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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 2d

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · 2d

A man can only stress puke so many times.

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · 5d

Watching baseball for the first time in years, and even I can recognize that Yesavage is a unique talent. Beast.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

www.youtube.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · 12d

I’m skeptical of AI use cases outside of programming, but anyone that writes a report saying it’s not a game changer for programming is either using outdated information or doesn’t understand programming.

I’ve been using it daily for 6 months, and honestly can’t imagine going back.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · Aug 31

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 26

We’re still in the time window where people booked ahead and can’t cancel. This will get worse.

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 26

Use of the maple leaf any any red text referencing Canada should be restricted to only Made in Canada/Product of Canada. Looks like we need to update our labelling laws.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are taking the fight for our country to the streets.
The American consulate in Toronto weren't happy.
They called the cops.
They don't think we have a right to march on our own city sidewalks.
#elbowsup

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · Mar 23

Danielle Smith says out loud what most Canadians fear about Pierre Poilievre:

“…but I would say, on balance, the perspective that Pierre would bring would be very much in sync with, I think…the new direction in America,” she added.”

#cdnpoli #ableg

www.breitbart.com/politics/202...

Exclusive--Canadian Premier Danielle Smith: Trudeau Blew Tariff Negotiations in First Mar-a-Lago Meeting

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conseravtive Party told Breitbart News Saturday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set Canada back in tariff negotiations with America during a meeting wit...

www.breitbart.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Mar 21

Scorpion and frog "the scorpion won't sting me if i grovel and beg enough"

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 19

A man winds up, hurling his fist directly at your face. You watch every movement. As his knuckles are millimeters from your nose you announce, defiantly, "At any moment now, this man could punch me in the face. But we're not there yet."

All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Mar 19

WATCH: Schumer says "our democracy will be at stake" if Trump disobeys the Supreme Court—but "we're not there yet."

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 19

OK, hear me out: Canon Maxify.

I just ran one continually for over a week, only stoppping overnight. Went through 9 full bottles of ink and a maintenance cartridge. Only had to run the roller cleaning cycle once. Absolute beast.

Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 17

Graphs just aren't supposed to move like that...

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Ryan Brideau @rdbrideau.bsky.social · Mar 17

Pierre needs to stop trying to make the Carbon Tax Election happen.

a woman wearing a santa hat says " stop trying to make fetch happen "

ALT: a woman wearing a santa hat says " stop trying to make fetch happen "

media.tenor.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 16

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW
), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Mar 15

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

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Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social · Mar 11

This shit is not funny, it's not cute, all you Yankees can fuck off into the fucking sun.

Tell him to stop. Do not repeat it. Do not spread it. Do not joke about it.

We are a sovereign country.

FUCK. OFF.

Adam Music @musicadamt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Federal Support for Statehood meme with distracted boyfriend, as requested.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Mar 11

The boycott grows stronger every day.
#elbowsup

LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @lizafella.bsky.social · Mar 11

Local resistance: people are turning products made in the USA upside down on the shelves, to signal to shoppers to avoid them.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Mar 11

I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · Mar 11

Elbows* up.

*Electricity Levies Because Of Washington's Stupidity

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · Mar 10

I think it's really important to get comfortable describing what's happening in the United States as fascism.

That's not a hyperbolic or manipulative term. It is just the accurate description.

Once you get comfortable naming it as fascism, it changes the way you view the entire project.

Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · Mar 10

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