart but me.”

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Ben @vtben.bsky.social · 3h

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Dial M for Marfurder @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 50m

Salmon of Destiny

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 16h

Few screenwriters have ever gone beast mode as reliably as Vince Gilligan did for The X-Files' monster of the week episodes. Pusher, Unruhe, Paper Hearts, Leonard Betts, Small Potatoes, Bad Blood, Folie a Deux, Drive, Field Trip, etc. etc.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

all jokes aside I'm glad they haven't brought any of this ghost runner bullshit to the playoffs

you want to win a playoff game you had best find a way to manufacture a run from scratch like the baseball gods intended

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Dial M for Marfurder @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 54m

This may also have to be Humpy.

Wiggles @callmemrwiggles.bsky.social · 2h

Who the hell starts alcs game 1 for the Mariners?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

OpenAI’s Sora puts a watermark on its videos but not enough people know what it means.

To complicate matters, people have built tools to easily remove and (oddly) add a Sora watermark. Sharing real videos with an AI watermark can make for a funny joke, but it also really fucks with the landscape.

AV🕯️ CTRL+ALT+DEL @yappydagger.bsky.social · 4h

There should be an AI labeler if there isn't already.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

This is a real video of a journalist in Chicago being arrested.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

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Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 5h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 2h

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2h

The sheer joy of sports BlueSky right now is making me smile. This is what social media is supposed to be.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 2h

You can’t script it. The Mariners are willed to victory by Humpy the fish finally winning his first race in the middle of the 15th inning. The crowd chants “Humpy Humpy” as the trident crosses off the ALDS win.

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S(cary)W(rath) 👻 @toasterposey.art · 1h

What gives the game away for me is that the Manfred Man is good enough for the regular season but apparently we can’t just give away runners for free in the postseason.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 5h

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 13h

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 1h

Speaking of bad looks.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 13h

What??! Why?!

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US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck | CNN Politics

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are ...

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 11h

one of those surreal "ahh, environmental storytelling" moments (camera is cracked, best i could do)

subway ad for a shitty virtual friend app that has been tagged with JOIN THE LUDDITE RENAISSANCE and REAL PEOPLE ARE BETTER

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 11h

someone had written anti-ai messages on every single one of the ads for some bullshit app for virtual friends lining the tunnel between the 1/2/3 & l trains at 6th av & somebody else has come along & tried to scrub them off and that may be the first time i've ever seen that happen with graffiti here

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 2h

FOR HUMPY! 😭

The Mariner Moose lifts Humpy the Salmon up in celebration after Humpy won the Salmon Run for the first time ever. Mariners fans can be seen going wild in the background.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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