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Samit Sarkar

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1h

honestly I'm surprised that the bot didn't go straight to suggesting that he neg her

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 8h

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."

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 22h

I see Autumn Chad has entered the chat

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

yes! that's absolutely the way to go in those situations

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I've ever heard him call a baseball game before, but I also thought he was pretty great! (even if he got a tad too yelly for my taste somewhere around the 12th inning)

victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 1d

adam amin you’re a superstar

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

oh wow, it's possible to load the bases in the postseason and score a run with a base hit? as a Yankees fan, I'm unfamiliar with the concept

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

so when does the mercy rule kick in?

like, for the fans begging for mercy now that we're in the 15th inning

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

How does Adam Amin have this much in the tank still

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

Bazardo's sinker coming back over the plate to catch the corner again and again... just a thing of beauty.

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

well well well!

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, you've convinced me, Tigers and Mariners, this game is never gonna end

Both of y'all are doing a Yankees-esque job of getting multiple runners on base and failing to score

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the trailing runner doesn't really matter here, except that it opens up a double play opportunity, but yeah, on replay that sure looked like it hit the bat first

Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1d

I think that’s a bad call, announcers seem to have it right

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

same but because it's midnight here on the East Coast

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

a man is carrying a suitcase through a living room .

ALT: a man is carrying a suitcase through a living room .

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

live every day (pitch) like it could be your last

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 1d

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

ah yes, Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS, likely the first time that the outcome of a sporting event made me cry

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 1d

ALDS winner-take-all games to go extra innings:

2025 Tigers at Mariners
1995 Yankees at Mariners

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

boy, I sure am glad I don't have a dog in this Tigers-Mariners fight — it's stressful enough to watch without a rooting interest! (although if I had to pick, I'd go with the M's)

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 1d

somehow I don't think this is the headline that the PR rep on the call — see the story's incredible kicker — was anticipating when she/Benioff set up the interview

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Quick, someone poll the 4 things in this scary, scary agenda.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

🫡

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

it begins

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

he's so good at this

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 2d

Come for the criticism of Trump, stay for the brutal takedown of Cuomo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

we don't need no stinkin'—

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, his panic level clearly started rising exponentially with every second once he didn't field the ball cleanly. I don't think he even looked toward first base.

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

I'm obviously bummed about the Yankees exiting the playoffs, but I would be absolutely despondent if they had lost like that. Sorry, Phillies fans.

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

Why... why did Kerkering not throw the ball to first

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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 2d

Credit to NYT where due: This is how it's done.

a push notification from the New York Times app at 5:01 PM:

Breaking News
Letitia James is said to have been indicted after President Trump pushed the Justice Department to seek charges against her.

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