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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Tree @stahlritters.bsky.social · Jul 6

!!!BIG AMPHOREUS 3.4 SPOILERS!!!
but i made an amv to bully @surfacage.bsky.social and remembered belatedly i can like, post it
youtu.be/Z6fa1DYCa1g?...
#phainon #hsr #honkaistarrail

Poor Atlas | Honkai: Star Rail AMV

YouTube video by Olivier Manzanita

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 21

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

Scooby
I am as white as a hotel towel, and the closest thing to Mexican I am was a single all inclusive resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma abd was promptly pulled over by ICE in San Antonio. I'm happy to waste their time
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RookaTX
This is the way

Scooby • RookaTX
Their big question was like, "why the sticker" I told them it was on the truck when I bought it-and they suggested I remove it. Obnoxious creatures.
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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · Aug 20

vintage porn is basically the hieroglyphics of modern gay culture. lots of history that would probably be lost if it hadn't been attached to smut (movies, magazines, photos you name it). part of why it irks me so much when ppl get prudish about pride, sex scenes, etc. it's like baby that's culture!

“Sam,” and in some cases, “Samuel” @insideoutside15.bsky.social · Aug 20

I saw a touching scene from a 1973 movie where a young man comes out to his blue collar widower father. The father told his son he loves him and to be proud of who he is. I thought it was really moving so I looked up the movie and it was from a PORNO

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hank Hill leans out of his car to ask: "Is the AI bubble finally popping?"
Cultists moving stuff into a school bus respond: "We're merely doing a hiring freeze as a holistic part of a broader restructuring of the group."
Hank Hill, assured, says: "It's poppin'."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some incredibly good news:

One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.

In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.

In short, it’s working.

So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.

Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.

www.wsj.com

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五十嵐 @ffigarashi.bsky.social · Aug 21

🐈

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SubSonic Falcon (Parody) @hyperlibel.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Shirky🐉 @shiirkyy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dan Heng🍁
#DanHeng #HonkaiSatRail

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格ray @graysky2.bsky.social · Aug 18

Clingy kittens💦
#景恒 #恒景 #jingheng #hengjing #景丹 #丹景

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格ray @graysky2.bsky.social · Aug 16

Let's make Oreo😋
#景恒 #恒景 #jingheng #hengjing #景丹 #丹景

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格ray @graysky2.bsky.social · Aug 9

A dilemma😾🙀😾
#景恒 #恒景 #jingheng #hengjing #景丹 #丹景

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Matt "Kupo" Roszak 🌻🍉 @kupogames.bsky.social · Jul 30

Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.

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Cody R. @canthealz.com · Jul 27

Well said!!

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ciph/kris @ "ShB", source: Me @ciphox.bsky.social · Oct 24

ghosts on the first #ffxiv

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Jul 30

LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR MASTERCARD’S CEO

STEP 1: CALL +1 914 249 2000
STEP 2: TYPE 0
STEP 3: TYPE 6432224#
STEP 4: TYPE 1

Congratulations, and have fun calling the executive who matters most in this Steam / itchio censorship situation

a person is holding a piece of paper with the word spadder on it

ALT: a person is holding a piece of paper with the word spadder on it

media.tenor.com

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팬케 Panke @pankepen.bsky.social · Jul 30

#oc

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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · May 20

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racc ⚢ @raccoattack.bsky.social · Mar 20

its her favorite cotton candy!

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racc ⚢ @raccoattack.bsky.social · May 21

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breathe 🫧 you’ll pull through 🪽 @blackquadrant.bsky.social · Jul 26

YIKES!!!!!! thank you for sharing this wlswarts!

copying this from the tumblr post for reference

aerialworms

That is awful! If you're looking for a gdocs-like replacement, Ellipsus @ellipsus-writes is an explicitly queer friendly, anti-AI equivalent with online syncing and sharing - I've been using it for almost a year now as a replacement for gdocs and absolutely love it. They are pro-fanfic, so much so that they have a dedicated "export to Ao3" option that preserves all your formatting. They don't have an app (yet) but you can add it to your home screen via your mobile browser if you want.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jul 9

“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..”

@niemanreports.org #Hellsite
niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

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Ferret Every Hour @ferretperhour.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Decaf @decafdraws.bsky.social · Jul 7

An older work of tiny little Lyna braiding the Exarch's hair. I'm still very fond of this one.

#crystalexarch #grahatia #lyna #ffxiv #graha

The Crystal Exarch sits cross-legged on the left hand side of the picture, reading a book. His hair is very long, and is tied in a braid. On the right hand of the picture, a much younger Lyna (aged around 8) has finished braiding his hair and is trying a red ribbon on the end to secure it.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 5

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

$The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.$

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