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Amanda E

Amanda E

@sammagotchi.bsky.social

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@sammagotchi from the Other Place. Boston girl living in Toronto. She/her. Picrew by aworus. 🇨🇦🇪🇺 ✊♥️🏳️‍⚧️

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Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 16h

Fun fact: for a time in the 1940s some US states, including Illinois and Montana, issued vehicle plates made from soy to conserve metal for WWII. This worked fairly well - until animals started eating them.

Maybe the US will have to do this again so all their unsold soybeans don't go to waste.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 17h

Wow, even the Bezos-owned Washington Post put the protests on the front page. WTF NYT?

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 17h

"Saying the quiet part out loud" isn't nearly as much of a dealbreaker for Republicans as it used to be, but I guess even the current crop have some limits. For now.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 3d

Is this an intimidation tactic?

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats really need to learn the art of "sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander" when it comes to fighting back against the right wing's incredible overreach

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 4d

Take you both into custody?? Does he think we're still in 1951?

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 4d

Every single person in this administration too

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 4d

🤦‍♀️

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

We definitely have crossed the Rubicon, but not the way he means

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

"Ahh! A snake, a snake! Snaaaake! Ooh, it's a snake!" 🐍

🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🍄🍄

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

What worries me is that they'll replace it with something far worse on Friday afternoon, just before the weekend.

Fingers crossed that that doesn't happen.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

I noticed they omitted her rather memorable "Human Centipede" reference - probably too much for their readership

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

We can't be silent, 'cause they're rocky giants
And what are we going to do unless they are?

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

Starmer never met a money he didn't like

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 5d

There's a word you're missing here. See if you can guess what it is. I'll help you out by filling in all but the last letter:

I L L _ G A L L Y

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

If I knew her, I'd also claim a pre-existing health condition as a reason not to be in contact with her. It's called a conscience

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

That has to be deliberate - these people are basically 10-year-old boys pretending to be grown-ups

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent move. It would be virtually impossible for the Government to argue both that trans people never had the rights they thought they had, and that the UK had been in compliance with Goodwin.

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Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder what our newly morally principled payment processors will have to say about this? Will they blacklist ChatGPT?

*Jeopardy theme plays*

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 7d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder what our newly morally principled payment processors will have to say about this? Will they blacklist ChatGPT?

*Jeopardy theme plays*

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 7d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 6d

The Fenway was my health care centre when I still lived in Boston in the '90s and early 2000s. I *just* told someone about them literally yesterday.

Incredibly angry that they capitulated so easily.

This needs to be fought.

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 7d

This is what Democratic lawmakers need to be doing: not giving up on groups that are unpopular because they've been targeted by hate campaigns, but TEACHING the public why those groups are being targeted and standing up for them.

Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 7d

"New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani released a video this weekend honoring the life and legacy of legendary transgender rights activist Sylvia Rivera, reaffirming promises to protect and expand services for trans New Yorkers if elected."

Watch Zohran Mamdani Give a Sylvia Rivera History Lesson in SOPHIE-Soundtracked Campaign Video

The New York City mayoral hopeful laid out his pro-LGBTQ+ plans.

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 9d

Penis Morgan is the new Helen Staniland

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 10d

She fought for gay, she fought for rights, but did she fight for gay rights? Nah. And don't even think about saying the T-word. /s

Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 10d

My favourite is Mint - it's basically Ubuntu with a better desktop (Cinnamon) and without all the Snap crap and other Canonical annoyances. The best thing is it's compatible with practically everything.

Will definitely have to check out some of the other distros named in this thread, though.